School Annual Reporting – 2008 School Year
The following information is provided to satisfy Queensland Government requirements regarding information that schools must now have readily available to the public.
Following is a checklist of the information, all of which relates to the school’s operations and outcomes in 2008
Required information:
The school is Catholic. Our school has a newly developed Mission Statement
Teacher Participation in Professional Learning
Feedback on parent, teacher and student satisfaction with the school – Each of the Validation Components reviewed this year contained survey information obtained from Staff, Students and Parents where appropriate. These components reviewed were:
1.2
2.3
3.5
6.2
6.3
2008 – 2012 Internal Review Schedule
School achievements relating to the Strategic Action Plan for 2008
The school’s address:
Edmund Rice Drive, Ashmore 4214
Total enrolments:
706
Year levels offered:
Distinctive curriculum offerings. Regular subjects do not need to be listed:
Extra-curricula activities. Descriptions of the activities should be provided, particularly those that involve a significant number of students:
Tennis Instruction
Music
Speech and Drama
Auskick
Audio-Visual Room
Staff development priorities for the year:
Refer to the School’s Goals 2008
The social climate of the school, including pastoral care programs:
Our school’s Life and Living Statement emphasises that we are a welcoming family school: a great place to grow!
The school has a warm, caring atmosphere that is welcoming to all members of the school community.
The school has a Patron Parents program that has, as part of its charter, the welcoming of new families to our school community.
Strategies used for involving parents in their child’s education:
Numeracy, Writing, Reading, Grammar & Punctuation and Spelling results for Years 3, 5 and 7:
Year 3 |
School Average |
State Average |
% Above State Average |
National AV# |
% At or Above NMS |
Numeracy |
416 |
368 |
81.52 |
397 |
96.55 |
Writing |
400 |
391 |
66.30 |
414 |
98.86 |
Reading |
403 |
372 |
72.82 |
400 |
91.86 |
Grammar and Punctuation |
395 |
370 |
68.89 |
496 |
96.59 |
Spelling |
384 |
366 |
61.96 |
399 |
98.86 |
Year 5 |
School Average |
State Average |
% Above State Average |
National AV# |
% At or Above NMS |
Numeracy |
455* |
457 |
61.05 |
475 |
92.39 |
Writing |
479 |
468 |
63.16 |
486 |
95.65 |
Reading |
472 |
467 |
56.67 |
484 |
92.39 |
Grammar and Punctuation |
483 |
477 |
76.80 |
496 |
95.60 |
Spelling |
475 |
461 |
63.16 |
484 |
92.31 |
Year 7 |
School Average |
State Average |
% Above State Average |
National AV# |
% At or Above NMS |
Numeracy |
541 |
540 |
51.25 |
544 |
97.40 |
Writing |
546 |
521 |
63.75 |
533 |
97.40 |
Reading |
542 |
529 |
61.25 |
536 |
98.68 |
Grammar and Punctuation |
536 |
519 |
53.75 |
529 |
97.44 |
Spelling |
543 |
527 |
75 |
538 |
93.59 |
* scores below the State Average
# It should be noted that all children in Queensland are up to 12 months younger than children from other States
Professional Engagement
Qualifications of all teachers
Expenditure on and teacher participation in professional learning – $31248
Average staff attendance for the school based on unplanned absences of sick and emergent leave for periods of up to 5 days 96.40%
Proportion of teaching staff retained from the previous school year 91%
Average student attendance rate 95%