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Darlington Public School Annual School Report 2014

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Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014K 94.0 94.5 94.6 95.6 93.0 94.51 91.4 95.3 93.5 93.3 94.7 92.92 92.2 92.7 93.3 93.6 92.5 95.63 93.4 93.8 94.1 93.5 94.2 95.14 93.5 92.7 92.8 92.7 93.3 94.55 91.9 94.0 90.1 92.4 94.0 93.66 94.0 87.8 92.5 91.3 92.0 92.3

Total 92.8 93.3 93.0 93.2 93.4 94.1K 94.3 94.7 94.7 94.3 95.0 95.21 93.7 94.2 94.2 93.9 94.5 94.72 94 94.4 94.2 94.2 94.7 94.93 94.1 94.5 94.4 94.4 94.8 95.04 94 94.5 94.3 94.3 94.7 94.95 94 94.4 94.2 94.2 94.5 94.86 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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School context statement Darlington is a small inner city school located on the fringe of the centre of Sydney. Our school community comprises a diverse range of cultures. As well as a strong academic focus, our school offers a range of additional programs to enrich students’ learning and develop social, cultural, sporting and personal development. Our desire is to value and nurture each student as an individual and to develop the whole child in a supportive and challenging environment.

Some significant programs include:

• enrichment programs for gifted and talented students (GATS);

• dance, including specialist instruction as part of regular lessons; talent and interest groups also enrich student learning;

• music, including a specialist teacher providing regular lessons as well as enrichment groups, choir and school band;

• Environmental programs have a strong focus at school. Parents, Students and staff work to support various environmental initiatives promoting awareness, reducing the school’s consumption of electricity and water, and the school garden;

• academic support and remediation programs in literacy and numeracy;

• sporting teams and opportunities for individual and team sports at school and representative level;

Student information It is a requirement that the reporting of information for all students be consistent with privacy and personal information policies.

Student enrolment profile

Student attendance profile

Workforce information It is a requirement that the reporting of information for all staff must be consistent with privacy and personal information policies.

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Workforce composition

Position Number Principal 1 Assistant Principal(s) 5 Classroom Teacher(s) 7 Part time Teacher 0.4 Preschool Teacher(s) 2 Teacher of Reading Recovery 0.42 RFF Teacher 0.588 Learning and Support Teacher(s) 0.9 Teacher Librarian 0.6 Teacher of ESL 0.4 Aboriginal Education Resource Teacher 1 School Counsellor 1 School Administrative & Support Staff 5.572 Total 25.88

Teacher qualifications

All teaching staff meet the professional requirements for teaching in NSW public schools.

Qualifications % of staff Degree or Diploma 60 Postgraduate 40

Professional learning and teacher accreditation

The staff is involved in ongoing professional development as a whole staff and individually through courses provided by the Department of Education and Communities and other accredited organisations. In 2014 $21,918.61 was invested in staff development.

This year all staff took part in targeted professional learning sessions to develop Consistent Teacher Judgement around assessment using the Literacy Continuum.

Other professional learning for staff included:

Early Career Teachers Conference, Accreditation at Proficient Level

Learning and Support – Disability Standards for Education, Using iPads to Support the English Curriculum, Non Violent Crisis Intervention, Child protection Awareness, CPR, e – Emergency Care, Anaphylaxis

Leadership – Aspire, Rethinking Education, LEAP Conference, Critical Conversations for School Planning, Strategic Financial management, Equity Conference, Communicating and Engaging with

your Community, Providing Objective, Effective Feedback

Curriculum –Speech- Expressive & Receptive Language Strategies, Historical Inquiry in the Primary Classroom with emphasis on Aboriginal Content, Science & Technology and Mathematics Conference, L3, Touch Football Level 1 Coaching, Indigenous Games, Drama and Dance co-teaching, Drama State Conference, Annexe Art Workshop

Other professional learning opportunities included:

• Whole school training K-6 for teachers in analysing and using NAPLAN data from SMART software.

• Principal presented NAPLAN 2014 summary sessions to Darlington Public School staff. This enabled development of targets based on analysis of this data

• Extensive professional learning in the use of PLAN has enabled staff to monitor each child’s progress along both the Literacy and Numeracy continuum. This resulted in staff developing language and dialogue around student learning.

• Best Start training for Early Stage 1 staff to focus on developing a strong foundation for all children at Darlington PS.

• Five members of staff are maintaining their proficient accreditation with BOSTES.

Beginning Teachers

• Two staff members were considered “beginning teachers”. Their professional learning was targeted and focused on classroom management, Code of Conduct and induction. Each beginning teacher

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was mentored by their supervisor and colleague teacher.

• One beginning teacher achieved proficient accreditation as a permanent teacher, the other will achieve accreditation during 2015 as a temporary teacher.

Financial summary

This summary covers funds for operating costs and does not involve expenditure areas such as permanent salaries, building and major maintenance.

Date of financial summary 30/11/2014

Income $ Balance brought forward 350050.45 Global funds 165594.78 Tied funds 140604.26 School & community sources 185707.15 Interest 9816.06 Trust receipts 79038.55 Canteen 0.00 Total income 930811.25 Expenditure Teaching & learning

Key learning areas 38126.23 Excursions 58472.68 Extracurricular dissections 80022.98

Library 5039.72 Training & development 21918.61 Tied funds 162876.66 Casual relief teachers 51383.10 Administration & office 86998.02 School-operated canteen 0.00 Utilities 38599.06 Maintenance 57217.78 Trust accounts 50487.20 Capital programs 9638.16 Total expenditure 660780.20 Balance carried forward 270031.05

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.

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NAPLAN Year 3 – Literacy

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NAPLAN Year 3 - Numeracy

NAPLAN Year 5 – Literacy

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NAPLAN Year 5 – Literacy cont…

NAPLAN Year 5 – Numeracy

Other achievements Sport

2014 was an action packed year for sport at Darlington Public School.

During Term 1 students in Years 1-6 participated in an intensive weekly swimming program at the Sydney University Aquatic Centre. This was

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valuable to all students and the skills learnt were demonstrated at the annual swimming carnival at the NCIE. We had a team of approximately 30 represent the school at the Zone Swimming Carnival at Mascot pool.

Term 2 and 3 were very busy with PSSA Oz Tag at Moore Park. Darlington provides 3 senior and 3 junior sides in the competition. Both the Senior A and Junior A teams defended the South Sydney Championships won the previous years. The Junior A team has now won the past 2 years and the Senior A team for the past 4 years.

In Term 2 we held our 2nd Darlington Cross Country at Victoria Park and 36 students represented the school at the Zone Cross Country at Gough Whitlam oval. Although the children returned very tired they had a wonderful time competing and mixing with students from other schools.

In Term 3 we held a very successful Athletics Carnival at the new venue of Erskineville Oval where we added Long Jump to the program for the first time. We had approximately 30 students represent the school at the Zone Carnival at Hensley Athletics Field. Joel Tennant and Oonagh McCulloch became South Sydney champions in their respective age groups. We had a record 8 students represent South Sydney at the Regional carnival at Homebush.

In Term 4 students from Kindergarten to Year 6 were keeping fit with a weekly Gymnastics development program which was facilitated by In School Gymnastics. The equipment we were provided with was so much fun to use and all the students had a wonderful time.

Dance

In 2014, all students at Darlington Public School were involved in the dance program. Students participated in dance classes on a fortnightly basis and were taught the NSW K-6 Creative arts dance syllabus. Students developed knowledge and understanding, skills, values and attitudes in Performing, Composing and Appreciating by engaging with the elements of dance (action

dynamics, time, space, relationships and structure) through a range of contexts within a planned and sequential process of teaching and learning.

A highlight for classes throughout the year was learning about dance from different cultures. All classes experienced a range of dance styles including Bollywood, Latin dance, Jive and Australian bush dance.

Ensemble groups were held before school, during lunch and after school on Mondays. 56 students formed the junior, intermediate and senior ensemble dance groups. All classes, including the ensemble groups performed at the Darlington end of school year concert, Musical of Wonders. This concert showcased every students dance and performance ability and the range of dance styles learnt throughout the year.

Drama

In 2014 Darlington implemented Drama class as a school wide curricular program for the first time. Students were required to learn and understand, apply and reflect on the Elements of Drama through dramatic play and use their knowledge and practice to establish Dramatic meaning through performance.

Stage One students were exposed to Drama as a stage group activity in HSIE and Science. We covered the units “Transport”, “Change and Continuity in our Community”, and “All Mixed Up”. Each week, a different group of 10 to 11 students were exposed to a variety of historically

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narrative, descriptive, informative and visual texts about a specific topic, and were encouraged to explore such texts though dramatic play. At the end of each lesson the acquired knowledge was consolidated with a group devised dramatic performance on the topic.

In weekly Drama classes, Early Stage 1 students focused on the Dramatic Elements of “movement” and “space,” while Stage 2 and 3 students were also required to learn the additional Elements of “place and time”, “relationships”, “focus”, “language” and “Symbol.” Once a fundamental knowledge of the Elements of Drama had been built the students were challenged to use the Elements as literacy tools to navigate through narrative texts and reach the NSW English curriculum outcomes. A cumulative assessment task was set for the end of the year that involved each class using information from the learned texts, and the Elements of Drama, to create a class performance which was presented to the school community at a Performing Arts Night.

In addition to in-class Drama instruction, the students experienced a variety of excursions and incursions that enriched their knowledge and enjoyment of the craft. Both, the year 4 Koalas, as well as a Senior Drama Ensemble of seven students, created group devised original performances, which were selected for inclusion in the 2014 NSW Drama Festival for the Ultimo Network, held at NIDA on Wednesday, 13th of the August. Also in Term 3, School Drama ™, a partnership project between the University of Sydney and the Sydney Theatre Company, sent two teaching artists to work with the Year 4 Koalas, and the Year 5/6 Frill Neck Lizards and Goannas in a 7 week workshop, to help establish engaging and effective ways in which Drama can be implemented in the classroom structure to reach literacy outcomes. Finally, as part of an outreach program to build connections with various school communities, a representative from the Sydney Opera House came to Darlington on Thursday, 23 October, to run a one hour playwriting workshop with the 3/4 Geckos.

Much success has been reached in the 2014 Drama Program at Darlington Public School. The students have made remarkable growth not only in their knowledge and skills in the Dramatic Arts, but with their confidence on stage. This

knowledge and confidence will certainly aid each Darlington Student as he or she moves forward in future academic and personal endeavours.

Music

Musicians in Schools RFF Music Program Music is taught in the context of the NSW K-6 Music curriculum with students developing musical knowledge, skills and understanding over time. The program has been developed over 20 years and is taught by a specialist music teacher, who is also a practicing musician and composer. Having a specialist music teacher ensures music is taught with subject depth and knowledge. Our students remain engaged in the music program by taking part in experiences that mirror the real world of musicians. Students are encouraged and supported to compose, perform and record their own works for real audiences. This results in students who confidently sing and play instruments for an audience and appreciate original works created by their peers. Students regularly perform original works at our school assemblies with other students providing live accompaniment. The Singing Program: Building a culture of inclusiveness, Whole School Singing (WSS) is a vital part of our school community. WSS Assemblies occur fortnightly often preparing for special school events such as Harmony Day, ANZAC and NAIDOC Week assemblies. Children from Kindergarten to Year 6 participate in weekly music RFF MUSIC lessons which include singing. While all teachers support and promote singing as part of the school curriculum having a music specialist teacher results in opportunities for all students that include both extension and enrichment. Such opportunities include school devised musical

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productions, participation in the 2014 Music Count Us In program and the extension of talented singers through the Junior and Senior Choir programs. Oz Opera 2014 - "The Marriage of Figaro" Although in past years out school has been invited to watch Oz Opera in action at their studios this was the first year for the program to be implemented across all grades at school culminating with a school performance in the School Hall. The program was an enormous success and provided wonderful entertainment and insight into this very unique artistic expression. Another opera is planned for 2016 (Musica Viva in the alternate years) Ensemble Programs Festival of Instrumental Music (FOIM) Program: Recorders Learning a musical instrument is highly valued in our school and in 2014 all students from Y3 to Y6 participated to some degree in the FOIM recorder program of which 20 children were selected to perform in the Mimosa Ensemble consisting of 6 sections- Descant 1, Descant 2, Treble 1, Treble 2 Tenor and Bass recorders. The players’ skills ranged from beginner to experienced and all ensemble players participated in weekly hour long rehearsals before school. Students learnt the 2014 recorder repertoire as part of the Festival of Instrumental Music (F.O.I.M.) program. This program culminates in a combined schools concert at the Opera House and provides an opportunity for students to play with best school ensembles and orchestras from N.S.W. Students experienced the excitement of playing as part of the 700 piece massed Banksia ensemble.

2. Festival of Instrumental Music Program:- Strings 2014 saw the continuation of the String Ensemble from 2013. This was accomplished by employing a strings tutor to lead the group. The rehearsals took place before school for 1 hour each week. The ensemble performed as part of the combined strings (approx. 300 performers) at the Banksia F.O.I.M. program held at the Sydney Opera. For this ensemble the Darlington and Nth Newtown members form one ensemble and perform at Banksia concert. The Junior and Senior Choir conducted by a Parent and a Teacher These choirs rehearse weekly after school. The Senior Choir has just auditioned for the 2014 Choral Festival to be held at the Sydney Opera House. Both Choirs perform regularly at school functions and assemblies such as the School Fete 2014, End of Year Concert at the Wallace Theatre Sydney University, and Newtown Square during Education Week

The Combined Jazz Band / Big Band - This band conducted by a professional conductor focuses on a repertoire of Jazz big band music and aims to develop improvisational techniques. In 2014 the Combined Jazz band rehearsed at Darlington. The Combined Concert Band 2014 saw the continuation of a Combined Concert Band (Nth Newtown P. S. and Darlington P.S.). The visiting conductor specialises in both band conducting and tutoring. The Concert Band is an intermediate to advanced band and provides developmental opportunities for children who have been playing for more than one year. The band rehearses once a week at Darlington and performances occur at both of the schools and at band festivals. The Training Band

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Begun in 2011 this band takes students who are absolute beginners and provides an encouraging environment where they can develop their skills with a professional conductor. The Training Band rehearses once a week before school. The Darlington Stage Band This band was inaugurated in 1994. 2014 marks 20 year service. It offers an opportunity for children with more advanced musical skills a chance to perform a challenging repertoire. Instrumentally it is a mixed ensemble incorporating electric, wind, string, percussion instruments and vocalists. The scores are often written to represent the present instrumental configuration. Band rehearsals occur once a week for 90 mins. Performances occur within the school and externally at festivals notably the Newtown Festival, The Education Week performance at Newtown Square, End of Year Concert at Sydney Uni. The School Band is conducted by the school's Music RFF teacher. End of Year Concert and Weekend Workshops. Members of all bands attended 2 weekend workshops during the year During 2014 another End of Year Concert was presented following the success of the concerts in 2012 and 2013. All of instrumental ensembles - Combined Stage, Concert, Jazz and Training Bands, String Ensemble, Choirs and some instrumental soloists - presented a wonderful concert at Wallace Theatre at Sydney University. Musical Tuition at Darlington Public School To support the above band program and to provide our school community with an opportunity to have on site music tutors available, Nth Newtown provides one-to-one tuition lessons for the following instruments:- Violin, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn lessons usually occur after or before school.

The 2014 Darlington Public School Musical of Wonders This collaborative work was based on the Drama program run by Drama specialist. All drama sequences and Tableaus were developed with each of the classes and the specialist teacher. Music that exhibited similar themes was chosen to accompany each classes work. Two of the classes had original music written for their plays. Selected musicians were chosen to perform many of the music pieces for performance.

Kindergarten 2015 Transition.

Our Kindergarten Transition program began with an Information evening for parents and carers who were interested in sending their child to Darlington PS for Kindergarten in 2015. All questions and comments from the floor were enthusiastically attended to by staff members in attendance, including the School Principal, present Kindergarten teachers, preschool teacher and other staff in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.

During November and December children starting next year eagerly joined into our Transition Program. They immediately took advantage of all the activities on offer in the Kindergarten rooms. Most parents were able to leave their child for the sessions and come back to pick up happy children when the sessions ended. Of particular interest to the children were the storybook sessions, construction and numeracy activities, Interactive Whiteboard Games and making new friends.

During Term One this year, the Kindergarten teachers had a meeting with each family starting in kindergarten. During the second week, the best start assessments were conducted. This

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proved to be very informative, reassuring and helpful to families.

Preschool During this year, the children have been engaged in a number of projects related to their interests. An interest in talking about their families and superheroes has persisted throughout the year. Some other interests have included the FIFA World Cup, finding out information about animals and their environments, growing plants and nurturing their garden and silkworms. The children have also been closely observing the Sydney University construction site. The children's interests have particularly influenced the programming for the performing and creative art activities. Dress up days such as Onesie Day, Mad Hair Day, Pyjama Day and the Book Week parade are always a lot of fun for everyone. A real highlight for us all was when Oz Opera visited our school and performed "The Barber of Seville.”

Enrichment programs K-6

During 2014 students were given the opportunity for stimulating and exciting learning through a wide range of experiences.

• Science lessons through Sydney University

• Scientists in Schools

• A Week of Tastes

• Cooking

• Gardening

• Photography

• Little Big Shots Film Festival

• Number Crunchers – in partnership with local schools

• Public Speaking Competition

• Premier’s Spelling Bee

• Author talk - Aleesa Darlinson

• Morris Gleitzman – Twitter Chat

• Story factory

• Sydney Opera House Playwriting Workshop

• Chess Club

• Drama Club

Excursions – Taronga Zoo, Ken Done Gallery, M.C.A., Jewish Museum, Nicholson Museum, Powerhouse Museum, I Max Theatre, Tribal Warrior Sydney Harbour Cruise, 5/6 Camp.

Significant programs and initiatives – Policy and equity funding Aboriginal education

Darlington Public school prides itself on Aboriginal Education and provides many opportunities for our Indigenous students to achieve success. Our Aboriginal students represent 14% of the total school population.

Two major focuses were identified during Aboriginal parent and community meetings for 2014. The first was the continued development and refinement of Personalised Learning Plans for Aboriginal students. The second focus was allocating the Aboriginal Education Resource Teacher’s time to act as a resource to professionally develop staff in the second half of the year to ensure a smooth transition for Aboriginal Education at Darlington in 2015.

Our Aboriginal Education Resource teacher and our Aboriginal Education Officer worked collaboratively with staff to achieve these goals.

Aboriginal perspectives were embedded in classroom content, culture celebrated through significant events and opportunities offered through Sydney Region Aboriginal Education Programs.

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Darlington Public School:

Celebrated the MABO day through classroom activities and a whole school assembly

Demonstrated strong Aboriginal community involvement in NAIDOC week through hands on, in class cultural activities presented by Indigenous community members. The week culminated with a smoking ceremony with Uncle Max, NAIDOC assembly and community barbeque

Featured in the Koori Mail as a leading school through our approach to reconciliation.

Provided opportunities for our Koori dancers to perform at various Aboriginal local events and work with Bangarra Dance Company to perform at Schools Spectacular

Selected students were interviewed on Aboriginality and friendships to promote the SBS mini-series First Contact

Multicultural education and anti-racism

All classroom teachers ensure that multiculturalism is a fundamental value in their teaching programs.

Multicultural perspectives were linked to programmed units of work where possible and aspects of multiculturalism were treated as they occurred incidentally.

In 2014, Darlington Public School implemented the following:

Diversity of cultures was celebrated during Book Week and Harmony Day.

Harmony Day celebrations involved activities for students in Preschool to Year 6, such as wearing the colour orange to school to recognise the day’s importance.

Accepting and embracing attitudes towards different cultures, religions and world views were promoted.

A staff member is currently trained as an Anti- Racism Contact Officer. The school is committed to the elimination of racist discrimination through our school’s curriculum policies and working environment.

Staff increased students understanding of racism and discrimination and its impact through teaching and learning programs that are activity based.

Equity Funding 2014

Aboriginal background

Through an increase in funding for Aboriginal students we continued to provide a positive and inclusive school culture. Our Aboriginal Education Resource Teacher and Aboriginal Education Officer have ensured Aboriginal education remains a high priority and resulted in improved the quality of teaching and learning for Aboriginal students and for non-Aboriginal students. Aboriginal student achievement in Year 3 NAPLAN was significantly above state average across all areas and Year 5 Numeracy was also above state average in 2014.

Socio-economic background

Through funding for Socio-economic background students we sustained a positive and inclusive school culture, ensured every child had the same

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opportunities to participate in school activities and improved all students’ learning outcomes. Our Year 5 student growth was significantly above state expected growth. This was a direct result of an improved quality of teaching and learning at Darlington PS.

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:

• Paper surveys for parents/staff and students

• Survey Monkey surveys for those in the school community who prefer web-based communication

• Staff meetings

• Teacher Annual Review processes.

School planning 2012-2014:

School priority 1

To improve student literacy outcomes with a specific focus on Writing.

Outcomes from 2012–2014

• 61% of 2014 targeted students K-6 will achieve stage outcomes in writing.

• 61 % of 2014 targeted students in Year 3 and Year 5 will achieve proficiency in writing (top two bands respectively).

Evidence of achievement of outcomes in 2014:

• 90% of all Year 3 and 79% of Year 5 students achieved above minimum standards in Writing.

• Marked increase in student confidence and motivation towards writing tasks.

Strategies to achieve these outcomes in 2014

• Targeted professional learning for staff on use Literacy Continuum to inform class teaching programs.

• Personalised Learning Plans for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students developed and monitored collaboratively by AERT and class teacher.

• Targeted professional learning with an emphasis on the new Australian curriculum.

• Learning support provided for identified students.

School priority 2

To improve student numeracy outcomes across K-6

Outcomes from 2012–2014

• 61 % of 2013 targeted students in Year 3 and Year 5 will achieve proficiency in Numeracy (top two bands respectively).

Evidence of progress towards outcomes in 2014:

• 37% of all Year 3 and 46% of all Year 5 students achieved proficiency in numeracy.

• Average progress 130 points between years 3 and 5 in writing which is significantly above State progress.

Strategies to achieve these outcomes in 2014:

• Implementation of whole school daily 10 minute sessions focusing on outcomes for number.

• Targeted professional learning for staff on use Numeracy Continuum to inform class teaching programs.

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• Personalised Learning Plans for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students developed and monitored collaboratively by AERT and class teacher.

• Targeted professional learning with an emphasis on the new Australian curriculum.

Parent/caregiver, student, and teacher satisfaction

Student reports In 2014, the school sought the opinions of parents, students and teachers about the school.

Their responses are presented below.

A survey was completed as part of the regular cyclic review of Education and Management practice with a focus on student reports and their effectiveness in identifying student progress.

Overwhelmingly the parents thought reports were very helpful but found parent/teacher discussions equally helpful.

Teachers identified the electronic report writing was a vast improvement on the previous word documents used for reporting.

The students believed they were well informed 84% about their academic progress but didn’t like the terms “basic” or “limited” used in the report format.

Responses to this survey will inform a review of Darlington PS reporting to parents.

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.

The 2015-2017 School Plan has 3 Strategic Directions to focus on for the life of the plan, they are:

1. Student Voice: Strengthen the culture of student leadership, social consciousness, activism and engagement in all areas of school life.

2. Teaching and Learning: Targeted and purposeful teaching programming and practices which provide explicit and differentiated curriculum as the foundation for all student achievement.

3. Collaborative Learning Network: Build stronger positive relationships as an educational community, empowering leadership and inspiring a culture of collaboration and innovation. Through collegial support staff members develop self and others in the pursuit of excellence.

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.

Elizabeth Sinnott Principal

Michelle McCormack Assistant Principal

Kirrily Brown SAM

School contact information

Darlington Public School

Golden Grove St, Chippendale 2008

Ph: 02 95162300

Fax: 02 9550 4587

Email: darlington-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Web: www.darlington-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

School Code: 1735

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

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