Annual Report 2016

Rivervale Primary School

“Making a Difference”

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OVERVIEW Rivervale Primary School is located in the inner city suburb of Rivervale, within the

City of Belmont. It is in a quiet residential area which has a mixture of older houses

and new townhouse developments. The school has a student population of around

180. Such small numbers at this boutique school have allowed us to build a strong

relationship between students, staff, parents and the wider community. The

Rivervale staff is a highly skilled, enthusiastic and motivated team who places a high

emphasis upon Making a Difference through developing student academic and social

skills, a sense of self-worth and ownership and pride in our school.

In 2016 the structure of the school centered around nine classes, with an on-site

Pre-Primary and Kindergarten. The Kindergarten included an Early Start program for

Aboriginal students (Kindilink).

Rivervale is a multi-cultural school with a reputation for being very inclusive. In

2016 a major part of the student body consisted of 25% of children from an

aboriginal background and about 40% of the children from an EAL background.

There has traditionally been a high rate of student mobility at Rivervale Primary

School, due to many complex social issues, including housing, immigration and

family circumstances. We have noticed a decrease in this mobility rate over the past

3 years, as more families buy houses in the suburb.

In 2016 the TLC (Tranby Learning Centre) continued to be the focal point for our

early intervention program. Early Intervention continues to be a priority at the

school. Early Intervention has become a vital part of our vision for Rivervale.

Through various funding sources and our partnership with Edith Cowan University,

we continue to implement Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy programs and

a playgroup.

Explicit teaching is an entrenched strategy, particularly in literacy and numeracy. All

children are engaged in phonics, spelling and number facts programs. All teaching

staff implement teaching strategies linked directly to student improvement targets.

All teaching staff follow the WA Curriculum.

2016 saw us continue with major assessment of our Early Intervention and Literacy

strategies. This meant a continuation of our SIP (School Improvement Program)

which was first implemented in 2015. 2016 saw us continue with the improvement

plan for our outdoor play area and our desire to meet as many quality areas as

possible on the National Quality Standards. The staff also embarked on a play

program linked directly to the Treat Others Decently program.

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School Priorities The School Priorities for 2016 were;

Literacy

Numeracy,

Early Intervention and

Social and Emotional Wellbeing of staff and students.

The strong focus on Literacy continued, but with a greater emphasis on explicit

teaching, particularly in the phonics area of spelling with particular foci on

phonological awareness and processing. We introduced a very dynamic, whole

school writing program called Talk 4 Writing (T4W). This program had immediate

impact on student writing and oral language,

We are proud of the safe and inclusive atmosphere here and have achieved this

through many varied and exciting programs that reward attendance, respect and

academic excellence. Many of our programs teach the students skills that enable

them to become resilient, caring and productive members of the community.

Rivervale students strive to be included in the “good standing fiesta” at the end of

each semester.

STAFF In 2016 we had a 95% staff retention rate. For the previous 7 years we have

boasted a 95-100% staff retention rate each year.

Staff Profile All teaching staff meet the professional requirements to teach in Western Australian

public schools and can be found on the public register of teachers of the Western

Australian College of Teaching. All teaching staff are performance appraised using

the AITSL standards. Non-Teaching staff have performance management linked to

the Competency Framework for Education assistants. You can read more about our

staff and their philosophy on education on our website at

www.rivervaleps.wa.edu.au

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Teacher Qualifications

The qualifications of our talented staff include:

Bachelor of English

Bachelor of Education - Primary

Bachelor of Education - Early Childhood Education

Bachelor of Education - Special Needs

Bachelor of Education - Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology Major

Bachelor of Communications

Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood

Diploma of Education

Diploma of Education - Training and Development

CSTD Teacher of Dance Theatrical

Certificate of Teaching

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Expenditure and Teacher Participation in Professional Learning All staff have engaged in numerous professional development activities throughout

the year, in their own time and during school hours.

Staff participated in the following Professional Learning during 2016:

Early Years Educator Conference

Leadership Australian Curriculum

Professional Learning Graduate Module

Literacy - Explicit Teaching (ECU)

School Improvement and Accountability

Key Links Reading Program

Classroom Management for New Educators

Co-operative learning

PATHS

Policy in Schools

Early Literacy Intervention Project

Union Representative Training

OHS Training

NQS/Framework

Letters and Sounds

PM Benchmarks

Autism awareness training

Talk 4 Writing

Team Teach

Speech and Language Professional Learning - ECU

Kindilink

MCS PL for admin team

Future Planning - Staff Professional for Admin Team

Language Development Centre - Literacy Intervention

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Student Attendance One of our priorities over the past 5 years has been to increase whole

school attendance to about 90% or over. We are now regularly reaching that target. We know that consistent student attendance at 90% or over

is imperative to help bring about educational improvement. Alongside this; we have invested a great deal of time into lowering the

rate of unauthorised absence. The results have been remarkable. We have achieved nearly a 70% turnaround in this area over the past 7

years.

Table 1: Attendance and Absence Type by Collection Period for RIVERVALE

PRIMARY SCHOOL

Collection Period 2013 Sem 2

2014 Sem 1

2014 Sem 2

2015 Sem 1

2015 Sem 2

2016 Sem 1

2016 Sem 2

Attendance Rate 85.4% 86.3% 84.0% 87.0% 84.1% 87.9% 87.2%

Regular Attendance

50.8% 52.7% 45.1% 54.8% 42.8% 55.9% 50.3%

Authorised Absence

51.5% 62.9% 60.8% 82.3% 82.7% 96.2% 95.6%

Unauthorised Absence

48.5% 37.1% 39.2% 17.7% 17.3% 3.8% 4.4%

* indicates that data is not final. Note that the Absences are proportions of half days in each category.

Chart 1: Attendance Rate by Collection Period for RIVERVALE PRIMARY

SCHOOL

* indicates that data is not final.

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Chart 2: Absence Types Composition by Collection Period for RIVERVALE

PRIMARY SCHOOL

* indicates that data is not final.

Table 3: Attendance Risk Category Analysis by Collection Period for

RIVERVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL Collection Period 2013 Sem 2

2014 Sem 1

2014 Sem 2

2015 Sem 1

2015 Sem 2

2016 Sem 1

2016 Sem 2

Percentage in Category:

Regular Attendance

50.8% 52.7% 45.1% 54.8% 42.8% 55.9% 50.3%

Indicated Risk 24.0% 18.2% 23.8% 22.3% 26.3% 24.2% 26.5%

Moderate Risk 15.3% 20.2% 17.1% 17.5% 25.0% 12.4% 20.6%

Severe Risk 9.8% 8.9% 14.0% 5.4% 5.9% 7.5% 2.6%

Number in Category:

Regular Attendance

93 107 87 91 65 90 78

Indicated Risk 44 37 46 37 40 39 41

Moderate Risk 28 41 33 29 38 20 32

Severe Risk 18 18 27 9 9 12 4 * indicates that data is not final. Note that percentage shows the proportion of students in each category, not their attendance rates.

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Student Enrolment Trends 2016

Semester 1

2013

2014

2015

2016

Primary (Excluding Kin)

152

183

149

145

Total

152

183

149

145

Destination High Schools for Rivervale Year 6 Students 2016

Destination Schools Male Female Total

4005 Belmont City College 4 8 12

4050 Balga Senior High School 1 1

1045 Clontarf Aboriginal College 1 1

4020 Governor Stirling Snr High Sch 1 1

4034 Melville Senior High School 1 1

1369 Ursula Frayne Catholic College 1 1

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NAPLAN RESULTS

NUMERACY

LITERACY - READING

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WRITING

SPELLING

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GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION

As Rivervale Primary is a relatively small school with regard to student numbers you

have to be careful when trying to interpret NAPLAN data. Results can often be

affected by 10% or more based on the data of just one student. When you look at

the progress achieved at Rivervale Primary in Reading, Writing, Spelling,

Grammar/Punctuation and Numeracy the data clearly shows that the school is

achieving some impressive results. The data tracks the progress from Year 3 to Year

5 in the areas mentioned above. When you look at the stable cohort (those children

who have been at the school long term) you can see that the school out performs

like schools, WA school and Australian schools in all areas tested. Out of these areas,

Writing and Numeracy are extremely high compared to other schools.

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Links with the Community At Rivervale, we have developed a positive relationship with the local Belmont

community. The school has a high profile and regularly features in the local and

state newspapers. We are involved in a range of community programs such as the

PACE, My Time NGALA Playgroup, Mana Program, and the School Chaplaincy

Program.

All of these programs have received positive responses from both the local

community and local service providers and have made a difference for the children.

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Highlights of 2016 All staff at Rivervale work with enthusiasm, dedication and a high level of energy to

help bring about some wonderful achievements from the children.

Some highlights of the year include:

A new name for our school – Rivervale Primary School

New Uniform

SIP – continuation of the School Improvement Plan

Our Terrific Family Fun Day Sports Carnival.

Year 6 Graduation Activities

Positive behaviour rewards - Pizza lunches, bronze, silver and gold awards

special recess activities, and movie sessions - Fiesta

TOD (Treat Each Other Decently) the bear

Year 6 Graduation and Awards Ceremony

Community Garden project

Whole School Cultural Excursion to Kings Park

The school ICT program now has 50 Ipads and 36 laptops

Our New website www.rivervaleps.wa.edu.au

The start of Kindilink

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SPECIAL PROGRAMS 2016

Kindilink Early Intervention Kindy Program

Golf Program

Playgroup and parent workshops

Speech, Occupational therapy provided at school

Chaplaincy Program

Dental Hygiene Program

Aboriginal and Islander Education Officer support for staff, students and parents.

Whole School Behaviour Program—Positive Focus: Special award events, Bronze,

Silver and Gold Awards, excursions and incursions.

Attendance and Uniform Reward Program

ICT, IPADS and laptops

Social and Emotional Wellbeing—PATHS, TOD the BEAR, Rainbows, Orientation

Enrolment System

Choir

Mana – Breakfast and Lunch program

Science Program

Art Program

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Rivervale Finances

1 33,667.00$ 33,450.50$

2 132,609.00$ 130,515.66$

3 66,435.00$ 52,371.63$

4 37,947.00$ 20,719.84$

5 -$ -$

6 825.00$ 825.00$

7 -$ -$

8 29,417.00$ 25,830.96$

9 60,123.00$ 60,123.00$

10 -$ -$

11 Farm Revenue (Ag and Farm Schools only) -$ -$

12 -$ -$

361,023.00$ 323,836.59$

281,894.00$ 281,894.15$

Student Centred Funding 288,335.00$ 288,334.80$

931,252.00$ 894,065.54$

2,065,174.00$ 2,065,174.00$

2,996,426.00$ 2,959,239.54$

Locally Raised Funds237,057.63$

Student Centred Funding288,334.80$

Other Govt Grants 825.00$

Other 25,830.96$

Transfers from Reserves60,123.00$

612,171.39$

1 32,516.70$ 12,025.93$

2 -$ -$

3 224,816.11$ 144,700.18$

4 247,390.00$ 128,356.56$

5 298,103.56$ 199,268.24$

6 9,243.70$ 3,354.56$

7 77,815.69$ 72,204.00$

8 18,480.00$ 1,240.49$

9 14,107.00$ -$

10 -$ -$

11 -$ -$

12 Farm Operations (Ag and Farm Schools only) -$ -$

13 Farm Revenue to CO (Ag and Farm Schools only) -$ -$

14 Camp School Fees to CO (Camp Schools only) -$ -$

922,472.76$ 561,149.96$

1,961,385.00$ 1,961,385.00$

2,883,857.76$ 2,522,534.96$

8,779.24$

Bank Balance 750,177.94$ Made up of: -$

1 General Fund Balance 332,915.58$ 2 Deductible Gift Funds -$ 3 Trust Funds -$ 4 Asset Replacement Reserves 415,950.40$ 5 Suspense Accounts 3,601.81$ 6 Cash Advances -$ 7 Tax Position 2,289.85-$

750,177.94$ Total Bank Balance

Cash Position as at:

Residential Boarding Fees to CO (Ag Colleges only)

Cash Budget Variance

Total Forecast Salary Expenditure

Total Expenditure

Total Goods and Services Expenditure

Other Expenditure

Buildings, Property and Equipment

Curriculum and Student Services

Total Salary Allocation

Total Funds Available

ActualBudget

Residential Operations

Total Locally Raised Funds

Fundraising/Donations/Sponsorships

Opening Balance

Total Cash Funds Available

Camp School Fees (Camp Schools only)

Expenditure - Cash and Salary

Payment to CO, Regional Office and Other Schools

Administration

Lease Payments

Utilities, Facilities and Maintenance

Professional Development

Transfer to Reserve

Transfer from Reserve or DGR

Residential Accommodation

Other State Govt/Local Govt Revenues

Revenue from Co, Regional Office and Other Schools

Rivervale Primary SchoolFinancial Summary as at

Actual

31st December, 2017

Other Revenues

Commonwealth Govt Revenues

BudgetRevenue - Cash & Salary Allocation

Voluntary Contributions

Charges and Fees

Fees from Facilities Hire

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

$000

Revenue Source

Locally Generated Revenue - Budget vs Actual

Budget Actual

Locally Raised Funds39%

Student Centred Funding

47%

Other Govt Grants0%

Other 4%

Transfers from Reserves

10%

Current Year Actual CashSources

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

$000

Expenditure Purpose

Goods and Services Expenditure - Budget vs Actual

Budget Actual

10

110

210

310

410

510

$000

Cash Position

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