That goes for inside and outside the classroom.

The primary school of just over 620 students is home to more than 40 different nationalities and 35 languages, a central point for many new migrants and refuges on the Gold Coast.

With the help of the local Multicultural Families Organisation, the school has set up successful homework clubs for English for second-language students and additional lessons for parents.

The results have been stunning.

“I think it is a beautiful, amount of different cultures and experiences that make up this great school,” said Mr Haley, principal for three years.

“I think that provides opportunities, but also some challenges which is why it is so important we partner with parents and local support groups, to provide the best opportunities for our students when they are with us those seven years.

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“It is the awareness of the different cultures, aware that what is significant to me, a middle-aged caucasian white man, may be different to what is important to a family who may have been relocated from North Africa on a refugee visa.

“Sadly, we have a lot of families who come to us and any sort of authority or any person in a school sometimes is the enemy so to be able to breakdown those barriers and show we are all here for one reason.”

With the effort has come reward as the school has experienced a bump in academics along with significant buy-in from parents.

In three years, the school has seen parent-teacher interviews increase from 30 families to a record-breaking 375 pre-COVID.

“The parents, teacher and the child working together is where we see the best results.

“It is what we call a tri-partnership – everyone working as a team for a student.

“Our school is much more than a space to educate. It is a real community.”