2020 st catherine’s school performance report

2020 St Catherine’s School

Performance Report

St Catherine’s School Performance Report 2020

ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORT 2020 This report is a requirement of the Commonwealth Government as outlined in the Schools Assistance Act 2009. Contextual Information St Catherine's School, Stirling is situated in the picturesque Adelaide Hills. The school was founded by the Dominican sisters and promotes excellence in every dimension of a child's life, with special emphasis on the faith formation of students and their families in the Catholic tradition. St Catherine's School caters for students in Reception to Year 6. We endeavour to develop rich, contemporary learning environments that are personalised, relevant and challenging. The school has a strong arts programme, playgroup and OSHC service, along with a committed and supportive parent community. Specialist areas include Physical Education, Italian and an active Music programme. We respect and care for our earth and acknowledge that we are all called to be ecological leaders. The environment and sustainability are areas of focus in our school. St Catherine's has a three pond wetland system which the students manage through planting, weeding and mulching. We have a permaculture garden, water tanks, composting bins, solar panels and worm farms. The ICSEA score for St Catherine’s is 115. St Catherine's strength lies in the evidence of enriched learning experiences for children. It is highlighted by the fellowship achieved in a small, happy, enthusiastic school community where we have the opportunity to develop close and lasting friendships. Informed by our Dominican heritage, we are hope-filled and futures-focussed.

SES 115 School Type Primary Catholic School Location 22 Ayers Hill Road, Stirling Year Range R-6 Total FTE Enrolments August 2020 203 % Indigenous Enrolments 0.0% % Students With Disabilities 20.68% Teaching Staff Numbers 16 (9 part-time) FTE Teaching Staff Numbers 11.2 Non-Teaching Staff Numbers 9 (9 part-time) FTE Non-Teaching Staff Numbers 4.13

Enrolments Each Year Level – Year R Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Total Boys 21 23 10 10 9 12 15 0 100 Girls 16 14 15 21 14 15 8 0 103 Total 37 37 25 31 23 27 23 0 203

Staff Qualifications In our school we are fortunate to have a number of teachers with two or more qualifications in education. In addition to the formal qualifications listed below, all staff undergo training in Mandatory Notification and First Aid.

Qualification Masters Degree 6% Bachelor Degree 94% Graduate Certificate 31% Diploma 25%


Professional Engagement

Teaching staff 16 Full-time equivalent teaching staff

11.2

Non-teaching staff 9 Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff

4.13 Indigenous Staff 0

Staff Attendance Teaching staff attendance for the 2020 school year was 95.7% and our teachers took sick leave, carer’s leave and bereavement leave, as is their industrial entitlement. Staff Retention In Term 1 2020, 84% of our teaching staff was retained from the beginning of the previous program year. We celebrate the expertise, talent and commitment that our new staff members bring to the community. Expenditure and Teacher Participation in Professional Learning In 2020 there has been 100% participation by the teaching staff in professional learning. There was a wide range of significant professional learning involving the whole school, Learning Areas and individual teaching staff. As the school community has been informed of many of these throughout 2020. Catholic Education SA provides professional development and consultancy services for all Catholic Education SA schools. Our teaching staff have been involved in rich research projects supported by Catholic Education SA Consultants and this has been welcomed by the staff at St Catherine’s.

As well as the above individual Professional Development which the staff undertook, the whole school staff also participated in a number of activities which occurred during Pupil Free Days and during Staff Meetings. These were as follows:

Activity No. staff participating

No. staff completed course

Online WHS Models All All First Aid – Senior 4 4 First Aid – Emergency First Aid in an Education & Care setting 1 School Drills – 3 x Bush Fire drill All All School Drills – Lockdown / Fire / Chemical Evacuation drill All All Code of Conduct All All Bullying and Harassment All All Rehab and Return to Work All All

Professional Activity Teachers involved Total days Staff Retreat 23 1 NCCD 5 2 Commissioning Mass 26 1 Numeracy 2 4 Special Education 1 3 Contact Officer 2 1 Literacy 4 3 Emergency Fire Warden training 2 1 STEM 2 4 Pos Ed 3 1 H.A.L.T 2 1 Religion 3 4 Occupational Therapy workshop 1 1


An annual review is undertaken with all staff to improve our structures, processes, curriculum and administration of the school at the end of each school year. Each teaching staff member participated in their annual review discussion with the Principal in Term 1 & 4. SCHOOL INCOME

Government – State $347,014 Government – Commonwealth $2,040,814 Government – Other(Capital Grant) $300,000 Tuition Fees & Compulsory Charges $696,734 Donations (inc P&F) $6,632 Interest $3,169 Other $151,760

STUDENT ATTENDENCE The average overall student attendance was 91.62% School attendance is monitored on a daily basis via the ceSIS program. For non-attendance parents are asked to either submit an advice via the SkoolBag app, or call the office before 9.30am to inform the school. If notification has not been received, the school will contact the parents to ascertain the students’ whereabouts. In consultation with staff, students who regularly do not attend school will have families contacted and a discussion takes place to determine the reasons for non-attendance. Appropriate measures are put in place where needed to try and ensure more regular attendance. In extreme cases contact is made with DECS support officers. NAPLAN 2020 – No new data collected in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions

Year 3 Mean % of students achieved NMS Year 3 (2019)

Component Reading 442.6 100% Writing 444.3 100% Spelling 428.2 100% Grammar & punctuation 457.9 100% Numeracy 413.3 100%

Year Level Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Reception 81.30% 94.23% 93.22% 92.80% Year 1 83.47% 94.45% 94.95% 94.31% Year 2 79.55% 95.00% 92.76% 96.22% Year 3 82.42% 95.65% 96.18% 94.28% Year 4 87.85% 95.14% 96.05% 95.69% Year 5 83.14% 95.57% 94.22% 94.74% Year 6 85.19% 95.31% 94.07% 91.57% Averages 83.13% 95.01% 94.50% 94.17%


Year 5 Mean % of students achieved NMS Year 3 (2017) Year 5 (2019)

Component Reading 458.4 519.1 100% Writing 420.4 516.6 100% Spelling 420.2 526.2 100% Grammar & punctuation 460.9 513.8 100% Numeracy 409.3 493.2 100%

POST SCHOOL DESTINATIONS 23 graduating Year 6 students transferred as follows:

5 to Cabra Dominican College 1 to Cornerstone College 2 to Aldgate Primary School 4 to Mercedes College 3 to Concordia College 1 to Heathfield Primary School 1 to Mary Mackillop College 2 to Pembroke School 1 to Stirling East Primary School 1 to Blackfriars Priory 1 to St Peters College (for Yr 7 in public system)

1 to Hills Montessori School

PARENT/TEACHER/ STUDENT SATISFACTION

Parent/ Teacher/ Student Satisfaction

Strengths Areas for development

Catholic Identity • Nurturing. Care for the environment. Spirituality.

• Strong values • Environmental and sustainability emphasis. • Catholic way of living with class liturgy,

Masses, and a focus on compassion and empathy.

• Every single child matters and is given the opportunity to thrive.

• Greater focus on student's faith journey alongside their academic education.

Wellbeing, Teaching and Learning

• Environmental focus is strong. • There are regular opportunities to discuss

wellbeing as a staff including sharing information about students who may be at risk or experiencing challenges.

• Documentation is improving to track student success and challenges.

• More Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics learning.

• Continue to strengthen Wellbeing program. • More extracurricular activities offered, such

as coding, chess club. • Stronger creative arts program. • Being outdoors and using the indoors better

and having a more proactive movement program.

• Leadership role and activities for children in the younger year levels to create a sense of engagement within the school and its future.

• Linking topics together ie ecology, renewable energy, technology, maths, entrepreneurship, learning, arts etc

• Greater transparency regarding assessment.

Student Identity and Leadership

• Debating • Musical

• Further development of student voice within the school - More opportunities for children


• Science inquiry presentations to parents, Wetlands program

• Aquaponics • Chickens

to be driving the direction of the school ie class meetings, SRC, student run projects etc

• Well-established and well-communicated program of cross-curricular, environmental education.

Community Engagement

• The sense of community and care. • Community - fostering a sense of family

across year levels. • School communication via the newsletter

and Skoolbag is well orangised and informative.

• Regular opportunities for parental involvement

• Greater parent involvement in classrooms

Enhanced Curriculum

Faith Formation Strong relationship between School and Parish Sacramental Program Annual Parish Picnic Annual Staff Reflection Day Yr 6 Student Reflection Day

Community Engagement

Parent / Staff Strategic Planning Survey CESA Classroom Pulse Check Wellbeing Engagement Living, Learning, Leading for Staff

Curriculum Student Leadership • School Captains • Leadership Conference (School Captains)

Inclusive Education • WRAP Literacy Interventions • Debating

Wellbeing • Counsellor

The Arts • School Musical – Matilda! (held biannually) • End of Year school concert • Instrumental Tuition (with private tutors) • Artist in Residence • Italian Day – Celebration of Language • Catholic Schools Choir – Yr 5 and Yr 6

Sports • Annual School Sports Day • Annual Swimming Water Safety Week and Fun Day • SAPSASA Carnivals and SACPSSA Carnivals: Athletics, Swimming, Netball,

Football, Cross Country • Soccer Skills Rec – Yr 2 • Junior Blast Cricket

Yr 5 Woodhouse Camp Yr 6 Aquatics Bambini Program Bookweek Parade

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