Stories and highlights

Star Struck – Remixed 2025

What an unforgettable week! After months of dedication and a huge final week with rehearsals and performances, our CSPS Star Struck journey has come to a spectacular close for another year.

A huge congratulations to our three amazing dance groups, who lit up the stage during the Friday matinee and Saturday night shows and wowed the crowds with their talent, energy, and passion. Their beaming smiles said it all! We are beyond proud of every single dancer- their commitment, enthusiasm, and teamwork were truly inspiring.

The laughter, friendships, and special memories made during Star Struck Remixed 2025 will be treasured for years to come. We can’t wait to do it all again next year!

Camp Elim - Stage 2 2025

Stage 2 students had an unforgettable experience at Camp Elim, where they embraced adventure, teamwork, and fun! During the day, students challenged themselves with exciting activities like archery, the adventure tower, the giant swing, and team-building games.

These experiences not only brought smiles but also helped build resilience and perseverance as students stepped out of their comfort zones and supported one another. As night fell, everyone came together for lively games with the teachers, creating lasting memories and strengthening friendships.

Camp Elim was more than just an adventure—it was a chance for our students to grow, connect, and enjoy every moment. The laughter, challenges, and new friendships made at camp will be remembered for years to come!

Southy Showtime - Dancing in a Disney Dream 2025

What an incredible week! Our Southy kids put on two amazing shows, and we are so proud of them!

Thank you to our Southy teachers for choreography, costume design and creation, backdrop design, lunch time practices, drama scripts, that amazing opening video, the unsung heroes of the backstage chaos and for so much more.

Thank you to the true superstars…. Our students! The smiles (and the energy backstage) said it all! They were fantastic!

And thank you to our Fairy Godmother Mrs Metcalf for joining in on all the fun and using her magic wand to transport us into our magical wonderland.

Thank you to Miss Murray and staff for organising an amazing show that was loved by everyone!

Mother's and Father's Day Breakfasts 2025

Our school celebrates Mother's and Father's Day with special breakfast events that bring families and the school community together.

These celebrations are a wonderful opportunity to enjoy delicious food, heartwarming moments and a chance to celebrate the important role families and carers play in our student's lives.

To our mums and dads, you are your child's first teacher and their forever teacher - we appreciate opportunities to work together to provide your child with a quality educational experience.

Stage 3 Bathurst Camp - 2025

Cardiff South Public School offered our Stage 3 students the opportunity of going on an overnight educational excursion to Bathurst this year. This excursion linked to the Stage 3 History units being studied in Terms 1 and 2. Day 1 was spent gold panning, experiencing colonial history, including damper making, colonial games, mud brick making and tent making. Students also develop important skills such as independence, resilience while spending time away from family, but surrounded by supportive friends and teachers.

Book Week 2025

Book Week is a fun filled annual event held in August. Every year our library hosts a Book Fair and bi-annually we hold a Book Week Parade. Both events are a wonderful celebration of reading, imagination, and creativity bringing the whole school community together. The book fair is our annual fundraising event for our library. The bi-annual book week parade offers students the opportunity came dressed as their favourite book characters, filling the school with colour, excitement, and a love of stories. From classic heroes to new literary favourites, every costume shows how much our students enjoy reading and bringing stories to life.

Our school library situated in the middle of our school is a fun and colourful space that encourages imagination, storytelling, and a lifelong passion for books, not only during book week but every week of school life.

Todd Woodbridge Cup Tennis Gala Day 2025

Twenty students from Stage 2 and Stage 3 had an awesome time representing our school at the Todd Woodbridge Cup at Broadmeadow. They played doubles and mixed doubles in fun, modified tennis games against teams from lots of other schools. Everyone picked up new skills and got better with each game.

The students showed great sportsmanship and team spirit, making our school proud. Both teams did an amazing job and made it all the way to the semi-finals! It was a fantastic day of learning, playing, and working together – well done to all!

EV Challenge 2025

Our students had the opportunity to race our mini solar car at Tighes Hill Tafe. After spending most of the term building, testing and modifying their car they were ready to race. We won our first race in the straight track event which was very exciting. We didn’t have much luck in the pursuit race this year- but all of the boys showed excellent sportsmanship and had a great day competing.

Education Week - Ignite Your Potential 2025

This is a time to come together and celebrate the strength, diversity and achievements of NSW public education — where every student is supported to learn, grow and thrive.

We celebrated by opening their doors, welcoming parents, carers and community members, and showcasing the incredible learning experiences happening here every day.

It was a chance to see firsthand how we are igniting potential in every child — through creative classrooms, dedicated staff and inclusive school cultures.

K - 2 Swimming lessons 2025

K-2 have the opportunity to participate in our K - 2 Swimming Program for Sport each Friday. for 8 weeks.

All lessons will be conducted by trained swimming instructors with class teachers supervising the pool.

Our K–2 students had an absolute ball at their swimming lessons today at West Wallsend Swimming Centre! From big smiles to brave strokes, the pool was full of growing confidence, big achievements, and happy faces!

With so much fun and learning packed into one session, many students were counting down the sleeps between lessons before they’d even dried off!

100 Days of Kindergarten 2025

Kindy had a fabulous time celebrating 100 days of learning and growing together. The children looked absolutely incredible, full of creativity, character and charm! We played, laughed, and had so much fun exploring everything to do with the number 100!

NAIDOC Week - The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy 2025

NAIDOC Week marks a powerful milestone: 50 years of honoring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience. The 2025 theme, "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy," celebrates not only the achievements of the past but the bright future ahead, empowered by the strength of our young leaders, the vision of our communities, and the legacy of our ancestors.

Lions Eye Health Screening 2025

We would like to extend our gratitude to the wonderful volunteers from the Lions Eye Health Program who came to conduct free vision screening on students in Kindergarten, Year 2, Year 4 and Year 6 yesterday.

With their support we were able to screen over 120 students and send home their reports that same day.

We look forward to working with the Lions Eye Health Program again next year!

Kindergarten - Oakvale Farm 2025

As part of our Science and Literacy Units about farms, Kindergarten headed to Oakvale Farm. This day included a tour of the farm, an information talk, a tractor ride and a chance to feed and pet the animals.

Despite the rain and muddy puddles, our Kindergarten students had an absolute ball at Oakvale Farm! They were all smiles and laughter as they met the many adorable animals and enjoyed a fun tractor ride around the farm. It was a day filled with joy, learning and unforgettable memories!

ANZAC Day 2025

Our dedicated school leaders were up early in the morning to represent our school community at the ANZAC Dawn Service at Cardiff. They laid a wreath on behalf of their fellow students and listened respectfully to the official proceedings. As a school we remember the sacrifices of all Australian soldiers throughout the years. Lest we Forget.

Camp Quality Fundraising 2025

Huge thank you to our wonderful school community. With your help, CSPS raised just over $1600 for Camp Quality with our "Bright for Rowan" day.

Giggles from Camp Quality heard about Rowan’s Fundraiser and our amazing community and decided to visit our school also!

Thanks Giggles - you definitely made us laugh!!

Story Dogs 2025

Reading sessions are between Mel, her independently accredited dog Willow, and a student in Year 2 or above, lasting for twenty minutes on a weekly basis.

A single Dog Team supports five students per school. Books are chosen to suit the child’s reading level and can be accessed from the classroom, school library, or Story Dogs reading pack.

Nurturing a safe and non-judgemental environment is important to making Story Dogs fun and accessible.

Colour Run 2025

Thank you so much to all of our Southy families and community for making our colour run a huge success. A special thank you to our volunteers on the day. This event couldn’t happen without your help.

We are so pleased to announce we raised $26,268!!

Congratulations to our top class 1W for raising $4630 and congratulations to our top fundraising student, Mackinley W for raising $2150!