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Somersby Public School
Annual School Report 2014
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School context statement
Somersby Public School began the year with an enrolment of 70 students. Somersby School students are motivated, respectful and demonstrate a love of learning. Students display compassion and empathy and are aware of the needs of people beyond their immediate environment.
Principal’s Message
Somersby Public School is committed to providing a positive and supportive learning environment in which all students are motivated to aim high and strive to achieve their best in all aspects of school life.
A defining element of the culture which characterises our school is the outstanding level of respect, responsibility and excellence displayed by students in their interactions with their peers.
Educational programs are planned and implemented with a view to impacting positively on every child’s academic, cultural, sporting and social development. All members of staff are also very conscious of the importance of promoting and nurturing the values which will help our students to make positive contributions to Australian society later in life. Everyone in our school community should reflect on the 2014 school year with a shared sense of pride and accomplishment. I certify that the information in this report is the result of a rigorous school self-evaluation process and is a balanced and genuine account of the school’s achievements and areas for development. Kirsty Squires
P and C President’s report Well what a year it has been. I cannot believe what a great, supportive community we have here at our school. Without your support, Somersby P & C would not have been able to achieve what we have. From all of the committee, a huge thank you. You know sometimes it may feel like “I don’t do
anything to contribute” but let me assure you, if you have purchased a school uniform, ordered from the canteen, sent a few dollars for mothers and father’s day stalls, helped turn snags or toss onions, given 5 mins or 5 hours on stalls, setting up, packing up, manning, throwing ideas at us, offering your business services as a donation, the list just goes on. It is always appreciated. For without the voluntary help of everyone and anyone, Somersby P & C would not operate in the way it does. The past 12 months has seen us raise over $7200 from various events. These include, reunion, pens, Bunnings BBQ, Mangrove Mountain Golf Club BBQ’s, Splashathon (always a popular event, even for the adults) raffles, calendars, uniform and of course the wonderful healthy canteen. To date this year we have spent over $7500 on a new canteen oven, PBL banners, new music for the band , 3 iPads, PM readers, novel sets, home readers and a new big storage shed with a concrete floor for P and C to store the 2 new BBQs we will purchase in 2015. We are also having the canteen work bench extended and paying to have wireless internet installed in the library. That means we have pledged somewhere in the vicinity of $4000 to still be spent next year.
Nicky Ward
Student information
It is a requirement that the reporting of information for all students be consistent with privacy and personal information policies.
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Student enrolment profile
Student attendance profile
Student Attendance
Once again our attendance rate I above that of the state. Non-attendance is not an issue at Somersby PS.
Workforce information
It is a requirement that the reporting of information for all staff must be consistent with privacy and personal information policies.
Workforce composition
Position Number
Principal 1
Deputy Principal(s)
Assistant Principal(s)
Head Teachers
Classroom Teacher(s) 2
Teacher of Reading Recovery
Learning and Support Teacher(s) 1
Teacher Librarian 1
Teacher of ESL
School Counsellor 1
School Administrative & Support Staff 2
Total 7
The Australian Education Regulation, 2014 requires schools to report on Aboriginal composition of their workforce.
During 2014 the percentage of Indigenous staff at Somersby Public School was 14%.
Teacher qualifications
All teaching staff meet the professional requirements for teaching in NSW public schools.
Qualifications % of staff
Degree or Diploma 100
Postgraduate 15
We have one member of the staff that is a New Scheme teacher and has successfully completed their accreditation.
Beginning Teachers
In 2014 there were no Beginning Teachers at Somersby PS.
Financial summary
This summary covers funds for operating costs and does not involve expenditure areas such as permanent salaries, building and major maintenance.
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Gender 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Male 44 47 43 40 38 37 34
Female 48 44 52 46 41 45 40
Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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K 96.1 95.4 95.6 95.1 95.9 96.5
1 95.9 94.1 94.1 96.0 91.2 96.6
2 94.2 94.4 93.5 94.7 96.7 96.3
3 91.8 96.4 96.5 95.7 95.3 97.8
4 96.0 95.2 93.0 96.7 97.2 95.3
5 94.5 96.1 92.5 93.5 96.0 96.2
6 95.3 92.4 92.8 95.0 91.7 95.3
Total 94.8 94.8 94.0 95.1 94.8 96.2
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K 94.3 94.7 94.7 94.3 95.0 95.2
1 93.7 94.2 94.2 93.9 94.5 94.7
2 94 94.4 94.2 94.2 94.7 94.9
3 94.1 94.5 94.4 94.4 94.8 95.0
4 94 94.5 94.3 94.3 94.7 94.9
5 94 94.4 94.2 94.2 94.5 94.8
6 93.6 94.0 93.8 93.8 94.1 94.2
Total 92.1 94.4 94.3 94.2 94.7 94.8
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Date of financial summary 30/11/2014
Income $
Balance brought forward 48893.89 Global funds 72472.07 Tied funds 27452.74 School & community sources 43995.44 Interest 1830.21 Trust receipts 7923.43 Canteen 0.00
Total income 202567.78
Expenditure
Teaching & learning Key learning areas 11024.88 Excursions 13942.97 Extracurricular dissections 20897.95
Library 1457.78 Training & development 3537.37 Tied funds 22262.62 Casual relief teachers 9010.99 Administration & office 32064.87 School-operated canteen 0.00 Utilities 9517.80 Maintenance 13786.93 Trust accounts 6418.18 Capital programs 0.00
Total expenditure 143922.34
Balance carried forward 58645.44
A full copy of the school’s 2014 financial statement is tabled at the annual general meetings of the School Council and/or the parent body. Further details concerning the statement can be obtained by contacting the school.
School performance 2014
Academic achievements
NAPLAN
In the National Assessment Program, the results across the Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 literacy and numeracy assessments are reported on a scale from Band 1 to Band 10.
The achievement scale represents increasing levels of skills and understandings demonstrated in these assessments.
Year 3: from Band 1 (lowest) to Band 6 (highest for Year 3)
Year 5: from Band 3 (lowest) to Band 8 (highest for Year 5)
The My School website provides detailed information and data for national literacy and numeracy testing (NAPLAN).
Click on the link http://www.myschool.edu.au and enter the school name in the Find a school and select GO to access the school data.
NAPLAN Year 3 - Literacy (including Reading, Writing, Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation)
Reading
Spelling
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Percentage in bands: Year 3 Reading
Percentage in Bands
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SSG % in Bands 2014
State DEC % in Bands 2014
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Percentage in bands: Year 3 Spelling
Percentage in Bands
School Average 2010-2014
SSG % in Bands 2014
State DEC % in Bands 2014
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Grammar & Punctuation
Writing
NAPLAN Year 3 - Numeracy
NAPLAN Year 5 - Literacy (including Reading, Writing, Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation.
Reading
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Percentage in bands: Year 3 Grammar & Punctuation
Percentage in Bands
School Average 2010-2014
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Percentage in bands: Year 3 Writing
Percentage in Bands
School Average 2011-2014
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Percentage in bands: Year 3 Numeracy
Percentage in Bands
School Average 2010-2014
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Percentage in bands: Year 5 Reading
Percentage in Bands
School Average 2010-2014
SSG % in Bands 2014
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Spelling
Grammar and Punctuation
Writing
Numeracy
Other achievements
Positive Behaviour for Learning 2014 saw the continued successful
implementation of Positive Behaviour for
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Percentage in bands: Year 5 Spelling
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Percentage in bands: Year 5 Grammar & Punctuation
Percentage in Bands
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Percentage in bands: Year 5 Writing
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Percentage in bands: Year 5 Numeracy
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Learning (PBL) at Somersby Public School. Our
three core values of Respect, Responsibility and
Excellence were being demonstrated throughout
our school by students and staff. Our P & C
funded the installation of colourful signs at the
front of our school displaying our three core
values, which have been a beautiful reminder of
the behaviour expectations at our school.
Our Year 6 leaders took on greater responsibility
of PBL lessons, developing and running PBL
lessons with the rest of our school. All students
enjoyed role playing different scenarios and
discussing our values with each other.
Students enjoyed watching their dojo points
growing throughout the year. We saw numerous
PBL awards being handed out at assemblies with
many students receiving ‘good’ and ‘high’
awards. We were also very proud to see our very
first ‘outstanding’ awards being presented along
with the first PBL wristbands. The students wore
their wristbands with pride.
Our PBL team also participated in a PBL Expo Day
in Newcastle where many schools from the
Hunter/Central Coast region were involved in
sharing ideas and resources. This day was a great
success.
We are looking forward to continuing PBL lessons
and rewarding those who demonstrate our three
core values in 2015.
Dance
2014 saw the dance group once again
successfully audition for the Central Coast Dance
Festival. Students were taught choreography
skills and used them to think up shapes and
movements which reminded them of exercise
and being healthy. This year students were not
only heavily involved in the choreography of our
final piece but also the costume and lighting.
Dancers were also invited to perform at the
Kariong Mountains Local Management Group
performance afternoon where a variety of
performances were showcased and our dancers
where given another opportunity to shine.
Public Speaking and Debating
At Somersby Public School we are very proud of
the growth all students have made in public
speaking. This was evident in our annual whole
school competition which determines who
represents Somersby at the Central Coast Public
Speaking Competition. Students from all stages
confidently presented their speeches, getting
better and better each year.
Somersby also had two formal debating teams in
2014 with all of Stage 3 engaging in debating
lessons during their library lessons.
The Somersby Smashers, our Year 6 team, were
successful in winning their zone within the
Premiers’ Debating Challenge where they
progressed to the knock out rounds.
Our Year 5 team won many debates and we are
looking forward to seeing them take the stage
again in 2015.
Library
2014 was another busy year in the library at
Somersby. Earlier in the year students were
invited to register for the Premiers’ Reading
challenge and by the closing date 36 students had
completed the challenge with 5 students
receiving gold awards for completing the
challenge for 4 consecutive years.
During Book Week we held our annual book
parade and hosted the Scholastic Book Fair. Our
school made over $2500 which gave us over $750
to spend on new books for our library.
2014 also saw the library having a slight make
over with the introduction of series boxes and
the extension of the non-fiction section to enable
high interest books to be easily accessed.
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Environment Group
2014 has been another successful year for the
Somersby Public School Environment group. Our
committed and hardworking team made of
students in Years 4 – 6 have been responsible for
many jobs. Our focus this year has been reducing
our ecological footprint. We’ve done this by
encouraging all students to become involved in
planting, growing, harvesting and eating our
school grown food. We’ve tried tomatoes,
parsley, strawberries, celery and we’ve even used
our chicken eggs to make pancakes for everyone.
We reduce! All classes ensure lights, computers
and air conditioners are turned off when rooms
are not in use. We aim to reduce the amount of
waste we produce. We encourage students and
staff to bring waste free lunches on Wednesdays.
We reuse! We’ve reused pallets to make a
compost bay. We reuse rain water collected in
tanks and down pipes to water our gardens. We
reuse food scraps to feed our worms and chooks.
We’ve also reused plastic bottles to make bird
feeders. We recycle cans, bottles, paper and
mobile phones.
Our whole school enjoys taking part in activities
that help the environment. This year we all took
part in:
Clean Up Australia Day
National Tree Day
National Compost Awareness Week
Waste Free Wednesdays each week to
encourage staff and students to bring
food in re-usable containers
Encouraging students from K-2 to help
out in our vegetable garden and
surroundings
Whole-school participation in the
Gosford City Council Greenhouse
Program
Participation by our Year 5 Environmental
Leaders to the ‘Take the next step’
Leadership Day and Student Organics
Recycling Training at Kariong Eco Garden
Waste audit with Rumbalara. They were
impressed with our waste reducing
systems we have in place.
This year has seen many new additions to our
school:
Our can crushing area has been paved
We received a Keep Australia Beautiful
beverage container recycling grant, we
were one of only four schools in NSW to
receive a grant. We have an eco-crusher
recycling bin that makes crushing cans
and plastic bottles a breeze.
The most popular new addition to our
school is our new feathery friends. We
reused a chicken shed that was donated
by Parklands Preschool and made a
wonderful new home for our chickens.
We have installed and planted out a
cabbage patch and planted banana trees.
We have started building what’s going to
be a 3 bay composting system. The first
bay is complete with the next two
planning to be completed in 2015.
We have had another very successful year and
have achieved so much. Our proudest
achievement however, was again being awarded
the Gosford City Council’s ‘Small Schools
Environment School of the Year’.
We look forward to a successful 2015.
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Significant programs and initiatives – Policy
Aboriginal education
Somersby Public School ensures that teaching and learning programs incorporate Aboriginal perspectives in them educating students about Aboriginal culture and history.
We value the knowledge and customs of the original custodians of Australia and are committed to enhancing the knowledge and understanding of all students about the values and philosophy that underpin both Aboriginal Education and Aboriginal Australia. The “Acknowledgement of Country” is given at all school assemblies as well as at significant school events. The Aboriginal and Australian flags are flown at school each day.
Reconciliation Week and Naidoc Day were celebrated in our school in 2014, where all children K-6 participated in activities that focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. The activities included hand painting, cultural stories, games and drama. We also travelled to Peats Ridge PS to participate in a Combined Mountains Schools NAIDOC Day where we witnessed traditional song and dance, as well as participating in traditional sports, arts and crafts.
Multicultural education and anti-racism
Our school ensures that all teaching and learning programs cover multicultural perspectives in them.
The school also participated in annual Harmony Day activities where tolerance and acceptance of all cultures is the focus.
We are also responsible for ensuring that all learning and working environments are free from discrimination and racism. To support this, we have a trained Anti-Racism Contact Officer (ARCO).
Learning and Support
We have a .3 Learning and Support Teacher who runs individualized programs for identified students. We also have support from our Learning and Support Assistant Principal.
Students on this program are making excellent progress.
School planning and evaluation 2012—2014
School evaluation processes
NSW public schools conduct evaluations to support the effective implementation of the school plan. The processes used include:
Combination of document analysis of teaching programs, interview and observation providing evidence of teaching practice;
Paper questionnaires for parents;
Student surveys
Teacher evaluation of current programs, analysis of quantitative data.
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School planning 2012-2014:
School priority 1
Literacy
Increased level of student achievement in Literacy in line with or better than state average.
Outcomes from 2012–2014
All students achieve their Literacy potential, taking into account their individual learning needs.
Evidence of achievement of outcomes in 2014:
100% of students regularly plotted on the Literacy Continuum.
85% of students achieving expected outcomes
Strategies to achieve these outcomes in 2014:
Implementation of the K-6 Literacy Continuum as an evaluation tool.
Develop awareness in all staff of the Literacy continuum and a cohesive whole school approach to curriculum delivery.
Identified students receive assistance within class or with the LaST teacher to assist with learning.
School priority 2
Numeracy
Increased level of student achievement in Numeracy in line with or better than state average
Outcomes from 2012–2014
All students K-6 plotted on the Numeracy Continuum.
All staff use explicit instruction to meet the needs of students by embracing the Numeracy K-6 continuum in their teaching and learning cycle.
Evidence of achievement of outcomes in 2014:
100% of Students regularly plotted on the Numeracy Continuum.
90% of students achieving at stage appropriate levels.
Strategies to achieve these outcomes in 2014:
Teachers use a variety of measures (qualitative and quantitative data) to accurately determine where students are on the Numeracy Continuum.
Teachers use this information to inform teaching and learning experiences for the students.
Identified students receive assistance within class or with the LaST teacher to assist with learning.
School priority 3
Student Wellbeing
• Increased participation of students in 'healthy living lifestyle' at school.
• Development of an effective student welfare policy.
• Consistent student welfare practices across the school.
Outcomes from 2012–2014
A whole-school approach to student welfare developed using the Positive Behaviour for Learning Program.
Evidence of achievement of outcomes in 2014:
20% reduction in Planning Room referrals
98 % of students participating in ‘Crunch and Sip’ each day.
100% of students participating in the Premiers’ Sporting Challenge.
Strategies to achieve these outcomes in 2014:
Consistent student welfare put in place.
Explicit instruction given about expectations of behaviours.
‘Crunch and Sip’ encouraged through newsletter items and promotion to the community.
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Premiers’ Sporting Challenge promotion and encouragement in all classes and in the community.
Parent/caregiver, student, and teacher satisfaction
In 2014, the school sought the opinions of parents, students and teachers about the school.
Their responses are presented below.
Parents were asked about the things they felt we do well at Somersby. The responses were overwhelmingly positive:
* community involvement
* communication
* student participation
* homework
* environment
* culture of leadership
* holistic approach to children
* Year 6 Leadership
* well-rounded education
* PBL
* resourcing
* excursions
* canteen
The areas for improvement were listed as follows:
* dealing with conflict
* extension of homework
* feedback
* early notice of events
* more time in class
* Science
* a larger basketball court
Future Directions 2015-2017 School Plan
NSW DEC is implementing a new school planning process for 2015-17. The new plan will be published on the school’s website from the beginning of Term 2 2015.
During the year we have engaged with the community to assist in the development of our three strategic directions that will be the focus for Somersby Public School 2015-2017. These are:
Quality Teaching and Learning
Develop Active, Informed and Creative Citizens
Promote and Enhance Strong Partnerships and Connections.
During monthly P&C meetings discussions were held regarding the three strategic directions. A working party was established consisting of three parents to continue working on the plan.
Surveys were conducted regarding community satisfaction, numeracy and student leadership.
Staff meetings were utilised to discuss directions and formalise the plan.
Professional learning (Strategic Planning/Data Analysis) was completed.
Data analysis of NAPLAN/Best Start/L3/PBL results were used to help drive future targets.
LMG meetings were used to discuss commonalities within our schools and programs that were running across the LMG.
Key DEC reforms were also considered, in particular Great Teaching Inspired Learning, The Melbourne Declaration and the new School Excellence Framework.
About this report
In preparing this report, the self-evaluation committee has gathered information from evaluations conducted during the year and analysed other information about the school's practices and student learning outcomes. The self-evaluation committee and school planning committee have determined targets for the school's future development.
Mrs Kirsty Squires - Principal
Mr Neil Mitchell – Teacher/Librarian
Mrs Jade Cranstone – Teacher
Mrs Laura Knight – Teacher
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Environment Group
School contact information
Somersby Public School
840 Wisemans Ferry Road
Ph: 0243 72 1233
Fax: 0243 72 1542
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.somersby-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/
School Code: 3078
Parents can find more information about Annual School Reports, how to interpret information in the report and have the opportunity to provide feedback about the report at:
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/emsad/
asr/index.php
