ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORTING – 2011CATHOLIC EDUCATION, ARCHDIOCESE OF BRISBANE
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School Name
Postal address
Phone Fax
School website www.
Contact Person
Principal’s ForewordIntroduction
Value–Added by SchoolSee separate attached report on Achievements for 2010 relative to School Renewal Plan Goals
School Profile
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
Total Enrolment Girls Boys
2010
St Finbarr's School
P O Box 550, ASHGROVE 4060
(07) 3366 1397 (07) 3366 5378
www.stfinbarrsashgrove.qld.edu.au
Ms Ann Hall
Schools each year are required to provide an Annual School Report to their community. This 2010 Annual School report for St Finbarr's Ashgrove gives a summary of the school’s policies, achievements throughout the year against goals, contains data on student performance and information on current goals and focus areas.
St Finbarr's School Ashgrove
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Curriculum offerings Our distinctive curriculum offerings
Extra curricula activities
St Finbarr's students have the opportunity to be involved in the following Extra-Curricula Activities which are provided by outside agencies: Dance- Dansing Speech & Drama- Dansing Tennis- Tennis West Chess- Gardiner Chess Instrumental Music Tuition- DDJ Productions St Finbarr's Students have the opportunity to be involved in the following Extra-Curricula Activities which are provided and facilitated by staff members: Rock Musical Readers' Cup Challenge Sustainable Gardening Initiatives Student Leaders' Lunches Active School Travel Junior Choir Maths' Team Challenge Debating Competition
In addition to the standard Key Learning Areas guided by the Queensland Studies Authority St Finbarr's School offers a range of activiities/programs facilitated by specialist teachers. These are designed to enhance the life long learning opportunities for all students from Prep - Year 7 and include the following: Visual Arts Dance Music Drama Visual Arts Chess Gymnastics Bluearth Japanese-Middle School Jubilee Sacramental Program Environmental - Gardening teacher Teacher Librarian Learning Support IT Support Teacher Calm for Kids- relaxation and yoga
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How Information and Communication Technologies are used to assist learning
Social climate
Parent, student and teacher satisfaction with the school
At St Finbarr’s we are continuing to develop both ICLT hardware/software resources and the processes with which they are used to assist learning. We currently have a bank of 14 laptops and 18 PCs for student use along with an additional 10 laptops for staff shared use. Each class within the school has a Flip HD compact digital video camera and a digital still camera. In addition to data projectors in the library and hall, interactive data projectors were installed in all classrooms prior to the commencement of the 2011 school year. Staff has been provided with a subscription to, and training on how to use Atomic Learning software. Atomic Learning is a web application which provides unlimited software support and instruction on how to use a comprehensive list of computer programs. To provide some widespread exposure to useful websites, staff has been inserviced from BCE on Web 2.0 sites.
The P&F motto, 'Working Together for the Benefit of Our Children', in many ways provides the impetus for the social climate of the school. Further this climate is blessed with a strong partnership between home and school, which has at its’ core, the children. This partnership by example and witness desires that each child's daily experience of school is not only life-long and life-giving learning but one that engages them with life; living, enjoying and celebrating the heart of gospel values. Celebrations such as Mothers’ Day & Grandparents' Masses nurture this strong sense of community. The buddy and pastoral care programs actively promote a climate of TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE. Assemblies and Prayer Gatherings which acknowledge His presence in the everyday further support an ethos that nurtures each child's sense of belonging and their self worth.
No formal gathering of parent and student satisfaction was undertaken in 2010. Parent feedback from P&F, School Board, Parish Priest, at P/T meetings have indicated a high level of satisfaction with the development of and subsequent collaborative work undertaken in line with the school's Renewal Plan.
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Involving parents in their child’s education
Staff Profile Workforce Composition Teaching Staff Non-teaching Staff
Headcounts
Full-time equivalents
Qualifications of all teachersHighest level of attainment Number of classroom teachers and school leaders
at the school
Doctorate
Masters
Post Graduate Diploma
Bachelors Degree
Diploma
Certificate
Expenditure on and teacher participation in Professional Learning The total funds expended on teacher professional learning in 2010 was $ The major professional development initiatives were as follows
Establising and maintaining a positive and welcoming relationship with parents ensures their involvement and their sense of inclusion in all aspects of school life. Thus the school is blessed with a very active and interested parent body which is supportive in the following ways: Assistance in/at sports' carnivals, library, classroom, specific working parties, tuckshop, development of whole school renewal, writing of grant applications, fund raising ventures. Class Parent for each class group. Further ways for parental involvement includes: Parent/Teacher Meetings; Celebration of Learning events; School/Class Masses; Prayer Gaherings; Assemblies; Parent Information Evenings
19 9
9
10.5%
10.5%
53%
26%
$ 20, 890
Rewriting school's Mission & Vision statements. Review of and subsequent development and Implementation of procedures for monitoring student learning and achievement. Staff attend ASD workshops. Positive Partnerships. ICLT- teachers work with Curriculum Support Teacher to develop units of work which focus on the use and integration of emerging technologies.
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Average staff attendance rate
The staff attendance rate was % in 2010.
Proportion of staff retained from the previous school year
From the end of the 2009 school year, % of staff were retained by the school
for the 2010 year.
Key Student Outcomes Attendance Student attendance - 2010 The average attendance rate for the whole school as a percentage in 2010 was %.
Student Achievement – NAPLAN for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9National 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 Yr 5 Yr 7 Yr 9
Reading
Average score for the school in 2010
Average score for Australia in 2010 (Do not change)
For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard.
2009 %
%
%
%
2010 %
%
%
%
Writing
Average score for the school in 2010
Average score for Australia in 2010 (Do not change)
For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard.
2009 %
%
%
%
2010 %
%
%
%
Spelling
Average score for the school in 2010
Average score for Australia in 2010 (Do not change)
For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard.
2009 %
%
%
%
2010 %
%
%
%
99.06
98
95
418.6 509.6
414.3 487.3 546.0 573.6
100 100 100
94.4 100
419.3 528.6
418.6 485.2 533.4 567.7
100 100 100
94.4 100
393.5 499.9
399.2 487.1 544.6 564.0
96.2 100
100 100
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Domain Measures Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 7 Yr 9
Grammar and Punctuation
Average score for the school in 2010
Average score for Australia in 2010 (Do not change)
For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard.
2009 %
%
%
%
2010 %
%
%
%
Numeracy
Average score for the school in 2010
Average score for Australia in 2010 (Do not change)
For the school the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard.
2009 %
%
%
%
2010 %
%
%
%
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 2010 (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.
420 509.4
416.9 499.7 535.1 578.8
96.2 100
100 100
411.7 460.2
395.3 488.7 547.7 584.9
96.2 100 100
100 81.8
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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 2009 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. Please ensure that you attach your Achievements for 2010 relative to School RenewalPlan Goals documentation when submitting this form to email.
SUBMIT FORM
2010
