Narbethong Special School

12/03/2026

Introducing the 2026 Narbethong Early Childhood Development Program (EDCP) team 🤩

Our ECDP runs across the week with two two-day a week Pre-Prep classes and two two-hour playgroups for children who have a vision impairment (with or without additional disabilities). Trisha is our ECDP co-ordinator, Pre-Prep Diamond 1 teacher and Playgroup teacher. Fiona is our Pre-Prep Diamond 2 teacher. Dorothy, Thomas and Kathy are our wonderful teacher aides who support our young learners to engage in their programs.

Learning in the Narbethong ECDP focuses on the Expanded Core Curriculum for students with vision impairments which targets development of critical skills and understandings in the areas of Compensatory Access, Sensory Efficiency, Assistive Technology, Orientation and Mobility, Independent Living, Social Interaction, Recreation and Leisure, Self-determination and Career Education. All learning goals are supported by Dr Lilli Nielsen’s Active Learning pedagogical practices and link to learning within the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines.

Learners in the year prior to Prep are supported to transition to Prep at the school of their parents' choice.

07/03/2026

Celebrating Holi Festival!

Volunteers from Shirdi Sai Sansthan Brisbane Ltd. visited our school today to lead a joyous event with a Holi theme.

This generous group has donated classroom resources to our school and wanted to support an occasion where our students and staff could come together and enjoy themselves. The Holi festival of colour was a great way to do this!

Students listened to a short history of the festival; participated in an interactive story about children celebrating Holi in India; danced with bright scarfs and instruments; and applied bright coloured powders to each other.

Staff and students enjoyed some delicious Indian treats and each student received a gift pack and sensory toy of their choice 🤩

[ID: A collection of photos of staff and students participating in the Holi celebration. Individual image descriptions included in the alternative text on each photo.]

02/03/2026

Last week we held the first 2026 Middle Years assembly!

Classes shared the wonderful learning activities they have started doing this semester, including their Design and Technology projects - a pizza garden in the Oval rooms, Echo Buckets in the Hexagon room, new learning environments in the Circle and Rectangle rooms and designing vehicles in the Star room. Oval 2 also shared the class rules they developed to be organised, kind, confident, persistent and resilient in their classroom.

Middle Years learners received awards for confidence in climbing stairs; delivering complex messages using PODD; confidently persisting in wearing glasses at school; persevering when working with the therapy team to find the best switch for learning; working hard with confidence and enthusiasm at the start of the year; confidence and strong organisational skills; displaying increased confidence and engagement with environments and classmates 👏

[ID: A collection of photos of Middle Years students receiving their awards at assembly. Individual image descriptions included in the alternative text on each photo.]

27/02/2026

Coming soon: Holi festival fun

Next Friday, 6 March, we have some volunteers coming in for a Narbethong Holi festival celebration.

Students will have the opportunity to hear a story, dance to real Indian music and make a mess with coloured powder (cornstarch based).

On Friday, please send your child to school in old clothes which you don't mind getting coloured powder on. If you have any old sheets which you can spare, please send them in to help us cover our powered wheelchairs.

Happy Holi everyone! 😁🎉🫟

21/02/2026

On Friday we held our first Senior Years assembly of 2026 🤩

It was a wonderful celebration of the learning that seniors have engaged in so far. Octagon room has been working on snack packs for staff and a project to create lunch orders on Fridays for Narby students. Crescent room have been doing cooking for Lunar New Year. All seniors have been working on a project to create Narby fruit and vegetable boxes that will be for sale.

William was our first award recipient of the year. He received his award for his outstanding start to Senior Schooling 👏
Congratulations William!

[ID: William stands and uses two hands to hold his certificate in front of his chest. He smiles widely.]

18/02/2026

Narbethong P&C wishes everyone in the school community a Happy New Year.
Our first meeting of the year and Annual General Meeting will be held at 9:30am, Tuesday, 10 March 2026. All members of the school community are welcome to attend in person or participate online. We will also be holding our annual Easter Raffle as this term's Fundraiser. Tickets will be coming home in the week beginning 16 March 2026. Donations of Easter Themed Prizes from the school community would be very welcome. If you have any agenda items for the meeting or would like further information please contact us by email pandc@narbethongspecs.eq.edu.au

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08/02/2026

Thank you Renee Coffey MP for delivering $1000 worth of new decodable readers for our learners as part of the "Griffith Little Readers" program!

These books will be part of our Narby Active Literacy Learners Reading and Viewing expert teaching strategies to support all learners to engage in reading 📚

[ID: Karen, Angela and Renee smile and stand in front of the Narbethong banner in the school office. Angela holds a pack of books.]

Narbethong State Special School located in Woolloongabba is a small, unique school which provides specialist teaching for students with vision impairment.

I was so excited today to drop off $1,000 worth of Griffith Little Readers books to Narby Principal Karen. Head of Curriculum Angela has chosen books that support their students’ needs and will also have these translated into braille.

I am very proud to be personally funding $1,000 of readers available for each primary school in our area through my Griffith Little Readers program. 📚

Narbethong Special School 💕

06/02/2026

This week we had our annual visit from the Bravehearts’ team including their lion cub mascot, Ditto 🦁 They delivered their Personal Safety Education Program, “Ditto Keep Safe Adventure”.

The session was engaging for all learners who attended. It included catchy songs and interactions with Ditto. The session explored safe and unsafe feelings and what to do to gain assistance.

This incursion plays an important part in the delivery of Respectful Relationships program taught across the school ✨

[A collection of photos of students engaging in the Bravehearts incursion. Individual image descriptions included in the alternative text on each photo.]

30/01/2026

Welcome back to the 2026 school year!

Week 1 has been full of wonderful engagement and connection as learners settled into their classes and routines 🤩

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09/12/2025

Congratulations to the winners of Narbethong P&C's 2025 Christmas Raffle and a huge thank you to everyone who purchased tickets to support the school community.
The winners are:
First Prize: Sarah J.
Second Prize: Zara M.
Third Prize: Maeve M.
Fourth Prize: Jayden J.
Fifth Prize: Saiyan H.
Sixth Prize: Kristelle S.
Seventh Prize: Stephen
Eighth Prize: Jeanette R.
Ninth Prize: Erin C.
Tenth Prize: Dorothy G.
Eleventh Prize: Suzanne S.

A very special thank you to the students and their families/carers who donated prizes for the raffle: Nicky V, Zara M, Mia A, Evan K, and Nathan S.

Last, but not least, we need to thank the amazing businesses and organisations who also donated prizes. If you have any opportunity to support these businesses or organisations please do so. Renee Coffey MP (Federal Member for Griffith); Dr Barbara O’Shea MP (State Member for South Brisbane); Councillor Trina Massey (Brisbane City Councillor for the Gabba Ward); Stone Artisan Bakery; Big 4 Caravan Parks; Do Op Shop; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Dendy Cinemas; Stones Corner City Cave; Qld Performing Arts Centre; Qld Museum; Brisbane Lions; Victoria Park Putt Putt; Suncorp Stadium; Brisbane Broncos; DFO Brisbane; Blue Tongue Pantry; and Saucy W***h.

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09/12/2025

Last Friday we celebrated the Year 6 graduating students!

We are so proud of all of these learners and look forward all the wonderful learning they’ll do in their high school years at Narby 🤩

[ID: Photos of Year 6 graduating students receiving their certificates with their families and Principal Karen during the ceremony. Individual image descriptions included in the alternative text on each photo.]

08/12/2025

Earlier in the term, we attended the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) relaxed concert at Southbank as part of our wellbeing program and community partnership with QSO.

It was such a special event that included a picnic in the Southbank Parklands and a beautiful session with the orchestra. Learners connected with each other in the community and were then so engaged in the music 🍃🎼

We are so grateful for QSO and this partnership!

[ID: Photos of students and staff participating in a picnic and attending the QSO relaxed concert. Individual image descriptions included in the alternative text on each photo.]