Business Plan 2017 - 2020

Building brighter minds … Living brighter futures

Bertram Primary School is an Independent Public School serving the community of Bertram. The school reached its maximum size in 2017 with over 1000 students from K-6 and we believe numbers will gradually reduce during the life of this Business Plan.

Bertram’s Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA), against which schools are compared for statistical and performance purposes is 996 with the Australian average being 1000.

Classes within the school are multi age grouped, further fostering a sense of belonging. Bertram Primary works to develop partnerships within the local and wider community which complement its whole school priorities.

Bertram Primary is committed to improving the educational outcomes of all students through positive engagement and a rich variety of learning opportunities. The strategic use of resources is planned, focussed and outlined for all stakeholders in the school’s planning and support documentation.

The Western Australian Curriculum provides many opportunities to engage all students in a meaningful way. Adjusting programs to meet the targeted needs of students is a significant aspect of teaching and staff at Bertram Primary work hard to ensure this occurs across the curriculum.

Bertram Primary recognises the importance of ongoing staff development and staff regularly engage in professional learning. A whole school approach ensures ownership of the school improvement process by all staff. Each member plays an integral role in their own development by observing colleagues, providing feedback and discussing areas of success and areas requiring development. By working together within and across phases, teaching and non-teaching staff share responsibility for the ongoing growth and development of all stakeholders at Bertram Primary.

The school continues to embrace technology and the growth of a voluntary BYO iPad program for students extends the capacity of the school to share teaching and learning programs beyond school boundaries. ICT is a highly resourced area at Bertram Primary as we work to ensure technology is used to add value to all aspects of student learning.

Bertram Primary recognises the differing circumstances and needs of students and the community and is dedicated to achieving the best possible outcomes for all. The school offers an environment where children learn to appreciate and respect diversity and think globally while developing an awareness of the need to care for each other and the wider environment.

The implementation of the school vision, beliefs and Bertram FRREE expectations have given the school a common language. This is clearly evident with everyone focussed on ensuring maximum engagement across the school.

This plan outlines four key areas identified to ensure ongoing educational and social growth across the Bertram Primary School Community.

• Strive to develop and retain quality staff • Strengthen our culture of academic achievement • Develop students as global citizens• Build strong and sustainable partnerships

Targets • Match or exceed state average for regular attendance, P-6.

• Match or exceed state average attendance for Indigenous students.

• Maintain parent, staff and student survey results while continuing to improve the percentage of stakeholders responding to the annual school surveys.

• Improve the school’s performance against Like Schools in 2018 – 2020 NAPLAN.

• Increase the percentage of students who make moderate to very high progress from On Entry to Year 3 NAPLAN and Year 3 to Year 5 NAPLAN.

• Meet the requirements of all quality areas within the National Quality Standard, K-2.

• Reduce the percentage of students in the lower category for Social-Emotional Wellbeing and Learning Skills compared to Australian schools using the PAT Social Emotional and Wellbeing survey.

School Vision

ACE

Aspire:• Develop lifelong

learners • Strive for excellence • Lead by example • Engage our school

community

Connect:• With our community • Through collaboration • Through open

communication • By valuing diversity • By being inclusive

Enrich:• A safe and supportive

environment • A variety of learning

experiences • Challenges • Opportunities

Students at Bertram PS learn best when they…

• have a personal understanding of and engagement in their learning

• remain open to continuous learning and are challenged to take responsible risks in a variety of situations

• are a part of collaborative relationships with open channels of communication

• are in a safe, positive and inclusive environment which values their individual learning styles and offers a variety of learning opportunities.

Strive to develop and retain quality staffA stable cohort of skilled practitioners, engaging in continuous learning to support the implementation of innovative learning practices

• Implement an annual staff health and well-being survey• Maintain school wide improvement processes• Provide all staff ongoing professional learning in whole school focus areas• Provide quality in school professional support• Provide whole school planning and expectation documentation• Develop and sustain meaningful performance management processes• Supply all teaching staff with a loan iPad• Provide education assistants and support staff access to a loan iPad as required• Further develop the pre-service teacher placement relationships with universities• Continue providing staff with leadership opportunities across all aspects of the school

Strengthen our culture of academic achievementWhole school initiatives and pedagogy foster academic excellence through improved outcomes for students

• Embed whole school practices K-6• Integrate curriculum learning areas• Maintain the explicit teaching of phonics in the early years• Use the Western Australian Curriculum to inform teaching and assessment in line with

SCSA requirements• Maintain curriculum teams to support curriculum implementation• Identify and case manage Students at Educational Risk (SAER)• Use a range of assessment data to inform teaching and learning• Monitor regular school attendance and punctuality• Continue to implement National Quality Standard (NQS) expectations

Develop students as global citizensDevelop an inclusive learning culture supporting students’ growth in personal, social and environmental responsibility

• Maintain the school wide Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)• Support PBS by actively engaging the school community in the Bertram FRREE

expectations• Teach and promote safe and effective use of online communication and learning

including digital citizenship• Provide students the opportunity to develop social emotional skills through Kagan,

PATHS and PBS learning• Provide a safe and inclusive learning environment• Implement annual student health and well-being survey• Foster a whole school focus on critical thinking and problem solving skills

supporting growth and independence

Build strong and sustainable partnershipsPromote relationships with the school community and connect with the wider community including businesses, non-profit organisations and educational institutions

• Enhance the school’s image across the local and wider community• Use a range of digital platforms to enhance communication • Continue to provide Community Chat sessions to inform the school community• Foster and develop partnerships that provide opportunities for students• Promote opportunities for parent involvement • Engage actively with the Kwinana Federation of Schools and the Kwinana

Federation Schools and Community Network• Continue to strengthen the school’s relationship with Apple

Bertram PS Behaviour Expectations

Friendly

Respectful

Resilient

Engaged

Everyone is Responsible

Bertram Primary SchoolChampion Drive, BertramWestern Australia 6167Telephone (08) 9419 1762Fax (08) 9419 2052General Enquiries- bertram.PS@education.wa.edu.auwww.bertramps.wa.edu.au