2009 ASR Orange Public School Final

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NSW Department of Education & Training 7307

2009 Annual School ReportOrange Public School

NSW Public Schools Leading the way


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loudly to make Mrs Hughes and Mrs Mickleseardrums pop, or you can play the soft triangle sono one gets damaged ears.

At OPS I made many friends. Having friends is amust and they were very easy to find at OPS. Myfriends made everything about school great fun.

I will always remember OPS and the fantastictimes I had during my first seven years of myschooling.

I am proud to call myself an OPS student andalways will be.

Edward Hogg Captain 2009

School context

Student information

It is a requirement that the reporting of informationfor all students must be consistent with privacyand personal information policies.

Student enrolment profile

Student attendance profile

Management of non-attendance

The school has very few non attendees and theseare well monitored and gradually improve withHome School Liaison Intervention.

Class sizes

In March 2003 the Government announced itscommitment to publish primary class sizes in

annual school reports in order to provide parentswith as much local information as possible.

The following table shows our class sizes asreported at the 2009 class size audit conductedon Wednesday 18 March 2009.

Roll Class Year Totalper

Year

Totalin

Class

1ASTRONAUT 1 23 23

1 JUPITER 1 23 231 LIFTOFF 1 23 23

1 TITAN 1 23 23

1/2 COMET 1 12 25

1/2 COMET 2 13 25

2 HUBBLE 2 25 252 LASER

BEAM 2 24 24

2 ORION 2 25 25

3B 3 30 30

3K 3 29 29

3N 3 29 294D 4 27 27

4F 4 26 26

4W 4 29 29

5/6P 5 8 29

5/6P 6 21 29

5B 5 28 28

5M 5 28 28

5O 5 28 28

6H 6 28 28

6J 6 29 29

6L 6 28 28

K COSMIC K 22 22FLARESTAR K 22 22

K LIGHTYEAR K 22 22

K STARLIGHT K 22 22

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Structure of classes

25 classes of parallel student ability wereestablished with a 1/2 composite and a 5/6composite and an IM (mildly intellectuallydisabled) class.

Staff information


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Staff establishmentPosition Number

Principal 1

Deputy Principal(s) 2Assistant Principal(s) 4Classroom Teachers 20Part Time Teacher Allocation 1.1

Teacher of Mild Intellectual Disabilities 1Teacher of Reading Recovery 1.025Support Teacher Learning Assistance 1.0Teacher Librarian 1.2Teacher of ESL .2Teacher of Release from Face to Face 1.238Counsellor 1Teacher of Behaviour Disorders 2Assistant Principal Behaviour Disorder 1Teacher of Hearing Disabilities 5.3Assistant Principal Hearing Disabilities 2Teacher of Language Disorders 1Total 46.063

Teacher qualifications

All teaching staff meet the professionalrequirements for teaching in NSW public schools.

Financial summary

This summary covers funds for operating costsand does not involve expenditure areas such aspermanent salaries, building and majormaintenance.

School performance 2009

A full copy of the school's 2009 financialstatement is tabled at the annual generalmeetings of the School Council and/or the parentbody. Further details concerning the statementcan be obtained by contacting the school.

Achievements

Arts

Outstanding Music Program

Our school music program has continued to growwith generous assistance from our Parent Supportgroup, Mrs Mickle from Orange High Schoolrunning our Band Program and Mrs MeganHughes running our string orchestra.

Workshops were held in Terms 2 & 3 at OrangeHigh School to enable our students to improve

their individual skills as well as their groupparticipation. Perhaps the highlight of our yearwas the Music and Drama Concert whichshowcased much of the talent at OPS. Our band,orchestra and instrumental groups were wellrepresented and special mention must be given tothe newly formed boys Drum Corps, whichventured into new territory with African Drums.

Once again we had over 80 entrants in theOrange Eisteddfod and many of our students alsoparticipated in the Wellington Eisteddfod. They alldid extremely well with many 1st, 2nd and 3rdplaces and highly commended.

DanceStudents from Years 1 - 6 participated in dancethis year. Mrs Mary Fisk worked with 1/2 Comet tocreate a dance titled Under the Sea. The girlsgained 3rd place at the Orange Eisteddfod

The 3-6 dance troupes J-Rock entry was themedThe Victorian Bushfires Black Saturday.Unfortunately J-Rock in our area was cancelled soMrs Dixon and Miss Johnson entered the item inthe Orange Eisteddfod. They did extremely well

and were invited to be the opening act for theGrand Concert. The troupe also gained first placeat the Bathurst Eisteddfod.

Sport

Orange Public School once again had a verysuccessful year in sport participating in 17different sports in the PSSA competition.At the school swimming carnival Leawarra wasagain the winning house. The following week, afield of 31 students attended the Orange DistrictSwimming Carnival. This day was a success for

many of our swimmers with 19 swimmersqualifying for individual events at the PSSAWestern carnival held in Dubbo in March.


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One student was selected to represent theWestern Region at the State Carnival.In the Cross Country Leawarra house was againthe winner and 33 students went on to the districtcarnival. Nine students then represented at statelevel, two of whom were placed at this event.

In Athletics 20 children competed at Western level

with four of these students gaining a place in theWestern Team to compete at State Carnival.

In team sports our Boys Soccer Team werecrowned Western Region champions. This yearoverall our students gained 15 places in WesternRegion teams.

Infants Sports Day

This year the K-2 Sports Day was held in TermThree at Wade Park.Each K-2 class marched behind their schoolhouse banners. The children participated in a

variety of activities and earned points for theirhouses. Championship ribbons were awarded forage races and a trophy was presented to thewinning house. Many parents joined us to enjoy apicnic lunch and to cheer on our young athletes.

Academic

University Competitions

OPS results in the University Competitions wereagain outstanding. Overall many studentsreceived awards including a total of 29 distinctions

and 4 high distinction awards.

Student Achievement in 2008

In the National Assessment Program, the resultsacross the Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 literacy andnumeracy assessments are reported on a scalefrom Band 1 to Band 10.

The achievement scale represents increasinglevels of skills and understandings demonstratedin the assessments.

Yr 3: from Band 1 (lowest) to Band 6 (highest for

Year 3)

Yr 5: from Band 3 (lowest) to Band 8 (highest forYear 5)

NAPLAN Results Year 3


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NAPLAN Results Year 5


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Progress in literacy between Years 3 and 5

Progress in numeracy


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Minimum standards

The Commonwealth Government sets minimumstandards for reading, writing, grammar andpunctuation, spelling and numeracy for years 3, 5,7 and 9.

The performance of the students in our school in

the National Assessment Program Literacy andNumeracy is compared to these minimumstandards. The percentages of our studentsachieving at or above these standards arereported below.

Percentage of Year 3 students in our schoolachieving at or above the minimum standardin 2009

Percentage of Year 3 students achieving atand above minimum standard

Reading 99

Writing 97Spelling 94

Punctuation and grammar 93

Numeracy 86

Percentage of Year 5 students in our schoolachieving at or above the minimum standardin 2009

Percentage of Year 5 students achieving atand above minimum standard

Reading 88

Writing 89

Spelling 90

Punctuation and grammar 89

Numeracy 92

Significant programs and initiatives

Technology

In 2009 the technology committee led by MrHaynes began preparing for the change over from

Apple computers to PC Windows computers rightacross the school. After negotiation the DETorganised a rollout of 100 computers 70 desktopsand 30 laptops. The school also purchasedspecial laptops trolleys and wall mountedrecharging stations so that classes could borrow aset of laptops when needed.

Video Conferencing facilities were also installed inthe primary library in 2009. These facilities havebeen used by many classes throughout the year.5/6M participated in a special district interschoolprogram where learning was shared across threeschools using PhotoStory and the video

conferencing facility.

e2 experiencee2 Experience provides opportunities for primaryschool students to explore some of their learningin a high school situation. Our year 5 and year 6children have participated in a number of activitiesat Orange High School throughout the year.These include band, dance, and circus workshops

and science lessons in the high school sciencelaboratories.

Gifted and Talented educationIn 2009, we have had enrichment pull-outprograms in each Stage. At the Infants, Mrs KerryAldis has been providing workshops based on avariety of areas, such as Maths, Science, Writing,Phobias, Visual Arts and Problem Solving. InStage 2, Mrs Leanne Dixon has been working withthe students on their thinking and research skills.These skills have involved elements of creativeand critical thinking, along with communication

and investigation skills. Ms Elizabeth Murphy hasbeen working with Stage 3 students on creativeand critical thinking skills, and communicationskills. The students have then developed theirown independent research investigation questionsand have set about solving their questions in acreative manner.

Tournament of the Minds

Orange PS entered two teams into Tournament ofMinds this year. The Social Sciences teamperformed well at the Regional Final and gained

Honours. The Language and Literature teamtook out First Place at the Regional Final andwent on to compete at the State Final in Sydney.A big thank you goes to Ms Elizabeth Murphy, MrsLeanne Dixon and our parents for their supportand encouragement.

Aboriginal educationMuch happened in the area of AboriginalEducation in 2009. Both Deputy Principalsparticipated in the Indigenous EducationLeadership Initiative (IELI), run by Dr Chris Sarra.This led to the development of an Aboriginal

Action Plan which sits within the school plan andfocuses strongly on improving collaboration withour Aboriginal parent body, improving outcomesfor our Aboriginal students and building culturalawareness of our teaching staff.

Our school was one of the first in the District toaddress the revised Aboriginal Education Policywith the expectation that staff will now address themandatory requirement of incorporating Aboriginalperspectives in all Key Learning Areas. Staff alsohad the opportunity to listen to Dr Chris Sarrapresent at a Staff Development Day and to work

closely with leaders from IELI at a staff meeting.Our school was selected to participate in anational project sponsored by The Australian


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Association of Maths Teachers called Make ItCount, a project which aims to developsustainable whole school practices aroundcommunity engagement, curriculum, pedagogyand professional learning to significantly improveachievement in mathematics and numeracy byAboriginal young people.

To enhance the self image of our students, planswere put in place to establish a native garden, tocontinue to publish our Aboriginal Newsletter, tohave regular meetings with our students and ourparents and to provide opportunities to promoteCultural Awareness for all students. We alsotrialled the Wiradjuri Language Program with year5 and plan to grow this commitment.

A Community Working Party, led by Gerald Powerwas established and late in September, weemployed Debbie Shute as an AEO. A large

contingent of students marched at NAIDOC Weekand some of our Aboriginal students receivedacademic awards. A highlight of NAIDOC Weekwas our participation in the Cultural Day withOrange School students held at Glenroi HeightsPublic School.

Multicultural education

Multicultural perspectives were taught in 2009across the grades from Year 1 to Year 6 usingteaching and learning programs from theConnected Outcome Learning Groups (COGs)provided by the NSW Board of Studies.

Debating

A debating squad of 20 students participated inthe Western Area Debating Competition. Theywere a very motivated and enthusiastic group.Although they did not win they represented ourschool very competently and were a verycohesive group. They supported each otherbrainstorming ideas and in assisting each other towrite the team speeches.

K-2 Transition

This successful 8 week program held in terms 3and 4 provided an excellent transition for our 2009kindergarten students.

Parents attended information sessions and 88students attended carefully planned transitionsessions. From these sessions 20 students wereinvited to attend the Jumpstart program tofurther facilitate their smooth transition to school.

Positive Behaviour For Learning

During 2009 the schools active PBL Team inconjunction with the entire school staff hasfostered active Positive Behaviour for Learningwithin our students across both sites.

School wide expectations of being Responsible,Respectful, Co-operative and Honest wereencouraged throughout the school. A structuredprocess of rewards for good behaviour wasestablished for classrooms, non-classroomsituations and for individual student self discipline.These took the form of classroom rockets and a

school wide Reaching for the Stars Comet, alongwith individual Passports to the stars.

PBL is an ongoing process of improving thebehaviour management procedures within theschool and will continue in future years.

Progress on 2009 targets

Target 1

Continue to lift the learning levels of allstudents in Reading, Language, Writing and

NumeracyOur achievements include:

K-2 students have achieved good results withboth Kinder and Year One achieving well abovethe regional average. Year 2 was just below theregional average.

More teachers have been trained in Reading toLearn and Textbooks in Numeracy were doneaway with in order to put the focus back on thesyllabus. Numeracy results have shownimprovement.

Special time was provided for Gifted and Talentedstudents at both sites. All G&T students wereidentified and teachers were required todifferentiate the curriculum and do PersonalLearning Plans for the children.

Target 2

Continued focus on implementation of QualityTeaching Framework

A consultant was brought in from District Office tofurther train our teachers in the Quality Teaching

Framework. This then became embedded into allprograms.

Target 3

Continue to implement the Positive Behaviourin Learning Program across the school

Our Positive Behaviour Program calledReaching for the Stars has been a wonderfulsuccess in 2009 with students really enjoyingworking toward and receiving the rewards. The

program has refined our procedures for managingbehaviour across the school.


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Target 4

Implement the Best Start Program inKindergarten in 2009

The Best Start Program was successfullyimplemented in 2009 with all Kindergarten beingtested and results provided for parents by early

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term. The results have given teachers abenchmark on which to build the childrenslearning.

Key evaluations

In 2009 our school carried out evaluations ofAboriginal Education and the teaching ofMathematics.

Educational and management practice

Aboriginal Education

A review of Aboriginal Education within the schoolwas held by the Dare To Lead Team in 2009. Theteam gathered information about the school andinterviewed Aboriginal Staff, Aboriginal and/orTorres Strait Islander students, teachers from bothsites, Aboriginal community members, NonAboriginal parents, members of the schoolexecutive and support staff.

Background

The school has had approximately 6% of itsstudent population Aboriginal for some years and

it was felt that we needed to assess what we aredoing as a school and ensure we are providingthe best possible education for these students. Itwas also felt that all teachers needed to be trainedin Aboriginal education and culture so that all ofour students, including our non Aboriginalchildren, could develop a strong understanding ofAboriginal culture. As already mentioned in thesection on Aboriginal Education many newprograms were initiated during 2009 and anAboriginal Education Action Plan was developed.

Findings and conclusions

Although teachers are making efforts toinclude an Aboriginal perspective in thecurriculum it would appear that a sequential,planned whole school approach is needed.This should include strong consultation withexperts from within the community.

The school has undertaken some forms ofCultural Awareness Training in the past. It isrecommended that this training continue forall staff on a regular basis, including thosenewly inducted into the school.

Many Aboriginal students interviewed and all

non Aboriginal students interviewed

expressed a desire to be exposed to manymore cultural opportunities.

Future directions

The school will work with the local communityto develop a strong cultural focus within theschool.

The school will make application to continuethe teaching of the Wiradjuri Language instage 3 classes in 2010.

All classes will work to improve the processof the Personal Learning Plans of theAboriginal students to make them more of arelationship document.

Curriculum

Mathematics

Background

Targets for 2009 were to achieve higher levels inMathematics through improved teaching andlearning and through focussing on Indigenouslearning. In order to do this the school Mathscommittee identified key areas to develop throughthe year. During second term the school alsobecame part of the Make It Count program toimprove the Maths results of Indigenous students.Much of the year involved planning for this project.

Findings and conclusions

In 2008 the school scope and sequence inMaths was redesigned and this wasimplemented through all classes from thestart of the year.

In addition teaching strategies were improvedand the transition was made from havingtextbooks in 2008 to syllabus teaching in2009.

As part of the Make It Count project, theschool NAPLAN results in numeracy and thegradings teachers were giving in schoolreports across K-6 were analysed. From thisdata we were able to set future directions inour school Maths program. An action plan forMaths and Make It Count was then createdthrough collaboration between staff and thiswas implemented late in term 4. This planfocuses on the development of explicitteaching, Count Me In Too and the use of theteaching and learning cycle in Maths.

At the end of 2009 the scope and sequencefor each stage was also reviewed, and


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changes made where teachers felt therewere areas that needed addressing.

Future directionsMathematics will remain a major focus in 2010through the Make It Count project. This will alsobe a collaborative program between three

schools, Orange Public, Calare Public andOrange East Public. The community will alsoparticipate in enhancing the school Mathsprogram and teachers will continue to haveprofessional development in the teaching ofteaching Mathematics. A large focus will beplaced on the success and results of ourIndigenous students, with teaching and learningaimed at incorporating the learning styles of ourIndigenous learners. Staff will also be givenopportunities to plan together collaboratively andshare their skills and expertise.

Parent, student, and teacher satisfactionIn 2009 the school sought the opinions of parents,students and teachers about the school and itsAboriginal Programs

Their responses are presented below.

Love the school, am welcomed as a part ofthe school community. I am listened to, mykids have lots of opportunities

There are some great teachers at OPS

We want to learn more about Aboriginalhistory and culture including language

A large number of people interviewedcommended the school leadership on theirinitiative and drive to improve outcomes forAboriginal students

Professional learning

Most teachers accessed the ProfessionalLearning Budget by application, having identifiedtheir own goals and development needs throughtheir Professional Learning Plan and then seekingapproval to support their ongoing development.

Some teachers were also nominated for trainingto support the 2009 School Learning Targets,such as PBL, Best Start, Quality Teaching,Reading to Learn and ICT.

School development 2009 2011

Targets for 2010

Target 1

Lift learning levels of all students in Reading,

Language and writing using the Reading toLearn Program

Strategies to achieve this target include:

More teachers will be trained in the use ofReading to Learn in the classroom

Two teachers will be selected as mentors, oneon each site to ensure all staff areimplementing the program in a consistentmanner

A focus will be placed on writing following theReading to Learn Structure to ensure all

classes are learning the required structure ofeach genre.

Our success will be measured by:

Childrens writing will improve across theschool by 5% in both Year 3 and Year 5NAPLAN.

Teachers will be trained in the NAPLANWriting scale as well to ensure expectationsfor the NAPLAN are understood and studentsare given the right instructions.

Consistent Teacher judgement in Writing will

be improved through the support of additionaltraining and the mentors

Target 2

Lift the learning levels of students from K-6 inMathematics with assistance from the Make ItCount Program


A special focus will be placed on the teachingof Mathematics with a particular emphasis oflifting the learning levels of Aboriginal

students K-4 teachers will study Count Me In Too with

the expectation they will implement it intotheir learning programs in 2010

Yrs 5 and 6 teachers will be trained in theprocesses of Reading to Learn Maths andwill implement this program in their learningprograms in 2010.


Student learning levels from K-4 will be liftedby 5% with 5% less students in the bottom

two bands in the Yr 3 NAPLAN results.


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Student learning levels in years 5 and 6 willalso be lifted by 5% with 5% less students inthe bottom two bands for Yr 5 NAPLAN.

Aboriginal student learning levels will be liftedby a similar amount or more due to parentinvolvement and teacher focus.

Target 3

Continue implementing the Best Start Programin Kinder and develop an assessmentcontinuum K-2 in 2010 and 2011


The implementation of the Best StartProgram in Kindergarten will be improved asteachers become more familiar with it.

The new Regional Continuum will beintroduced to all K-2 classes so thatchildrens abilities can be tracked from Kinderto Year 2 in Phonemic Awareness, Reading,Writing and Numeracy


Teachers improved ability to know whereeach child fits on the continuum.

Kindergarten teachers will have a very clearunderstanding of their childrens abilities andwill be able to teach to their identifiedweaknesses and strengths.

Benchmark data in K-2 will improve by 5%

across all three grades.

Target 4

Continue refining the Positive Behaviour inLearning Program to decrease the incidenceof bullying and to further strengthen theexisting harmonious school climate


The programs effectiveness to date will besought through surveys.

New members onto the staff team will be

trained in PBL. All existing members of theteam will participate in PBL Revisited.

The playground and classroom positivebehaviour reward system will be refined


Improvements in student behaviour at eachsite

Teachers and students will be very clearabout behaviour expectations

The revised playground classroom positivebehaviour will be implemented and enjoyedby the children.

About this report

In preparing this report, the self-evaluationcommittee has gathered information fromevaluations conducted during the year andanalysed other information about the school'spractices and student learning outcomes. Theself-evaluation committee and school planning

committee have determined targets for theschool's future development.

John Webb Principal

Glenda Pickering Deputy Principal

Anne Drummond Deputy Principal

Lynne Wilson Assistant Principal

Bree Wright Assistant Principal (R)

Leanne Dixon Assistant Principal

Kylie Toberty Assistant Principal

Neil Bollinger P&C President

Edward Hogg School Captain

School contact information

Orange Public School

P.O. Box 299, Orange 2800

Ph: (02) 63626369 Kite St;

(02) 63621992 Torpy St;

Fax: (02) 63617923 Kite St;

(02) 63618496 Torpy St;

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.orange-p.school.nsw.edu.au

School Code: 7307

Parents can find out more information aboutAnnual School Reports, how to interpretinformation in the reports and have theopportunity to provide feedback about thesereports at:

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2009 ASR Orange Public School Final

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