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Collector Public SchoolAnnual Report

2016

1590

Printed on: 24 March, 2017 of 10 Collector Public School 1590 (2016)

Introduction

The Annual Report for 2016 is provided to the community of Collector as an account of the school's operations andachievements throughout the year.

It provides a detailed account of the progress the school has made to provide high quality educational opportunities forall students, as set out in the school plan. It outlines the findings from self-assessment that reflect the impact of keyschool strategies for improved learning and the benefit to all students from the expenditure of resources, including equityfunding.

Mr Mark Wyatt

Principal

School contact details

Collector Public SchoolLorn StCollector, 2581www.collector-p.schools.nsw.edu.aucollector-p.School@det.nsw.edu.au4848 0024

Message from the Principal

It has been an honour and a privilege to be the Principal at Collector Public School in 2016. Collector Public School is avery positive and rewarding educational environment to work in. Our students demonstrate caring, respectful andresponsible attitudes towards each other, their learning and the environment. They are always great ambassadors forour school in all contexts. They have represented the school honourably in a range of ventures, including sports, publicspeaking, Science and technology and the creative arts.

Collector’s staff’s dedication to quality teaching and love of learning ensures an engaging and challenging environmentfor our students. They work closely with an energetic and enthusiastic community to continually improve our studentoutcomes.

This year we celebrated with great success our Sesquicentenary, marking 150 years of continual education. It was afantastic experience to meet and watch past students and staff members reunite and reminisce about their years at ourwonderful school.

Without the success and contribution of community members, Collector Public School would not have received thegenerous donation from the Pumpkin Festival, which has helped us prepare for the 150 year celebration and to makemarked improvements to the school.

The staff of Collector Public School would like to thank everyone within both the school and wider community for theirsupport throughout the year, which has helped shape the successes of 2016.

Mark Wyatt

Principal

Collector Public School


Message from the school community

Collector P&C is a small but active group who dedicate themselves to assisting the school to provide the very bestenvironment, experiences and opportunities for our students.

Throughout 2016 P&C have had many successful fundraising events including Easter raffles, BBQ lunches for TRECdays , Food stall at Collector Village Pumpkin Festival and the BBQ and raffle at the schools 150th Anniversary .

Collector P&C have been able to support the school in many ways by paying for the bus to the two week swimmingprogram, providing a subsidy for the whole school camp and with the purchase of Presentation night books for thestudents. We also are able to continue to provide school uniforms at low cost to families.

We would like to thank the dedicated teachers and staff for their ongoing support throughout the year and for theircommitment towards our school and children’s education and future.

We would also like to thank the parents and community for their involvement, we are grateful for those who havecontributed their time and made donations. Without this support the P&C would not be able to continue to provideresources for the benefit of the current and future students.

Julianne Dowling

President

Collector P&C


School background

School vision statement

Collector Public School is a school community committed to providing a broad range of rich learning experiences in anurturing environment enhanced by quality teaching practices.

School context

Collector Public School is located mid-way between Goulburn and Canberra just off the Federal Highway. The school isa proud member of the Goulburn Community of Small Schools (TREC). It is a school with a strong sense of belonging,tradition, history, respect, responsibility and integrity. The school provides a broadbased curriculum to ensure that allstudents have the opportunity to excell in areas of individual interest and talent. There is a strong culture of excellencein sporting pursuits, music and performing arts.

Self-assessment and school achievement

Self-assessment using the School Excellence Framework

For all schools (except those participating in external validation processes):

This section of the Annual Report outlines the findings from self-assessment using the School Excellence Framework,school achievements and the next steps to be pursued.

This year, our school undertook self-assessment using the School Excellence Framework. The framework supportspublic schools throughout NSW in the pursuit of excellence by providing a clear description of high quality practiceacross the three domains of Learning, Teaching and Leading.

Our self-assessment process will assist the school to refine the strategic priorities in our School Plan, leading to furtherimprovements in the delivery of education to our students.

For more information about the School Excellence Framework:

http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/about-the-department/our-reforms/school-excellence-framework


Strategic Direction 1

Deliver quality teaching and learning to equip students to be successful learners.

Purpose

To support all students to become competent and creative learners who strive to reach their personal best.

Overall summary of progress

The school continues to demonstrate achievement of this long-term goal and will continue to support all students.Indicators show progress in all areas, with good growth in reading and numeracy.

Progress towards achieving improvement measures

Improvement measures(to be achieved over 3 years)

Progress achieved this year Funds Expended(Resources)

Students will be competentreaders who are able tocomprehend grade appropriatetext.

92% of students in 3-6 are reading at gradeappropriate level, with good comprehension skills(90% correct or greater)

$387.14 for resources.

Students will improve theirliteracy skills and be supportedwhere needed.

78% of K-2 are reading at or above grade level. Theremainder are on the learning support caseloadand showing pleasing progress.

$1424.24 for training andresources.

Students will show improvementsin mathematics.

In 2016 , there was a 38% improvement inmathematics for the students in the 3-6 class whoachieved at or above stage expectations (From38% mid 2016 to 76%).

$436.36 for onlineresources, with supportfrom the P and C.

Next Steps

Teachers will focus on effective, creative and responsive implementation of programs which aligns with the curriculum.An emphasis will be placed on enrichment tasks, and catering for the individual student needs. Focus subject areas willbe mathematics, science and the arts, while continuing to build the students writing skills.



Enable students and staff to be highly engaged in all aspects of schooling.

Purpose

To improve social and emotional wellbeing for students and staff. To support ongoing professional development forconsistent, high standard educational practices.


Students, staff, parents and community continue to demonstrate their understanding of the core values in promotingsocial and emotional well being with students understanding what is expected. This has helped to build and maintain apositive school culture and wellbeing of most of the students. Further learning is required to bring about attitude changein line with the goals of the Melbourne Declaration.




The students will participate in anumber of extra curriculaactivities through the TRECnetwork.

Students participated in a number of extra curriculaactivities, including excursions to parliament houseand the AIS. Participated in TREC events such asHarmony day, Robotics days and a number ofsporting events.

$400.61

Students will work in programsthat improve resilience, teamworkand problem solving skills.

A large number of students participated in theschool camp with a focus on teamwork and problemsolving skills.

$3181.79

Open communication betweenthe school and community will bemaintained.

Communication improved throughout the year, with100% of parents ranking the school in the top 2bands when asked if we look for ways to improve,up 56% from 2015.

$1655.68

Next Steps

It is envisaged that all welfare, discipline and behavioural school policies be aligned and integrated with the NSWDepartments Wellbeing policy. It is proposed that the school begin the process of accreditation with Kids Matter,– anationally recognized organization which assists schools to audit and track their provision of social and emotionallearning and support for students, families and staff (or a similar resilience program).Continual participation in community events and working with the small school networks will occur, and the introductionof enrichment programs to instil a passion for learning will commence.



Promote community engagement and participation.

Purpose

To strengthen relationships and inspire a culture of collaboration.


The school continues to demonstrate achievement of this long-term goal and will continue to promote communityengagement and participation. Successful events throughout 2016 included the Pumpkin Festival, the 150 YearCelebration, the hosting of events such as the Prime Ministers Day and school events such as assemblies, NAIDOC andBook Week celebrations.




The school will workcollaboratively with the widercommunity.

The school participated in excursions, celebrationsand project days with the TREC network.

$710.94

The school will share andcelebrate with the wider schoolcommunity.

Conducted the 150 Year celebration in October,hosted assemblies where all community membersare invited, invited community members to specialdays including book week, NAIDOC and Harmonyday and participated in the country study conductedby the CWA.

$705.14

Every year the school willshowcase their achievements.

Hosted a Presentation night, celebrating studentsachievements, and showcasing the year throughfilms and slide shows.

$940.47

The school will celebrate the richhistory of Collector Public Schoolin 2016.

Created, as a school community, a FilmPond DVD,to show at our 150 Year celebration.

$927.71

Next Steps

In 2017, continual growth and strengthening with the community will occur through the schools participation in communityevents such as the pumpkin festival, and by encouraging the community to attend different school events andcelebrations. As the new cycle of the planning process begins, indepth consultation with the school community will beconducted in preparation of the 2018-2020 school plan.


Student information

Student enrolment profile

Enrolments

Students 2013 2014 2015 2016

Boys 14 17 18 15

Girls 15 15 17 13

Student enrolment remained steady in 2016 with analmost equal balance of male and female students.This has also been constant since 2011.

Student attendance profile

School

Year 2013 2014 2015 2016

K 94.2 95.3 97.1 89.8

1 97 98.1 96.3 95.4

2 94.4 96.4 95.6 97

3 92.8 98.5 96.3 93.3

4 97.2 97 92.7 91.8

5 95.1 93.5 98.3 91

6 96.6 94.3 93.8

All Years 94.7 96.6 96.1 94

State DoE

Year 2013 2014 2015 2016

K 95 95.2 94.4 94.4

1 94.5 94.7 93.8 93.9

2 94.7 94.9 94 94.1

3 94.8 95 94.1 94.2

4 94.7 94.9 94 93.9

5 94.5 94.8 94 93.9

6 94.2 93.5 93.4

All Years 94.7 94.8 94 94

Student attendance remains very high which is areflection of the school and the Collector community’scommitment to it.

Workforce information

Workforce composition

Position FTE*

Principal 1

Classroom Teacher(s) 1.25

Learning and Support Teacher(s) 0.1

Teacher Librarian 0.08

School Administration & SupportStaff

0.88

Other Positions 0.01

Teacher qualifications

Qualifications % of staff

Undergraduate degree or diploma 100

Postgraduate degree

Professional learning and teacher accreditation

All members of the teaching staff fulfilled professionallearning throughout the year. There are no beginningteachers working towards Board of Studies Teachingand Education Standards (BoSTES) accreditation asProficient.

No teachers sought voluntary accreditation ormaintained at Highly Accomplished or Lead.

School Development Days consisted of professionallearning involving all mandatory updates of courses.These included Child Protection and anaphylaxismodules, First Aid and face-to-face asthma awarenesstraining. Staff from Collector also attended a joint StaffDevelopment day in Term 2, where they listened to keynote speakers and attended workshops.

L3 training was also conducted for the infants teacher,in line with improving literacy results in the early years.

Total expenditure on Professional Learning in 2016 was$4741.14.

Financial information (for schoolsusing OASIS for the whole year)

Financial information

This summary financial information covers funds foroperating costs to Collector Public School and does notinvolve expenditure areas such as permanent salaries,building and major maintenance.


Income $

Balance brought forward 39 892.00

Global funds 58 782.00

Tied funds 24 614.00

School & community sources 29 950.00

Interest 1 007.00

Trust receipts 6 308.00

Canteen 0.00

Total income 160 555.00

Expenditure

Teaching & learning

Key learning areas 8 781.00

Excursions 5 853.00

Extracurricular dissections 21 394.00

Library 1 159.00

Training & development 654.00

Tied funds 30 152.00

Short term relief 3 426.00

Administration & office 19 172.00

School-operated canteen 0.00

Utilities 8 244.00

Maintenance 1 977.00

Trust accounts 5 213.00

Capital programs 0.00

Total expenditure 106 027.00

Balance carried forward 54 527.00

School performance

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Parent/caregiver, student, teachersatisfaction

All families were interviewed and asked to rank a rangeof questions and statements from 1 to 4, 1 being thelowest and 4 being thehighest.

School Culture SUMMARY

Parents

88% of the parent body ranked Collector Public School(CPS)in the highest band, for being approachable,while 100% ranked CPS in the top two bands.

76% of the parent body ranked Collector Public School(CPS)in the highest band, for looking for ways toimprove, while 100% ranked CPS in the top two bands.

Students

63% of students ranked CPS in the highest band,stating they were proud of their school, while 88%ranked CPS in the top two bands.

Staff

100% of staff ranked CPS in the top band when askedif they felt the school was approachable, provided asafe and caring environment, that the students feel likethey belong and looked for ways to improve.

Learning Culture Summary

Parents

88% of the parent body ranked Collector Public School(CPS)in the highest band, stating that the staff at CPSknew and appreciated the qualities of their child while100% ranked CPS in the top two bands.

Students

93% of students ranked CPS in the top two bandswhen asked if the staff were caring and 86% said CPStries to bring the best out in each child.

Staff

100% of staff ranked CPS in the top band when askedif they knew and appreciated the students’ qualities.

Behaviour and Wellbeing

Parents

69% of the parent body ranked Collector Public School(CPS)in the highest band, stating that students weretreated fairly at CPS, while94% ranked CPS in the toptwo bands.

Students

82% of students ranked CPS in the top two bandswhen asked if they through students were treated fairly.

Staff


100% of staff ranked CPS in the top band when askedif the staff treated the students fairly.

Parents were interviewed and asked to rank or answerstatements on a scale of 1-5, 1 being the lowest and 5being the highest.

73% of parents ranked Collector Public School in thetop band and 93% of parents ranked CPS in the toptwo bands when asked if they are confident with theschools progress as we move into 2017.

In 2016 53% of parents ranked CPS in the top bandand 100% of parents ranked CPS in the top two bandswhen asked about the approachability of the school,showing growth of 14% in the top two bands from 2015.

In 2016 53% of parents ranked CPS in the top bandand 100%of parents ranked CPS in the top two bandswhen asked if they thought CPS was looking for waysto improve, showing growth of 40% in the top band and56% inthe top two bands from 2015.

In 2016 44% of parents ranked CPS in the top bandand 100%of parents ranked CPS in the top two bandswhen asked how well CPS delivers their mathematicsprogram, showing growth of 17% in the top band and 13% in the top two bands from 2015.

Policy requirements

Aboriginal education

The whole school participated in the NAIDOC weekactivities. Years 3-6 studied a British colonization unitand the gold rush era involving significant Aboriginalperspectives. Students also conducted public speakingon the Lake George area and the significance to theAboriginal people. Students learnt about Aboriginalsymbolism and name places as these pertain to thelocal Collector and wider local area.

The school acknowledged 'Sorry Day' and studied thebook 'Stolen Girl' to build their knowledge andunderstanding of Aboriginal Perspectives.

Multicultural and anti-racism education

Students participated in Harmony Day activities acrosstheir TREC group of schools and presented theirresearch findings relating to Australia’s geographicalneighbours in Asia. Students worked together withother students from the TREC network, using emails,video conferencing and Google slides in preparation ofa presentation and brochure for this day. A variety ofcultural foods were enjoyed by all and promotedintercultural understanding.

All teaching and non-teaching staff contributed to theeradication of racism by promoting acceptance andcelebration of Australia’s cultural, linguistic andreligious diversity. No student, employee, parent,caregiver or community member reported experiencingracism within the learning or working environment in2016


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