TurraMurra is in New South Wales, Australia. It’s located in the Upper North shore of Sydney, approximately 17 kilometres northwest of the central business district in Sydney. According to the 2016 census, the suburb is home to over 11,000 residents spread across the three subdivision of the region, that is, North TurraMurra, South TurraMurra, and East TurraMurra. Such a population requires essential social amenities like educational facilities. There are numerous schools in and around TurraMurra for both the young and advanced learners in the region and the surrounding areas. The following are some types of schools in and the surrounding areas bordering TurraMurra.
Childcare vs preschool
Childcare, daycares, or creche are places that provide essential childcare services such as feeding, taking care of them, putting them to sleep, or even playing with them. These services are especially useful for working parents with infants. Childcare schools are opened for longer hours to cater for the varying working hours. Childcare facilities are also opened throughout the holidays when other schools are on break. They are not limited to infants; some also accommodate older children. Being a suburb hence, a lot of parents working in the city, TurraMurra has several daycare centres.
Preschools, also known as playschools, are schools that focus on early childhood education and development before they enter elementary school. They prefer children between two and a half to five years. They are opened for three to five hours per day and are not operational during the holidays. Also, preschools apply models such as Reggio Emilia, Montessori, Waldorf, religious and play-based methods for early child development.
Private vs public primary and high schools
TurraMurra and its immediate environs have more than 50 primary and high schools. These schools are either private or public. The main difference between private and state schools is how they acquire their funding. Generally, public schools government-funded; thus, they tend to be bigger and offer a wide range of activities, courses and degree options.
Private schools acquire their funding through other means other than from the governments, such as donations, endowments and personal financing of parents. In most cases, private schools are usually smaller in school size and class capacity. Some private schools also tend to be limited to particular courses and degrees.
In TurraMurra, some private schools have religious foundations such as Catholic or Adventist based while others have gender preferences boys high schools, girls high school and mixed high schools.
Specialised schools and colleges
There are also other dedicated schools and learning facilities in TurraMurra such as community colleges, music schools, theology colleges, business and technical colleges. There are also several schools for sports coaching and managemen
