ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT 2016

An Independent Public School

“Quality teaching empowering students

and improving performance”

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

It is with great pleasure that I present the Wundowie Primary School 2016 Annual School Report. This

report provides you with a snapshot of how Wundowie Primary School performed in 2016.

As an Independent Public School, Wundowie Primary is shaping the future of our children with a focus

on collaborative learning and local community engagement. Our parents, School Board and Parents &

Citizens (P&C) play active and important roles in our school.

Our staff is committed, proactive and dedicated to help each child to reach their potential. We have

high expectations and adopt a wide variety of innovative teaching practices. As a teacher of many

years myself, it is indeed a pleasure to be able to honour and thank our teachers, administration staff,

education assistants and custodians for the wonderful opportunities they provided throughout 2016.

The school’s teaching staff consisted of the principal, 5 fulltime teachers and 1 part time teacher. The

non-teaching staff comprised of the manager corporate services, school officer, library officer,

gardener, 4 education assistants and 3 cleaners.

Mrs Betty Grundy has retired after 21 years of working for the Department of

Education of WA. Mrs Betty Grundy’s job description has changed significantly

within those years here at Wundowie Primary School. She has been a dedicated;

practical; fun loving and hardworking assistant who kept the needs of the child at

the heart of what she did. She has made a significant contribution to public

education and I offer my best wishes for her retirement.

Throughout 2016 we have been accessing professional development opportunities in and out of

school; seeking out new ideas and strategies; refining teaching techniques; working through the

changing curriculum demands; taking on extra roles and responsibilities and much, much more. Some

of the professional learning focussed on effective reading instruction.

2016 was a year of celebrations! It was in the daily unfolding of school life where we found some of

the most exciting and rewarding stories – children who have learnt life lessons; children who have

persisted, practised and finally learnt something they never dreamt they would master; children who

have discovered a talent they didn’t know they had; children who found their voice; children who

have learnt from mistakes; children who saw the need and took initiative; children who have realised

that while it’s certainly something to be proud of, it isn’t really how smart you are, or how fast you run

that matters the most, but how hard you are prepared to use your gifts and to persist and work hard

to achieve your goals, that really counts. Thank you to you, our supportive parents, carers, students

for your commitment to our school and for being there. Together we have attained success for your

children and as the achievement standards continue to rise, we will meet the even higher goals that

have been set for 2017.

As principal, I regularly report to the School Board and the P&C on the school’s progress towards

implementing strategies within the Business Plan. The Wundowie Primary School Business Plan

2015-2017 was developed with significant input from staff and School Board members. We now have

to reflect progress against priorities and targets, and specific outcomes attached to funding for

targeted initiatives and State and nationally agreed priorities.

SCHOOL BOARD REPORT

Wundowie Primary School enjoys a strong community involvement. The board’s fundamental

purpose is to enable parents and members of the community to engage in activities that are in the best

interest of the students at Wundowie Primary School. The School Board is responsible for endorsing

school policy, programs and the budget as well as being involved in reviewing the school’s progress

and developing new policies.

The School Board consisted of the following members in 2016:

Principal: Georgina Wales

Chairperson: Carly Smith

Secretary: Alison McGrail (Manager, Corporate Services)

Parent members: Kirstie-Rae Dyson; Krystal Galloway; Tammy Egan; Gigi Libuit

Community members: Julie Williams; Steven Rushforth

Staff members: Shauna Egan (teacher); Roxanne Jackson (teacher)

TERM ONE TERM TWO

Endorsed the 2016 budget Endorsed the 2016 Annual Report Reviewed 2015 targets – webpage, electronic school logo and letterhead

Reviewed 2015 targets Analysed Parent Survey data and identified areas of strength and areas for improvement and actions to be taken Presentation:

On Entry Assessment – PP- Yr.2 Selected Triple P – Training for to present

parent information sessions Nationally Consistent Collection of Data Special Education Needs Assessment Tool

(SENAT) used to provide teachers with Individual Education Plans (IEP’s)

Digital Technology

TERM THREE TERM FOUR

School Board Annual Public meeting Revised Business Plan Targets – Attendance & Science Reviewed student achievement data. Identified areas of strength and areas for improvement Analysed Parent Survey data and identified areas of strength and areas for improvement and actions to be taken

Reviewed Board member roles Endorsed Bullying Policy Endorsed Mobile Phone Policy Endorsed Contributions & Charges for 2017 Endorsed personal item lists Endorsed dates for school Development Days in 2017

PARENTS AND CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION (P&C) REPORT

The Parents and Citizens’ Association (P&C) support the school through canteen

involvement and fundraising activities. On behalf of the Wundowie School

Community I would like to thank Ms Elaine McCarthy for her dedication and

support throughout the many years as a volunteer in our school’s canteen.

The Parents and Citizens’ Association (P&C) consisted of the following Executive

members in 2016:

President: Vai Seagrim

Vice President: Dani Overall

Treasurer: Julie MacKenzie

Canteen Manager: Tammy Egan

Fundraising Committee: Kirsty-Rae Dyson; Tara Martinovich; Michelle Prater; Amy Harding;

Kerrie Patullo

2016 PARENT AND CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

CANTEEN SWAP Meets RAFFLES

WUNDOWIE IRON FESTIVAL MOTHER’S DAY& FATHER’S DAY STALLS

MATILDA THE MUSICAL SHOW AND SHINE (MOTOMANIA)

GRADUATION FUNDRAISING HEALTHY LUNCHES

CATERING FOOTSTEPS DANCE FUNDED

SUMMARY OF STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN 2016

The School Self-Assessment Targets were achieved due to the following targeted initiatives.

School Self-Assessment

Targets

Target Initiative and

strategies

Achievements

Literacy and Numeracy

Improve or maintain results in NAPLAN against like schools

Reduce the percentage of students below the minimum standard Increase the percentage of students who fall into the category high progress/high achievement

Additional Educational Adjustment Allocation funded additional EA support for small groups of students. The implementation of computer assisted learning programs. Whole school guided reading resources were purchased and similar processes to implement the strategy

Numeracy and Literacy results in 2016 were above the predicted mean (based on past results and like schools). The average numeracy score in Year 3 and Year 5 was above that of like schools. (See the results below)

Early Years

Improve the percentage of students at the minimum standard at the Pre-Primary On Entry ‘Entry Points” Reduce the percentage of students at or below 0.3 at the start of the year point of assessing in the Pre-primary Literacy

National Partnership on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education funded the 0-4 Early Years Program which ran weekly for an hour to assist parents in helping them prepare their child for school. Helping the children become familiar with the environment so that they settle more quickly when they do start school. Staff attended professional learning in Autism to better equip them with dealing with their students on the Autism spectrum. Teacher trained in the Triple P Positive Parenting Program to run with our parents provides parents with a range of different strategies they can use to deal with their children.

Increased enrolments for the kindergarten. Supporting resources were purchased and implemented In collaboration with the Consulting Teacher, and school leadership, teachers refined programming, curriculum modification; Classroom management and teaching strategies and effective deployment of non-teaching personnel. Liaison with State-wide Services agencies and advice regarding student equipment, assistive technology and minor works processes to support curriculum access for students with disabilities Positive parenting course was run in the last term.

LITERACY AND NUMERACY

2016

Percentage of Wundowie PS students at or above National Minimum Standards

Year 3 Year 5

Numeracy 95% 90%

Reading 95% 80%

Writing 100% 90%

Spelling 90% 70%

Punctuation & Grammar 71% 80%

The focus in 2017 and beyond will be on maintaining or exceeding the results achieved in 2016.

The focus in 2017 will be on increasing the percentage of students achieving scores in the higher

proficiency bands in Spelling and Punctuation & Grammar.

Attendance Overall Primary (all data is as a percentage)

The attendance rates in 2016 were above like schools; however it was below WA Public Schools.

Attendance rates will continue to be an area of focus in 2017.

Non-Aboriginal Aboriginal Total

School Like

Schools

WA Public

Schools School

Like Schools

WA Public

Schools School

Like Schools

WA Public

Schools

2014 91.8% 91.7% 93.2% 75.7% 77.6% 80.4% 87.1% 87.8% 92.1%

2015 92.1% 91.5% 93.8% 83.7% 82.2% 81.2% 90.3% 89% 92.7%

2016 93.6% 92% 93.7% 78.6% 79.5% 80.7% 90.5% 88.5% 92.6%

Attendance Category

Regular

At Risk

Indicated

Moderate

Severe

2014 63.7% 17.6% 5.8% 12.7%

2015 60.8% 24.3% 13.5% 1.3%

2016 75.3% 13.0% 7.2% 4.3%

Like Schools 2016

62.5% 19.3% 11.5% 6.5%

WA Public Schools

77.0% 15.0% 6.0% 2.0%

The school’s regular attendance rates in

2016 improved by an overall 14.5% and is

above like schools. The 24.5% at risk will

continue to be an area of focus in 2017

In 2016 an extensive survey was conducted to inform decision makers with respect to select priority areas of needs.

The views of all involved were collected by way of paper-based or online surveys.

PARENT SURVEY RESULTS

As a result of the information gathered from the parent surveys, upon reflection of the information received, several

actions took place, especially in the area of student behaviour and strong relationships with community.

Whole school Behaviour management process used across the school in every classroom

Establishment of the Golden Rules to guide student behaviour

Whole school reward days to celebrate students making appropriate choices at our school

Use of ‘Good on Ya’ notes in recognition of good behaviour and listening

Wundowie Primary School and the Wundowie and Districts Men's Shed have worked together to create an

elephant sculpture to highlight road

safety in the Wundowie community

Community members invited to speak

at our Anzac Service

Aboriginal guests educated and

entertained our students during our

NAIDOC celebrations

Parents were invited to join us for a

range of activities such as the World’s

Greatest Shave, Healthy Fun Day and

assisting in school events including sports

carnivals, etc.

ANZAC CERMONY 2016

It was a very proud moment for the year six

students as they were presented with their

Leavers T-shirts. These T-shirts were proudly

donated and presented by the P&C

Committee.

This project was co-ordinated by Northam Shire Deputy

President, Terry Little and Wundowie Primary School

teachers, Ms Shauna Egan and Ms Nikita Hale. Local

artist and Wundowie Progress Association President,

Trish Hamilton, drew the design for the elephant

sculpture. Wundowie Primary School students from

Years 1-6 individually brainstormed colours and patterns

for the elephant sculpture to make it stand out in the

community.

A huge Thank You to the Wooroloo Prison

administration for donating benches and

blocks to our school.

We would like to say a special word of thanks

to Mrs Hilary Joyce, our incredible gardener

for building a safe and an attractive footpath

for our children to use before and after

school.

CAPTAIN ACTIVE

The 2016 School report has been ratified by the Wundowie PS School Board.

Signed:

____________________________ ___________________________ G Wales, Principal C Smith, Chairperson _______________________________ ____________________________ Alison McGrail, Secretary K Dyson, Parent Representative _______________________________ _____________________________ K Galloway, Parent Representative T Egan, Parent Representative _______________________________ _____________________________ G Libuit, Parent Representative J Williams, Community Representative _______________________________ _____________________________ S Rushforth, Community Representative S Egan, Staff Representative _______________________________ R Jackson, Staff Representative