PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

The school’s Annual Report provides a summary of student performance and achievements for 2015,

and an outline of many of the highlights, events and initiatives that took place throughout the year.

Booragoon PS is a vibrant, positive learning community, and we had much to celebrate last year as

we established our school as an Independent Public School.

Excellent achievement in the core learning areas tested through the NAPLAN program continues to

be a hallmark of the school. Additionally students are offered a broad, well balanced curriculum, with

specialist instruction in Science, Music, Drama and Visual Arts. In the sports arena, students

performed creditably in swimming, netball, football, soccer, cricket, tennis and athletics. Our digital

learning program, including the 1:1 laptop program, use of interactive whiteboards class sets of iPads

in the junior school places us as a leader in this area.

The lines of communication between school and home are strong, aided by many forms of media

including the regular newsletter, information posted on the school website, P&C App and Facebook

page, assemblies and reports to both the School Council and the Parents and Citizens’ Association.

Teachers are in regular close contact with parents through class meetings, weekly newsletters,

Connect, class web pages, individual interviews and notes home.

At Booragoon, the support provided by the parent community is phenomenal. Apart from the many

fund raising and social events organised (detailed in this report), extensive work was carried out in the

grounds with the building of a Nature Playground 2, further enhancing the play and recreation areas

for the children. The P&C part funded new classroom doors to replace the 60 year old sliding doors,

which improved the ambience of the learning environment for both teachers and students.

The Annual Report is developed by a range of stakeholders in the school, including staff, the School

Board and the P&C. I encourage everyone to share in and reflect on the highlights, achievements

and celebrations of our school in 2015.

(Barbara Horan, Principal)

SCHOOL PROFILE

Booragoon PS was established in 1967, and is located in a bush setting close to Wireless Hill Reserve. It is a local intake school, with students drawn from the suburbs of Booragoon and Alfred Cove. The 2015 enrolment was 425 students from Kindergarten to Year 6.

Booragoon offers an excellent educational environment for students and staff, comprising four teaching blocks, including an onsite Kindergarten, two purpose built Pre Primary units and a senior teaching cluster.

ANZAC Day, 2015 NBN Project, Garden City, Booragoon

We have a multi-purpose building incorporating Visual Arts, Instrumental Music, Science Room and a fully automated library.

Booragoon PS is a leader in 21st century learning, featuring a parent funded 1:1 laptop program from Years 4-6. The school has a comprehensive ICT network, with interactive whiteboards in all classrooms, and iPad technology being increasingly utilised, especially in the junior school where we have class sets of iPads in all classes from Kindergarten to Year 3. A fully enclosed, carpeted, air conditioned undercover area complements our facilities.

The Arts are prominent in the school, with more than 70 students engaged in learning the full range of orchestral instruments through the School Instrumental Music Program. We have a vibrant Drama program, and all students access a specialist program in the Visual Arts.

We have a strong, positive culture based on cooperation and collaboration. Our highly professional staff work together to establish challenging teaching and learning programs aimed at maximising the educational outcomes of all students.

Our community has a strong sense of pride in its school, and this is reflected in the very high level of parent participation in the life of the school. Our highly supportive parent body continually works with the school to plan and improve the grounds, building and resources to provide a healthy, safe environment for our students. The Grounds Committee has recently developed two incredible nature playgrounds for the students, and an amphitheatre setting as an extension to the playground.

SCHOOL COUNCIL REPORT

2015 was the inaugural year for Booragoon Primary School to commence operation as an

Independent Public School (IPS). Being an IPS gives the school greater autonomy over its day to

day operations such as financial management and staff and personnel selection. When a school

attains IPS status, the School Council is replaced with a School Board, which has a broader range of

responsibilities and greater input into strategic decision making.

Our board grew over the course of the year to include a wide variety of members representing the

teaching and support staff, parents, and external community members who all bring a specific range

of skills and experience to the Board.

The main focus of the Board has been to define its role as it moves from a Council to a Board with

additional responsibilities, and assisting the Principal around key decision making objectives.

In addition to this, the Board has been working with the Principal to develop the school’s strategic plan

and to ensure that a strategy is put in place to enable the board to monitor the progress of the school

in meeting the objectives set out in the plan.

(Mr Tim Baldock, President)

PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION REPORT

2015 was a productive and successful year for the P&C. A number of successful school community

and fundraising events were held, including the Easter raffle, water fun day, Dads and kids camp out,

lapathon, sports day fundraising, movie night and many more. Highlights included the P&Cs

inaugural water fun day and the ‘Minions’ movie night, where we filled an entire movie theatre with

very excited students and parents. Huge thanks the Kylie and Paul Buckman and Kendall Brown for

their organisation of these two events.

The P&C used the funds raised from these events, along with the efforts of many wonderful parent

volunteers, to continue to contribute to various school resources and amenities throughout 2015.

These included contributions towards the school’s second nature play area, the Year 6 Graduation

ceremony, and replacement of some ageing classroom doors.

The P&C also launched an App during 2015 to help communicate P&C information to parents and the

school community, about events, canteen information and information regarding P&C meetings.

The second nature play area was completed during 2015 by the Grounds Committee and Champion

Dads group, led by Paul Buckman, following the completion of the first nature play area in 2014.

Since its completion the second nature play area has been heavily used and is a real winner with the

students.

Our canteen service also continued to go from strength to strength during 2015 and canteen sales

increased significantly compared to previous years. The canteen successfully trialled opening four

days a week (up from 3 days), and this increase has now been made permanent. Many thanks to our

canteen managers, Neisha Hackett and Kendall Brown and their many volunteer helpers for their

continued hard work and dedication in running the canteen.

2015 was the first full year of the kitchen garden ‘Garden Gnomes Club’. The club is held weekly

after school, and is run by parents. The gnomes maintain the garden, learn about growing things, and

sell the produce in ‘pop-up’ shops which fund the gardening activities. Produce is also provided to the

canteen.

A huge thank you to the many wonderful parent volunteers who contributed to the full range of P&C

activities and initiatives throughout the year.

(Mr Hamish McElwee, President)

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

Booragoon PS has an evidence-based approach to self-assessment and school improvement.

Teachers are accomplished at understanding, analysing and using data effectively to inform all

aspects of their teaching and learning programs. This includes the use of NAPLAN (National

Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy), On-entry baseline testing in Pre Primary and other

standardised tests which provide fine grained diagnostic information in relation to each student’s

Grounds Committee constructing Nature Play 2 Kitchen Garden and garden gnomes Dads and Kids Camp Out

Neisha and Kendall, our canteen managers Water Fun Day slides and bouncy castle

performance. NAPLAN forms the basis of our whole school monitoring system in English and

Mathematics. Teachers carry out a great deal of work throughout the year preparing students for

NAPLAN testing at class and individual student level. This involves determining strengths and

weaknesses identified through previous testing, ensuring depth and breadth of coverage of the

curriculum and deeply analysing a range of assessment data.

Whole school information is used to set improvement targets, and appropriate strategies are

implemented to enhance or accelerate learning.

SCHOOL PERFORMANCE DATA 2015

These graphs and tables compare the performance of our students with students in 17 schools with a

similar socio-economic index. (SEI) Booragoon PS consistently achieves above the performance of

WA schools and all Australian schools. A more realistic goal for us is to out-perform our like school

cohort.

%age of Students At and Below the NMS

%age in the top two

bands and above

Mean Compared with Like Schools

2014 2015

2014 2015 2014 2015 BPS Like Schools

BPS Like Schools

Year 3

0.0 1.8 71.0 73.2 471 454 482 461

Year 5

6.0 10.3 57.0 53.6 550 535 539 535

Year 7

3.0 48.0 584 580

In Reading our results are slightly above those of our like school cohort in Year 5, with our Year 3

results being considerably higher. We generally perform well in Reading, as we have consistent

approaches implemented across the school, based on First Steps. Our English Operational Plan has

reinforced the requirement for common strategies, and teachers use diagnostic testing to target any

areas of need. We’ve noted an increase in the percentage of students ‘At’ and ‘Below’ the National

Minimum Standard (NMS) and Individual and Group Education Plans have been developed to

address individual students’ specific learning needs.

%age of Students At and Below the NMS

%age in the top two

bands and above

Mean Compared with Like Schools

2014 2015

2014 2015 2014 2015 BPS Like Schools

BPS Like Schools

Year 3

2.0 3.6 80.0 69.2 446 430 439 439

Year 5

9.0 8.6 35.0 34.5 504 501 504 501

Year 7

32.0 33.0 539 547

In Writing, we performed comparably with like schools, our means being almost the same in Year 3

and Year 5. One of our targets is to increase the percentage of students achieving in the top two

NAPLAN bands, and on this measure we out-performed like schools in both Year 3 and Year 5.

Teachers have analysed student results across all of the elements of Writing and are placing

particular emphasis on improving cohesion and vocabulary, two areas that they considered could be

improved.

%age of Students At and Below the NMS

%age in the top two

bands and above

Mean Compared with Like Schools

2014 2015

2014 2015 2014 2015 BPS Like Schools

BPS Like Schools

Year 3

4.0 5.4 69.0 50.0 446 436 430 432

Year 5

9.0 10.3 39.0 58.5 517 528 535 527

Year 7

3.0 70.0 57.9 615 600

Our results in Numeracy were either comparable with or better than our like school cohort. In Year 3

there was a slight downward trajectory which was matched by like schools, indicating that this could

be a reflection of the test itself. In Year 5 we rated above like schools both in terms of our means;

and in the percentage of students ranked in the top two bands, (59% : 48%).

%age of Students At and Below the NMS

%age in the top two

bands and above

Mean Compared with Like Schools

2014 2015

2014 2015 2014 2015 BPS Like Schools

BPS Like Schools

Year 3

2.0 3.6 75.0 62.5 478 452 452 441

Year 5

11.0 10.3 59.0 43.2 522 535 525 528

Year 7

9.0 55.0 580 588

Spelling has raised some concerns for us, with the Comparable Performance Summary showing that

we achieved below expected level and as a result we’ve put a lot of time into analysing our results

and critiquing our spelling programs. We do not have a whole school approach to the teaching of

Spelling and we believe it’s time to establish a common approach. In 2017 we plan to introduce

Sound Waves, (a phonological approach) from Years 3 – 6. Sound Waves builds on the synthetic

phonics program being used in K-2. We will monitor results carefully over the next couple of years to

track the efficacy of the program.

%age of Students At and Below the NMS

%age in the top two

bands and above

Mean Compared with Like Schools

2014 2015

2014 2015 2014 2015 BPS Like Schools

BPS Like Schools

Year 3

0.0 3.6 91.0 76.8 523 469 492 474

Year 5

4.0 8.7 63.0 48.4 545 543 538 548

Year 7

9.0 47.0 588 587

The Year 3 results in Grammar and Punctuation are somewhat inconsistent, with the 2015 high

result appearing to be an aberration. Generally we track closely with like schools in the comparison of

means. The percentage of students in the top two bands was higher than like schools, (77% : 67%).

There is a real spread of achievement, but our students predominantly sit in the upper bands of

achievement. Teachers have closely analysed results at the individual student level and are targeting

their teaching at the areas in which there were patterns of error.

NAPLAN results as published on the ‘My Schools’ website

This graph shows how Booragoon PS compares with Australia-wide like schools, (SIM) and all

schools Australia-wide. The white band signifies ‘close to’ SIM and/or all schools; the light green band

signifies ‘above’ SIM and/or all schools and the dark green band signifies ‘well above’ SIM and/or all

schools. It’s a useful comparison to get a snapshot of how Booragoon performs on a nationwide

basis.

Comparative Performance Summary

Data analysis is carried out at the Department of Education, based on student and school information,

and whole of state achievement data over time. Based on the school’s Socio-Economic Index, (which

factors in elements such as parents’ income, employment status, level of home ownership,

educational attainment etc) and student performance over time, analysts extrapolate an expected

level of achievement of students at a particular location.

Our attendance rates are very good, being above those of WA Public Schools. Attendance is

carefully monitored and strategies put in place in instances where attendance is unsatisfactory.

ENROLMENT NUMBERS

As can be seen from the graph, our enrolment numbers are growing very strongly, and this has been

the trend for the past five years. The graph only includes student numbers in the compulsory years of

schooling, (P-6), and when Kindergarten is factored in our enrolment numbers totalled 425 students.

Numbers dropped in 2015 owing to the Year 7 group going to high school. Based on Bureau of

Statistics data and projections, enrolments are expected to grow steadily based on an increase in the

birth rate in Western Australia in recent years. What is particularly pleasing is the growth in numbers

at the senior end of the school, reflecting a drift away from private and independent schools, back to

the government sector. In 2013 Booragoon had 23 students in the graduating class, in 2014 there

were 35 students and there were 50 students in 2015. This growth is extremely positive for the future

of our school.

STAFF PROFILE

No FTE AB'L

Principals 1 1.0 0

Deputy Principals 2 2.0 0

Total Administration Staff 3 3.0 0

Teaching Staff

Level 3 Teachers 1 0.6 0

Other Teaching Staff 24 18.5 0

Total Teaching Staff 25 19.1 0

School Support Staff

Clerical / Administrative 3 2.0 0

Gardening / Maintenance 1 0.7 0

Other Non-Teaching Staff 13 9.95 0

Total School Support Staff 17 12.65 0

Total 45 34.75 0

SCHOOL CHAPLAIN

Mrs Jenny Mazalevskis, our School Chaplain provides an invaluable service to our school community.

She works at the school on Mondays and Fridays, and on these days is available to provide pastoral

care and present programs for our students.

The range of areas Jenny supports include peer and family relationships, issues around separated

families, grief, mental health, bullying and low self-esteem. She is a compassionate and empathetic

listener, and a caring confidante for both students and parents.

Jenny facilitated the Rainbows program with small groups of students in Terms Two and Three. The

program promotes the prevention of behaviour that is harmful, and enables children to express their

feelings in relation to grief or loss. This may be the loss of a grandparent, a friend, a loved pet, or

issues around family estrangement.

Jenny contributes to, and is involved in many of the school’s activities. She helped coordinate the

School Volunteer Program mentors, assisted several parents put on a ‘Welcome to Booragoon’

morning tea for new parents to the school, worked with teachers to organise special days such as

Harmony Day, and organised lunch time activities for students.

Jenny is an integral member of our school staff, value-adding to our pastoral care programs, and our

commitment to making our school a safe, happy environment.

HIGHLIGHTS, EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS

YEAR 6 CAMP

The Year Six group was once again blessed with fine weather for their four day autumn camp to the

beautiful Geographe Bay.

Everyone boarded the coach for the drive down south. First stop was the Xscape at the Cape fun park

where everyone tested their balance on the trampolines, angles on the putt putt, memory in the maze

and strength in the climbing tower.

Skills and games that night at camp were in the ‘minute to win it’ format. Individual brilliance and

team cooperation were on display in the pursuit of glory and prizes.

The following day involved a visit to The Shearing Shed in the Yallingup hills to find out how sheep

farming works. The students got ‘hands on’ with all the processes from feeding lambs to baling wool.

The afternoon tested the students’ cooperation and problem solving with a stop at the mazes to

compete over a course with checkpoints. They also challenged each other in group quiz games.

That evening the Legolympics tested the building and organisation of the students to get three models

complete in a race against the clock format.

After a solid sleep everyone got organised to head down the Ngilgi cave to learn about the geology

that created the landforms as well as the indigenous stories of its spirit ancestors.

That afternoon the students faced the physical challenges of slack lining and rock climbing with many

extending and surprising themselves with their abilities.

The evening involved a super quiz covering all kinds of trivia combined with events from the camp.

A pack up and clean up preceded the departure on the final morning. On the way home a walk out

along the Busselton Jetty was a good leg stretch before the drive back up to Perth.

Everyone had a wonderful experience returning with new knowledge, skills and friends.

NATIONAL RIDE 2 SCHOOL DAY

Booragoon Primary School is part of the Travel Smart program, sponsored by the Department of

Transport and Be Active WA. The objective of the program is to encourage children and families to

use active transport (rather than cars) to get to and from school. Students are encouraged to cycle,

scoot, skate or walk to school on Ride2School day. There are many benefits for the whole community,

including increased physical activity, developing independence, increased safety (as there are fewer

cars congesting the roads around the school), reduced parking issues, and creating a sense of

community. We incorporated a ‘decorate your bike’ competition and breakfast for children who rode,

walked, skated or scooted to school on the day.

HARMONY DAY

Booragoon Primary School is proud to participate in Harmony Day celebrations each year. Harmony

Day coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The message of the day is that everyone belongs, and as a school we celebrate the diversity of

cultures in our school, in the community and in the world. We hold a special assembly with a variety

Year 6 Camp – in the Shearing Shed Year 6 Camp – The Climbing Tower

of performances, children are invited to dress in their national costume, and we celebrate the richness

of the range of different cultures that make up our society.

CLUB KIDPRENEUR PROGRAM

In Term 4 of 2015, a select group of Year 6 students at BPS enrolled and completed a ‘Club

Kidpreneur program. Club Kidpreneur is a not-for-profit social enterprise that attempts to develop

basic entrepreneurial skills in primary-aged children. Club Kidpreneur teaches students to create and

launch their own small enterprises through inspiration and education.

Students were encouraged to work in small teams to work collaboratively and use their collective

creativity and initiative to start enterprises to positively contribute to the community.

The program specifically develops the following General Capabilities in a real world setting for the

students:

Literacy Intercultural understanding Numeracy Technologies ICT capability Civics & Citizenship Critical & creative thinking Mathematics Personal & social capability Economics & Business

Each team of students created a product or service. Students had to then market the product and

physically create it. The teams then were required to either sell the product or service to real

customers, within the school setting or out in the community. Students then handled real money, and

worked with real life supply, demand and profit margin scenarios.

Teams held their own successful ‘market day’ and the students enjoyed working in a new and

exclusive programme. The students faced various personal and group challenges throughout the

term. All profits made through the Club Kidpreneur program have been donated to real charities or

groups.

INFORMATION AND COMMUNCIATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

The 1-1 Laptop program for year 4-6 students continues to receive a high level of support from the

school community with approximately 90% of students bringing their own device in 2015. These were

supplemented with school owned machines where needed.

During 2015 the ICT Committee completed the new ICT Operation Plan with a focus on meeting the

Cross Curricula Capabilities outlined in the National Curriculum. In particular the focus at Booragoon

will be on creating and communicating with ICT.

2015 saw significant investment in the ICT infrastructure of the school. A full wireless network

upgrade was completed to cope with the growing demands on our network. We also purchased 110

iPads and the associated ‘sync and charge’ stations. These have been placed in our K-3 classes.

SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

With the support of the Booragoon P&C a significant investment was made in purchasing and

converting a shipping container into a new senior sports shed. The shed is powered, shelved and was

filled with a large amount of new equipment.

Following are some of the key sporting events that Booragoon students were involved in during 2015.

Beach swimming at Cottesloe Beach 2015 House Swimming Carnival

Interschool Swimming Carnival In-term Swimming – Melville Aquatic Centre

Eagles Cup Australian Rules Football Fever Cup Netball Competition

Interschool Soccer Competition T20 Blast Interschool Cricket Competition

2015 House Cross Country Carnival Interschool Cross Country Carnival

2015 House Athletics Carnival 2015 Interschool Athletics Carnival

Fremantle Dockers Cup (Girls’ Comp) Cricket – T20 Blast Interschool Tournament

Our successful swimming team

Mr Cecins and the T20 Cricket Team

THE ARTS PROGRAM

The String Ensemble played so brilliantly in the Orchestra Festival at

Churchlands SHS. Amy Thompson (Ensemble Coordinator)

Massed Choir Festival – Winthrop Hall, UWA

Miss Ashworth and the Dance Crew

1 24,003.00$ 24,062.50$

2 72,482.00$ 72,585.66$

3 -$ -$

4 20,818.24$ 20,818.24$

5 1,523.00$ 1,594.95$

6 249,288.00$ 249,288.21$

7 2,672.36$ 2,672.32$

8 -$ -$

9 -$ -$

10 23,014.00$ 23,281.92$

11 -$ -$

393,800.60$ 394,303.80$

62,405.00$ 62,405.43$

456,205.60$ 456,709.23$

Locally Generated Revenue119,061.35$

DoE Grants 249,288.21$

Other Govt Grants2,672.32$

Other 23,281.92$

Transfers -$

394,303.80$

1 13,640.36$ 10,932.14$

2 12,737.00$ 12,474.04$

3 95,211.00$ 81,639.77$

4 30,983.79$ 27,013.93$

5 5,800.00$ 5,800.00$

6 27,458.00$ 22,153.59$

7 140,837.00$ 133,184.91$

8 403.00$ 348.40$

9 -$ -$

10 28,820.00$ 22,530.00$

11 25,384.00$ 23,275.38$

12 3,300.00$ 3,300.00$

384,574.15$ 342,652.16$

Bank Balance 169,217.92$ Made up of: -$

1 General Fund Balance 114,057.07$ 2 Deductible Gift Funds -$ 3 Trust Funds -$ 4 Reserves 56,549.85$ 5 Suspense Accounts 2,005.00$ 6 Cash Advances -$ 7 Tax Position 3,394.00-$

169,217.92$

Opening Balance

Voluntary Contributions

Charges and Fees

Government Allowances

P&C Contributions

Commonwealth Govt Grants

Total

Booragoon Primary SchoolFinancial Summary as at

Actual

6 January 2015

Internal Transfers

BudgetRevenue - Cash

Trading Activities

Other

Fundraising/Donations/Sponsorships

DoE Grants

Other State Govt Grants

Leases

Utilities

Repairs/Maintenance/Grounds

Building Fabric and Infrastructure

Total Funds Available

Total Bank Balance

Cash Position as at:

Other

Transfers to Reserves

Total

Assets and Resources

Education Services

Other Specific Programs

Salary Pool Payments to Central Office

Budget ActualExpenditure

Trading Activities

Administration

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

$000

Revenue Source

Revenue - Budget vs Actual

Budget Actual

Locally Generated Revenue

30%

DoE Grants63%

Other Govt Grants1%

Other 6%

Transfers0%

Current Year Actual Revenue Sources

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

$000

Expenditure Purpose

Expenditure - Budget vs Actual

Budget Actual

10

30

50

70

90

110

130

$000

Cash Position

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This 2015 Annual Report is endorsed by the

Booragoon Primary School Board

School Board Chair: Tim Baldock

Principal: Barbara Horan

Date:

Booragoon Primary School

Clements Road

BOORAGOON WA 6154

Telephone: 9317 2133

Fax: 9317 2175

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