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CROPPACREEKPUBLICSCHOOL
2010AnnualSchoolReport
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Our school at a glance
Students
The school had 15 student enrolments for most of 2010. The enrolment numbers at the end of term 4 was 13. We are expecting 16 students in 2011.
Staff
Croppa Creek Public School has a caring, dedicated staff, passionate about student welfare and achievement. We have a teaching Principal and 2 part time, casual teachers. Our Senior Administration manager works 5 days per fortnight and our General Assistant, also employed as a School Learning Support Officer has a total workload of 4 days per week which has been supplemented through additional ‘Out Of Home Care’ funding and due to the DET policy of having a second adult onsite during the school day. Cleaning staff are employed and managed by ISS.
All teaching staff at Croppa Creek Public School meet the professional requirements for teaching in NSW public schools.
Significant programs and initiatives
The school is supported by the Country Areas Program (CAP) which provides funds to targeted schools to reduce the educational and social disadvantage of rural isolation.
Croppa Creek Public School upholds the Australian values of respect & responsibility, that is evident in daily lessons, school management and student welfare policy.
Student achievement in 2010
In 2010, three students in Year 3 sat for the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). There were no Year 5 enrolments at this time. Due to the small cohort students at Croppa Creek Public School privacy protocol prevents disclosure of specific student data. Parents have been advised of student results. There were no Year 5 enrolments at this time.
Messages
Principal’s message
Croppa Creek Public School is a small school located 65km north east of Moree via the Newell Highway. The school continues to strive to ensure that the community’s values and beliefs are reflected in its learning environment within DET guidelines.
We also endeavour to ensure that our students are aware of and committed to being active and empowered members of the community. It is our sincere hope that Croppa Creek Public School students grow to be lifelong learners who contribute positively to our country.
This report represents a snapshot of the achievements of our students in 2010, progress of our school plans and an overview of school programs. 2010 has been a most successful year for all involved. An emphasis on literacy and numeracy has seen the school continue to achieve commendable results in national and in‐class assessments.
Opportunities given to students in the creative and performing arts have allowed all students the opportunity to perform and showcase their work. Students have achieved personal bests in the sporting field with excellence encouraged and rewarded in academic areas.
Over the past year much has been achieved in the school physical environment. The completion of the new classroom / library, safety fencing and through donations from the Parents and Citizens Association, the school driveway has been graveled.
Mrs Pam Murphy
(Relieving) Principal
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P & C message
The P&C have had another busy and successful year raising money for the students and the school.
Some of our fundraising included catering for the “B Shed to Byron Bay Variety bash” and the annual Croppa Creek andTulloona Athletics Carnival, a Family Golf Day, regular Club cooking along with the Mother’s and Father’s Day stalls. Golf ball, Stubby Holder and Recipe Book sales were also very successful in 2010.
Thank you to all who have contributed time, donations and sponsorship at the various events during the school year.
The fundraising in 2010 enabled the P&C to contribute funds towards the school swimming lessons, presentation night and to gravel the school driveway.
In 2011, we have said farewell to Miss Butler in Term 1 and our Principal Mrs Raue in Term 2. In turn we have also welcomed Mrs Reardon in Term 2, Mrs Murphy as Reliving Principal in Term 3 and Music teacher Miss. Hamblyn in Term 4.
Thank you to Mrs Forsyth for teaching the students again in 2010 as well as writing and producing the school play, to Mrs Fordham and Mrs Milen for all their wonderful support they provide the school.
Finally, thank you to the P&C Members for all their hard work and support throughout the year.
Mrs Angela Swan
P&C President 2010
School context
Student information
Student enrolment profile
The table below shows our enrolments for the last 5 years. In 2010, we began and finished the year with 15 students. The 2011 anticipated enrolments is again 15 students.
Student Enrolment 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Male 6 6 7 9 9 Female 8 5 9 6 6
Student attendance profile
Student attendance in 2010 has increased from 2009 by 5%. Wet weather in 2010 made roads impassable and this affected attendance figures.
Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 School K 98.9 94.6 1 94.4 87.6 2 88.0 95.8 3 90.0 92.9 4 na 95.1
5 na 93.3
6 80.6 na
Total 98.3 92.5 89.1 94.1 Region K 92.0 93.2
1 92.0 92.3 2 92.5 93.0
3 92.0 92.9
4 92.3 92.7
5 92.2 92.8
6 92.0 92.0
Total 92.5 92.1 89.9 92.7 State DET K 94.3 94.7 1 93.7 94.2 2 94.0 94.4 3 94.1 94.5 4 94.0 94.5 5 94.0 94.4 6 93.6 94.0 Total 94.0 94.1 92.1 94.4
Management of non‐attendance
All students are required to return slips for partial and whole day absences. Any students with poor attendance are referred to the Home School Liaison Officer
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Class sizes
In March 2003 the Government announced its commitment to publish primary class sizes in annual school reports in order to provide parents with as much local information as possible.
The following table shows our class sizes as reported at the 2010 class size audit conducted on Wednesday 17 March, 2010.
Roll Class
Year Total per Year
Total in Class
K-6 K 3 15 K-6 1 1 15 K-6 2 4 15 K-6 3 3 15 K-6 4 3 15
K-6 5 1 15
Structure of classes
All students are in the one roll class but are at times separated into 2 teaching groups, one with Teaching Principal and one group with a second teacher.
Staff information
In 2010, our positions were filled by full‐time, part‐time and casual staff.
Staff establishment
Position Number
Principal 1.0
Classroom Teacher 0.084
Primary Teacher RFF 0.042
Support Learning Teacher Assistance 0.1
Teacher Librarian 0.084
School Learning Support Coordinator 0.1
General Assistant 0.2
School Administrative & Support Staff (SASS)
0.496
Total 2.106
Staff retention
Mrs. Merydyth Raue was Principal until Term 2, 2010. Mrs. Pam Murphy continued as the Relieving Principal for the remainder of the year. Mrs. Mikala Reardon began as a 0.4 in Term 2, Mrs. Wendy Forsyth continued as 0.1 and Ms. Michelle Hamblyn began as a 0.1 in Term 3 and continued as 0.2 in Term 4. There are no Indigenous employees at the school.
Teacher qualifications
All teaching staff meet the professional requirements for teaching in NSW public schools.
Qualifications % of staff
Degree or Diploma 100Postgraduate 0
Financial summary
This summary covers funds for operating costs and does not involve expenditure areas such as permanent salaries, building and major maintenance.
Date of financial summary: 30/11/2010
Income $
Balance brought forward 58950.71
Global funds 44316.88
Tied funds 22915.40
School & community sources 10019.64
Interest 2517.51
Trust receipts 39.60
Canteen 0.00
Total income 138759.74
Expenditure
Teaching & learning 7424.19
Library 4608.16
Training & development 3141.23
Tied funds 27523.35
Casual relief teachers 14879.17
Administration & office 15645.63
School-operated canteen 0.00
Utilities 9033.33
Maintenance 5874.15
Trust accounts 33.00
Capital programs 4110.00
Total expenditure 92272.66
Balance carried forward 46487.08
A full copy of the school’s 2010 financial statement is tabled at the annual general meetings of the School Council and/or the parent body. Further details concerning the statement can be obtained by contacting the school.
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School performance 2010
Students at Croppa Creek are provided with opportunities to represent the school in many fields.
Achievements Croppa Creek Public School is very proud of its
achievements throughout 2010. We are also very
proud of the attitude of our students generally in
how they care for each other, how they operate
within our school, the role they have played in
the wider community. In 2010 students actively
participated in Clean up Australia Day and
Environmental Education Day. The students also
contributed to the Cancer Council by attending
the Biggest Morning Tea on Daffodil Day at the
local business, McGregor Gourlay.
Students attended an ANZAC day service,
celebrated Harmony and NAIDOC Days and
entertained the Yallaroi CWA .
This year, students in years 3 and 4 attended the
Technology Camp where they learnt about the
software programs Crazy Talk and NewsMaker.
Students entered the digital section of the
Macintyre Young Writers Competition. All
students (K‐4) received either first place or highly
commended awards.
Arts
This year all students (K‐4) entered the Poetry
(humourous) section at the Goondiwindi
Eisteddfod in August. All of the students
participated exceptionally well, with four
receiving a placing and certificate.
Over second semester, students learnt to play the
guitar (years 3‐4) and recorder (K‐2).
For our end of year Presentation Night, the students performed dance, music and drama items for the community. Mrs Forsyth wrote our play titled ‘Spirit of Croppa Creek,’ Mrs. Fordham
choreographed a country dance, Mrs. Reardon conducted the school choir while Ms. Michelle Hamblyn composed musical numbers with K, 1 and 2 playing the recorder and years 3 and 4 playing the guitar.
Sport
At Croppa Creek Public School we aim to provide
a well‐balanced range of sporting opportunities
for our students.
All students participated in the Macintyre Cross
Country held at Gravesend in Term 2.
We make use of our multi‐purpose court through
daily circuit work for Physical Education and
hosting our annual Croppa Creek and Tulloona
Athletics Carnival. Our students all achieved well.
Many students represented Croppa Creek at the
Macintyre Athletics Carnival held at North Star.
All students participated in the annual swimming
school held at Goondiwindi Aquatic Centre in
Term 4 of 2010.
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Academic
Minimum standards
The Commonwealth Government sets minimum standards for reading, writing, grammar and punctuation, spelling and numeracy for years 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Literacy and Numeracy – NAPLAN Year 3 and Year 5
Due to the small cohort of students at Croppa Creek Public School, privacy protocol prevents disclosure of specific student data. Parents have been advised of individual student results.
Significant programs and initiatives
The Country Areas Program (CAP) provides
additional resources to support students and
staff in schools in isolated rural (and therefore
disadvantaged) areas. Identified schools receive
consultancy support and additional funding.
The additional funding has allowed the school to:
Enhance our technology program by employing staff and buying additional resources;
Provide interschool visit opportunities for sporting, creative, social and academic activities.
Attend additional training days & workshops by teaching and support staff.
Initiatives during 2010 included:
Quality Improvement of the school environment
Technology Camp
Critical Literacy
Open Ended Enquiry in Maths
School Swimming subsidy
Sport
Musica Viva concerts
Professional Development for all staff
CAP funding for 2010/11 will provide programs to enhance student learning across all aspects of the curriculum, such as:
Quality Improvement of the school environment
Moodles (on line learning)
Brain workshops
Musica Viva concerts
Excursion subsidy
Swimming School subsidy
Professional Development for all staff
Excursion travel subsidy
Technology Camp
Aboriginal Education
Croppa Creek Public School is committed to enhancing the knowledge and understanding of all students about Aboriginal Australia.
Aboriginal perspectives have been taught through the Key Learning Areas with activities and programs to promote understanding of cultural diversity and Indigenous Australia.
Highlights of the Aboriginal education program this year were the specific art lessons linked with greater awareness of Aboriginal culture and NAIDOC celebrations
A range of strategies including targeted intervention for individual students and in‐class support has ensured that those students most in need of support have received help with literacy and numeracy. Additional funding through Out Of Home Care (OoHC) and CAP has allowed us to support these programs.
Multicultural education
Classroom teaching programs that contain multicultural perspectives are effective in promoting cultural tolerance. Each year, we study the geography and culture of a specific country celebrating our similarities and differences culminating in a special presentation day of the students’ learning and catering provided by the ladies of the Country Women’s Association. This year the focus country was Scotland.
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Respect and responsibility
Croppa Creek Public School reflects the expectations and values of its community. Respect and responsibility are held in the highest regard as values that should be demonstrated by all school community members. The school has developed, and implements each year, learning programs to encourage students to demonstrate these qualities and attributes. Programs include:
Clear communication of expectations of appropriate playground and classroom behaviour.
Identified values emphasised in weekly assemblies and in our Citizenship Awards.
Personal Development sessions for Drug Education, Child Protection and Life Education.
Learning to take responsibility for their personal health and diet is an important part of our curriculum. The school has implemented the Healthy Canteen Policy which guides the sale of food to students at school functions, sports days and excursions. We have a daily ‘crunch and sip’ snack break at 10am which encourages students to develop healthy eating habits to be maintained throughout their lives.
Progress on 2010 targets
Our School Plan allows us to plan how best to cater for our students. Every year we agree on improvement targets for the plan which we will work together to achieve.
Target 1
To improve student outcomes in numeracy and for students to have fast recall of number facts appropriate for each stage.
Strategies to achieve this target in 2010 included:
Professional learning in the use of SMART data to inform teaching.
Professional learning in the use of DET resources to assist with teaching and learning.
Use of mathematics software for smartboard and individual use and continued utilisation of North Coast Numeracy Program.
Target 2
To improve spelling outcomes for all students.
Strategies to achieve this target in 2010 included:
Implementation of a systematic and explicit approach to teaching spelling which incorporates a daily focus on spelling skills and strategies as part of a balanced literacy program.
Demonstration of students’ individual growth and a rate of progress appropriate to the stage outcomes as evidenced by assessment data from standardised and school‐based tests
Use of literacy software for SMART Board and individual use.
Target 3
To improve student achievements in writing.
Strategies to achieve this target in 2010 included:
School‐based assessment and NAPLAN data used to target students who required support, extension and consolidation.
Development and implementation of the Reading To Learn program.
Key evaluations
It is a requirement for all NSW public schools to conduct at least two annual evaluations – one related to educational and management practice and the other related to curriculum.
Educational and management practice
Each year the school completes an evaluation of educational practice in one of the following: learning, teaching, planning, management, leadership and culture.
Background
In 2010 we evaluated Planning. All parents, students and staff were asked to respond to modified School/Map surveys and invited to participate in various discussion groups.
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Findings and conclusions
In Term 2 of 2010, we saw the appointment of Meredyth Raue to a consultancy position in Armidale. Mrs Pam Murphy was appointed as Relieving Principal for the remainder of 2010. As part of the management plan for 2010 the staff was involved in Quality Learning and how we plan the processes and procedures that help to run the school smoothly. Staff believed that they were almost always involved in making decisions about the school’s purpose. They also believed that the school’s purpose responded to the changing needs of the school community and guided school activity. Ninety percent of parents returned the surveys and the findings are as follows. Ninety percent of parents surveyed believed that the statement of school purpose reflected student needs and the school matched its activities to its purpose. They also believed that the school’s planning processes were responsive to emerging and changing needs. One hundred percent of parents believed that the main purpose of school targets is to improve student outcomes
Future directions
The school is investing time into looking at planning processes and practices in small schools. We will continue to refine the way we do things to ensure we are maximising student learning outcomes. We will continue to refine our purpose to meet the needs of our community.
Curriculum
In 2010 we evaluated English.
Background
Staff and students were surveyed to find out what they thought was working well in English and what they thought needed improvement.
Findings and conclusions
Teachers believed that they always endeavoured to provide their students with relevant curriculum and planned teaching and learning programs that catered for student interests, needs and abilities; however they also believed there was too high a focus on the use of text books. They believed that their assessment practices are used to evaluate, develop and refine teaching and learning programs. Teachers were committed to providing high quality English programs to ensure student learning was
maximised. Students believed that what they learned in English was important. They also believed that teachers told them what they were learning and why. They too believed that they worked too much from text books.
Future directions
It was determined to develop and implement the Reading To Learn approach to teaching English. Staff will provide challenging and stimulating teaching and learning programs that meet the needs of all students through explicit teaching and will limit the use of text books.
Parent, student, and teacher satisfaction
In 2010 the school sought the opinions of parents, students and teachers about the school.
Their responses are presented below.
In 2010 the school sought the opinions of parents, students and teachers about the school in the area of Planning. Ninety percent of parents returned surveys to the school. Their responses are presented below. All parents believed that the students were the school’s main concern and that the school catered for the learning needs of all students and encouraged them to achieve their best. They also believed that the school encouraged every student to learn. All parents also believed that the school planned collaboratively. All teaching and support staff indicated that they were involved in all planning at Croppa Creek Public School, are professionally supported and satisfied that the school is meeting the needs of the students.
Professional learning In 2010 staff participated in the following professional learning activities:
School Learning Support Officer training
SMART and SASSY (CAP)
Preparation for NAPLAN
Child protection
Technology Camp (CAP)
Technology in the Classroom
Writing of the ASR
Best Start Software and Assessment
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School development 2009 – 2011
Targets for 2011
Target 1
Improve student outcomes in numeracy and for students to have fast recall of number facts appropriate for each stage.
Strategies to achieve this target include:
Professional learning in the use of SMART data to inform teaching.
Professional learning in the use of DET resources to assist with teaching and learning.
Daily “mentals” and counting, patterns for students in Years 3‐6 and (Count Me In Too) games in Years K‐2.
Our success will be measured by:
An improvement of student achievement in school assessments and NAPLAN
Teaching programs which are explicit, well‐planned and cater for the learning needs of all students
Target 2
Implementation of Quality Improvement Practices in the school.
Strategies to achieve this target include:
Participation in Quality Improvement Programs and Initiatives as offered by region
Encouraging students to become more responsible for their learning and school
Implementing quality learning practices within the school
Our success will be measured by:
Students are empowered and have taken responsibility for their own learning
Teaching programs which are explicit, well‐planned and cater for the learning needs of all students
Staff and students are able to implement effective change in the classroom
Processes and practices are clearly displayed after joint decision making about these by students and staff
About this report
In preparing this report, the self‐evaluation committee has gathered information from evaluations conducted during the year and analysed other information about the school's practices and student learning outcomes. The self‐evaluation committee and school planning committee have determined targets for the school's future development.
Pamela Murphy (Relieving) Principal
Angela Swan P&C President
Monica Milen Senior Admin Manager
Karen Fordham Student Learning Support
School contact information
Croppa Creek Public School
2 Apsley Crescent, Croppa Creek
Ph: 02 67545215
Fax: 02 67545213
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.croppacrk‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au
School Code: 3717
Parents can find out more information about Annual School Reports, how to interpret information in the reports and have the opportunity to provide feedback about these reports at:
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/asr