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Annandale State School

Three reasons to choose us

  1. ​​​​​​Academic curriculum uses proven mathematics and writing skills methods, and offers extension programs through distance education​
  2. Extracurricular programs include many sport and music options, as well as student council, academic competitions and life education
  3. Student support including a guidance officer, chaplain and learning support program
Students on laptops Students on campus School choir Magnetic Island Aerial view of Annandale State School

Principal's welcome

​​​Welcome to Annandale State School​, a place where we work together to support you in becoming an independent lifelong learner and equip you with the skills and knowledge to pursue your goals.

Our school community places great importance on good manners, considerate behaviour and pride in our school and ourselves. We believe that your education is a partnership between your school and home, and we greatly value family involvement in providing you with the very best education possible in a safe, secure and happy environment.

'Creating the Future' is our school motto and we focus on developing your reading and comprehension skills, numeracy and mathematic understanding through hands on learning​. Our strong curriculum is balanced with many opportunities for you in sport and music. The school has Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) opportunity in year 5 and Year 6.​

Thank you for your interest in Annandale State School. We​​ hope to have the opportunity to share our community with you soon.

School overview

Number of students

Year school established

School website

Annandale State School is a large school for Prep to Year 6 students. The school is centrally located in tropical Townsville and is close to shopping, parks and sporting facilities.

Our motto is 'Creating the Future' and we balance academic studies with music, sport and inclusive support.

We value good manners and take pride in ourselves and our school. We encourage and welcome parents to be involved in the school community.

Planning and teaching of writing, phonics, reading and mathematics are led and supported by key staff within the school.​

EQI programs offered

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Primary School

Special programs

  • Utilise a school-based systematic synthetic phonics program to target decoding, fluency and phonics
  • Implement an evidenced-based spelling program across the whole school aligned to the science of reading
  • Deliver inclusive education support programs including an English as an Additional Language/D​ialect (EAL/D) specialist
  • Provide excursions and incursions offered to support the curriculum
  • Conduct school camps offered to support the curriculum in Year 6
  • Support reading focused small group lessons within the classroom setting in Years Prep–3
  • Operate PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) and real schools programs to support student engagement, wellbeing and restorative conversations​

Extracurricular activities

  • Inter-school sport program across the year—3 seasons of sport (rugby league, hockey, netball, tennis, rugby union, soccer, touch football, Australian Football League, cricket, tee-ball, basketball)
    • All students participate in a PE (physical education) lesson each week with a specialised PE teacher
  • Senior and junior choir (Years 3–6)
    • Instrumental music program: strings (Years 3–6), and woodwind, brass and percussion (Years 4–6)
    • Concert bands and orchestra ensembles
    • All students participate in a music lesson each week with a specialised music teacher
  • Inter school Opti-MINDS creative problem-solving event
  • Inter school robotics competition
  • Robotics group
  • Life education van visit throughout the school year
  • Swimming lessons during school time for Years 2, 3 and 5
  • Challenge games sports for students living with a disability
  • Eisteddfod performance competition
  • Student council activities
  • Academic competitions
  • Digital and design—technologies lessons for Years 1–6
  • AUSLAN choir (sign language)
  • Dental van visit on campus throughout the school year​​

School facilities

  • Air-conditioned
  • Large school oval
  • Modern play equipment
  • Technology resources to support digital literacies from Prep to Year 6

Tertiary pathways

Languages

  • Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 students attend weekly lessons in Chinese with a specialist teacher for 1 semester each year

Contact details

Disclaimer

The information and data in this webpage is subject to change without notice. Before submitting your application, if you are interested in:

  • a particular subject, sport, program or extracurricular activity offered by an EQI school; or
  • particular school facilities;

please contact EQI or the school directly to confirm it will be offered and/or available in the year you intend to study.
Last updated 16 May 2025