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Vision Statement
In keeping with the evangelising mission of the
In keeping with the evangelising mission of the
In keeping with the evangelising mission of the
In keeping with the evangelising mission of the
Catholic Church, the community of
Catholic Church, the community of
Catholic Church, the community of
Catholic Church, the community of
St Joseph’s Primary School, Jerilderie
St Joseph’s Primary School, Jerilderie
St Joseph’s Primary School, Jerilderie
St Joseph’s Primary School, Jerilderie
•
Is committed to Jesus Christ and his Gospel;
Is committed to Jesus Christ and his Gospel;
Is committed to Jesus Christ and his Gospel;
Is committed to Jesus Christ and his Gospel;
•Knows and celebrates our Catholic faith
Knows and celebrates our Catholic faith
Knows and celebrates our Catholic faith
Knows and celebrates our Catholic faith
tradition;
tradition;
tradition;
tradition;
•Educates the whole person: body, spirit, heart and
Educates the whole person: body, spirit, heart and
Educates the whole person: body, spirit, heart and
Educates the whole person: body, spirit, heart and
mind;
mind;
mind;
mind;
•Promotes education in the service of a better
Promotes education in the service of a better
Promotes education in the service of a better
Promotes education in the service of a better
world;
world;
world;
world;
•Provides our children with reasons for living,
Provides our children with reasons for living,
Provides our children with reasons for living,
Provides our children with reasons for living,
hoping and loving.
hoping and loving.
hoping and loving.
hoping and loving.
WIS
DOM THROUGH TRUTH
WIS
DOM THROUGH TRUTH
WIS
DOM THROUGH TRUTH
WIS
DOM THROUGH TRUTH
AND LOVE
AND LOVE
AND LOVE
AND LOVE
July 2006
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2005
2005
2005
2005
St Joseph’s Prim
ary School
St Joseph’s Prim
ary School
St Joseph’s Prim
ary School
St Joseph’s Prim
ary School
Jerilderie
26 Coreen Street, Jerilderie, 2716
Phone: (03) 5886 1475, Fax (03) 5886 1786
Principal: Jason Harrison
The School
The School
The School
The School
St Joseph’s Primary Sc
hool is held in high
regard
in our co
mmunity. In 2005 our
reputation has continued
to gro
w. This
report highlights m
any exam
ples of the
exce
llent achieve
men
ts of our studen
ts,
staff an
d paren
ts. Toge
ther, we all have
the righ
t to
fee
l extrem
ely pro
ud of our
school.
St Joseph’s is a Catholic
community
school in w
hich staff and paren
ts w
ork
toge
ther to educate child
ren. W
e reco
g-nise an
d affirm the uniquen
ess of ea
ch
studen
t, and assist ea
ch to dev
elop his
or her full potential thro
ugh
a safe, sup-
portive an
d challenging learning en
viro
n-
men
t. W
e work in an atm
osp
here built
on m
utual respec
t an
d, thro
ugh
the
celebration of Gosp
el principles, w
e aim
to ach
ieve
a quality ed
ucation for all.
We are a co
mmunity of learners who
strive
to ach
ieve
in all we do. W
e are a
community of faith filled
peo
ple w
ho live
with the understan
ding of the Gosp
el.
We are a co
mmunity of paren
ts ded
i-cated to our school an
d studen
ts. W
e are a co
mmunity of teachers who go
above
and bey
ond in all that w
e do. W
e have a staff of dev
oted and loyal peo
ple
who enrich
our school ev
eryd
ay.
This is ex
pre
ssed
thro
ugh
the mission
statem
ent of our school, as being a co
m-
mitted community of faith, a co
mmunity
of learning, a community of care
and a
community of service.
Religious Education
We use the Dioce
san R
eligious Educa-
tion Pro
gram
called “Sh
aring Our
Story”. Each day the studen
ts are edu-
cated about the heritage, commitmen
t an
d principles of our Catholic
Faith. W
e have a sp
ecial praye
r table in each class-
room and praye
r has a focu
s thro
ugh
out
our day.
We had
First Euch
arist for our Yea
r 3
studen
ts. Our school co
-ord
inates the
Sacram
ental pro
gram
s in conjunction
with our Parish. W
e also
witnessed one
of our studen
ts being bap
tised in a
school mass. This w
as a very sp
ecial
occ
asion for all of our co
mmunity.
Thro
ugh
out the ye
ar, we raise money
for Pro
ject C
ompassion and the Catho-
lic C
hild
ren’s M
ission thro
ugh
spec
ial
days an
d during mission w
eek. W
e raised
$215 to support peo
ple outside
our co
untry. A
wonderful acco
mplish-
men
t.
We have a su
pportive Parish. They
assist
us in m
any differ
ent ways to
ensu
re the
succ
ess an
d m
ission of our school.
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About This Report
About This Report
About This Report
About This Report
Annual Report 2005
Page 15
This rep
ort w
as w
ritten
by Jaso
n H
arriso
n, Principal. It w
as edited
and adjusted
by the
staff of St Joseph’s Primary Sc
hool Jerilderie. It is a re
quirem
ent of our registration as
a non-G
ove
rnmen
t Sc
hool an
d is aimed
at inform
ing paren
ts and our co
mmunity
about our school.
If you w
ould like an
y further inform
ation about St Joseph’s Primary Sc
hool, please
contact the Principal using the details on the co
ver page of this rep
ort.
Our School 2005
School Overview
School Overview
School Overview
School Overview
ST JOSEPH’S JERILDERIE ANNUAL REPORT
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Financial Statement Summary
The data sh
own below is a su
mmary of Dioce
se of W
agga W
agga Sch
ool Sy
stem
in-
come an
d expen
ses an
d includes inco
me an
d expen
ses of all system
sch
ools.
Income
Scho
ol Fee
s
8%Other Fee
Inco
me
5%
State Gov
ernm
ent
Rec
urrent G
rants
21%
Com
mon
wea
lth
Governm
ent
Rec
urrent Grants
66%
Sch
ool F
ees
Other Fee
Inco
me
State G
overnm
ent R
ecurrent
Grants
Com
mon
wea
lth Governm
ent
Rec
urrent Grants
Expense
Salary and Related
Expenses
85%
Non Salary
Exp
enses
15%
Salary and Related Expenses
Non Salary Expenses
The School
The School
The School
The School
The A
rts
Creative Arts has a pro
minen
t place
in
our cu
rriculum. Each classro
om has a
ded
icated
tim
e for dan
ce, music, drama
and visual arts. W
e train our staff ea
ch
year in new
and varied m
ethods of
teaching. T
his yea
r we had
a curriculum
review
of our Creative Arts Curriculum
Plan, which evaluated
our learning an
d
teaching in this K
ey Lea
rning Area.
In 2005 w
e:
•Atten
ded
sch
ool plays by Jerilderie
Public
Sch
ool, ’D
rago
n.com’ an
d
‘Ali Bab
a’ by St C
olumba’s Berrigan
•Had
our own pro
duction called ‘Circu
s Sp
lendida’ inco
rporating all stu-
den
ts fro
m K
indergarten
to Y
ear 6.
This perform
ance
was direc
ted by
Mrs H
elen
Dickie under the Coun-
try Areas Pro
gram
.
•Purchased
and used the Cool Cats
Creative Arts pro
gram
which inte-
grates all area
s of dan
ce, drama,
music an
d visual arts which w
as
implemen
ted into
all classrooms by
all teachers.
•Had
perform
ance
s by Siro
cco and
B’Tutta as part of the Musica Viva
pro
gram
•Continued
to inco
rporate the Musica
Viva music learning pro
gram
into
our school
•Tau
ght gu
itars to
all our Yea
r 3 to Y
ear
6 studen
ts
•Had
Clay Play with a pro
fessional artist,
Bro
nwyn
Stran
o
•Had
our K/1/2 studen
ts sing at the
Flower Show
•Had
an end of ye
ar C
hristmas play by
our K/1/2 studen
ts.
Sport
We have a ve
ry strong focu
s of sp
ort in
our cu
rriculum. W
e hav
e tw
iligh
t sw
im-
ming an
d athletic carn
ivals allowing all
paren
ts to atten
d these ev
ents.
We have sp
ort each Friday for 1 1/2 half
hours. In term one we focu
s on swim
-ming & athletics. The focu
s for term
two
is w
inter sp
orts. T
erm thre
e we use our
towns facilities e.g. the Sp
orts Cen
tre,
and in term four we focu
s on swim
ming
and summer sports.
We also
had
:
•5 studen
ts rep
resent our Dea
nery at
the Dioce
san Swim
ming Carnival, 2
studen
ts at the Dioce
san A
thletics
Carnival and 9 Studen
ts at the
Dioce
san C
ross C
ountry Carnival
•One studen
t was nam
ed A
ged C
ham
-pion of Dea
nery Athletics C
arnival
•Studen
ts atten
d the Pau
l Kelly C
up &
Sh
ane Crawford
Fun D
ay
•Sp
orting clinics from
•NRL
•Milo
Crick
et
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Page 3
General and Specific
School Initiatives
St Joseph’s has enjoye
d some outstanding
acad
emic results thro
ugh
out the ye
ar.
Man
y studen
ts ach
ieve
d exce
llent resu
lts
in the Basic Skills T
ests.
Man
y of our studen
ts also enter the
University of NSW
competitions. O
ur
outstanding achieve
men
ts include:
•
2 studen
ts rec
eiving cred
its in
maths
•
1 studen
t rece
iving an
English
Ach
ieve
men
t
•
1 studen
t rece
iving a cred
it in sci-
ence
•
1 studen
t rece
iving a distinction and
another a credit in w
riting.
Pu
bli
c S
pea
kin
g
Our Yea
r 5/6 studen
ts participated
in the
Rotary Public
Spea
king, w
ith 2 studen
ts
attending the night in Finley. O
ur Yea
r 5/6 studen
ts participated
in the Annual
Pen
guin C
lub Public
Spea
king Competi-
tion.
Au
tho
r V
isit
We had
a visiting au
thor, R
obert Trick
ey
who w
ork
ed w
ith our whole sch
ool on
writing tech
niques. He also
work
ed w
ith
our stage 2 &
3 studen
ts on editing skills.
Litt
le A
uss
ie o
f th
e Y
ear
Congratulations to
our w
inner of the
2005 Little Aussie A
ward.
Co
mm
un
ity
Eve
nts
Studen
ts have co
ntributed to and at-
tended
man
y co
mmunity ev
ents this yea
r including:
•Su
mmer Fair co
mpetitions
•CW
A V
ietnam
Country of Study
•ANZAC D
ay
•ANZAC D
ay w
riting co
mpetition
•Library &
New
sage
ncy
Easter co
mpeti-
tions
•Rem
embrance
Day
•Ecu
men
ical Service
s with Jerild
erie
Public
Sch
ool
•Red
Cro
ss C
allin
g Appea
l
•Murray Irrigation Exhibition
•APTS Talen
t Se
arch
ven
ue
•W
alk Sa
fely to Sch
ool Day
Sp
ecia
l F
ore
ver
During 2005, all our K/1/2 studen
ts par-
ticipated
in the Sp
ecial Fo
reve
r pro
gram
. One of our studen
ts w
as chosen to have
his sto
ry published
about his spec
ial
place
. A w
onderful effort.
The School
The School
The School
The School
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Lone Pine Tre
e Planting 2005
School Overview
School Overview
School Overview
School Overview
Parish Community
Links
St Joseph’s Parish is an
integral part of
our school co
mmunity. The Parish com-
munity active
ly support the school in
man
y ways su
ch as pro
viding a ride-on
mower for the school, reim
bursing in-
surance
reb
ates and sharing the co
sts of
the Parish H
all. These are just some of
the ways they
support the ed
ucation of
our ch
ildren.
The Catholic
Women
’s Lea
gue give
each
Yea
r 6 studen
t a parting grad
uation gift
of Rosary Bea
ds to
assist in their faith
dev
elopmen
t.
The Parish pro
vide an
enco
urage
men
t aw
ard for ea
ch class, reco
gnising Exce
l-lence
in R
eligious Education. Each gradu-
ating Yea
r 6 studen
t rece
ives a G
ood
New
s Bible.
The Parish support the Principal by pro
-viding acco
mmodation at a reduce
d
rental rate.
During the ye
ar, our hardwork
ing par-
ents and the Parish community ‘ban
ded
’ to
gether to rep
aint our Parish H
all. It is
now a w
ell used Parish facility.
Community Use of
School Facilities
During 2005, the Catholic
Women
’s
League used our lib
rary for their mee
t-ings.
We hosted
the Annual C
ombined
Sc
hools Fete at our school in 2005.
In 2005 our school was Jumping
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School Overview
School Overview
School Overview
School Overview
Parent Involvement
and Participation
Paren
tal invo
lvem
ent is the ke
y to
the
succ
ess of St Joseph’s Primary Sc
hool.
Paren
ts are the “b
ack-bone”
of our school.
Upon the en
rolm
ent of a ch
ild into
our
school, ea
ch fam
ily bec
omes a m
ember of
our Sc
hool Council. The purp
ose of the
Council is to pro
vide ad
vice
and support
on m
atters of ed
ucation, operation, dis-
seminate inform
ation, fin
ance
, build
ings &
eq
uipmen
t, organ
isational items, sch
ool
polic
y an
d pro
cedures, and community
issu
es. By allowing all families to be a
mem
ber of our Council, this pro
vides
them
with a direc
t say in the oper
ation of
our school.
All our tireless hardworking paren
ts w
ork
toge
ther to raise a large
amount of money
for the ben
efit of our studen
ts. T
his
money
is ke
pt in the Paren
ts &
Frien
ds
Fund. Their co
ntribution of $7,000 to our
school budge
t allows the school to
main-
tain the high standard of faith insp
ired
ed
ucation.
The Combined
Sch
ools Fete/Auction
Committee met on four occ
asions to
plan
and exec
ute the fete/auction at our school
in M
arch
. This yea
r they
donated
$4000 to
the school budge
t.
The Can
teen
, under the su
pervision of
Wen
dy Sm
ith, pro
vides a valuab
le service
to
our studen
ts, as w
ell as pro
ducing a
small pro
fit for the Paren
t Fu
nds. A
ll par-
ents are
roster
ed on to “work” in the
canteen
. Our paren
tal participation does not stop
ther
e. W
e hav
e a ded
icated
gro
up of read
-ing paren
ts w
ho come in once
a w
eek to
the K/1/2 class for read
ing an
d w
riting
groups.
We have fantastic support in our lib
rary.
Paren
ts acc
ession (catalogu
e) books, co
ver
all the new
resources and re-so
rt books to
their sh
elve
s. A
paren
t is our Library
Monitor an
d w
e dee
ply appreciate all sh
e does for us.
Paren
ts support our working bee
s, disco
’s,
tran
sport studen
ts to eve
nts and sporting
carn
ivals – just to nam
e a few.
Without our paren
ts w
e would not oper-
ate as effec
tive
ly.
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Mrs Catena
teaching guitars
The School
The School
The School
The School
Nes
tle’
Wri
te A
rou
nd
Au
stra
lia
One of our studen
ts w
as selec
ted as a
Zone Finalist for this competition. This is
the third studen
t in consecu
tive
yea
rs.
This w
as an amazing achieve
men
t.
Co
mm
un
ity
Aw
are
nes
s
Ra
isin
g
•Jump Rope for Hea
rt
•MS Rea
d-A
-Thon
Op
en D
ay
20
05
Open
Day 2005 saw
our studen
ts and
teachers dress up in costumes of peo
ple
who rock
them
. It w
as an interesting
them
e “R
eading Rock
s”. W
e had
open
classrooms with m
any paren
ts tak
ing the
opportunity to
talk to
their ch
ild about
their learning. W
e pre
sented inform
ation
learnt ab
out Vietnam
, displaye
d our Jump
Rope for Hea
rt skipping skills an
d a spe-
cial lunch
for ev
eryo
ne. It was a great w
ay
to celeb
rate lea
rning an
d education in our
school.
Pee
r S
up
po
rt
In 2005, our Yea
r 5/6 studen
ts w
ere
trained
to be lead
ers in this exciting pro
-gram
that build
s self-esteem
in all our
studen
ts. Our lead
ers hav
e the opportu-
nity to
dev
elop and practise lead
ersh
ip
skills. This yea
r we focu
sed on the pro
-gram
called “W
orking It O
ut Toge
ther”.
This is an
anti-bully
ing pro
gram
lea
d by
our pee
r su
pport lea
ders. A
ll studen
ts
learn how to support each other, mak
e safe and effec
tive
life
dec
isions, the bully
-ing pyram
id and how to sto
p bully
ing in
our school.
PM
P—
Per
cep
tua
l M
oto
r
Pro
gra
m
This is a daily gro
ss m
oto
r pro
gram
for
our K/1/2 studen
ts w
hich dev
elop their
moto
r skills whilst using both sides of
their brain.
Sw
imS
afe
In D
ecem
ber w
e hav
e an
annual Swim
Safe
pro
gram
to dev
elop the sw
imming skills
of all our studen
ts. A pro
fessionally
trained
AusSwim
tea
cher w
ork
s with our
studen
ts for 9 days. W
e also
invite pre-
school studen
ts w
ho are enro
lling in our
school in 2006, to
participate.
An
ti-B
ull
yin
g
In term thre
e, our school attended
an
anti-bully
ing session in Berrigan. Robert
Periera w
ork
ed w
ith our Yea
r 3 &
4 stu-
den
ts on anti-bully
ing strategies. Our
paren
ts also atten
ded
an inform
ation
even
ing in Berrigan.
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Zone Finalist for Nestle’ W
rite A
round
Australia
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
School Policies
In 2005, we had
our Curriculum R
eviews
for Creative Arts an
d M
athem
atics which
we passed succ
essfully
. Our Paren
t Infor-
mation Booklet w
as updated
and distrib-
uted to all our new
enro
lmen
ts. W
e co
ncluded
writing our Anti-B
ully
ing pol-
icy, our Le
arning & T
each
ing polic
y, C
ur-
ricu
lum persp
ective
s, Role D
escriptions
for the Principal and R
EC and our Pas-
toral Care & Beh
aviour Man
agem
ent
polic
y. These an
d the polic
ies below, are
available fro
m the office:
•en
rolm
ent polic
y,
•co
mplaints &
griev
ance
polic
y.
Dioce
san polic
ies can be found at the
follo
wing lin
k:
http://cso
.wagga.catholic
.edu.au/
polic
ies.htm
School Culture
In June 2005, our school pro
duce
d a
bro
chure entitled
“2005 and Bey
ond”.
The purp
ose of this w
as to assist all our
community in understan
ding the am
azing
things that w
e will hav
e done in 2005. I
sent a co
py to
each preschool paren
t as
well. It highlights the pro
gram
mes w
e offered
to all our studen
ts in 2005. This
will continue in 2006.
Excursions
In 2005, all our studen
ts w
ent on excu
r-sions. O
ur K/1/2 class w
ent to
Ech
uca
with Sacred H
eart Tocu
mwal and St
Columba’s Berrigan. Our Yea
r 3/4 stu-
den
ts w
ent to
Borambola w
ith St
Columba’s Berrigan and Sacred H
eart
Tocu
mwal for thre
e days an
d two nights.
Our Yea
r 5/6 studen
ts w
ent to
Can
berra
with St Joseph’s Finley. A
s yo
u can
see
, we include a variety of ex
cursions in our
curriculum and w
e integrate with the
other local Catholic
sch
ools.
Curriculum Focus
Our Curriculum Focu
s for 2005 w
as tied
into
our Sc
hool Ren
ewal Framew
ork.
Using “T
oday’s C
hild
ren, Tomorrow’s
Adults” key
skills criteria. O
ur focu
s for
the whole yea
r was the “Y
ear of Mea
n-
ingful Lea
rning” w
ith C
reative Arts being
our main curriculum priority. This re-
sulted
in our Country Are
as Pro
gram
s ad
dressing our Creative Arts nee
ds. W
e focu
sed on pro
viding a variety of mea
n-
ingful learning ex
perience
s for all our
studen
ts and focu
sed tea
cher dev
elop-
men
t in C
reative Arts during this yea
r.
ST JOSEPH’S JERILDERIE ANNUAL REPORT
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Emily
mee
ting the Prime Minister
on the Can
berra excu
rsion.
School Overview
School Overview
School Overview
School Overview
Structure of Classes
At our school, there wer
e 3 composite
classes:
•
The Kindergarten
/ Yea
r 1/ Yea
r 2
class of 15 studen
ts each day.
•
The Yea
r 3/4 class has 9 studen
ts
for Literacy
and for Numeracy
Tuesday to T
hursday.
•
The Yea
r 5/6 class has 7 studen
ts
for Literacy
and Numeracy Tues-
day to Thursday.
Our studen
ts w
ere place
d in these 3
smaller groups to
ensu
re their su
ccess in
Literacy
and N
umeracy.
On M
onday and Friday, our Yea
r 3/4 and
Yea
r 5/6 class w
ere co
mbined
into
one
class. A
lso, in the fin
al session T
uesday t
Wed
nesday, the studen
ts w
ere place
d
into
2 class gro
ups with 2 stage
s in each
class for Religion, Sc
ience
& T
echnology,
HSIE, Creative Arts an
d PDHPE to allo
w
the Principal relea
se tim
e.
Each Friday w
e had
our norm
al m
athe-
matics an
d rea
ding block
and also Sport,
Dan
ce, Drama an
d M
usic an
d a Library
Skills Pro
gram
. Staffing
The studen
ts of St Joseph’s are
supported
by a group of ded
icated
, faith-living teach-
ers. They
are:
Jaso
n H
arriso
n
Principal Fulltim
e Kate Lee
Tea
cher
3 days
Kelly D
ruett
Tea
cher
2 days
Trish
McK
enna
Tea
cher
2½ days
Julie
Conn
Admin 20hpw
Integration Support
5pw
All teaching staff are en
titled
to relea
se
from tea
ching. T
o ensu
re small class
grouping, the staff hav
e agre
ed to forego
this entitlem
ent .
School Enrolm
ent and A
ttendance Profile
In 2005 w
e had
31 studen
ts after a start of 33. One family
left the area
during the
year. W
e welco
med
8 new
Kinder
garten
studen
ts into
our school co
mmunity, bring-
ing 2 new
fam
ilies to our school. The en
rolm
ent numbers for ea
ch grade are listed
below.
K
inder Y
ear 1 Y
ear 2 Yea
r 3 Y
ear 4 Y
ear 5 Y
ear 6 T
otal
Boys
3
2
5
2
1
2
1
16
Girls
4
1
0
3
3
1
3
15
Total
7
3
5
5
4
3
4
31
The majority of our studen
ts atten
d sch
ool regu
larly, m
any with 100% atten
dan
ce.
Our attendan
ce rate is 95.3%.
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School Renewal
School Renewal
School Renewal
School Renewal
School Renewal
Framework for 2005
The Sc
hool Ren
ewal Framew
ork
(SR
F) is
a Dioce
san acc
ountability structure
that
supports schools in its efforts to
create
an effec
tive
sch
ool under the area
s of :
1.Vision &
Mission
2.Sch
ool Pro
gram
s an
d operations: Poli-
cies and C
urricula
3.Lea
dersh
ip: Administration and M
anage-
men
t 4.Pro
fessional D
evelopmen
t 5.Resources &
Facilities.
In 2005 our focu
s was “The Yea
r of
Mea
ningful Le
arning” and w
e under
took
the follo
wing su
ccessfully
:
•Pro
motion of vision and m
ission thro
ugh
the new
sletter
•Conduct paren
t inform
ation eve
nings
•Pro
mote the school in the SR
N and
Jerilderie Journ
al
•Invite the co
mmunity into
our school
•Conclude the writing of the Anti-
Bully
ing polic
y
•Use Pee
r Su
pport session on A
nti-
Bully
ing strategies
•Rev
iew and alter sch
ool polic
ies to
mee
t the Reg
istration req
uirem
ents fro
m
2004
•Complete the Maths Curriculum Plan
and rev
iew
•Complete the Creative Arts Curriculum
Plan and rev
iew
•W
rite a Lea
rning & T
each
ing polic
y
•W
rite a C
urriculum Persp
ective
s polic
y
•Ren
ew the ro
le descriptions for the
Principal and REC
•Update the Paren
t Inform
ation H
and-
book
•Rew
rite the Pasto
ral Care an
d Beh
av-
iour Man
agem
ent polic
y
•Employ Helen
Dickie to
tea
ch and pre-
pare the studen
ts for the school
pro
duction
•Employ Man
dy Caten
a to
tea
ch 3/4/5/6
the gu
itar
•Use the Cool Cats pro
gram
thro
ugh
out
the school
•Continue with the Tea
chab
le M
omen
ts
Perso
nal D
evelopmen
t pro
gram
•To hav
e ex
cursions for ea
ch class in our
whole sch
ool
•Create a school web
site
•Complete all co
mpliance
and safety
training for staff
•To engage
all the staff in the latest
teaching tech
niques
•Continue with the maintenan
ce and
OH&S plans for our school
•Continue with the playgro
und upgrad
ing
including bridge
planting.
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Jack
son pre
paring for the school play
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Programs to Support
Learning
Tec
hn
olo
gy
Our school is very well reso
urced
with
tech
nology. W
e hav
e 4 computers in
K/1/2 and 5 computers in each 3/4 &
5/6
classroom. All of our co
mputers are net-
worked
to a serve
r which pro
vides effi-
cien
t an
d fast intern
et acc
ess whilst en
-su
ring the su
itab
ility of web
site acc
ess.
All our studen
ts hav
e an
individual email
acco
unt which is acce
ssed
thro
ugh
a
bro
wser calle
d M
yIntern
et. This is a Di-
oce
san w
ide pro
ject linking all schools
and studen
ts toge
ther.
Thro
ugh
out the ye
ar, all studen
ts use
computers as a to
ol to
assist in their
learning. T
he studen
ts use them
daily.
During the ye
ar, our Sc
hool Council pur-
chased
5 new
computers. W
e used C
AP
funding for 2 additional computers. W
e also
purchased
a data pro
jector an
d a
portab
le lea
rning tablet to
facilitate lea
rn-
ing in our school.
At our Graduation and Presentation
Night, our Yea
r 6 studen
ts created
a
PowerPoint Presentation w
hich w
as dis-
playe
d to eve
ryone. T
he studen
ts created
the pages them
selves to highlight their
time at St Joseph’s.
Rea
din
g R
eco
very
We have the reso
urces and spec
ially
trained
staff to complete this pro
gram
. Due to
the su
ccess of our Yea
r 1 stu-
den
ts, we hav
e not nee
ded
to offer
this
support pro
gram
again in 2005.
Lea
rnin
g
Dif
ficu
ltie
s The school is allo
cated a Spec
ial Nee
ds In
School Co-ord
inator. T
his staff m
ember
is trained
to support tea
chers who are
ensu
ring the su
ccess an
d supporting the
nee
ds of studen
ts in their class, to co-
ord
inate ap
plic
ation form
s an
d to assist
teachers in acc
essing sp
ecial services
offered
by the CSO
. This allo
cation is
gran
ted on the number of funded
stu-
den
ts w
ithin the school.
The school has acc
ess to
a D
eanery Edu-
cation O
fficer and H
ead of Sp
ecial Se
r-vice
s. These peo
ple support the nee
ds of
all studen
ts in our school an
d, in particu
-lar, studen
ts w
ith lea
rning difficulties an
d
disab
ilities. These peo
ple are acc
essed
read
ily thro
ugh
out the ye
ar to m
eet the
nee
ds of our studen
ts.
One highlight in 2005, was the ap
point-
men
t of one of our teachers to
the ro
le
of Dea
nery Education O
fficer for 2005.
This w
as a fan
tastic opportunity for our
own staff m
ember.
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Page 7
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Tea
cha
ble
Mo
men
ts
In 2005, we co
ntinued
the perso
nal dev
el-
opmen
t pro
gram
for our Yea
r 5/6 stu-
den
ts, ru
n by Julianne W
hite, author of
Tea
chab
le M
omen
ts. This is a thre
e phase
course. The first session aim
s to
equip
paren
ts w
ith the kn
owledge
of puberty
chan
ges an
d how to find the righ
t mo-
men
t to
discu
ss and resolve issu
es w
ith
child
ren. Then
in the seco
nd session,
paren
ts and their ch
ildre
n come to
gether
to discu
ss and share ch
ange
s during pu-
berty, an
d finally, at sch
ool a third session
with studen
ts to talk ab
out the ev
ening,
the facts an
d how to talk to
Mum and
Dad
about these ch
ange
s. It is an exciting
and inform
ative pro
gram
that w
as w
el-
comed
by all paren
ts &
studen
ts.
We also
had
Julianne for an
other inform
a-tive
session about co
nflict resolution w
ith
your teen
ager. It w
as a fan
tastic eve
ning
and it was very interesting learning ab
out
our ch
ildren.
CA
P
(Co
un
try
Are
as
Pro
gra
m)
This pro
gram
is funded
by the Common-
wea
lth G
ove
rnmen
t an
d is designed
to
impro
ve opportunities for studen
ts living
in rural area
s.
Thro
ugh
our CAP funding we are ab
le to
offer support for the follo
wing pro
gram
s:
•Resilien
ce training for all our teachers
•Golly
Gosh
Guitars - a pro
gram
to tea
ch
guitars to
Yea
rs 3 to 6.
•Dramatic D
rama - to
create a whole
school drama pro
duction called
‘Circu
s Sp
lendida’
•Musica Viva—
to pro
vide pro
fessional
dev
elopmen
t (PD) for staff in m
usic
skills based
aro
und perform
ance
s from B’Tutta an
d Sirocc
o
•Clay Play Sk
ill w
ith an artist to
cre
ate
lasting trea
sures for all studen
ts
•Move
rs &
Gro
ove
rs - to purchase the
entire
colle
ction of Cool Cats inte-
grated
creative arts pro
gram
•Zart Attack - to
pro
vide PD in V
isual
Arts as a m
ethod of co
mmunication
Equity Programs
Ab
ori
gin
al
Ed
uca
tio
n
Aboriginal persp
ective
s are inco
rporated
in all Key
Lea
rning Are
as of Religion,
Maths, English, HSIE, PDH&PE, Sc
ience
&
Tec
hnology, & C
reative Arts.
We also
combined
with Jerild
erie Public
Sc
hool for an
Aboriginal Perform
ance
which w
as very sp
ecial for all our stu-
den
ts.
Mu
ltic
ult
ura
l
Ed
uca
tio
n
Each yea
r, the studen
ts study an
Asian
co
untry as part of their HSIE units.
We also
participate in the CW
A C
ountry
Study which w
as V
ietnam
in 2005. Our
Yea
r 3-6 studen
ts pre
sented their learn-
ing to
the ladies at their sp
ecial Intern
a-tional D
ay.
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Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Key School Programs
Programs to Support
Students
Dru
g E
du
cati
on
The Life Education V
an visits the school
each
yea
r. T
his targe
ts dru
g ed
ucation
for all our studen
ts. W
e then
follo
w-up
using the pro
gram
pro
vided
by Life Edu-
cation.
Also the school focu
ses on dru
g ed
uca-
tion in term thre
e as part of its PDHPE
curriculum.
Stu
den
ts w
ith
Dis
ab
ilit
ies
Studen
ts w
ith a disab
ility are
given
addi-
tional support by the CSO
. They
have an
aide to
support their learning, and Indi-
vidual Lea
rning Pro
gram
s are written
to
mee
t their particu
lar nee
ds. T
he paren
ts
of these studen
ts m
eet with the teacher,
Principal and Spec
ial Se
rvices perso
nnel
on a reg
ular basis to discu
ss and direc
t future lea
rning nee
ds.
Sch
oo
l C
ou
nse
llo
r
Each fortnight sees our school co
unsel-
lor attending our school to
support our
studen
ts and fam
ilies.
Ro
ad
Sa
fety
Our Yea
r 6 studen
ts participate in the
Careful Cobber pro
gram
run by DECA
in Shep
parto
n. This is a highlight of the
year.
Student Achievement
Each yea
r our Yea
r 3 and Y
ear 5 stu-
den
ts sit for the Basic Skills T
est (B
ST).
The BST
assesses aspec
ts of literacy,
numeracy an
d w
riting skills. These re-
sults are co
mpared
to all studen
ts in
NSW
. In 2005 w
e had
five Yea
r 3 and thre
e Yea
r 5 studen
ts sit for the tests an
d w
e rece
ived
exce
llent resu
lts. They
will be
direc
ting our studen
t learning in 2006.
Staff A
chievement
In 2005, we saw all our staff re
new
their
first aid certific
ation.
We also
had
Man
dy Caten
a seco
ndered
to
the ro
le of Dea
nery Education O
fficer
for the 2005 sch
ool ye
ar.
The staff attended
man
y pro
fessional
dev
elopmen
t opportunities to
kee
p up
to date with the latest tea
ching tech
-niques.
School W
eb Site
During the ye
ar, Trish
McK
enna crea
ted
a school web
site which w
as a fan
tastic
effort. This has bec
ome a ve
ry valuab
le
and importan
t part of our school cu
lture.
The ad
dress is:
www.sjje
.wagga.catholic
.edu.au
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