Schools with elevated bushfire risk in Western NSW will be temporarily closed on Friday, December 8 2023 due to extreme fire danger ratings being declared. The decision was made with information provided by the NSW Rural Fire Service.
The decision to temporarily close schools is not one that is made lightly. It is always done with the safety and wellbeing of our staff and students in mind.
Although the schools are temporarily closed on Friday, students will be provided with learning from home resources.
We encourage parents and carers to always follow the advice of Police and Emergency Services during periods of heightened bushfire risk.
We will continue to update our school communities as soon as we receive advice from the State Emergency Operations Centre and the NSW Rural Fire Service.
It is important for parents and carers to know that schools do not offer minimal supervision when schools are temporarily closed due to bushfire threat.
The temporarily closed schools are:
Barellan Central School
Binya Public School
Clare Public School
Coleambally Central School
Darlington Point Public School
Goolgowi Public School
Hillston Central School
Lake Wyangan Public School
Narrandera East Infants School
Narrandera High School
Palinyewah Public School
Pooncarie Public School
Rankins Springs Public School
Tharbogang Public School
Wamoon Public School
Whitton-Murrami Public School
Yanco Public School
Yenda Public School
Yoogali Public School
MEDIA: mediaunit@det.nsw.edu.au
