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Vision Statement

In keeping with the evangelising mission of the




Catholic Church, the community of




St Joseph’s Primary School, Jerilderie




•

Is committed to Jesus Christ and his Gospel;




•Knows and celebrates our Catholic faith

Knows and celebrates our Catholic faith



tradition;

tradition;

tradition;

tradition;

•Educates the whole person: body, spirit, heart and

Educates the whole person: body, spirit, heart and



mind;

mind;

mind;

mind;

•Promotes education in the service of a better

Promotes education in the service of a better



world;

world;

world;

world;

•Provides our children with reasons for living,

Provides our children with reasons for living,



hoping and loving.

hoping and loving.

hoping and loving.

hoping and loving.

WIS

DOM THROUGH TRUTH

WIS

DOM THROUGH TRUTH

WIS

DOM THROUGH TRUTH

WIS

DOM THROUGH TRUTH

AND LOVE

AND LOVE

AND LOVE

AND LOVE

July 2006

Annual Report

Annual Report

Annual Report

Annual Report

2005

2005

2005

2005

St Joseph’s Prim

ary School

St Joseph’s Prim

ary School

St Joseph’s Prim

ary School

St Joseph’s Prim

ary School

Jerilderie

26 Coreen Street, Jerilderie, 2716

Phone: (03) 5886 1475, Fax (03) 5886 1786

Principal: Jason Harrison

The School

The School

The School

The School

St Joseph’s Primary Sc

hool is held in high

regard

in our co

mmunity. In 2005 our

reputation has continued

to gro

w. This

report highlights m

any exam

ples of the

exce

llent achieve

men

ts of our studen

ts,

staff an

d paren

ts. Toge

ther, we all have

the righ

t to

fee

l extrem

ely pro

ud of our

school.

St Joseph’s is a Catholic

community

school in w

hich staff and paren

ts w

ork

toge

ther to educate child

ren. W

e reco

g-nise an

d affirm the uniquen

ess of ea

ch

studen

t, and assist ea

ch to dev

elop his

or her full potential thro

ugh

a safe, sup-

portive an

d challenging learning en

viro

n-

men

t. W

e work in an atm

osp

here built

on m

utual respec

t an

d, thro

ugh

the

celebration of Gosp

el principles, w

e aim

to ach

ieve

a quality ed

ucation for all.

We are a co

mmunity of learners who

strive

to ach

ieve

in all we do. W

e are a

community of faith filled

peo

ple w

ho live

with the understan

ding of the Gosp

el.

We are a co

mmunity of paren

ts ded

i-cated to our school an

d studen

ts. W

e are a co

mmunity of teachers who go

above

and bey

ond in all that w

e do. W

e have a staff of dev

oted and loyal peo

ple

who enrich

our school ev

eryd

ay.

This is ex

pre

ssed

thro

ugh

the mission

statem

ent of our school, as being a co

m-

mitted community of faith, a co

mmunity

of learning, a community of care

and a

community of service.

Religious Education

We use the Dioce

san R

eligious Educa-

tion Pro

gram

called “Sh

aring Our

Story”. Each day the studen

ts are edu-

cated about the heritage, commitmen

t an

d principles of our Catholic

Faith. W

e have a sp

ecial praye

r table in each class-

room and praye

r has a focu

s thro

ugh

out

our day.

We had

First Euch

arist for our Yea

r 3

studen

ts. Our school co

-ord

inates the

Sacram

ental pro

gram

s in conjunction

with our Parish. W

e also

witnessed one

of our studen

ts being bap

tised in a

school mass. This w

as a very sp

ecial

occ

asion for all of our co

mmunity.

Thro

ugh

out the ye

ar, we raise money

for Pro

ject C

ompassion and the Catho-

lic C

hild

ren’s M

ission thro

ugh

spec

ial

days an

d during mission w

eek. W

e raised

$215 to support peo

ple outside

our co

untry. A

wonderful acco

mplish-

men

t.

We have a su

pportive Parish. They

assist

us in m

any differ

ent ways to

ensu

re the

succ

ess an

d m

ission of our school.

ST JOSEPH’S JERILDERIE ANNUAL REPORT

About This Report

About This Report

About This Report

About This Report

Annual Report 2005

Page 15

This rep

ort w

as w

ritten

by Jaso

n H

arriso

n, Principal. It w

as edited

and adjusted

by the

staff of St Joseph’s Primary Sc

hool Jerilderie. It is a re

quirem

ent of our registration as

a non-G

ove

rnmen

t Sc

hool an

d is aimed

at inform

ing paren

ts and our co

mmunity

about our school.

If you w

ould like an

y further inform

ation about St Joseph’s Primary Sc

hool, please

contact the Principal using the details on the co

ver page of this rep

ort.

Our School 2005

School Overview

School Overview

School Overview

School Overview


Page 14

Financial Statement Summary

The data sh

own below is a su

mmary of Dioce

se of W

agga W

agga Sch

ool Sy

stem

in-

come an

d expen

ses an

d includes inco

me an

d expen

ses of all system

sch

ools.

Income

Scho

ol Fee

s

8%Other Fee

Inco

me

5%

State Gov

ernm

ent

Rec

urrent G

rants

21%

Com

mon

wea

lth

Governm

ent

Rec

urrent Grants

66%

Sch

ool F

ees

Other Fee

Inco

me

State G

overnm

ent R

ecurrent

Grants

Com

mon

wea

lth Governm

ent

Rec

urrent Grants

Expense

Salary and Related

Expenses

85%

Non Salary

Exp

enses

15%

Salary and Related Expenses

Non Salary Expenses

The School

The School

The School

The School

The A

rts

Creative Arts has a pro

minen

t place

in

our cu

rriculum. Each classro

om has a

ded

icated

tim

e for dan

ce, music, drama

and visual arts. W

e train our staff ea

ch

year in new

and varied m

ethods of

teaching. T

his yea

r we had

a curriculum

review

of our Creative Arts Curriculum

Plan, which evaluated

our learning an

d

teaching in this K

ey Lea

rning Area.

In 2005 w

e:

•Atten

ded

sch

ool plays by Jerilderie

Public

Sch

ool, ’D

rago

n.com’ an

d

‘Ali Bab

a’ by St C

olumba’s Berrigan

•Had

our own pro

duction called ‘Circu

s Sp

lendida’ inco

rporating all stu-

den

ts fro

m K

indergarten

to Y

ear 6.

This perform

ance

was direc

ted by

Mrs H

elen

Dickie under the Coun-

try Areas Pro

gram

.

•Purchased

and used the Cool Cats

Creative Arts pro

gram

which inte-

grates all area

s of dan

ce, drama,

music an

d visual arts which w

as

implemen

ted into

all classrooms by

all teachers.

•Had

perform

ance

s by Siro

cco and

B’Tutta as part of the Musica Viva

pro

gram

•Continued

to inco

rporate the Musica

Viva music learning pro

gram

into

our school

•Tau

ght gu

itars to

all our Yea

r 3 to Y

ear

6 studen

ts

•Had

Clay Play with a pro

fessional artist,

Bro

nwyn

Stran

o

•Had

our K/1/2 studen

ts sing at the

Flower Show

•Had

an end of ye

ar C

hristmas play by

our K/1/2 studen

ts.

Sport

We have a ve

ry strong focu

s of sp

ort in

our cu

rriculum. W

e hav

e tw

iligh

t sw

im-

ming an

d athletic carn

ivals allowing all

paren

ts to atten

d these ev

ents.

We have sp

ort each Friday for 1 1/2 half

hours. In term one we focu

s on swim

-ming & athletics. The focu

s for term

two

is w

inter sp

orts. T

erm thre

e we use our

towns facilities e.g. the Sp

orts Cen

tre,

and in term four we focu

s on swim

ming

and summer sports.

We also

had

:

•5 studen

ts rep

resent our Dea

nery at

the Dioce

san Swim

ming Carnival, 2

studen

ts at the Dioce

san A

thletics

Carnival and 9 Studen

ts at the

Dioce

san C

ross C

ountry Carnival

•One studen

t was nam

ed A

ged C

ham

-pion of Dea

nery Athletics C

arnival

•Studen

ts atten

d the Pau

l Kelly C

up &

Sh

ane Crawford

Fun D

ay

•Sp

orting clinics from

•NRL

•Milo

Crick

et

Annual Report 2005

General and Specific

School Initiatives

St Joseph’s has enjoye

d some outstanding

acad

emic results thro

ugh

out the ye

ar.

Man

y studen

ts ach

ieve

d exce

llent resu

lts

in the Basic Skills T

ests.

Man

y of our studen

ts also enter the

University of NSW

competitions. O

ur

outstanding achieve

men

ts include:

•

2 studen

ts rec

eiving cred

its in

maths

•

1 studen

t rece

iving an

English

Ach

ieve

men

t

•

1 studen

t rece

iving a cred

it in sci-

ence

•

1 studen

t rece

iving a distinction and

another a credit in w

riting.

Pu

bli

c S

pea

kin

g

Our Yea

r 5/6 studen

ts participated

in the

Rotary Public

Spea

king, w

ith 2 studen

ts

attending the night in Finley. O

ur Yea

r 5/6 studen

ts participated

in the Annual

Pen

guin C

lub Public

Spea

king Competi-

tion.

Au

tho

r V

isit

We had

a visiting au

thor, R

obert Trick

ey

who w

ork

ed w

ith our whole sch

ool on

writing tech

niques. He also

work

ed w

ith

our stage 2 &

3 studen

ts on editing skills.

Litt

le A

uss

ie o

f th

e Y

ear

Congratulations to

our w

inner of the

2005 Little Aussie A

ward.

Co

mm

un

ity

Eve

nts

Studen

ts have co

ntributed to and at-

tended

man

y co

mmunity ev

ents this yea

r including:

•Su

mmer Fair co

mpetitions

•CW

A V

ietnam

Country of Study

•ANZAC D

ay

•ANZAC D

ay w

riting co

mpetition

•Library &

New

sage

ncy

Easter co

mpeti-

tions

•Rem

embrance

Day

•Ecu

men

ical Service

s with Jerild

erie

Public

Sch

ool

•Red

Cro

ss C

allin

g Appea

l

•Murray Irrigation Exhibition

•APTS Talen

t Se

arch

ven

ue

•W

alk Sa

fely to Sch

ool Day

Sp

ecia

l F

ore

ver

During 2005, all our K/1/2 studen

ts par-

ticipated

in the Sp

ecial Fo

reve

r pro

gram

. One of our studen

ts w

as chosen to have

his sto

ry published

about his spec

ial

place

. A w

onderful effort.

The School

The School

The School

The School


Lone Pine Tre

e Planting 2005

School Overview

School Overview

School Overview

School Overview

Parish Community

Links

St Joseph’s Parish is an

integral part of

our school co

mmunity. The Parish com-

munity active

ly support the school in

man

y ways su

ch as pro

viding a ride-on

mower for the school, reim

bursing in-

surance

reb

ates and sharing the co

sts of

the Parish H

all. These are just some of

the ways they

support the ed

ucation of

our ch

ildren.

The Catholic

Women

’s Lea

gue give

each

Yea

r 6 studen

t a parting grad

uation gift

of Rosary Bea

ds to

assist in their faith

dev

elopmen

t.

The Parish pro

vide an

enco

urage

men

t aw

ard for ea

ch class, reco

gnising Exce

l-lence

in R

eligious Education. Each gradu-

ating Yea

r 6 studen

t rece

ives a G

ood

New

s Bible.

The Parish support the Principal by pro

-viding acco

mmodation at a reduce

d

rental rate.

During the ye

ar, our hardwork

ing par-

ents and the Parish community ‘ban

ded

’ to

gether to rep

aint our Parish H

all. It is

now a w

ell used Parish facility.

Community Use of

School Facilities

During 2005, the Catholic

Women

’s

League used our lib

rary for their mee

t-ings.

We hosted

the Annual C

ombined

Sc

hools Fete at our school in 2005.

In 2005 our school was Jumping

Annual Report 2005

Page 13

School Overview

School Overview

School Overview

School Overview

Parent Involvement

and Participation

Paren

tal invo

lvem

ent is the ke

y to

the

succ

ess of St Joseph’s Primary Sc

hool.

Paren

ts are the “b

ack-bone”

of our school.

Upon the en

rolm

ent of a ch

ild into

our

school, ea

ch fam

ily bec

omes a m

ember of

our Sc

hool Council. The purp

ose of the

Council is to pro

vide ad

vice

and support

on m

atters of ed

ucation, operation, dis-

seminate inform

ation, fin

ance

, build

ings &

eq

uipmen

t, organ

isational items, sch

ool

polic

y an

d pro

cedures, and community

issu

es. By allowing all families to be a

mem

ber of our Council, this pro

vides

them

with a direc

t say in the oper

ation of

our school.

All our tireless hardworking paren

ts w

ork

toge

ther to raise a large

amount of money

for the ben

efit of our studen

ts. T

his

money

is ke

pt in the Paren

ts &

Frien

ds

Fund. Their co

ntribution of $7,000 to our

school budge

t allows the school to

main-

tain the high standard of faith insp

ired

ed

ucation.

The Combined

Sch

ools Fete/Auction

Committee met on four occ

asions to

plan

and exec

ute the fete/auction at our school

in M

arch

. This yea

r they

donated

$4000 to

the school budge

t.

The Can

teen

, under the su

pervision of

Wen

dy Sm

ith, pro

vides a valuab

le service

to

our studen

ts, as w

ell as pro

ducing a

small pro

fit for the Paren

t Fu

nds. A

ll par-

ents are

roster

ed on to “work” in the

canteen

. Our paren

tal participation does not stop

ther

e. W

e hav

e a ded

icated

gro

up of read

-ing paren

ts w

ho come in once

a w

eek to

the K/1/2 class for read

ing an

d w

riting

groups.

We have fantastic support in our lib

rary.

Paren

ts acc

ession (catalogu

e) books, co

ver

all the new

resources and re-so

rt books to

their sh

elve

s. A

paren

t is our Library

Monitor an

d w

e dee

ply appreciate all sh

e does for us.

Paren

ts support our working bee

s, disco

’s,

tran

sport studen

ts to eve

nts and sporting

carn

ivals – just to nam

e a few.

Without our paren

ts w

e would not oper-

ate as effec

tive

ly.


Page 12

Mrs Catena

teaching guitars

The School

The School

The School

The School

Nes

tle’

Wri

te A

rou

nd

Au

stra

lia

One of our studen

ts w

as selec

ted as a

Zone Finalist for this competition. This is

the third studen

t in consecu

tive

yea

rs.

This w

as an amazing achieve

men

t.

Co

mm

un

ity

Aw

are

nes

s

Ra

isin

g

•Jump Rope for Hea

rt

•MS Rea

d-A

-Thon

Op

en D

ay

20

05

Open

Day 2005 saw

our studen

ts and

teachers dress up in costumes of peo

ple

who rock

them

. It w

as an interesting

them

e “R

eading Rock

s”. W

e had

open

classrooms with m

any paren

ts tak

ing the

opportunity to

talk to

their ch

ild about

their learning. W

e pre

sented inform

ation

learnt ab

out Vietnam

, displaye

d our Jump

Rope for Hea

rt skipping skills an

d a spe-

cial lunch

for ev

eryo

ne. It was a great w

ay

to celeb

rate lea

rning an

d education in our

school.

Pee

r S

up

po

rt

In 2005, our Yea

r 5/6 studen

ts w

ere

trained

to be lead

ers in this exciting pro

-gram

that build

s self-esteem

in all our

studen

ts. Our lead

ers hav

e the opportu-

nity to

dev

elop and practise lead

ersh

ip

skills. This yea

r we focu

sed on the pro

-gram

called “W

orking It O

ut Toge

ther”.

This is an

anti-bully

ing pro

gram

lea

d by

our pee

r su

pport lea

ders. A

ll studen

ts

learn how to support each other, mak

e safe and effec

tive

life

dec

isions, the bully

-ing pyram

id and how to sto

p bully

ing in

our school.

PM

P—

Per

cep

tua

l M

oto

r

Pro

gra

m

This is a daily gro

ss m

oto

r pro

gram

for

our K/1/2 studen

ts w

hich dev

elop their

moto

r skills whilst using both sides of

their brain.

Sw

imS

afe

In D

ecem

ber w

e hav

e an

annual Swim

Safe

pro

gram

to dev

elop the sw

imming skills

of all our studen

ts. A pro

fessionally

trained

AusSwim

tea

cher w

ork

s with our

studen

ts for 9 days. W

e also

invite pre-

school studen

ts w

ho are enro

lling in our

school in 2006, to

participate.

An

ti-B

ull

yin

g

In term thre

e, our school attended

an

anti-bully

ing session in Berrigan. Robert

Periera w

ork

ed w

ith our Yea

r 3 &

4 stu-

den

ts on anti-bully

ing strategies. Our

paren

ts also atten

ded

an inform

ation

even

ing in Berrigan.

Annual Report 2005

Zone Finalist for Nestle’ W

rite A

round

Australia

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

School Policies

In 2005, we had

our Curriculum R

eviews

for Creative Arts an

d M

athem

atics which

we passed succ

essfully

. Our Paren

t Infor-

mation Booklet w

as updated

and distrib-

uted to all our new

enro

lmen

ts. W

e co

ncluded

writing our Anti-B

ully

ing pol-

icy, our Le

arning & T

each

ing polic

y, C

ur-

ricu

lum persp

ective

s, Role D

escriptions

for the Principal and R

EC and our Pas-

toral Care & Beh

aviour Man

agem

ent

polic

y. These an

d the polic

ies below, are

available fro

m the office:

•en

rolm

ent polic

y,

•co

mplaints &

griev

ance

polic

y.

Dioce

san polic

ies can be found at the

follo

wing lin

k:

http://cso

.wagga.catholic

.edu.au/

polic

ies.htm

School Culture

In June 2005, our school pro

duce

d a

bro

chure entitled

“2005 and Bey

ond”.

The purp

ose of this w

as to assist all our

community in understan

ding the am

azing

things that w

e will hav

e done in 2005. I

sent a co

py to

each preschool paren

t as

well. It highlights the pro

gram

mes w

e offered

to all our studen

ts in 2005. This

will continue in 2006.

Excursions

In 2005, all our studen

ts w

ent on excu

r-sions. O

ur K/1/2 class w

ent to

Ech

uca

with Sacred H

eart Tocu

mwal and St

Columba’s Berrigan. Our Yea

r 3/4 stu-

den

ts w

ent to

Borambola w

ith St

Columba’s Berrigan and Sacred H

eart

Tocu

mwal for thre

e days an

d two nights.

Our Yea

r 5/6 studen

ts w

ent to

Can

berra

with St Joseph’s Finley. A

s yo

u can

see

, we include a variety of ex

cursions in our

curriculum and w

e integrate with the

other local Catholic

sch

ools.

Curriculum Focus

Our Curriculum Focu

s for 2005 w

as tied

into

our Sc

hool Ren

ewal Framew

ork.

Using “T

oday’s C

hild

ren, Tomorrow’s

Adults” key

skills criteria. O

ur focu

s for

the whole yea

r was the “Y

ear of Mea

n-

ingful Lea

rning” w

ith C

reative Arts being

our main curriculum priority. This re-

sulted

in our Country Are

as Pro

gram

s ad

dressing our Creative Arts nee

ds. W

e focu

sed on pro

viding a variety of mea

n-

ingful learning ex

perience

s for all our

studen

ts and focu

sed tea

cher dev

elop-

men

t in C

reative Arts during this yea

r.


Emily

mee

ting the Prime Minister

on the Can

berra excu

rsion.

School Overview

School Overview

School Overview

School Overview

Structure of Classes

At our school, there wer

e 3 composite

classes:

•

The Kindergarten

/ Yea

r 1/ Yea

r 2

class of 15 studen

ts each day.

•

The Yea

r 3/4 class has 9 studen

ts

for Literacy

and for Numeracy

Tuesday to T

hursday.

•

The Yea

r 5/6 class has 7 studen

ts

for Literacy

and Numeracy Tues-

day to Thursday.

Our studen

ts w

ere place

d in these 3

smaller groups to

ensu

re their su

ccess in

Literacy

and N

umeracy.

On M

onday and Friday, our Yea

r 3/4 and

Yea

r 5/6 class w

ere co

mbined

into

one

class. A

lso, in the fin

al session T

uesday t

Wed

nesday, the studen

ts w

ere place

d

into

2 class gro

ups with 2 stage

s in each

class for Religion, Sc

ience

& T

echnology,

HSIE, Creative Arts an

d PDHPE to allo

w

the Principal relea

se tim

e.

Each Friday w

e had

our norm

al m

athe-

matics an

d rea

ding block

and also Sport,

Dan

ce, Drama an

d M

usic an

d a Library

Skills Pro

gram

. Staffing

The studen

ts of St Joseph’s are

supported

by a group of ded

icated

, faith-living teach-

ers. They

are:

Jaso

n H

arriso

n

Principal Fulltim

e Kate Lee

Tea

cher

3 days

Kelly D

ruett

Tea

cher

2 days

Trish

McK

enna

Tea

cher

2½ days

Julie

Conn

Admin 20hpw

Integration Support

5pw

All teaching staff are en

titled

to relea

se

from tea

ching. T

o ensu

re small class

grouping, the staff hav

e agre

ed to forego

this entitlem

ent .

School Enrolm

ent and A

ttendance Profile

In 2005 w

e had

31 studen

ts after a start of 33. One family

left the area

during the

year. W

e welco

med

8 new

Kinder

garten

studen

ts into

our school co

mmunity, bring-

ing 2 new

fam

ilies to our school. The en

rolm

ent numbers for ea

ch grade are listed

below.

K

inder Y

ear 1 Y

ear 2 Yea

r 3 Y

ear 4 Y

ear 5 Y

ear 6 T

otal

Boys

3

2

5

2

1

2

1

16

Girls

4

1

0

3

3

1

3

15

Total

7

3

5

5

4

3

4

31

The majority of our studen

ts atten

d sch

ool regu

larly, m

any with 100% atten

dan

ce.

Our attendan

ce rate is 95.3%.

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School Renewal

School Renewal

School Renewal

School Renewal

School Renewal

Framework for 2005

The Sc

hool Ren

ewal Framew

ork

(SR

F) is

a Dioce

san acc

ountability structure

that

supports schools in its efforts to

create

an effec

tive

sch

ool under the area

s of :

1.Vision &

Mission

2.Sch

ool Pro

gram

s an

d operations: Poli-

cies and C

urricula

3.Lea

dersh

ip: Administration and M

anage-

men

t 4.Pro

fessional D

evelopmen

t 5.Resources &

Facilities.

In 2005 our focu

s was “The Yea

r of

Mea

ningful Le

arning” and w

e under

took

the follo

wing su

ccessfully

:

•Pro

motion of vision and m

ission thro

ugh

the new

sletter

•Conduct paren

t inform

ation eve

nings

•Pro

mote the school in the SR

N and

Jerilderie Journ

al

•Invite the co

mmunity into

our school

•Conclude the writing of the Anti-

Bully

ing polic

y

•Use Pee

r Su

pport session on A

nti-

Bully

ing strategies

•Rev

iew and alter sch

ool polic

ies to

mee

t the Reg

istration req

uirem

ents fro

m

2004

•Complete the Maths Curriculum Plan

and rev

iew

•Complete the Creative Arts Curriculum

Plan and rev

iew

•W

rite a Lea

rning & T

each

ing polic

y

•W

rite a C

urriculum Persp

ective

s polic

y

•Ren

ew the ro

le descriptions for the

Principal and REC

•Update the Paren

t Inform

ation H

and-

book

•Rew

rite the Pasto

ral Care an

d Beh

av-

iour Man

agem

ent polic

y

•Employ Helen

Dickie to

tea

ch and pre-

pare the studen

ts for the school

pro

duction

•Employ Man

dy Caten

a to

tea

ch 3/4/5/6

the gu

itar

•Use the Cool Cats pro

gram

thro

ugh

out

the school

•Continue with the Tea

chab

le M

omen

ts

Perso

nal D

evelopmen

t pro

gram

•To hav

e ex

cursions for ea

ch class in our

whole sch

ool

•Create a school web

site

•Complete all co

mpliance

and safety

training for staff

•To engage

all the staff in the latest

teaching tech

niques

•Continue with the maintenan

ce and

OH&S plans for our school

•Continue with the playgro

und upgrad

ing

including bridge

planting.


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Jack

son pre

paring for the school play

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Programs to Support

Learning

Tec

hn

olo

gy

Our school is very well reso

urced

with

tech

nology. W

e hav

e 4 computers in

K/1/2 and 5 computers in each 3/4 &

5/6

classroom. All of our co

mputers are net-

worked

to a serve

r which pro

vides effi-

cien

t an

d fast intern

et acc

ess whilst en

-su

ring the su

itab

ility of web

site acc

ess.

All our studen

ts hav

e an

individual email

acco

unt which is acce

ssed

thro

ugh

a

bro

wser calle

d M

yIntern

et. This is a Di-

oce

san w

ide pro

ject linking all schools

and studen

ts toge

ther.

Thro

ugh

out the ye

ar, all studen

ts use

computers as a to

ol to

assist in their

learning. T

he studen

ts use them

daily.

During the ye

ar, our Sc

hool Council pur-

chased

5 new

computers. W

e used C

AP

funding for 2 additional computers. W

e also

purchased

a data pro

jector an

d a

portab

le lea

rning tablet to

facilitate lea

rn-

ing in our school.

At our Graduation and Presentation

Night, our Yea

r 6 studen

ts created

a

PowerPoint Presentation w

hich w

as dis-

playe

d to eve

ryone. T

he studen

ts created

the pages them

selves to highlight their

time at St Joseph’s.

Rea

din

g R

eco

very

We have the reso

urces and spec

ially

trained

staff to complete this pro

gram

. Due to

the su

ccess of our Yea

r 1 stu-

den

ts, we hav

e not nee

ded

to offer

this

support pro

gram

again in 2005.

Lea

rnin

g

Dif

ficu

ltie

s The school is allo

cated a Spec

ial Nee

ds In

School Co-ord

inator. T

his staff m

ember

is trained

to support tea

chers who are

ensu

ring the su

ccess an

d supporting the

nee

ds of studen

ts in their class, to co-

ord

inate ap

plic

ation form

s an

d to assist

teachers in acc

essing sp

ecial services

offered

by the CSO

. This allo

cation is

gran

ted on the number of funded

stu-

den

ts w

ithin the school.

The school has acc

ess to

a D

eanery Edu-

cation O

fficer and H

ead of Sp

ecial Se

r-vice

s. These peo

ple support the nee

ds of

all studen

ts in our school an

d, in particu

-lar, studen

ts w

ith lea

rning difficulties an

d

disab

ilities. These peo

ple are acc

essed

read

ily thro

ugh

out the ye

ar to m

eet the

nee

ds of our studen

ts.

One highlight in 2005, was the ap

point-

men

t of one of our teachers to

the ro

le

of Dea

nery Education O

fficer for 2005.

This w

as a fan

tastic opportunity for our

own staff m

ember.

Annual Report 2005

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Tea

cha

ble

Mo

men

ts

In 2005, we co

ntinued

the perso

nal dev

el-

opmen

t pro

gram

for our Yea

r 5/6 stu-

den

ts, ru

n by Julianne W

hite, author of

Tea

chab

le M

omen

ts. This is a thre

e phase

course. The first session aim

s to

equip

paren

ts w

ith the kn

owledge

of puberty

chan

ges an

d how to find the righ

t mo-

men

t to

discu

ss and resolve issu

es w

ith

child

ren. Then

in the seco

nd session,

paren

ts and their ch

ildre

n come to

gether

to discu

ss and share ch

ange

s during pu-

berty, an

d finally, at sch

ool a third session

with studen

ts to talk ab

out the ev

ening,

the facts an

d how to talk to

Mum and

Dad

about these ch

ange

s. It is an exciting

and inform

ative pro

gram

that w

as w

el-

comed

by all paren

ts &

studen

ts.

We also

had

Julianne for an

other inform

a-tive

session about co

nflict resolution w

ith

your teen

ager. It w

as a fan

tastic eve

ning

and it was very interesting learning ab

out

our ch

ildren.

CA

P

(Co

un

try

Are

as

Pro

gra

m)

This pro

gram

is funded

by the Common-

wea

lth G

ove

rnmen

t an

d is designed

to

impro

ve opportunities for studen

ts living

in rural area

s.

Thro

ugh

our CAP funding we are ab

le to

offer support for the follo

wing pro

gram

s:

•Resilien

ce training for all our teachers

•Golly

Gosh

Guitars - a pro

gram

to tea

ch

guitars to

Yea

rs 3 to 6.

•Dramatic D

rama - to

create a whole

school drama pro

duction called

‘Circu

s Sp

lendida’

•Musica Viva—

to pro

vide pro

fessional

dev

elopmen

t (PD) for staff in m

usic

skills based

aro

und perform

ance

s from B’Tutta an

d Sirocc

o

•Clay Play Sk

ill w

ith an artist to

cre

ate

lasting trea

sures for all studen

ts

•Move

rs &

Gro

ove

rs - to purchase the

entire

colle

ction of Cool Cats inte-

grated

creative arts pro

gram

•Zart Attack - to

pro

vide PD in V

isual

Arts as a m

ethod of co

mmunication

Equity Programs

Ab

ori

gin

al

Ed

uca

tio

n

Aboriginal persp

ective

s are inco

rporated

in all Key

Lea

rning Are

as of Religion,

Maths, English, HSIE, PDH&PE, Sc

ience

&

Tec

hnology, & C

reative Arts.

We also

combined

with Jerild

erie Public

Sc

hool for an

Aboriginal Perform

ance

which w

as very sp

ecial for all our stu-

den

ts.

Mu

ltic

ult

ura

l

Ed

uca

tio

n

Each yea

r, the studen

ts study an

Asian

co

untry as part of their HSIE units.

We also

participate in the CW

A C

ountry

Study which w

as V

ietnam

in 2005. Our

Yea

r 3-6 studen

ts pre

sented their learn-

ing to

the ladies at their sp

ecial Intern

a-tional D

ay.


Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Key School Programs

Programs to Support

Students

Dru

g E

du

cati

on

The Life Education V

an visits the school

each

yea

r. T

his targe

ts dru

g ed

ucation

for all our studen

ts. W

e then

follo

w-up

using the pro

gram

pro

vided

by Life Edu-

cation.

Also the school focu

ses on dru

g ed

uca-

tion in term thre

e as part of its PDHPE

curriculum.

Stu

den

ts w

ith

Dis

ab

ilit

ies

Studen

ts w

ith a disab

ility are

given

addi-

tional support by the CSO

. They

have an

aide to

support their learning, and Indi-

vidual Lea

rning Pro

gram

s are written

to

mee

t their particu

lar nee

ds. T

he paren

ts

of these studen

ts m

eet with the teacher,

Principal and Spec

ial Se

rvices perso

nnel

on a reg

ular basis to discu

ss and direc

t future lea

rning nee

ds.

Sch

oo

l C

ou

nse

llo

r

Each fortnight sees our school co

unsel-

lor attending our school to

support our

studen

ts and fam

ilies.

Ro

ad

Sa

fety

Our Yea

r 6 studen

ts participate in the

Careful Cobber pro

gram

run by DECA

in Shep

parto

n. This is a highlight of the

year.

Student Achievement

Each yea

r our Yea

r 3 and Y

ear 5 stu-

den

ts sit for the Basic Skills T

est (B

ST).

The BST

assesses aspec

ts of literacy,

numeracy an

d w

riting skills. These re-

sults are co

mpared

to all studen

ts in

NSW

. In 2005 w

e had

five Yea

r 3 and thre

e Yea

r 5 studen

ts sit for the tests an

d w

e rece

ived

exce

llent resu

lts. They

will be

direc

ting our studen

t learning in 2006.

Staff A

chievement

In 2005, we saw all our staff re

new

their

first aid certific

ation.

We also

had

Man

dy Caten

a seco

ndered

to

the ro

le of Dea

nery Education O

fficer

for the 2005 sch

ool ye

ar.

The staff attended

man

y pro

fessional

dev

elopmen

t opportunities to

kee

p up

to date with the latest tea

ching tech

-niques.

School W

eb Site

During the ye

ar, Trish

McK

enna crea

ted

a school web

site which w

as a fan

tastic

effort. This has bec

ome a ve

ry valuab

le

and importan

t part of our school cu

lture.

The ad

dress is:

www.sjje

.wagga.catholic

.edu.au

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