Our School

Principal’s Welcome

Our students are at the heart of everything we do!

Welcome to Skye Primary School! We are a school where students feel safe, supported, and excited about learning. We’re proud of our strong sense of community and the positive, inclusive culture that makes Skye PS such a great place to learn and grow.

At Skye, our core values—Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, and Relationships—guide how we learn and interact every day. We want every child to develop confidence, curiosity, and a strong sense of belonging, both in our school and the world beyond.

We know that children thrive when they feel connected and supported, so wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do. Through structured routines, positive behaviour strategies, and a trauma-informed approach, we’ve created an environment where students feel secure and ready to engage in their learning.

When it comes to learning, we focus on getting the foundations right. We take an Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI) approach to teaching Literacy and Numeracy, ensuring students receive clear, structured lessons that build their skills progressively. This evidence-based approach helps all students, no matter their starting point, to develop confidence and mastery in key learning areas.

Our teachers work closely together, using student data and ongoing professional learning to continuously improve their teaching. Collaboration is a big part of our school culture—we know that when we work as a team, our students benefit the most.

We’re also fortunate to have fantastic facilities, including a modern gym, music room, library, and a revitalised STEAM centre, all designed to give students the best opportunities to explore, create, and grow.

Families are a huge part of our school community, and we love working together to support each child’s learning journey. We welcome you to visit, take a tour, and experience the wonderful community at Skye PS.

Tim Bernau

Principal

Leadership Team

Under the leadership of our Principal, Tim Bernau, the Executive Leadership team strive to ensure that continued school improvement is a priority. They oversee the educational policies and daily running of the school and are responsible for ensuring that everyone who is part of our school contributes to the success of the Strategic Plan. The Leadership team work collaboratively within our professional learning community to ensure that our students are cared for by excellent teachers who provide high quality teaching and learning experiences.

School Profile

Skye Primary School has been serving our local community since 1873. We started as a humble school providing education for just 26 students, to a school that has now grown to over 500 students.

Skye Primary School has been considered a semi-rural setting over the past years, and are proud to have maintained our ‘semi-rural feel’ with the extensive housing development that has occurred around the school over the recent years.

We are proud of our school’s physical environment and facilities, with significant improvements to our grounds over recent years. We boast extensive areas for our students to play, with a separate enclosed prep playground area, 2 junior playgrounds, 2 middle-senior school playgrounds, a football oval, a newly developing soccer field, 2 basketball courts and hardcourt areas for play, a quiet sit down area in our sails area, as well as extensive play space around our buildings.

Our architecturally designed buildings are airconditioned and provide modern facilities necessary to provide the optimum learning environment for our students.

We have a large hall that is used for Physical Education lessons, assemblies and special events. We offer high quality specialist learning within our Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Auslan and Science programs.

Nurturing and educating children is seen as a shared responsibility between home and school, with Skye Primary School building strong relationships with our community and working closely with parents and carers as active partners in their child’s schooling and education.

At Skye Primary School we aim to provide stimulating learning programs in a purposeful and caring environment that enable every student to realise their full potential. In doing so we foster a learning environment rich in values, with our students provided with the opportunity and support to develop confidence and self-esteem within a flexible, happy and positive school environment, building core values of Respect, Relationships, Resilience and Responsibility.

Our main aim is to foster in students the qualities and skills that will enable them to adapt to an every changing world.

School Values

​These values are reinforced through classroom programs.

Staff