2015 Primary Template v1 - Officer – Home Page Annual... · I would like to acknowledge the work of our Parish Priest, Father Jeff Kleynjans, Assistant Priest Father Hilarion Fernando,

ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SCHOOL

COMMUNITY

ST. BRIGID’S PRIMARY SCHOOL

OFFICER

2016

REGISTERED SCHOOL NUMBER: 2067

Primary School

ST. BRIGID’S PRIMARY SCHOOL, OFFICER

2016 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY 1

Contents

Contact Details ............................................................................................................................................ 2

Minimum Standards Attestation ................................................................................................................ 2

Our School Vision ....................................................................................................................................... 3

School Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 4

Principal’s Report ........................................................................................................................................ 5

Education in Faith ....................................................................................................................................... 6

Learning & Teaching ................................................................................................................................... 8

School Community & Student Wellbeing ................................................................................................ 12

Child Safe Standards …………………………………………………………………………………………….15

Leadership & Stewardship ....................................................................................................................... 17

Future Directions ....................................................................................................................................... 20

VRQA Compliance Data ............................................................................................................................ 21



Contact Details

ADDRESS 25 Bayview Road Officer VIC 3809

PRINCIPAL Kenneth Gale

PARISH PRIEST Rev. Jeff Kleynjans

SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR Amy Weavers

TELEPHONE (03) 59432447

EMAIL [email protected]

WEBSITE www.stbofficer.catholic.edu.au

Minimum Standards Attestation

I, Kenneth Gale attest that St. Brigid’s Primary School is compliant with:

All of the requirements for the minimum standards and other requirements for the registration

of schools as specified in the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) and the Education

and Training Reform Regulations 2007 (Vic), except where the school has been granted an

exemption from any of these requirements by the VRQA

Australian Government accountability requirements related to the 2016 school year under the

Australian Education Act 2013 (Cth) and the Australian Education Regulations 2013 (Cth)

19 May 2017



Our School Vision

St. Brigid’s is a Catholic community where children know they are valued and experience the

love of God in an engaging and contemporary learning environment.



School Overview

St. Brigid’s Primary School is one of three Primary Schools in the Parish of St Michael’s

Berwick. The school is located 40 kilometres from Melbourne and is located between Berwick

and Pakenham. This is our seventh year and we continue to do our best to meet the needs for

Catholic Education in this area. Infrastructure and building of homes is beginning to develop

within our catchment area.

At St Brigid’s there are three permanent learning centres which cater for Junior, Middle and

Senior students. The buildings are spacious and flexible and allow for a purposeful and

innovative approach to learning. There are interactive whiteboards and iPads and laptops in

Foundation to Year 2 and 1:1 Chromebooks in Years 3 to 6 to support the integration of

technology with learning and teaching.

Our school grounds are expansive and include a grassed oval, multipurpose hall,

netball/basketball court, running track, adventure playground and wide open spaces surrounded

by trees and gardens. This year there has been the addition of a Senior adventure playground

and a large vegetable garden to support our Science and Sustainability curriculum.

There is a bright and colourful Library, which is well stocked with books and resources for

students and staff. Our multipurpose room and Chapel have a variety of purposes including,

physical education, assemblies, Perceptual Motor Program, meetings, school masses and

liturgies and Before and After School Care.

Our curriculum embraces the Catholic ethos and is well supported by our specialist programs of

Music, Physical Education, Science and Sustainability and Japanese. Our Foundation students

have extra physical learning opportunities through a Perceptual Motor Program (PMP) and all

students enjoy rich inquiry based learning meeting the particular needs of each individual

student.

We recognise that a strong partnership between home and school is essential if we are to

realize the potential for each student. We seek ways involve to parents in their child’s education

and communicate regularly to enable us to work closely together to fulfill our educational vision.

St. Brigid’s staff are committed to the challenge of being a welcoming, innovative, creative and

dynamic learning community. As a school we strive to meet the needs of its students in an ever

changing world. We are enlivened by St. Brigid’s School motto of Faith, Strength, Knowledge

and Hospitality.



Principal’s Report

It is with great pleasure that I present the Annual Report for St Brigid’s Primary School. St

Brigid’s School is committed to ensuring that all students have access to quality teaching and

learning and that their individual needs are met. St Brigid’s has a highly professional and

dedicated staff that caters for the diverse needs of our students.

St. Brigid’s staff work collaboratively in a co-teaching environment where we continually strive to

deepen our knowledge, skills and understandings of teaching pedagogy. We engage regularly

in professional development which is both internally and externally provided. We are supported

by the Teaching and Learning Network provided by the Catholic Education Office Sale and the

Mathematics Collective with other local Catholic schools.

We have embedded a shared understanding of the key elements of contemporary and

personalized learning. Assessment and data collection are key to measuring the growth of our

students and differentiating the curriculum to meet the individual needs of each of our students.

This year we have developed our Principles of Learning which underpins everything we do.

St Brigid’s is part of St Michael’s Parish and has a very positive relationship with the Parish

team. I would like to acknowledge the work of our Parish Priest, Father Jeff Kleynjans, Assistant

Priest Father Hilarion Fernando, our Pastoral Worker Mrs. Liz Overdyke and our Sacramental

Coordinator Ms.Tara Bau. Our students participated in the Sacraments of Reconciliation,

Eucharist and Confirmation as part of their faith journey.

Our School Board informs and supports the work of the school within the community. They have

made a significant contribution to our school in providing a parent’s perspective and advice for

the school.

On behalf of the community I also would like to thank the Social and Fundraising Committee

and the Fair Committee for raising funds to provide our students with a Senior Adventure

Playground that was completed in November. These committees have been outstanding in the

financial contributions they have made and the opportunities they have provided for social

activities.



Education in Faith

Goals & Intended Outcomes

Teachers have a knowledge and understanding of the new Religious Education Curriculum

and contemporary teaching and learning practices are embedded in Religious Education

across the curriculum.

Prayer and spirituality of St Brigid’s community is nourished.

Catholic Social Teaching underpins the core mission of St Brigid’s.

Achievements

As a Catholic School we provided an education based in faith, and working in partnership with

our parents and Parish community. The prayer life of the school was significantly enhanced in

2016. Each of the three learning communities hosts a Mass each Term which is attended by

the whole school. St Brigid’s Masses are becoming known for its vibrancy and contemporary

style. The singing and positive participation of the students provides a great experience for

everyone.

In valuing the importance of our relationship with God and with each other, connections have

also been made by explicit teaching of Religious Education in our School. Planning has become

more collaborative, creative and reflective and students have been challenged to deepen their

faith by making connections with Scripture and Tradition and their own lives.

The Social Justice programs were conducted with student led Project Compassion fundraisers

during Lent. The school community raised funds for Caritas and provided nonperishable items

for St Vincent de Paul as part of the Feast of the Sacred Heart Appeal. The launch of Mini

Vinnies, led by Mr Matthew Dileo, has been a vehicle for education around social justice. Their

group presentations highlighted what social justice encompasses and the Catholic Social

Teaching principles.

We welcomed the opportunity to work with parents as the students prepared to receive the

sacraments. Our Family Centred, Parish Based and School Supported Sacramental Program

has allowed a deepening of our faith. Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation were

sacraments celebrated in Years 3, 4 and 6. Family, Parish and School work together in the

preparation and celebration of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation.

The Parish Sacrament Program is supported by our feeder college, St Francis Xavier. The

sacramental program is organized by their ministry group who facilitate the reflection days for all

three of our sacraments. Once again our Mass of Thanksgiving and Passing on Ceremony at

the end of the year was attended by College staff and our ministry was supported by some of

their musicians. Leadership from the Officer Campus received and welcomed Year 6 students

who were passing on to Year 7.



VALUE ADDED

Classroom programs were linked to the Parish Sacramental process to ensure families

were supported.

The Parish Sacramental Program was restructured so that Parent/ Student workshops

were conducted by the Religious Education Leader and Teachers rather than the

Sacramental Team.

The student’s have participated in numerous liturgies and Masses throughout the year

and celebrated whole school Masses at Michael’s Church.

Our Easter Liturgy enabled the students to experience and understand Christ’s passion

and resurrection.

Jam time (Just a minute) takes place at 12.30pm each day.

Stations of the Cross were presented by students from each Learning Community.

The Principal provided weekly contributions to the newsletter reflecting on the Gospel.

Year 6 students continued to participate in Harmony in Officer days once a Term with

five other schools, including government schools and private schools, in the local area.

This allowed the students to be immersed in other cultures including those from

different religious backgrounds.

Senior students led a prayer service at Westfield Shopping Centre Fountain Gate to

mark Remembrance Day.

Year 5 students participated in the annual Pilgrimage to St Mary’s Cathedral in Sale

and led the music ministry.

Participation in St Brigid’s Day celebrations, Confirmation, Eucharist and Reconciliation.

Celebrated Feast of the Assumption, St. Mary of the Cross, Mother’s Day, Father’s

Day, Grandparent’s Day and Graduation.

Whole school liturgies for Advent.



Learning & Teaching


Teachers have a knowledge and understanding of the Victorian Curriculum.

Learning will be student focused, purposeful and based on evidence.

Professional relationships underpin the positive learning at St Brigid’s.

Contemporary teaching and learning practices are embedded.

Achievements

In 2016 we took time to consolidate, define and revise what we believed contemporary practices

to be. As a whole school community we identified the six practices important to contemporary

learning.

Ownership of learning

Use of Data to support and inform learning

Holistic Pedagogy

Meeting the student’s needs

Explicit Teaching

As a school we continued to explore effective co-teaching practices using the learning spaces

we work in. Data has also become an important part of the teaching process with the use of the

SPA Platform being implemented across the school. This has encouraged consistent

assessment practices and a focus on the improvement gained by the students. Learning

Intentions and Success Criteria has become part of the planning process which has led to

learning becoming more focused.

Inquiry has developed within the school to be a Foundation to Year 6 focus. A 2016 -2017

specific curriculum area Scope and Sequence has been developed which staff are using with

focused ideas being given prior to planning. With the introduction of a new curriculum the

curriculum overviews have been developed with staff input to develop multi-curriculum area

inquiry units for 2018 – 2019.

Literacy has been a focus within the school with reflection on practice and NAPLAN reading

results being analysed. Staff use the CAFÉ program in reading lessons with students having

individualized goals. Students have also had greater opportunities to focus on practicing

comprehension strategies when they have been asked to do individual reading.

In Mathematics St. Brigid’s participated in the CEO sponsored Collective with a focus on

improving mathematical understanding. The collective focused on two main areas: ‘What is an

effective mathematics teacher and the use of open ended questions?’ The opening up of the

new curriculum has also allowed teachers to see, discuss and consider different mathematical

strategies they can use in their classroom.



ICT has also received a boost within the school with students from Years 3-6 participating in the

1-1 Chromebook program. Here students have the opportunity to use Google Apps for

Educators (GAFE) in a supervised classroom setting. This has led to the Senior Learning

Community using the Google classroom to share work with the students and the Middle

Learning Community teachers skilling the students up on the use of the apps. Students are

monitored by the use of Hapara to ensure cyber safety is being observed. Blogs are still

prevalent in the school with all classroom teachers, specialists and Principal having a Blog to

communicate with the school community.

Throughout 2016 Japanese began to play a more prominent role in the school with three staff

members attending the Leading Languages Professional Learning Program. This led to many

areas of the school being labelled with both Japanese and English titles. Five minute video

lessons were introduced to classrooms three to four days a week which are led by our

Japanese student leaders.

In 2016 we introduced the specialist area of Science and Sustainability. Professional

development was undertaken to support the implementation of the Science curriculum in the

specialist area and throughout the school. Our vegetable garden was established with the vision

of providing a range of purposes:

Reinforcing St. Brigid’s culture of sustainability and increasing the students’ awareness

of the benefits of composting and recycling to deal with waste.

Assisting in helping students make healthy lifestyle choices and embrace healthy eating

through learning to grow their own food.

Expanding the students’ knowledge and experience of different foods.

Observing the life cycle of a seed through to harvest.

Having a context for understanding the seasons and observing how they effect growth

and change.

Giving meaning to and promoting the understanding that as stewards of creation we all

have a responsibility to look after and care for our environment.

Providing opportunities to connect with the wider community.



VALUE ADDED

One of the most pleasing developments that has arisen is the introduction of our Garden Club

which is an extra curricula activity offered to students during lunch time. There is considerable

student support for this club.

In addition to the Garden Club we have an Origami Club for students with an interest in Japanese.

Students who engaged in the Origami Club made paper cranes and presented them to the St. John

of God Hospital in Berwick. The cranes are displayed in the main foyer of the hospital for staff,

patients and visitors to enjoy. The library has been opened for two lunchtimes a week for students

to engage in their love of reading and the PALS program has been introduced to encourage

physical activity.

Students have had several opportunities to participate in physical activities representing the

school. Each student has had the opportunities to participate in weekly lessons with a specialist.

Senior classes have participated in Interschool Sports with football, newcombe and netball.

Students also had the opportunity to participate in Interschool Athletics, Cross Country running

and swimming carnivals. The students in the middle and senior of the school participated in Soccer

Carnivals and Hoop Time basketball activities.

Students also participated in St. Brigid’s Annual Twilight Sports Carnival.



STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

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Overall St Brigid’s NAPLAN results have been very consistent over the past 3 years. Our

results reflect 100% or close to 100% of students reaching the minimum standards over the

past 3 years. Our year 3 results are positive with all areas of Literacy showing our children at

above the required minimum national level.

In Year 5 at least 95% of students met the National Minimum Standards in all areas

examined in NAPLAN testing. In saying this we did see a larger difference in the

improvement performance of students in Reading and Mathematics compared to their state

peers.

This has been examined in a couple of areas where the teachers have been asked to

consider practices during their reading and complete developmentally appropriate tasks. In

Year 5 Numeracy over 97% of students achieved the minimum standards. There has been an

expanded role in Mathematics for our Intervention Officer and the continued work of the

school as part of a Collective with other schools has also assisted teacher’s.

Throughout this year there has been a whole school focus on mathematics which we will

consolidate in 2017. The school is strongly focused on further improving and developing

student’s skills in Numeracy. We have also strengthened the school’s resources in

intervention with a teacher being employed full time in this position.



School Community & Student Wellbeing


To embody an inclusive environment where all are valued and work as a team.

To work together collaboratively as professional, conscientious and discreet members of the school community.

To further develop social and emotional learning to enable students to be confident, resilient lifelong learners.

To provide specific education modules for parents to reinforce social and emotional learning language.

Achievements

In 2016 St Brigid’s continued to acknowledge the importance of student wellbeing and the

impact this has on the learning process. We work towards building a positive, challenging and

engaging learning experience for all of our students. Professional Learning for staff addressed

our understandings around Social and Emotional Learning.

At St Brigid’s we develop the capacity of students to learn and benefit from their education by

linking their social, emotional and physical wellbeing. We have a whole school approach using

consistent language and strategies such as Circle Time and Restorative Practice. We use

Restorative Practice procedures to assist students to make amends after poor choices. This is

very intensive and involves time and effort. Participation in Circle Time provides an avenue for

students to share their thoughts and feelings and the ”You Can Do It“ program is well

embedded in the school culture and gives consistent approaches and language using the five

keys to success of: Getting Along, Organisation, Persistence, Confidence and Resilience.

The year 2016 was proclaimed by Pope Francis as an Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy and

in addition to our other wellbeing programs St. Brigid’s School introduced the ‘Way of Mercy”.

The Way of Mercy focuses on being merciful as our Heavenly Father is merciful and forgiving

those who have offended us is the clearest expression of merciful love. We use this as a model

with Restorative Practices to restore relationships.

This year we introduced “St Brigid’s Positive approach to Managing Student Behaviour.” This

provided staff with guidelines and a consistent approach and school wide practices where

respectful and safe conduct is expected of everyone. The Student Representative Council was

involved in developing a student code of conduct which is part of this document.

Each year St Brigid’s seeks to deepen school and home relationships. There have been a

number of opportunities for families to communicate with school including Blogs, meetings and

the school newsletter. Parenting Ideas by Michael Grose has been added to our weekly

newsletter to support parents. This is used to support parents particularly in the area of social

and emotional learning, a parent’s role in building resilience and Cyber Safety.



NON ATTENDANCE

We follow the Department of Education and Catholic Education Office procedures and

guidelines in relation to student attendance at school.

Parents are reminded regularly of the importance of attendance at school for the overall

development of the child in the weekly newsletter. If a child is away for three consecutive

days without a reason being supplied, the parent is contacted. Parents of students who are

regularly absent from school are also contacted. The amount of dates absent are reported to

the parents in the midyear and final report.

VALUE ADDED

Food Banks for Families

Social Skills Program

Speech Pathologist working with staff

Occupational Therapist working with staff

Life Education Van

Provide timely, appropriate access to support agencies and personnel

Teaching and using restorative practices and the Way of Mercy when handling conflict

You Can Do It Program

Year 6 Leadership Program

School Choir

Mini Vinnies (St. Vincent de Paul)

Catholic Education Week celebrations

Participation in the Lightning Premiership hosted by St Francis Xavier College

Carols

Twilight Sports

Extensive Foundation Year Orientation Program

Father’s Day Breakfast

Mother’s Day Celebration

Grandparents Mass and Open morning

Active participation in Harmony Project in Officer (Five local schools)

Regular communication with local Kindergartens and Secondary schools as part of transition programs

Successful and supportive sports programs

Concert

Before and After School Care (Camp Australia)



STUDENT SATISFACTION

The insight data shows that students feel positive at school and feel connected to the school.

The students feel their lessons are engaging and meeting their needs.

PARENT SATISFACTION

The Insight Data survey indicates that our parents experience a very high level of satisfaction

and that parents are very satisfied with the school’s overall performance.

Parents feel they are involved in their child’s education and that their input is valued. They

believe the teaching is purposeful and stimulating and that teachers are approachable

Due to the many community activities parents they feel connected to the school.



Child Safe Standards

Goals and Intended Outcomes

At St Brigid’s we are committed to ensuring that all children are safe and that all members in our school community know their role and responsibilities.

Practices are to be put into place that keep children safe and all members of our community are expected to know and abide by these practices.

Achievements

At St. Brigid’s School we hold the care, safety and wellbeing of children and young people as a

central and fundamental responsibility of our school. Throughout 2016 St. Brigid’s has

undertaken a significant process where key staff have participated in professional development

to lead this important initiative.

St. Brigid’s has developed our Child Safety Policy and which is an overarching document that

provides key elements to our approach to protecting children from abuse. This policy applies to

school staff, including school employees, volunteers, contractors and clergy. Our policies have

taken into account the relevant legislative requirements within the State of Victoria, including the

specific requirements of the Victorian Child Safe Standards as set out in Ministerial Order No.

870.

Policies that have been updated or developed throughout 2016 are: Pastoral Care Policy,

Grooming Policy, Failure to Disclose Policy, Failure to Protect Policy, Mandatory Reporting

Policy, Complaints Policy, Anti-Bullying Policy, Parent School Relationships Code of Conduct

and Information Communication Technology Policy.

These policies have been communicated through our public website as well as through other

mediums such as our newsletters, Parent Information Booklet, Staff booklet, Induction packs

and noticeboards. Members of the school community have been addressed at the Social and

Fundraising Committee meetings and the School Board.

We have held staff meetings to discuss the importance, responsibilities and implications of

these policies and each staff member has been provided with a booklet containing all of the

policies relating to Child Safe Standards. Professional development and training is ongoing to

ensure everyone understands their professional and legal obligations and responsibilities and

the procedures for reporting suspicion of child abuse and neglect.

All staff members have completed the module in Mandatory Reporting. All staff are trained in

First Aid Level 2, Asthma Management and Anaphylactic responses.

All visitors to St. Brigid’s School read the St. Brigid’s Primary School Child Safety Code of Conduct

and sign that they have read and agree to abide by the St. Brigid’s School Child Safety Code of

Conduct.



Staff, volunteers (direct and indirect), third party contractors and external education providers are supported and supervised by the Child Safety Officer to ensure they are compliant with the school’s approach to Child Protection. The Wellbeing Team, Leadership Team and the Child Safety Officers review our Child Safety practices, procedures and policies annually or before if required. The Child Safe Officer regularly identify and assess risks to student safety across our whole school environment. We document, implement, monitor and review our risk management strategies for child safety and ensure that the strategies change as needed and as new risks arise. All persons over 18 engaged as workers, be they employees, contractors or volunteers (which includes clergy, other religious and School Board members) associated with the school are required to possess a Working With Children Check. This has been communicated extensively to our school community.



Leadership & Stewardship


Clear communication.

Build the capacity of Leaders.

All Occupational Health and Safety requirements are adequately meet.

Whole school collaborative, reflective process.

Achievements

At St. Brigid’s we see ourselves as a professional learning community who share the

responsibility of improving effective teamwork, shared decision making and the use of feedback.

The Leadership Team’s capacity has been built upon, particularly in the area of providing

relevant focused feedback to staff.

There has been a continued focus on providing clarity for staff. We have continued to articulate

clear structures and processes for staff and a clear understanding of their role. Staff in

leadership roles have been provided with support to build their capacity to be effective leaders.

Providing Leadership opportunities for our students has been a strong focus this year. Students

in Year 6 have a variety of options for leadership depending on their interest. Students in all

year levels have an opportunity to take on leadership roles such as a Japanese Leader or as a

representative of the Student Representative Council. A document has been developed with

clear role descriptions for each role. The Student Representative Council was once again a

very active group in 2016.

Students in Year 5 participated in a Leadership Day. This day was designed to give our senior

leaders for 2017 an opportunity to reflect on the actions and attributes leaders need in order to

be successful and empower others. There was a focus on the servant leadership we witness in

Jesus with activities that were challenging in that they worked in a team environment to achieve

specific goals.

We practiced our Emergency Management procedures and updated them as required. Our

Occupational Health and safety policies have been updated to reflect appropriate current

practice.

The area surrounding St. Brigid’s School is under development and we have been working

closely with the developers throughout 2016. Planning and processes have been set up for the

infrastructure required to allow for sewerage to be connected and to go through the school

property.

The school is committed to the development of the school grounds and buildings. Improvements

were made to our Science and Sustainability Garden and a Senior Adventure Playground was

constructed. The SRC, staff and parents had significant input into these projects. There has

been ongoing maintenance to the school.



The School Board and Social and Fundraising Committee continued to provide huge support

and leadership within the school. St. Brigid’s School has willing volunteers who are enthusiastic

about working to foster the great community spirit we have at our school.

EXPENDITURE AND TEACHER PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

DESCRIPTION OF PL UNDERTAKEN IN 2016

Japanese Language Teachers Association of Victoria (JLTAV) Conference

Speech Therapy Training for teaching Staff

Weekly Professional Learning meetings

Anaphylaxis training all staff

Mathematics Collective

Learning and Teaching Networks

Two day off-site Conference for all staff

Principal Cluster meetings

Wellbeing Cluster meetings

Cued Articulation

Literacy – ACER Spelling for Life

Engaging Children with the garden

Critical Incidence

Principals Conference

RELs Conference

Professional Learning for Administrative Staff

EMU training

Graduate Formation days

STA program for Educational Support Officers

OHS for leaders

Staff Spirituality Day

Network meetings for Principals, Religious Education Leaders, Literacy Leader

PAT Maths

Dr. Michael Carr-Gregg PL

Complispace PL

VSGA Workshop

ABLES PD – Lego Robotics

ZART Art

St. Louis De Monfort’s Steps to Sustainability Conference

NUMBER OF TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN PL 22

AVERAGE EXPENDITURE PER TEACHER FOR PL $905.45



TEACHER SATISFACTION

Staff embraced innovations to reflect a more contemporary approach to learning and teaching.

They have been enthusiastic and expressed satisfaction with our shared vision for the school.

The Insight Data showed that staff were enthusiastic and passionate and focused on school

improvement.



Future Directions

At St. Brigid’s we continue to strive for improvement.

Staff will continue to keep informed with the latest research into effective teaching and learning

strategies and we will continue to support staff with quality professional learning.

In 2016 St Brigid’s Primary School will work towards the following goals.

Education in Faith

Contemporary teaching and learning practices are embedded in Religious Education across the curriculum.

Catholic Social Teaching underpins the core mission of St Brigid’s.

That prayer and spirituality of St Brigid’s is nourished.

Learning and Teaching

Learning will be student focused, purposeful and based on evidence.

Professional relationships underpin the positive learning at St Brigid’s.

Contemporary teaching and learning practices are embedded. Student Wellbeing

To further develop social and emotional learning to enable students to be confident, resilient, successful lifelong learners.

To embody an inclusive environment where all are valued and work as a team Leadership and Management

Build the Capacity of Leaders.

Ongoing role clarity.

Whole school collaborative, reflective process. School Community

Continue to embed Safe School practices

Continue to Implement G Suite

Complete the move from Septic to Sewerage.

That all Occupational Health and Safety requirements for compliance are adequately met.

Continue to implement Complispace



VRQA Compliance Data

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St Brigid's School, Officer

PROPORTION OF STUDENTS MEETING THE MININUM STANDARDS

NAPLAN TESTS 2014

%

2015

%

2014–2015

Changes

%

2016

%

2015–2016

Changes

%

YR 03 Reading 100.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0

YR 03 Writing 100.0 98.0 -2.0 100.0 2.0

YR 03 Spelling 97.1 98.0 0.9 100.0 2.0

YR 03 Grammar & Punctuation 97.1 100.0 2.9 100.0 0.0

YR 03 Numeracy 100.0 97.9 -2.1 100.0 2.1

YR 05 Reading 97.2 96.4 -0.8 97.3 0.9

YR 05 Writing 100.0 96.4 -3.6 100.0 3.6

YR 05 Spelling 94.4 96.4 2.0 97.5 1.1

YR 05 Grammar & Punctuation 97.2 96.4 -0.8 95.0 -1.4

YR 05 Numeracy 100.0 100.0 0.0 97.3 -2.7



AVERAGE STUDENT ATTENDANCE RATE BY YEAR LEVEL %

Y04 92.45

Y03 94.23

Y05 90.62

Y06 91.54

Y01 91.73

Y02 92.77

Overall average attendance 92.22

TEACHING STAFF ATTENDANCE RATE

Teaching Staff Attendance Rate 86.74%

STAFF RETENTION RATE

Staff Retention Rate 77.27%



TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

Doctorate 0.00%

Masters 12.50%

Graduate 6.25%

Certificate Graduate 0.00%

Degree Bachelor 81.25%

Diploma Advanced 12.50%

No Qualifications Listed 0.00%

STAFF COMPOSITION

Principal Class 2

Teaching Staff (Head Count)

20

FTE Teaching Staff

15.600

Non-Teaching Staff (Head Count)

5

FTE Non-Teaching Staff

4.183

Indigenous Teaching Staff

0

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2015 Primary Template v1 - Officer – Home Page Annual... · I would like to acknowledge the work of our Parish Priest, Father Jeff Kleynjans, Assistant Priest Father Hilarion Fernando,