annual parents’ meeting

Annual Parents’ Meeting

Wednesday 4th December 2019

Tonight’s Agenda

• Board of Trustees Report (Richard Uerata-Jennings)

• Principal’s Report (Michael Hinds)

• HOK’s Report (Erica Willoughby and Mads Berry)

• Champagne and Christmas cheer!

Board of Trustees 2019 Report

Board Chair: Richard Uerata-Jennings

Future BoT Ear-Marked Projects

• International-sized, turfed and marked netball / tennis court

• Covered Outdoor Learning Area (COLA) over the netball / tennis court (including lighting and sound)

• Back path created to ‘link’ the school

• New nature orientated Upper Playground

• A large wall-mounted cross for our Catholic school

• Maintenance to the front wall (school entrance)

Principal’s Report

Principal: Michael Hinds

Excellence Goals

Catholic Character Goals

Communication

School Environment

School Buildings

School Maintenance

2019 Annual Goals- Areas of Focus -

Excellence in Education Successes

• Parents as partners

• Raising Achievement Plan

• Matauranga Māori Kaupapa (Māori Education Plan)

• Teaching and Learning (results, data, next steps)

• Inaugural Powhiri / Kapa Haka / Te reo (Kapa Haka Festival…)

• Hui with school’s different cultures (parent meetings)

• School cultures are acknowledged and shared with the wider-school community through events such as St Benedict’s Cultural Day and our in-school Elective programmes.

• Wall displays changed throughout the year to reflect and celebrate student learning and engagement.

2019’s Focus Areas

Excellence in Education Successes

• Setting student achievement targets (Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 students)

• Hiring an extra Teacher Aide to reach more ‘at-risk learners, while embedding initiatives for longevity e.g. ALIM/SPRING/Intervention

• Teachers took part in Digital Technology Professional Learning Development (PLD) that focused on personalised identified needs or school-wide focus areas.

• Working with our neighbouring Catholic schools to share best practice while strengthening pathways to local Catholic secondary schools

• Student well-being survey – completed, analysed, set specific goals and targets to address discrepancies or areas of concern


Catholic Character Successes• Develop opportunities for affirming and celebrating diverse cultures

within our school

• The school utilises the strengths of the Parish to support the Catholic character, faith and teachings of the Church in our school.

• Worked with the new Parish model; maintain our systems, structures, evangalisation and Religious Education components while acknowledging the need for continued change and growth.

• Continuing to embed our Catholic Character.

• The DRS liaises with the Parish Leadership Team to make and send cards to identified families within the Parish – e.g. those with sick family members.

• Supporting families in need; pastoral care in action


Catholic Character Successes• Ensure buddying of older and younger students throughout the school

to enhance an inclusive culture.

• Encourage family attendance and student participation in Sunday Masses (Children’s Masses)

• Engage in Caritas, Vinnies and charity work which leads to student awareness of others’ needs and presents opportunities for action.

• Foster stronger links with the Parish – including Parish Masses, Sunday Church, Picnics, Baptisms, Evangelisation and opportunities to celebrate the rich number of cultures and diversity in our Parish.

• Staff courses to ensure best-practice and upskilling of staff

• DRS, DP, CoL lead, and Principal sessions with our neighbouring Catholic schools


Communication Successes:

• School community surveyed in the areas of Health, PE and School-Wide Communication

• Sharing student reports and progress with parents in ways that are meaningful and supportive of next steps needed to achieve.

• Provide proactive content through various communication channels (newsletter, Blog, website, public-facing school areas)

• Embed our school’s Policies and Procedures, along with an all-encompassing review cycle that is implemented and continually carried out (Sun Protection policy)

• Celebrating St Benedict’s Catholic character, academic, cultural and sporting activities/achievements.

• Utilise appropriate and effective communication channels to ensure parents, caregivers and the wider community remain informed.


Communication Successes:

Carried out our annual consultation with our Māori whanau around student achievement and initiatives. Evidence: Term 1 parent consultation, Te Reo lessons, Kapa Haka instructors, Marae visit, priority learners (targets and goals).

Promoting the school to Catholic families throughout the school’s catchment area (kindergartens & pre-schools)

No kindergarten visits made; Cancelled the Open Day in Term 3. Newspaper articles (WelCom & Ind. Herald)

Weekly school newsletter circulated; regular blog posts

School calendar and website – current and modern


School Environment, Buildings and Maintenance Successes:

New back and side stairs to bank and playground

Top Field Turfed

Ongoing minor maintenance

Current roof, foyer, office and toilets - build project (Dues money coming back to the school)

We are currently working with the ADW to address the eroding front bank that is likely to be undermining and therefore compromising the driveway.


Teaching and Learning

First day assembly

Meet the teacher evening

Ash Wednesday Mass

School Picnic

Commissioning Mass

Road Patrol Training

Stations of the Cross

Māori Community consultation

Fire, Earthquake and Lockdown Drills

Religious Education PLD

Year 6 Camp, Year 8 Camps, Year 7 EOTC Week

Constable Aaron visits

Stations of the Cross

Mission Fair

HoK Quiz

Kids’ Literacy Quiz

Sacramental Programme

Goal-Setting meetings

Church Working Bee

Christian Meditation

Shave for a Cure

Eviro Trip to Otari Park

Lizard Farm Working Bee

Reconciliation

Passover celebrations

Term 1 Achievements/ Highlights


Kapa Haka / Te reo Lessons

Positively Pink mufti day

Seasons for Growth

Mothers’ Day Breakfast

Catholic Schools’ Day

Confirmation Programme

Parent Teacher Interviews

Electives

Pentecost Liturgy

Cross Country

Parent Health & PE Consultation

Parent School-Wide Communication Consultation

St Pat’s / St Mary’s Visits

External Examinations

Swimming (Years 3-8)

HoK Sausage Sizzles

Science Fair

St Benedict’s Day Mass

Manuka Syndicate Fire Truck visit

Cultural Day

Code Camp Workshops

Term 2 Achievements/Highlights


School photographs

Grandparents’ Mass

HoK Raffle

Australian Maths Competition

British & Irish Community Consultation

ICAS Writing & Mathematics Exams

Assumption Mass

TagIt Appliance Testing

Swimming Sports (Years 3-8)

Fathers’ Day Breakfast

Vision & Hearing Testing

School Art Exhibition

NIWA Science Fair Competition

Netball Prize Giving

Interzone Swimming

HoK Sausage Sizzle

Art work erected and unveiled

Second Hand Uniform Sales

Inter-Regional Cross Country

Mathswell Competitions

Spelling Bee

John Burland Music lessons & concert

Well-Being Workshops

Year 7&8 Parent Information Evening

Mufti Day – Tombola

Sports’ Teams & Clubs Photos



CoL Visit our school

Official Sun-Smart school

Turf grand opening

School Fair

Dental van on site

Sri-Lankan parent consultation

Swimming (Rooms 1-4)

All Saints’ Mass

Parent Volunteer Morning Tea

Year 2-8 Sports Day

Athletics competitions

Author visit

Book Week

Book Character assembly

External choir performances

BDO Audit (Financials)

Transition Meetings

School Speech Competition

Year 8 Leavers’ Dinner

Inter & Regional Athletics

Recruiting for 2020

20 & 40 Hour Famine

Uniform additions implemented

Road Patrol training

Secondary School Transitions

School Discos

Year 6-8 retreats

2020 House Captains

Carols & Prize Giving


You have to acknowledge the past

in order to shape the future…

2020 Insights

2018 & 20192019

Stairs built to back bank

and top playground

ERO

Uniform review and

new additions included

BoT elections

New Parish Model

Turf project

Current build project

Maintained roll growth

2018

Several playground

improvements

Catholic Character

Review

16 week Seismic

Strengthening build

Back bank project

Exponential roll growth

• Monday to Thursday – uninterrupted teaching and learning time; our teachers fight for this!

• Friday – Kapa Haka / Te reo Māori, initiatives (Piano, Guitar, Music Bus, Seasons for Growth) Finishing off etc ‘our messy day’ / potential visits/trips on this day)

2020 Insights

Staff PLD Opportunities

RE (Staff, group and/or personal courses)

Digital Fluency (Phase 2…)

Te reo Māori (Kapa Haka / Powhiri / Festival)

+ continued school support of individual /team applications / opportunities for courses that align with the school’s vision, strategy and charter and our students’ learning

2020 Insights

Parents as PartnersTerm 1 – Meet the Teacher / Goal-Setting Interviews

Term 2 – Mid-Year Report + Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews

Term 4 – Year-End Report

+ trips, camps, sporting and arts’ events, musicals, art exhibitions, assemblies, Masses, Book Character Day, class prayers,

meetings by appointment

Student Achievement

2019

Student Achievement

So much to celebrate, acknowledge and be grateful for…

Student Achievement (Sporting and Academic)

2020 Secondary School Scholarships

Silas Keogh & Dylan Glass (SPC) & Carl Novilla (Scots College)

ICAS English Results

47 students sat the examination. 3 High Distinction, 6 Distinction, 15 Credit and 4 Merit awards.

ICAS Writing Results

23 students sat the assessment. 8 distinctions, 5 credits, 1 merit award.

ICAS Mathematics Results

58 students sat the examination. 1 High Distinction, 13 Distinctions, 21 Credits and 4 Merits.

Australian Mathematics Examination

39 students sat the assessment. 30 students received either a High Distinction, Distinction or

Credit.

Hanmer Springs Inter-Regional Cross Country Successes

Year 8 Boys: Lucious Pinto (12th place)

Year 7 Girls: Annabel Tuck (3rd Place)

Year 6 Boys: Xavier Glass (24th Place)

Year 6 Girls: Addison Jetly (11th Place)

Student Assessment Performance

2019 PAT Results

Listening (Years 3-8)

Mathematics (Years 3-8)

Reading Comp (Years 4-8)

Reading Vocabulary (Years 4-8)

Enhancing our Students’

Educational Experiences • Localised curriculum - our teachers work their socks off!

• Our Catholic Character/Masses/Liturgies/Fr Pete

• Our EPIC Gospel Values

• Rich curriculum experiences

• Art Splash, Wearable Art, Capital E Arts Festival

• Art Exhibition

• Inclusion of the Arts throughout the school

• Various sporting events and activities

• Electives /Choir / Music Group

• Science Fair / Speeches / Leadership Opportunities

• EOTC / Camps / Trips / Swimming

• Participation in Community Events

• Laudato Si’ – the Pope’s letter pitched around care on our common home (inquiry, teaching, learning, action, understanding)

Thank you teachers, staff, Board of Trustees and Parent Community

for providing a rich learning environment, which accesses a localised

curriculum for our students to benefit from!

Staffing for 2020

Manuka Syndicate Teachers - 2020

Room Year Group Teacher Class Size

1 (Term 2) Year 1 Anne Minto 17

2 Year 1 Charmaine McGowan 21

3 Year 2 Fiona Barnett 21

4 Year 2 Sarah Wood 21

Kowhai SyndicateTeachers - 2020


5 Year 3 Nicole Simson 22

6 Year 3 Jared Bath 22

7 Year 4 Gillian Higgins 26

8 Year 5 Jacqueline Miranda 26

9 Year 5/6 Clare Short 26

10 Year 5/6 Cheryl Taylor 26

Kauri SyndicateTeachers - 2020


11 Year 7/8 Rachael Bolger 24

12 Year 7/8 Emma Milne 24

13 Year 7/8 Rebecca Blackwood 24

Class Teachers for 2020Room Year Group Teacher Class Size

1 (Term 2) Year 1 Anne Minto 17

2 Year 1 Charmaine McGowan 21

3 Year 2 Fiona Barnett 21

4 Year 2 Sarah Wood 21

5 Year 3 Nicole Simson 22

6 Year 3 Jared Bath 22

7 Year 4 Gillian Higgins 26

8 Year 5 Jacqueline Miranda 26

9 Year 5/6 Clare Short 26

10 Year 5/6 Cheryl Taylor 26

11 Year 7/8 Rachael Bolger 24

12 Year 7/8 Emma Milne 24

13 Year 7/8 Rebecca Blackwood 24

Correct as of December 4th 2019

Staffing for 2020Position Name Name

Part-Time Teachers Fiona Bolger

Mary Ryan

Molly Kelly

Anne-Marie Cassidy

Teacher Aides Winnie Newenham Leanne Smart

Mary Ann Mulqueen Siobhan Douglas

Office Manager Coralie Purnell

Business Manager Emma McCallum

Librarian Janine O’Styke

Caretaker/Cleaners Sokry Slayman Dominic Sowry

After School Care Aidan Hallett (Supervisor) Feliz Katoa (Deputy Supervisor)

Emma McCullum Mary Ann Mulqueen

Coralie Purnell Laurel Fergusson

Board of Trustees 2020Name Position(s)

Richard Uerata-Jennings

(Chairperson)

Finance, Environment, Personnel

Jane Wellik* Catholic Character, Personnel

Ruth Burns Catholic Character, Communications

Dr Tim Hanlon Catholic Character, Communications

John Lawson Catholic Character (LFT/Parish Link)

Shayne Nahu Personnel

Chris Cakebread Communications, Environment

Anna McDougall Communications, Environment

Daniel Marks Finance

Anne Minto Teacher Representative

Michael Hinds Involoved in all sub-commttees

Thank you: Angela Houston, Fr Doug, Claire Venn,

Camilla Peet, Steve Lucas and Fiona Bolger

2019 HoK Report(Help our Kids)

Erica Willoughby (Co-Leader) Mads Berry (Co-Leader)

Robyn Wishart (Treasurer) Kez Dravitzki

Mike Bowen Nikki Mazur

Amanda O’Brien Gillian Hicks

Anna McDougall (BoT Rep) Jo Prince

Kim Howard (Fair Co-ordinator) Theresa Pardo-Jimeno

Departing HoK / St Benedict’s School: Marina Scoble Rebecca Young

Mary McCarthy Rebecca Lythe

2019 - Another Great HoK Year!

$47,637 raised by the St Ben’s School Whānau

$35,411 donated to the school

Thank you EVERYONE!

Events

• School Directory• Parent Reps• Parents’ Quiz • Uniform Sales

• School Raffle • Sausage Sizzles• Fathers’ Day breakfast• School Disco• Entertainment Books

• School Photos • … the Big One ‘Spring

Fair’!

Donations to the School

• Audio equipment, new class mats, Learning Through Play equipment

• Standing Desks, STEM equipment

• Sports equipment ready for 2020!• New stairs on the bank -thanks to

the Young family

Artificial Turf

Thanks…

• Sponsors

• Teachers and Principal

• HOK Committee

• Wider-school community

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