A N N UA L SCHOOL R E POR T I NG 2 011 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 Flannan's Catholic Parish School Postal address 420 Beams Road, ZILLMERE NORTH 4034 Phone (07) 3265 3666 Email Fax (07) 3265 3722 pzillmerenorth@bne.catholic.edu.au School website www. www.stflannans.qld.edu.au John Parkinson Contact Person Principal s Foreword Introduction St Flannan's Catholic Parish Primary School is a multicultural inclusive school, not a private school. We celebrate difference and promote friendship and peace, as we are a community, not a collection of individuals. We nurture a personal spirituality. We encourage and celebrate a love of learning. We recognise, value and access all available resources for the continued development of the learning environment, as we are a place of learning, not a business which provides an educational service. We empower children to be individual, self confident and considerate. We don't come to St Flannan's to be better than others. We come to St Flannan's to better ourselves by being able to work with others. Value Added by School See separate attached report on Achievements for relative to School Renewal Plan Goals School Profile St Flannan's Catholic Parish Primary 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 283 Total Enrolment 283 Girls 153 Boys 130 1
Curriculum offerings Our distinctive curriculum offerings Games Factory/Behaviour Teaching - social competency & emotional intelligence. Literacy - First Steps Literacy Programme - reading, writing, speaking & listening from P-7 Maths Investigations Instrumental Music Programme - DJJ Productions & Piano Institute Weekly specialist classroom Music lessons Weekly specialist classroom HPE lessons Participation in interschool school Participation in district level sport Participation in Zone 6 sport Dance - whole school dance lessons with Dance Fever. Participation in Dance Fever Schools Challenge. Participation in Dance Fever State of Origin Challenge. Swimming Lessons Prep - Year 7, Term 1. Extra curricula activities Tennis coaching Participation in Wakakirri Music and Dance Festival Soccer Coaching Symes Grove - performing for aged and infirm Caritas Flarana Fair Entertainment Choir Instrumental Music Concert Celebration of Arts and Learning Evening P&F sponsored Activities: School Discos/ Skate Nights 2
How Information and Communication Technologies are used to assist learning We integrate technology into everyday teaching and learning through the use of interactive technology in curriculum (Scottle, IWBs). We use the student portal & develop a policy/agreement on appropriate use and intend to increase knowledge of digital citizenship. Student-centred/inquiry learning models the use of online applications/interactive tools for staff. We show evidence of student use of ICTs in learning and assessment tasks. We utilise school portal with staff notes published via portal, use discussion boards, share documents and set up online helpdesk. We provide reliable network infrastructure to support teaching and learning. We use new school information system and increased access to interactive classroom technologies with projectors and IWBs in all classrooms. We increase access to curriculum-based tools with student and staff access to ipods. Social climate We believe that a students achievement and learning, is enhanced through the use of appropriate behaviour. Appropriate behaviour is a consequence of being a considerate person. A considerate person is someone who is: cooperative, self controlled, self confident, independent & social. We want students to be considerate. We timetable and teach school rules, and Games Factory games, so that students will learn : - a sense of right and wrong, and do the right thing,even without supervision, because it s the right thing to do; - to manage emotions so that they learn to cope with setbacks in life & that their outbursts do not disturb those around them - to use cooperative skills, so that they can have their needs met. - potency a sense that the student can make a difference to themselves and their world and can act on their values. Games Factory Games are time tabled and taught games 4 times a week for 20 minutes a session. The purpose behind the games is that they allow children the opportunity to practice the social and emotional skills they need to be a considerate person in our world today. "Practice makes perfect"! We employ strategies in classrooms to move students from being 'authority dependent' to having self control these include: Community Circles, Are You Ready?, Traffic Lights & Scenarios teaching. Parent, student and teacher satisfaction with the school In our school underwent an External Review. The External Review was a highly favourable and the panel found: Staff... are well versed with the review processes and affirmed the manner in which the school leadership led the review of the components. Parents, School Board, P&F confirmed that they are well informed about school processes and valued the targeted survey instruments and communication strategies such as the newsletter. The students demonstrated that they are active and respected participants in the life of the school. The panel notes that the students nominated that the teachers use good and interesting teaching methods and make use of a variety of strategies. Our Internal School Review parent responses indicate high rates of satisfaction in the following components (with and average rating of 6/7) with 1.3 Prayer & Worship; 1.4 Social Action & Justice and 3.54 Student Well Being & Pastoral Care. 3
Involving parents in their child s education Parents and Friends Association Parents and Friends Association sponsored activites - e.g Disco's Tuckshop School Board Flarana Fair - convenor, stall convenors, set up, assistance Parent/Carer Information nights Parent/Carer/Teacher Interviews Instrumental Music Concerts Assembly and Liturgy Invitations Parent Volunteers - MultiLit, Reading. Internal School Review questionnaires Staff Profile Workforce Composition Teaching Staff Non-teaching Staff Headcounts 24 12 Full-time equivalents 18.7 8.4 Qualifications of all teachers Highest level of attainment Number of classroom teachers and school leaders at the school Doctorate 0 Masters 2 Post Graduate Diploma Bachelors Degree 21 Diploma Certificate 1 Expenditure on and teacher participation in Professional Learning 29,356 The total funds expended on teacher professional learning in was $ The major professional development initiatives were as follows Games Factory Training First Aid Training School Officer Professional Development Teacher Release - curriculum planning and development First Steps Literacy Speaking & Listening Professional Development Course 4
Average staff attendance rate 98.36 The staff attendance rate was in. Proportion of staff retained from the previous school year From the end of the school year, 90 of staff were retained by the school for the year. Key Student Outcomes Attendance Student attendance - 95.61 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 7 464 389.1 508.1 414.3 487.3 546.0 93.3 93.5 87.1 80 84.4 93.8 396.1 486.1 516.8 Average score for Australia in 418.6 485.2 533.4 For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard. 93.3 95.6 90.3 91.2 100 86.7 Average score for Australia in For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard. 567.7 Average score for the school in Spelling 573.6 Average score for the school in Writing Yr 9 376.3 463.8 514.3 399.2 487.1 544.6 564.0 93.5 95.6 96.7 83.3 85.3 87.5 5
Domain Grammar and Punctuation Measures Yr 3 Yr 7 Average score for the school in 424.9 457.6 495.7 Average score for Australia in 416.9 499.7 535.1 For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard. 578.8 95.6 87.1 93.3 100 73.3 79.4 Average score for the school in 404.4 447.8 505.1 Average score for Australia in 395.3 488.7 547.7 For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard. Yr 9 Numeracy Yr 5 584.9 93.5 90 86.7 100 83.3 88.2 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. Number of students awarded a Queensland Certificate Individual Achievement. Number of students receiving an Overall Position (OP). Number of students who are completing/continuing a School-based Apprenticeship or Traineeship. Number of students awarded one or more Vocational Educational Training qualifications. Number of students awarded an Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) Certificate II or above. Number of students awarded a Queensland Certificate of Education at the end of Year 12. 6
Number of students awarded an International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBD). Percentage of OP/ IBD eligible students with OP 1-15 or an IBD. 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. Percentage of Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) applicants receiving an offer. Overall Position Bands (OP) Number of students in each Band for OP 1 to 25 OP 1-5 OP 6-10 OP 11-15 OP 16-20 OP 21-25 Vocational Educational Training qualification (VET) Number of students awarded certificates under the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF). Certificate I Certificate II Certificate III or above 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 email. 7