One of the most important tasks of the Latvian community in exile was to instil Latvian identity in children and young people, maintaining Latvian schools, involving them in social and cultural life activities.The oldest school in the Sydney area was the Scheyville Camp School, founded in 1950 and run by teacher Ausma Gutmane and assistant Velta Kleinbergs. The school was attended by about 40 children, who were taught the Latvian language, religious instruction and homeland education. There were no books, except for those brought from Latvia.
In 1951, the school operated in the Windsor Church Hall, with the younger group led by teacher Lapsa and the older group by Ausma Gutmane. Velta Kleinberga and five other teachers helped. A year later, in 1952, the school was moved to the Strathfield Latvian House and the Strathfield Latvian Saturday School was founded. Milda Liepina (1952-1956) was principal.
Due to the long distances in Sydney, a school was founded in Bankstown, run by Elza Silina. From 1957, Ausma Gutmane was the principal. With nine teachers and 65 children, Bankstown was the largest of the Saturday schools. The SLB (Sydney Latvian Society) Strathfield Saturday School had five teachers and about 50 children.
The number of students continued to increase and there were still difficulties in providing students with textbooks. Classes were held every Saturday, students were taught the Latvian language, religion, geography, history, singing and folk dances. Pupils took part in various public life events with performances, Latvian national holidays were always celebrated, a children’s festival was held every year at the property of the association “Straumeni”. Plays were staged every year, mainly using the works of Latvian writers or their fragments.

When the SLB (Sydney Latvian Society) bought the Latvian House in Strathfield in 1954, the Strathfield and Pennant Hills schools were merged and from 1956 the school was called the SLB Strathfield Saturday School. In 1968 a special class for children who did not speak Latvian was established. At the end of the school year, the pupils who left the school had to take final examinations. That year the school had 86 pupils and one graduate.

On 18 November 1972 the school celebrated its 20th anniversary. “Those 20 years should be called a miracle – a miracle that in Sydney – as in many places elsewhere – there are people who are willing to give up their leisure hours dedicating their Saturdays and themselves to a higher purpose, in the name of the distant land of their dreams …”

Since 1975 the school has been known as the Sydney Latvian Society Primary School. The school library has 755 books and new books are added to the library collection every year. In 1977 the school celebrated its 25th anniversary. During these years 210 pupils graduated from the school. From 1978 onwards, pupils studied Latvian geography and history alongside Latvian. All pupils also had singing and folk dance lessons. On 14 October 1979, the new school premises were consecrated. The school regularly holds commemorations and events: the Children’s Festival, the Kalpaks’ Remembrance, Mother’s Day, Remembrance day to the Deported on 14 June, Midsummer, Independence Day celebrations on 18 November, Christmas parties. In addition to regular school subjects, wood carving and ceramics are taught.

The SLB (Sydney Latvian Association) secondary school was founded in 1958, and in 1975 a play group for pre-school children was established. From 1981, lectures were held so that parents could help children with learning Latvian. In 1992, the school celebrated its 40th anniversary. From 1979 to 2005, secondary school graduates could include Latvian as a subject in their matriculation at the New South Wales Department of Education. At the beginning of 1954, a Supplementary school group was founded in Bankstown, led by Kārlis Freimanis. When the SLB education courses were established in 1954, they also took over a supplementary school called the SLB education course supplementary school. Latvian language, literature and history were taught at the school. In 1956, Karlis Apsitis, Guntis Berzins, Vita Bormane, Mara Krumina, Mirdza Muizniece, Sigurds Rakuns and Valda Tomsone graduated from school and received certificates. In order to accommodate all those who wanted to attend the supplementary school, it was necessary to establish another group, which was called a seminar. The training took place both in the form of lectures and classes. The seminar ceased to function in 1958. The adult education courses ceased to exist in 1958 and the supplementary school was taken under the wing of the SLB as the SLB Secondary School. The school operated every Saturday. The secondary school was divided into two parts based on age and education. There were 10 students in the youngest group and 21 in the oldest group. From 1959, only one group was active. After Karlis Freimanis, the school was headed by Lucija Berzina, followed by Eduards Smugajs, Lucija Berzina again. Teachers were Zenta Eglite, Ausma Gutmane, Ed. Kalums, Pastors Janis Krauklis and Peteris Laivins, V. Lapsa, L. Runge, I. Šterns. From 1985 to 1990 Latvian language as part of the Flinders University course were held in the premises of the Latvian House. One of the lecturers was Dr. Trevor Garth Fennell, an Australian who had studied and researched Latvian.