The school was established in 1957 on a 12 hectare site and was originally called Zillmere North State School. Enrolments have fluctuated greatly since inception, ranging from a high of 850 to a low of 200 students. The school’s name was changed to Taigum in 1993.
The Preschool and SEDU date from the early 70s, whilst other facilities such as the swimming pool, adventure playground and netball courts have been gradually added over the years. In 1998, a dedicated Outside School Hours Care building was constructed to cater for the large numbers of children requiring supervision before and after school. In 2006, a Prep Building was built to cater for the introduction of Prep in January 2007.
Taigum State School has approximately 467 primary and prep students. These students come from a wide range of backgrounds. Forty per cent come from non- English speaking households and approximately sixteen per cent identify as First Nations heritage. In the last few years, the school has had significant enrolments of students from the Middle East, as well as an influx of students from South-East Asia.
At present, there are 20 classes including 3 Preps. An ECDU (Early Childhood Development Unit) on campus, caters for a further 40 students, most of whom are hearing impaired.
Our school prides itself on being caring and inclusive. We strive to maximise the potential of all our students in their academic, social and emotional development.
Teachers use a range of evidence informed teaching strategies to ensure that each student is engaged, challenged and learning successfully. Teachers set high expectations for every student’s progress and goals for improvement. We support student’s beliefs in their own capabilities to learn successfully and their understanding of the relationship between effort and success.
At Taigum State School we have a culture of a shared belief that the school is reflective of the understanding that all students can learn successfully and together school staff can make a difference to student outcomes.
We demonstrate the importance of a positive, caring and trusting relationships to student success and work to build mutually respectful in the school and community and act to recognise and value individual students’ characteristics and backgrounds.
Taigum State School is committed to explicitly teach a whole school program of social and emotional wellbeing skills to students through the Bounce Back! and these skills support positive student behaviour and increased student success.