School Annual Reporting – 2010 School Years
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 2010
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:
1.5 Learning and Teaching Religion
2.1 Vision for Learning
3.2 Students with Disabilities
5.1 Relationships with Parents, Care Givers and Local Community
6.1 Learning and Teaching
8.1 Planning and Reporting
8.2 Accountability
2008 – 2012 Internal School Review Schedule
Actions for 2010 aligned with the CEO School Renewal Components
School achievements relating to the Strategic Action Plan for 2010
The school’s address:
Edmund Rice Drive, Ashmore 4214
Total enrolments:
723
Year levels offered:
Prep – Year 7
The school is co-educational.
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 2010
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:
National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy
Numeracy, Writing, Reading, Grammar & Punctuation and Spelling results for Years 3, 5 and 7:
These results do not include those student who were excluded from the NAPLAN tests because of an intellectual impairment.
Year 3 |
School Average |
State Average |
QLD % Above NMS |
School % Above NMS |
Numeracy |
403 |
378 |
95.7 |
98.8 |
Reading |
425 |
393 |
94.2 |
95.1 |
Writing |
420 |
402 |
96.1 |
97.6 |
Grammar and Punctuation |
434 |
398 |
91.8 |
98.8 |
Spelling |
396 |
371 |
95.2 |
87.8 |
Year 5 |
School Average |
State Average |
QLD % Above NMS |
School % Above NMS |
Numeracy |
482 |
474 |
93.1 |
91.4 |
Reading |
465 |
468 |
89.9 |
90.3 |
Writing |
484 |
472 |
92.1 |
90.3 |
Grammar and Punctuation |
482 |
483 |
91.7 |
89.2 |
Spelling |
471 |
468 |
90.6 |
89.2 |
Year 7 |
School Average |
State Average |
QLD % Above NMS |
School % Above NMS |
Numeracy |
540 |
546 |
96.7 |
100 |
Reading |
537 |
537 |
96 |
97.8 |
Writing |
542 |
531 |
93.7 |
97.8 |
Grammar and Punctuation |
541 |
529 |
91.1 |
95.6 |
Spelling |
547 |
535 |
93.7 |
98.9 |
Professional Engagement
Expenditure on teacher professional learning – $51,000
Average staff attendance for the school based on unplanned absences of sick and emergent leave for periods of up to 5 days – 96%
Proportion of teaching staff retained from the previous school year – 84%
Average student attendance rate – 93.9%