School Performance Report 2017

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Contents

Welcome ...................................... 3

InsideOut ..................................... 4

Living Generously ....................... 5

School Leadership ...................... 6

Staffing Changes ......................... 8

Partnership .................................. 8

Spirituality .................................... 9

Students ....................................... 10

Staff ............................................... 14

Community Engagement ............ 20

Financial Information .................. 22

Facilities ......................................... 23

About Perth College.VisionPerth College girls: Remarkable women

MissionPerth College, an Anglican school, prepares girls to think creatively, embrace personal excellence and live generously

ValuesA Perth College girl is:

Capable continuouslylearningandstrivingtofulfilourpotential asresourceful,confidentwomen

Courageous welcomingchallengeswithstrength,confidenceand resilience

Caring contributing to our community with integrity, respect and compassion

In its 115th year, Perth College remained committed to nurturing, empowering and inspiring young women to shape their own futuresandpositivelyinfluencesociety.2017was an exciting, rewarding and full year as a range of new initiatives and developments was implemented to ensure we remain at the leadingedgeofgirls’education.

The year began with a focus on how the past, in particular the story of our founders and the Christian identity of the School, had shaped Perth College and would inform its future.ApresentationwhichhadbeengiventoSchoolCouncilin2016,focussingontheCommunity of the Sisters of the Church and their work across Australia and New Zealand, wasextendedtoallstaffandthenYears7and12students.

In April, teacher Bek Duyckers launched the Imaginarium programme to give gifted and

talented girls opportunities to challenge theircuriosityandcreativity.Itextendsgiftedstudents’ learning beyond the classroom via a range of short courses that are run during theholidaysaswellasafterschool.Theprogramme is open to students from any school across WA and attracted enrolments from towns such as Northam, Albany and Margaret River as well as suburbs – and othergirls’schools–acrossPerth.

We implemented a mobile communications policy requiring girls to keep their smartphones in their lockers during the day; this initiative was well received by parents and many of the students, and resulted in an increase in meaningful interaction, authentic relationships, and noise in the grounds duringrecessandlunch.

Welcome.

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InsideOut.Recognition of the work Perth College is doing in positive education through the InsideOut self-leadership programme is spreadingaroundtheworld.

InMarch,staffmembersKristineSandersandDannyParkerpresented at the national conference run by the Positive Education Schools Association in Sydney, about embedding positivepsychologyintheearlyyears.InsideOut Director Deb Perichco-presentedwithURSTRONGfounderDanaKerfordabout the ‘Language of Friendship’ course and partnered with Assessing Wellbeing in Education (AWE) to provide a case studyaboutmeasuringwellbeinginstudentsandstaff.

In October, the School hosted the state’s third annual Positive Education conference, bringing together allied health professionals, educators and researchers from across the country;fivestaffmemberspresented.Forthefirsttime,astreamspecificallyforparentswasincludedasaresultofanappreciativeinquiry(AI)involvingYears1and2parents;theAIproject was launched to enhance parents’ wellbeing journey and enable them to brainstorm ways for Perth College as an organisationtoflourish.Thisisanongoingprocess.

Bytheendof2017,allstaffhadbeentrainedinpositivepsychologyandthefirstgroupof‘champions’begantrainingincoachingpsychology.

Among the diverse range of activities and guest speakers for studentsfromKindergartentoYear12were:

• CityAfterDark–PerthCollegeparentandpoliceofficerNickSteelescortedYear9studentsintotheCBDandonpublic transport to teach personal safety and protective behaviours

• TheRACbstreetsmartinitiativeforYear10s,withmanygirls choosing to then complete the

• RotaryDriverEducationprogrammefollowedbyKeysforLife, enabling them to achieve their Learner’s Permit

• Peer Power, through which Senior School students learnedabouteffectivecommunicationtomotivateandlead themselves as well as others

• EnlightenEducation,whichhelpedYear7stransitionintothe Senior School and younger

• students settle nerves about school• Hugh van Cuylenburg from The Resilience Project – he

workedwithYears3and7studentstoteachmindfulness,gratitude and empathy as the keys to developing resilience and improving emotional wellbeing

• Drug and alcohol educator Paul Dillon returned to Perth College for the ninth time to speak to students about socialising sensibly

• Cyber safety expert Susan McLean and Burn Bright spoke to students about online safety and digital leadership

• Thetwo-dayworkshopatEdithCowanUniversityforYear10saboutleadership,whichculminatedintheAmazingRace adventure through Perth

• AflashmobperformanceinKingsParkbytheKindergartenclassandSeniorSchooldancerstolaunchWorldKindnessWeekinNovember

TheSchoolobservedCharacterDayforthefirsttimeonWednesday13September,watchingthefilm30,000Daysandparticipating in conversations and activities to consider how they can lead a meaningful life based on strengths such as courageandempathy.

InsideOut Director Deb Perich ran GirlPower (now known as URSTRONG) courses for tween girls and their parents in Karratha,KalgoorlieandEsperancetohelpstudentsdevelopfriendshipstrategies.

Living Generously.MembersoftheClassof2017setahighstandardfortheyoungerstudentstofollow,collectivelylogging6,178hoursofcommunityserviceduringtheirfinalthreeyearsatPerthCollege.EachYear12completedinexcessof45hours,withmany choosing not to log all completed hours after meeting their20-hourschoolrequirement.

AsmallgroupofYear11scontinuedtovolunteeratacentreforwomenandchildrenaffectedbyfamilyanddomesticviolence, assisting with homework and providing ongoing mentoring.Suchwastheimpactontheclients’childrenthat the partners involved in the Path of Hope initiative are consideringreplicatingtheprogrammearoundtheworld.

Girls remained regular visitors to the neighbouring aged care facilities to join in singing, games and beauty treatment sessionswithresidents.

The School was involved in three Christmas appeals:

• Years7and8studentspacked50shoeboxeswithgiftsfor Operation Christmas Child, run by international aid organisation Samaritan’s Purse

• Years7to12studentsdonatedgoodsforAnglicareto add to care packs distributed by its Street Connect mobile outreach programme

• The Prep class co-ordinated a Junior School collection of items for Orana House

Fourteen students participated in the Cambodian Odyssey during the April holidays, immersing themselves in the history and culture and undertaking important service projects to makeadifferenceinseveralcommunities.Thegirlshadfundraisedsince2016torepairdamagecausedduringthewet season to the roofs of a classroom and the library at SunshineHouse.

PerthCollegeenteredthe10th year of its Solomon Islands immersiontour;duringJuly,16studentsinYear10participated in the annual event, spending time at St Nicholas CollegeandhelpingattheChristianCareCentre.

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School Council

Chairperson Mrs Andrea Porter BA

Vice Chair Mr Ian Belton BA Bus CA

Members Mr Jon Burgess BA GradDip Urb Reg Plng

Ms Brenda Hogg BCom LLC Graduate Diploma of Divinity

Mrs Vikki De Alwis BComm MBA Business Administration

MrGeoffMatherBBusFCPAFAICDFFinFLWAAMP176HarvardBusiness School

Dr Seonaid Mulroy MBBS (Hons) BSc (Hons) BSc

Mr Nick Stanisis Dip RE Management

Dr Joan Squelch BA BEd (Hons) Med (Hons) DEd Bluris (Hons) LLB Grad Dip Legal Practice

DrJaneScottBAppScGradDipMASTPhD(appointedJune2017)

Mrs Jenny Ethell BBus GradDipEd MACE MAIRD (Principal)

Mr Anthony Gooey BComm CA Director of Finance and Administration

Executive Leadership Team

Principal Jenny Ethell BBus GradDipEd MACE MAICD

Vice Principal Lynda Giglia BEd MACE

Director of Finance and Administration

Anthony Gooey BComm CA

Director of Community Relations and Enrolments

Nicola Firth BArts CertIVTr&Assess

Director of ICT John Garnett AssocDegA (Tr&D) Cert IVWM

Academic Staff

Head of Junior School Jenny Dougan BA BEd GradDipEd (Prim)

Head of Senior School Shani Andrews BA GradDipEd MEd(Ld)

Dean of Learning and Teaching Junior School

Jane London BA (Ed) DipT

Dean of Learning and teaching Senior School

Susan Carrick BA (Ed) MEd Cert

Head of Boarding Jill Miller DipEd CertII CertIVWorkTrain

Dean of Students Amanda Madden GradDipEd(Sec) MA CPA

Dean of Academic Administration Shona Hall BAppSc GradDipSc PostGradDip

Dean of Co-curricular Scott Cox BEd

Head of Innovation and Development Steve Wynhorst BAGradDipEd

Staff Qualifications

Qualification No.ofStaff

Assoc Degree 1

Bachelor 59

Bachelor (Hons) 4

Graduate Diploma 37

Masters 27

PHD 2

FULL-TIME PART-TIME TOTAL STAFFWomen Men Women Men

Executive Team 3 2 0 0 5Middle Management Team 15 8 4 0 27Teaching 64 11 23 2 100Peripatetic Music Teachers 0 0 17 6 23Support Staff 29 14 32 3 78Total 111 35 76 11 233

%WOMEN %MEN60% 40%70% 30%87% 13%74% 26%78% 22%80% 20%

Workforce composition

Perth College has a total of 233 employees, with 80 per cent of the workforce female and 20 per cent male. A list of staff and their qualifications is provided within this report.

School Leadership.

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Staffing Changes.The School’s new leadership structure – including Lynda Giglia asVicePrincipal(K-12),ShaniAndrewsasHeadofSeniorSchool, Jenny Dougan as Head of Junior School, and Steve Wynhorst as Head of Innovation and Development – took effectatthestartof2017.

Our search continued for a new Chaplain following the departureofFatherBarryMossattheendof2016.InNovember, we announced that Reverend Lisa Ahuja would commenceatthestartofTermOne,2018.

We were saddened to farewell:

• ValLang,whocametoPerthCollegein2001asaninstrumentalteacherbeforejoiningtheMusicstaffasaclassroomteacherin2006

• Maria Macaulay, who retired, having been a member oftheSciencestaffsince2002

• PippaDepiazzi,whohadworkedatPerthCollegesince2011;

• Leanne Crabtree, who came to Science as a Lab Technicianin2006;

• LizCarrel,whojoinedtheLibraryin2000;and• Severalcontractandsupportstaff

OurSchoolCouncilremainedlargelyunchangedin2017,savefor the addition of Dr Jane Scott, who attended Perth College from1971to1975,andservesastheOldGirls’Associationrepresentative.

Partnerships.Perth College is a part of the:

• Independent Girls’ Schools’ Sports Association (IGSSA) and the Junior Independent Girls’ Schools Sports Associations;in2017,PerthCollegefinishedsecondoverall in rowing, third in softball and fourth in volleyball

• Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia • The Association of Head of Independent Schools of

Australia• The Association of Independent Schools of Western

Australia• Australian Boarding Schools Association

The School partners with:

• Madalah Ltd• Fortescue Metals Group• The CSIRO’s Scientists and Mathematicians in Schools

programme• Rotary and The Salvation Army in the Path of Hope

initiative • Curtin University

Jenny EthellPRINCIPAL

Spirituality.Intheabsenceofafull-timeChaplainin2017,ReverendPatDeeny served as our locum, working particularly closely with theboardersandJuniorSchoolstudents.LayChaplainClareHackett, Beliefs and Values teacher Nola McIntyre and former School Chaplain, Reverend Terry Curtis, all joined together to assist with Chapel services and to guide the girls throughout theyear.

WewereproudtoassistReverendPatthroughherfinalstagesofordinationtothepriesthoodlateinthe2017,andoverjoyedto announce in November that Reverend Lisa Ahuja would join PerthCollegeasSchoolChaplainin2018.ReverendLisahadserved as the Pathway School Chaplain at the University of Melbourne’s Trinity College, working with teenagers from more than30countries.ShewasordainedaPriestinWashingtonDCin2007,andledparishesinWisconsinandTexasbeforemovingtoAustralianin2015withherhusband,Salil.

The Sacristans demonstrated their leadership through a variety of programmes, including running the ‘Sister Circle’ which allowed Senior School girls to gather, discuss and explore their faithonceaweekduringlunch.

ApoignantEasterserviceunitedallstudentsfromKindergartentoYear12onthelastdayofTermOne.ThegirlsdividedintoHousegroupsandmetatdifferentlocationsacrosstheSchoolforopeningprayers,readingsandhymnsonFriday7April.EachHousereflectedonaparticularsymbolofEaster,beforeprocessing to the Chapel Quad, where the service continued

with the Dean of Perth, the Very Reverend Richard Pengelley andReverendPat.

The School was thrilled by the appointment in September of formerChaplain,KayGoldsworthy,astheArchbishopofPerth.An Honorary Old Girl, her steadfast belief and determination that women can be leaders throughout society are a great exampletoPerthCollegestudents.

At our St Michael’s Day services at the end of Term Three, we celebrated125yearsoftheCommunityoftheSistersoftheChurchinAustralia.MackenzieElsegood-Smith(Year6)andMelevaThorn(Year12)wererecognisedfortheirselflessness,humility and contribution to school and community life when they received the St Gabriel Award and St Michael Award respectively.

Reverend Pat helped prepare a number of girls for Baptism andConfirmationduringtheyearandweweredelightedtowelcometheAdministrator,BishopKateWilmot,toourChapeltoconfirmthegirlsinfrontofboardersandtheirfamilies.

AnglicarecontinuedtobeamajorbeneficiaryofthefundraisingeventsorganisedbyourStudentRepresentativeCouncil.

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Students.Academic Achievement

Our STEaM (Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Mathematics) programme engages girls in rich experiences from an early age. The curriculum as well as co-curricular opportunities help students to develop their curiosity, persistence, resilience, and critical and creative thinking.

Perth College was again a finalist in the Governor’s School STEM Awards in November, in recognition of the work being done to equip girls from Kindergarten to Year 6 with skills for the future. Many of the Junior School girls were also recognised for their solutions to problems in the community:

• Lux Stanley and Aliza Chopping (Year 4) won the best STEM idea category at the Game Changer Awards in August for their app ‘Happy Me’

• Camryn Cloughley, Imogen Giumelli and Eliza Kent received a merit award at Young ICT Explorers (WA) in September for their app ‘Think Happy, Be Happy’. It provides advice to children and teens about sleeping, friendships, family issues, bullying and boosting moods

• A UV detector created by four Year 5 students for use at Marjorie Mann Day Care Centre placed second in the girls’ age division at the Young ICT Explorers (WA) event in September

• Two teams of Year 6 girls were among four groups named finalists in the best student game category of the 2017 ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media) Awards in October

• Three projects created by Years 1 and 2 members of the STOP Motion Club made the finals of the lower primary age category of the 1-Minute Film Competition run by ATOM across Australia and New Zealand

Perth College girls performed at high levels across a range of subjects, events and competitions at home, interstate and overseas:

• Isabella Emery and Billie Metselaar (Year 12) attended the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra in January; Billie and fellow Year 12 student Taylor Adair were accepted into the International Youth Science Forum in London in July

• Clarissa Luk (Year 12) was one of just seven students from WA selected for the two-week National Mathematics Summer School at Australian National University in January

• Twenty-three students in Year 10 spent a week in January at US Space Camp in Alabama, consolidating what they had learned with a visit to Kennedy Space Centre in Orlando

• Thirty-two girls in Year 10 won their day of the 2017 Science and Engineering Challenge in March

• The Years 7/8 Chorale, Camerata and Intermediate Band were each awarded a silver plaque at an adjudicated concert held during the Australian International Music Festival in Sydney in July

• Nine girls participated in the Oxford Royale study programme in July, with five students winning awards for subjects such as Medical Biology and Art and Architecture

• Our Year 10s triumphed over Christ Church Grammar School during the grand final of the Schools Conflict Resolution and Mediation (SCRAM) competition in September

2017 Leavers: ATAR Results, Vocational Education and Training, and 2018 Destinations

PerthCollegewasoneofjust14schoolsacrossthestatetohave100percentofitsstudentsachievetheWACertificateofEducation.

Ofthe137girlsinYear12,120wereeligibletoreceiveanATARandtheSchool’smedianATARwas89.45,whichplacedPerthCollege amongst the top performing schools for academic excellenceinWesternAustralia.PerthCollegehadthehighestachievingstudentsinnineoftheeligiblesubjects.SixgirlsachievedanATARof99+,while52percentofthegirlsreceivedanATARof90orabove.

OurDuxClarissaLukachievedanATARof99.95(oneofjust16students in Western Australia to do so); both she and Gianina LoreceivedaGeneralExhibitionwhileKeiraEllisreceivedaSubjectExhibitionforLiterature.Additionally:

• SixstudentswereawardedSubjectCertificatesofExcellence

• Twenty-sevengirlsreceivedCertificatesofDistinction• ThirtystudentswereawardedCertificatesofMerit• 17studentsachievedVETqualifications

The diversity of courses and universities the girls chose to pursuein2018wasimpressive,fromEnglishtoBiochemistrytoStageManagementandFashionMerchandising.Health-relateddegreesattractedstronginterestfrommanyofthegirls;21enrolled in courses such as Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy,andNutritionandDietetics.Inadditiontolocaluniversities, girls also chose to study interstate at institutions such as the University of Sydney, ANU, RMIT, the University of QueenslandandMelbourneUniversity.Atleast10graduatesundertookagapyearoranexchange.

Enrolments

Therewere1,120full-timeequivalentstudentsatPerthCollegein2017,including17Indigenousstudents.Approximately14percenthadaparentwhosenativelanguageisnotEnglish.

Student Attendance

The average rate of attendance for students at Perth College in 2017was96percent.

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Students.Literacy And Numeracy

Eachyear,studentsinYears3,5,7and9sittheNationalAssessmentProgramme–LiteracyandNumeracy(NAPLAN)test.In-depthinformation about the outcomes achieved by Perth College students can be found at the My School website – www.myschool.edu.au.Thesitebreaksdownthefigurestoshowparentstheresultsbyyeargroupanddiscipline,andhowstudentshaveprogressedovertime.ItalsoenablesacomparisonbetweenPerthCollegeandotherschools.Theproportionofstudentsatorabovetheminimumnationalstandardsisoutlineinthetablebelow.

Year3 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Reading 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Writing 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Spelling 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Grammar and Punctuation 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Numeracy 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Year5 2013 2014 2015 2016

Reading 100% 100% 99% 100% 100%

Writing 100% 100% 99% 100% 100%

Spelling 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Grammar and Punctuation 100% 100% 100% 99% 99%

Numeracy 100% 100% 100% 99% 100%

Year7 2013 2014 2015 2016

Reading 99% 100% 100% 99% 100%

Writing 99% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Spelling 98% 100% 100% 100% 99%

Grammar and Punctuation 98% 100% 100% 99% 99%

Numeracy 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Year9 2013 2014 2015 2016

Reading 99% 99% 99% 100% 100%

Writing 99% 99% 99% 99% 100%

Spelling 99% 99% 99% 100% 99%

Grammar and Punctuation 98% 100% 100% 99% 100%

Numeracy 98% 100% 100% 100% 100%

OLNA – Online Literacy And Numeracy Assessment

OLNAisdesignedtoenablestudentstosuccessfullymeettheWesternAustralianCertificateofEducation(WACE)requirementofdemonstratingtheminimumstandardofliteracyandnumeracy.ResultsforYears10to12studentsareoutlinebelow.

Year 10 2017

Numeracy Reading Writing

% pre- qualified NSA Cat

1Cat 2 Total % pre-

qualified NSA Cat 1

Cat 2 Total % pre-

qualified NSA Cat 1

Cat 2 Total

2017March 88% 18     18 88% 21     21 64% 54     54

2017September      2 4 6      0 1 1      1 3 4

2018March      1 1 2     0  0 0      0 0 0

2018September                              

2019March                              

2019September                              

Year 11 2017

Numeracy Reading Writing

% pre- qualified NSA Cat

1Cat 2 Total % pre- NSA Cat

1Cat 2 Total % pre-

qualified NSA Cat 1

Cat 2 Total

2016 March 88% 19     19 85% 23     23 80% 30     30

2016 September     3 3     5 5     3 3

2017 March       3 3     1 1       1 1

2017 September       1 1       0 0       0 0

2018 March       0 0       0 0       0 0

2018 September                              

Year 12 2017

Numeracy Reading Writing

% pre- qualified NSA Cat

1Cat 2 Total % pre-

qualified NSA Cat 1

Cat 2 Total % pre-

qualified NSA Cat 1

Cat 2 Total

2015 March 83% 24     24 82% 26     26 69% 44     44

2015 September   3 11 14   1 1 2   1 11 12

2016 March     5 5     1 1       2 2

2016 September       4 4       1 1       1 1

2017 March     2 2     1 1     1 1

2017 September       1 1       1 1       1 1

September Results       1 1       1 1       1 1

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Staff.Tenlong-servingstaffmemberscelebratedacombined160yearsofdedicationandservicetoPerthCollegein2017and were acknowledged by the School Council for their commitmentatafunctioninDecember.ICTSupportOfficerSandyFergusoncompleted30years,whilePropertyManagerTerrySullivan,MariaStasyszyn(ScienceLabTechnician),ShonaHall (Dean of Academic Administration) and Sally Warwick (MathematicsTeacher)eachcompleted20years.RosanneCampbell(StudentServices),GerryKougianos(Groundskeeper),SofieCumming(MusicTeacher),CarolinePhilogene(HeadofLanguages)andAaronDivitini(ICT)wereeachrecognisedfor10yearsofservice.

Professional Learning

Professionallearningin2017wasorganisedaroundtheuseofinternalstaffexpertsdeliveringcoursestotheircolleagues.Thisapproach, combined with greater choice to maximise personal professional relevance, conforms to best practice as outlined by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL).

TherewasastrongfocusonstafflearningintheuseofthenewlearningmanagementsystemknownasSPACE.

The development of teacher skills using the SPACE learning components was prioritised as these allow new pedagogical approaches to class activities and greater levels of differentiationintheclassroom.AllstaffalsocompletedaMicrosoftskillscoursetoensuretheymaintainedtheireffectiveuseoflearningtechnology.

ThetrainingofallexistingstaffmembersinpositivepsychologywascompletedandeightstaffcompletedtheGeelongGrammar School four-day introductory course in positive educationinApril.

Three members of the School Leadership Team (Lynda Giglia, Shani Andrews and Jill Miller) participated in one-to-one executive coaching to facilitate their own professional growth and capability when conducting coaching conversations with theirstaff.

Theintroductionofpeergrowthcoachtrainingforallstaffbegan in preparation for the introduction of a new personal professionallearninganddevelopmentprocessin2018.

ALLEN Dave Mathematics Teacher BSc GradDipEd MEdMan

ANDERSON Hayley Acting Assistant, Head of English BEd BECA

ANDREWS Shani Head of Senior School BA GradDipEd MAST

ANDRIOFF Marie LOTE Teacher BA GradDipEd

ARTELARIS Jane Music Teacher BMusEd(Hons) MMus

AUSTIN Jo English Teacher BA(Eng) DipT MEd

AVERY Helen Humanities and Social Science Teacher BA(Ed) BA(SocSc) MEd

AXFORD Beth Humanities & Social Sciences Teacher BSc(AppChem) DipEd

BARROWCLOUGH Rosanne English Teacher BA(Eng)

BEEBE Thomas Home Economics Teacher BSc GradDipEd

BOSNICH Belinda Careers Councellor BA(Psych) GradDipEd

BOWER Danielle English Teacher BA (Engl) GradDipEd

BUSHBY Suzanne Junior School Teacher BSocSc GradDipEd

CAMPBELL Renae Head of Health & Physical Education BPhysEd DipEd

CAPLE Naomi Health & Physical Education Teacher BSc DipEd

CAPPON Maggie LOTE Teacher BA(Hons) PostGradDip

CARLTON Kathy Art Teacher BEd

CARRICK Susan Dean of Learning and Teaching BA(Ed) MEd

CAWLEY Rosemary Humanities and Social Science Teacher BEd MEdMan

CONDO Daniela Head of Mathematics BAppSc Grad-DipEd(Sec)

COX Scott Mathematics Teacher BEd

CROWE Chelsea Speech & Drama Teacher BEd DipSD

DAWBIN Emma Humanities and Social Science Teacher BEc GradDipEd

DEPIAZZI Pippa Learning Enrichment Co-ordinator BEd MEd CertGE

DOUGAN Jenny Head of Junior School BA BEd Grad-DipEd(Prim)

DUYCKERS Bek Junior School Teacher BEd(Prim) GradCert-Ed(LD)

MEd(LD)

ELLISON Sarah String Specialist BMus(Hons) GradDipEd

ETHELL Jenny Principal BBus GradDipEd DipRSS MACE MAICD

FORTINI Ellen Science Teacher BSc (Hons) MAST PhD

GARBIN Marilyn VET Teacher CertIV GradCert

GIGLIA Lynda DeputyPrincipal-Staff BEd MACE MACEL

Teaching Staff Qualifications

Surname Name Position Qualification

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GILL Justin Head of Belief & Values BA BProfSt

GOFF Chris Director of Music BMusEd

GOLDSMITH McKenzie Drama Teacher BEd

GOOD Dianne Art Teacher BEd

GOMERSALL Nicole Humanities and Social Science BComm

GREEN-ARMYTAGE Emily Music Specialist BMus(Hons) MMus

GRIGG Andrew Infomation & Technologies Teacher Beng DipEd MEd

GRIGSON Carmelina Junior School Teacher BA BEd

GUGLIELMANA Karol Technology & Enterprise Teacher BEd (Prim) GradCertEd

HACKETT Clare Belief & Values Teacher/School Counsellor

BEd

HALGE Shea Teacher Science BSc GradDipEd

HALL Shona Dean of Curriculum Services BAppSc PostGrad-DipEd

PostGradDipSc PstGradDipComSc

HAND Marilyn Literacy Co-ordinator BEd

HARMSWORTH Jo Junior School Teacher BSc(Hons) PGCE

HEARY Kellie Dean of Early Learning BEd DipT GradCert-Ed(ECS)

HEBITON Christina Music Teacher BMusEd

HILEY Emily Humanities & Social Sciences Teacher BBus GradDip

HOLDSWORTH Rachel English Teacher BA GradDipEd

HULSDUNK Alex LOTE Teacher BSc GradDipEd

JACKSON Rebecca Health & Physical Education Teacher BSc

HILEY Emily Humanities & Social Sciences Teacher BBus GradDip

HOLDSWORTH Rachel English Teacher BA GradDipEd

HULSDUNK Alex LOTE Teacher BSc GradDipEd

JACKSON Rebecca Health & Physical Education Teacher BSc GradDipEd

JOHNSON Chris Health & Physical Education Teacher BPhysEd

KAARS Daniel Junior School Teacher BSc(AppChem) GradDipEd

KANTERS Fiona Teacher Junior School BEd(Prim)

KARALIS Eva Junior School Teacher BEd DipT

KELLY Anthea Junior School Teacher GradDipEd

KLEMM Julie Assistant Head of Mathematics BSc GradDipEd

KROS Sofia Music Teacher BMusEd

LANE(KONIG) Lee Deputy Head of Junior School BA MACE

LANE Shanda-Fleur Belief & Values Teacher BEd(Sec)

LANG Valerie Music Teacher BMus(Hons) GradDipMPS GradDipEd MMusEd AMusA

LANGLEY Sarah Belief & Values Teacher BSc(Hons) PGCE

LAVELL Amy Health & Physical Education Teacher BEd Bsc

LONDON Jane Dean of Teaching and Learning BA(Ed) DipT

MACAULAY Maria Science Teacher BSc BVMS DipEd

MACNAUGHTAN Caroline Mathematics Teacher BEd DipT

MADDEN Amanda Dean of Student Services BComm GradDipEd(Sec) MA CPA

MAHER Leah English Teacher BA(CommSt) GradDipEd(Sec) LLB

MALLIS Anjelica Mathematics Teacher BA GradDipEd

MALPASS Kate Health & Physical Education Teacher BSc GradDipEd

MANLEY Lisa Numeracy Enrichment Co-ordinator DipT BEd MEdAdm

McINTYRE Nola Assistant Head of Boarding BPhysEd DipEd GradDipA(Rel)

McKENZIE Abigail English Teacher BA DipEd

McLAUGHLAN Deb Mathematics Teacher BSc DipEd

McPHEE Maggie English Teacher BA PostGradDipEd MEd

MILLER Jill Head of Boarding DipEd

MILNE Andrew Mathematics Teacher BSc DipEd BTHeol

MITCHELL Deb Speech & Drama Teacher AssocDip(SD) BA(Trng&Dev)

MORRIS Christopher Humanities and Social Science Teacher BA BEd

MORRISON Joel Health & Physical Education Teacher BEd (Sec) BSc

MUDIE Lynn Art Teacher BFA GradDipEd GradDipVisArts MFA MElectArt

Surname Name Position Qualification Surname Name Position Qualification

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TERSIGNI Luisa Humanities and Social Science Teacher BEc DipEd

THOMPSON Sarah Health & Physical Education Teacher BPhysEd GradDipEd MHPm

TONEV Brooke Humanities and Social Science Teacher BComm BSocSc GradDipEd

TOUTOUNTZIS Linda Science Teacher BSc GradDipEd

TUNG Caroline Mathematics Teacher BSc Bed(Sec)

USSI Jesse Junior School Teacher BSc GradDipEd

VALENTINE Heather Science Teacher BSc DipEd GradDipLib

VICKERS Tennille Hed of Visual Art & Design BArts DipEd

VUCKOVIC Jessica Teacher Humanities and Social Sciences

BA BEd MEd

WALKER Kerrin Junior School Teacher BEd

WALTON Kate Junior School Teacher BA MEd

WARD Julia Science Teacher BAppSc BEd PostGradDip

WARDANI Noni LOTE Teacher BComms GradDipEd

WARWICK Sally Mathematics Teacher BEd DipT

WILKINSON Lee English Teacher BA GradDipEd

WILLIAMS Deborah Humanities & Social Sciences Teacher BA(Ed) GradDipEd

WINARTO Yovita LOTE Teacher GradDipEd

WONG Arlene LOTE Teacher BA GradDip(ECS) MEd

WYNHORST Steve Head of Humanities and Social Science BA GradDipEd

YEO Adrian Strings Specialist BMus BMus(hons)

YU Grace Languages Teacher GradDipEd MPropComms

MUKATY Mehreen English Teacher BA GradDipEd

MURRAY Jane Drama Teacher BA(Dance) DipFurtEd GradDip GradCertMgt

NGUYEN Tam Junior School Teacher BSc(Hons) MTeach(ECS)

O'HAGAN Kevin English Teacher BA DipEd

OLMA Jenny Numeracy Co-ordinator BEd DipT

PADGETT Lydia Director of Sport BSc DipEd

PAGE Lesley Junior School Teacher AssocDip(Art) BEd(Prim)

PAPANTONIOU Sandra Teacher Science BSc GradDip MAcct

PARKER Danny Creative Director DipEd BA(Hons)

PATEMAN Alicia Mathematics Teacher BEd(Sec)

PAYNE Georgia English Teacher BA GradDipEd

PAYNE Karlie Teacher in Charge Rowing, Head of House

BSc (ExerHlth) Mast

PEMBERTON Sarah Digital Learning Integrator BA BEd

PEPPER Haylie Humanities and Social Science Teacher BA BLaws GradDipEd

PERICH Deb InsideOut Director DipEd GradDipBus MSportSc PhD

PHILOGENE Caroline Head of LOTE BA(Hons) GradDipEd

PURNELL Maranne Dance & Drama Teacher BEd

RADI Keralee Academic Support Teacher BEd

RADOS Natasha Home Economics Teacher BA(Ed) BSc(HomeEc) BSc(Natu)

SANDERS Kristine Junior School Teacher BLearMgt

SANKOWSKY Samanda Drama Teacher BFA GradDipEd(Sec)

SCHROCKER Gretchen Science Teacher BSc(Hons) GradDipAppSc PDH

SHIPLEY Anita Health & Physical Education Teacher BSc GradDipEd

SHEPHERDSON Amy Dance Teacher BA (Dance) GradDipEd

SHOTCH Rachel Science Teacher BEd

SOMERS Melanie Junior School Teacher BEd

SPAGNUOLO Chris Head of Learning Technologies BBus GradDipd

STEVENS (DOWSETT) Amy English Teacher BA GradDipEd(Sec)

STEWART Alex Teacher in Charge, Technology & Enterprise

BEd DipT MEdMan

STEWART Peter Acting Head of English BA BEd PostGradDipEd PostGradDip

STONE Alisa Assistant Head of Science BSc(Hons) DipEd MSc

STUBBS Courtney Health & Physical Education Teacher BSc DipEd

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Community Engagement.Perth College has a range of support groups to ‘friendraise’ andfundraisetobenefitcurrentandfuturestudents.Parents generously volunteer their time and expertise to collaboratively develop and initiate a range of functions and initiatives to support the School, through the:

• Friends of Perth College• Friends of Rowing• Friends of Netball• Friends of Music• PC Fellas• Parent Liaisons

Satisfaction With Perth College

Parent Survey

Perth College surveys its parents every two years to gauge their satisfaction with the School and their daughter’s education; a two-way partnership is a vital part of the operationsandplanningprocess.InNovemberlastyear,theSchool sought feedback about parents’ experiences viatheParentandCommunityPerceptionSurvey.

Creating Communities and Advantage Communications were engaged to complete an in-depth telephone survey with the ability to explore answers in more detail compared with the traditionalonlinesurveyapproach.

A random sample of parents representing all year groups was contactedforcomment;thefindingsweredeliveredtotheSchool’sExecutiveLeadershipTeaminDecember.TheoverallapprovalratingfortheSchoolwasveryhigh.Keyfindingsfromthe survey showed parents send their childrento Perth College primarily because of the:

• High quality education• School location• Supportive community with good pastoral care• All-girls environment, meaning less distractions and greater ability to focus on studies

There are several areas the School has committed to improve orchange,includingparkingandcommunication.Intermsofcommunication:

• 38percentofrespondentssuggestednoareasforimprovement

• 17percentwouldliketoseeincreasedcommunication/availabilityofteachersandstaff

• 16percentrecommendedagreaterfrequencyofpersonalised communication on students’ performance and wellbeing

• 10percentwouldliketoseeSPACEfurtherdevelopedtoenhance information access

Year 12 Student Survey

Fifty-onegirlsrespondedtotheYear12StudentReflectionSurvey conducted in late November/early December, representing37percentofthecohort(comparedto72percentthepreviousyear).Girlswereaskedabouttheirlevelofsatisfaction with:

• Their experiences at Perth College• The performance and attitude of the teachers• The School’s strengths and weaknesses• Facilities and resources• Academic and co-curricular opportunities• Perth College’s culture and values

There were recurring positive comments about:

• The down-to earth culture at Perth College• The strengths, inclusivity and support of the School

community• Opportunities for girls to challenge themselves and

extend their learning through co-curricular activities, tours and year group camps

Areas for improvement included increasing the amount of timedevotedinYears11and12topreparingstudentsforthepracticalities of life after graduation, particularly for those who pursue a pathway other than university and a greater focus on mental health and wellbeing aside from the topics covered through InsideOut.TherewerealsoseveralrequestsforATARsubjectssuchasMediaandEngineering.

65 per cent were very satisfied to extremely satisfied their studies and activities had enhanced their potential to capitalise on opportunities after graduation

37 per cent were very satisfied to extremely satisfied Perth College had equipped them for life after school

51 per cent of respondents were very satisfied to extremely satisfied with their experience at PC

61 per cent were very satisfied to extremely satisfied teachers had provided appropriately rigorous and challenging courses

94 per cent said help was available

from teachers when requested

92 per cent believed teachers had helped them achieve to the best of their ability/strive for her personal best

86 per cent thought their teachers set high standards

92 per cent believed the School’s philosophy of encouraging students to achieve their personal best was prevalent in the culture

75 per cent would recommend Perth College to others.

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2017 Financial Income

Tuition Fees 22,559,790 Boarding Fees 1,940,237 Commonwealth Grants 5,600,898 State Grants 2,536,212 Others 2,017,581

Facilities.Completion of the Senior Learning and Leadership Centre wasthemajorbuildingprojectatPerthCollegein2017.Itsname–ExcelsiorHouse–wasannouncedinNovember.Excelsiormeans‘foreverupwards’–aplaceofexcellence.Wechose ‘House’ because this building will become a home to ourcommunity,inparticularourYear12s,aswellasprovidethediningroomforboarders;itreflectstheimportancetheSchoolplacesonasenseofbelonging.

A striking nine-metre sculpture made of aluminium and steel wasinstalledattheentrancetothebuilding.Theblossomingflowerrepresentsstudentscomingintotheirownastheypreparetograduate.Theartworkwasthefinalstageofa project that began eight years ago when the Founders Centre for Early Learning was built; sculptures by the same artist,SiHummerston,betweentheKindergartenandPreparatory represent seedlings, inspiring ideas of growth and development.

Stage one of a three-year programme to modernise the BoardingHousewascompletedduringtheAprilholidays.Common areas were re-imagined to make better use of the spaces for the girls’ study requirements as well as their recreationneeds.Thisincludedimprovingtheflowbetweeninternal and external areas to encourage boarders to spend

moretimeoutside.Newfurniturewasalsobroughtin.Thesecond stage began in December and included an update to the main reception area to include a parents’ lounge andanewstaffroom.EmilyandKarinaHouseswerealsolinked internally and a new courtyard and green space were incorporated.

In December, essential maintenance works began to upgrade the entry to the underpass on the School side, including a canopyforprotectionfromtheweather.Affie’sCaféwasalsomoved to the space housing the Boarders’ Dining Room, next totheBigQuad,duringtheend-of-yearbreak.

Financial Information.

2017 Annual Expenditure

Teaching/Tuition 22,219,074 Boarding 1,592,423 Administration 4,216,515 Property 2,581,290 Depreciation 1,418,987Finance 206,839

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