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1 A N N UA L SCHOOL R E POR T I NG C AT H O L I C E D U C AT I O N, A RCH D I OCE S E O F B R I S B A N E School Name St Patrick's College Postal address 2-12 Church Street, GYMPIE 4570 Phone (07) Fax (07) sgympie@bne.catholic.edu.au School website www. Ms Patricia Kennedy Contact Person Principal s Foreword Introduction The story of St Patrick s College is a great one. We have the good fortune to belong to a school community with: a strong history and tradition, consistently outstanding academic results, a pastoral care program that works with families to challenge and nurture students and a commitment to our faith as a catholic community. These strengths support our efforts to realise our school motto: Let Your Light Shine; and to achieve our vision for learning: Fostering Talent, Providing Challenge, Pursuing Wisdom. St Patrick s College aspires to be a community based on Gospel values of love, forgiveness, compassion, respect, sensitivity and justice, expressed through the Catholic tradition. We strive to: foster a deepening personal commitment to God; witness to Gospel values and the Christian way of life in our dealings with each other and the wider community; promote spiritual, intellectual, emotional, social and physical development and recognise and foster the talents and potential of each member of our College community. Value Added by School See separate attached report on Achievements for relative to School Renewal Plan Goals School Profile St Patrick's College is a Catholic school administered through Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Brisbane. Coeducational or Single Sex Year levels offered: Primary Secondary P-12 Total student enrolments for this school 452 Total Enrolment 452 Girls 228 Boys 224 1

2 Curriculum offerings Our distinctive curriculum offerings St Patrick's College Vision for Learning is Fostering talent, Providing challenge, Pursuing wisdom. We aim to develop the talents, skills and attributes of our students. Yr 8 is an introduction to secondary school. The curriculum offered in Yr 8 aims to introduce students to the whole range of learning areas. Students study the core subjects of Religious Education, English, Maths, Science, History, HPE and Life Skills. They are also introduced to the Arts (Art, Music and Drama), Technology (Home Economics, Graphics, Industrial Technology & Design and Information Communication Technology), and LOTE (Japanese), studying these subjects for part of the year. In 2011, St Patrick s College is beginning to implement the Australian Curriculum in English, Mathematics, Science and History. Yr 9 students choose 3 electives from the Arts (Art, Music and Drama), Technology (Home Economics, Graphics, Industrial Technology & Design), Information Technology (Multimedia, Business, and Information Communication Technology), and LOTE (Japanese). Yr 10s choose 6 semester-length electives from BCT, Home Ec, Chemistry, Ind Tech & Design, Drama, Legal Studies, Economics, Maths B, English Extension, Multimedia, Film & TV, Music, Geography, Physics, Graphics and Visual Art. Senior students can access a wide range of Authority (Biology,BCT,Chemistry,Drama,Economics,English,Film & TV,Geography,Graphics,Legal Studies) and Authority-registered subjects (English Comm,Religion & Ethics,Visual Art Studies and VET subjects (Community Rec (Cert I SRC206C1), Industrial Skills (Cert I LMF 102C1) and Tourism (Cert II SIT107C2). Extra curricula activities A number of co-curricular activities form part of the College program: Camps and Retreats Intra/Inter-school Public Speaking and Debating Chess Club Inter-House and Inter-School Sport in areas including football (soccer), rugby league, netball, touch, swimming, horse riding, cricket, tennis, T-ball, athletics, AFL, Futsal, Cross Country National English, Science and Maths competitions plus other competitions including Maths Team Challenge, Yr. 8 Maths Quiz and Readers Cup Excursions related to classwork in a number of subjects Stage / drama presentations by Touring Groups e.g. Arts Council Learning Assistance Program TAFE access for Years 10 to 12 students Work placement - Year 11 and 12 Voc Ed Students Driver Education - Year 11 2

3 How Information and Communication Technologies are used to assist learning In -11 St Patrick s College rolled out the Notebooks to the Year 9 cohort - rolled out over 4 years so students 9-12 have individual Notebooks. Additional wireless infrastructure is planned to accommodate the increase over time. The delivery in Term , of an Interactive Workspace available to Students, Teachers and Parents both at school and from home is a key factor in ICT integration & development. Already in place are 4 Labs for specialist subjects, AutoCAD, Film TV & digital media and Multimedia and IT studies. These labs are also used frequently by other subject areas. There are also 80 plus Notebooks available for students to use as individuals or in class sets. -11 also saw the rollout of individual Notebooks to all teachers. PD in their use and potential were run in and in 2011, a scheduled program of PD in specific issues is to be run. A focus on Ethics and information discernment in the New Digital Media (NDM) will be priority at all levels in the College. This is in response to reports that indicate that with the move to digital media a different approach needs to be taken to ensure students reap the full benefit of this information rich resource in an ethical, respectful and moral manner. Social climate The College maintains a family like atmosphere with close connections to St Patrick s Parish and St Patrick s primary school. The College is organised through a vertical pastoral care structure where students from each year level work together in a homeroom. Groups of homerooms form a House group (Chisholm, Horan, McAuley and Rice) under the care of a House Coordinator who oversees the care of students in that house. The College operates a distinctive anti-bullying policy which is explained to student upon enrolment. The College is taking a proactive approach to cyberbulling. Parent, student and teacher satisfaction with the school On an annual basis the CLT interviews/surveys various members of the College community regarding their satisfaction with the community. A summary of the findings of these interviews/surveys are published in the College newsletter and on the website. As well findings are discussed with the College Pastoral Board, P & F Assn and with staff. From we conducted exit interviews with students (and their parents) who are exiting the College (other than at Year 12 Graduation). In, all Year 8s and other year levels where students were new to the College were interviewed by the CLT; parents of Year 8s and students new to the school were surveyed and staff exiting the College (including contract and permanent positions) are surveyed. In 2011 Year 11 students were interviewed by CLT. Interviews and surveys of students, parents and staff from have been overwhelmingly positive. Our community is engaged and enthusiastic. We have gained important information re perceptions and some issues so we will continue to scan our community for feedback regarding their satisfaction re our spiritual sporting, cultural and social justice programs. 3

4 Involving parents in their child s education There are many avenues used to involve parents in their child's education. The College newsletter is the most regular form of communication. It is distributed via or a hard copy every Friday or accessed via the website at The website is increasingly used by the community to advertise and access news about College life. Parents are actively involved in the College via the P&F Assn. and Pastoral Board. Information evenings are held for each year group to discuss issues that impact on that age group. House groups host formal and informal occasions for parents, students and teachers before social occasions such as the school dance. The College hosts a breakfast mass for Year 12 students, families and parish members. In Term 2 House Co-ordinators and Homeroom teachers contacted Year 8 student's parents by phone to establish a presence and support. Staff Profile Workforce Composition Teaching Staff Non-teaching Staff Headcounts Full-time equivalents Qualifications of all teachers Highest level of attainment Number of classroom teachers and school leaders at the school Doctorate 1 Masters 10 Post Graduate Diploma 16 Bachelors Degree 37 Diploma 14 Certificate 18 Expenditure on and teacher participation in Professional Learning 30,762 The total funds expended on teacher professional learning in was $ The major professional development initiatives were as follows Mission:- Religious Identity and Culture (Charism/Mission); Evangelisation & Faith Formation (especially Meditation & Prayer); Prayer & Worship (Exploring prayer forms and worship) Student Learning Outcomes:- Vision for Learning discernment & statement; ACARA Immersion; Exploring Curricular Framework; Curriculum Specific Inservice Staff Support:- Staff Engagement; Motivation & Learning community; Goal Setting; Succession Planning; Mentoring Programs ICTL:- ICTL Inservice in preparation for rollout of Laptops; Preparation for eminerva, Dynamics, Lincs Resourcing in Catholic Schooling:- Sustainability Inservice and Programs 4

5 Average staff attendance rate The staff attendance rate was in. Proportion of staff retained from the previous school year From the end of the school year, of staff were retained by the school for the year. Key Student Outcomes Attendance Student attendance - The average attendance rate for the whole school as a percentage in was Student Achievement NAPLAN for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) results our reading writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy results for the Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Domain Measures Yr 3 Average score for the school in Average score for Australia in Reading For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard. Yr 5 Yr Average score for Australia in For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard Average score for Australia in For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard. 582 Average score for the school in Spelling Average score for the school in Writing Yr

6 Domain Measures Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr Average score for the school in Grammar and Punctuation Average score for Australia in For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard Average score for Australia in For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard Average score for the school in Numeracy Yr Attainment and Achievement Year 12 Apparent retention rates Year 10 to Year 12 Year 12 student enrolment as a percentage of the Year 10 student cohort Outcomes for our Year 12 cohort of (Data are available to schools from the QSA secure website using your existing security code) Number of students receiving a Senior Statement. 78 Number of students awarded a Queensland Certificate Individual Achievement. 3 Number of students receiving an Overall Position (OP). 57 Number of students who are completing/continuing a School-based Apprenticeship or Traineeship. 12 Number of students awarded one or more Vocational Educational Training qualifications. 40 Number of students awarded an Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) Certificate II or above. 30 Number of students awarded a Queensland Certificate of Education at the end of Year

7 Number of students awarded an International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBD). N/A Percentage of OP/ IBD eligible students with OP 1-15 or an IBD. 81 Percentage of Year 12 students who are completing or completed a SAT or were awarded one or more of the following: QCE, IBD, VET qualification. 91 Percentage of Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) applicants receiving an offer. 88 Overall Position Bands (OP) Number of students in each Band for OP 1 to 25 OP OP 6-10 OP OP OP Vocational Educational Training qualification (VET) Number of students awarded certificates under the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF). Certificate I 13 Certificate II 28 Certificate III or above 2 Post-school destination information At the time of publishing this School Annual Report, the results of the Year 12 post-school destinations survey, Next Step Student Destination Report for the school were not available. Information about these post-school destinations of our students will be incorporated into this Report in September. SUBMIT FORM Please ensure that you attach your Achievements for relative to School Renewal Plan Goals documentation when submitting this form to . 7