2011 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY

Holy Spirit School Manifold Heights

REGISTERED SCHOOL NUMBER: 1538

Holy Spirit School Manifold Heights

Contents Our School Vision ....................................................................................................................................... 2 School Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Principal’s Report ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Education in Faith .......................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Learning & Teaching ................................................................................................................................. 11 Student Wellbeing ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Leadership & Management ....................................................................................................................... 17 School Community .................................................................................................................................... 19 Financial Performance .............................................................................................................................. 20 Future Directions ....................................................................................................................................... 20

Contact Details ADDRESS

83 Minerva Road Manifold Heights VIC 3218

PRINCIPAL

Mrs Mary Abbott

PARISH PRIEST

Father Gerard Keith

SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR

Ms Renae Mawson

TELEPHONE

(03) 5229 8298

EMAIL

[email protected]

WEBSITE

www.hsmanifoldheights.catholic.edu.au

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Our School Vision

Holy Spirit School is a welcoming faith community that encourages all to be inspired to learn and excited to achieve.

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School Overview Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School was established in 2004 as a result of the unification of two primary schools from within the Holy Spirit Parish – St. Anthony‟s in Hamlyn Heights and Our Lady‟s in Manifold Heights. The present site was formerly Our Lady‟s Primary School. The amalgamation has progressed well and a new positive and productive culture is being nurtured. Holy Spirit School is part of the Cluster Parish which include St. Patrick‟s and Holy Family. Holy Spirit school is dedicated to educational excellence in teaching and learning. We pride ourselves on being a community school with several partnerships being developed and sustained with “community” agencies. The main partnerships are the Philippines Project (Micro banking), The Melbourne Zoo (Endangered Species – Orang-utan Project), and the St. Vincent De Paul Project (Fundraising). All these partnerships lend valuable learning experiences to the school community The school community works in the spirit of mutual trust with a deep sense of commitment to and ownership of Catholic Education. Many opportunities are provided for individuals to participate and feel connected to the school. Holy Spirit Primary School is situated in the western area of the City of Greater Geelong, it can be found at 83 Minerva Road in Manifold Heights. In 2010 the school had an enrolment of 284 students. The students and their families are drawn from diverse multi-cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. It is a school that caters for children‟s learning from Prep classes to Year 6. The school environment supports and encourages each individual child while providing challenges and opportunities for all within a framework of quality education. The school endeavours to provide an environment which promotes risk taking, offers choices and allows for individual development and achievement. Holy Spirit aims to develop the whole child – intellectually, socially, emotionally, physically and spiritually. As a worshipping parish community which celebrates, nurtures and passes on the Catholic tradition, we come together to pray and to celebrate. The school environment offers an authentic Catholic vision which is centred on the Gospel values of compassion, justice, peace, witness, faith, love, joy and reconciliation.

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Principal’s Report 2011 was a special year for the Holy Spirit community. The staff spent the first two days of term organising the new 5/6 area and the refurbished library. The input by staff and in particular the teachers in 5/6, Mrs Zoe Vagg, Ms Nicki Purves, Mrs Leanne Eastman and Mr Alan Doherty, ensured that the students who were using the space were in an environment that would enhance their learning. The other new area opened in 2011 was the multi purpose room which is used for assemblies, physical education, performing arts, parent nights, meetings, celebrations and events. A recommendation from our review that covered all spheres in the School Improvement Plan was to develop a new Vision Statement for Holy Spirit. The staff spent a day together with a facilitator to begin this process. A committee was formed to collate the thoughts from the day and begin to put a statement together. The committee emailed and met with staff often to explain what was happening. All staff had input into the Vision Statement. The statement was presented to the School Advisory Board for their views and then presented to the wider community. The development of the Vision Statement has been important as it forms the basis for all we do at Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit became actively involved in the Contemporary Learning and Teaching Mathematics (CTLM) project with three members of the Mathematics team, Mary Abbott, Jenny Malone and Rohan Cann, attending five days to be informed about the project. The team also developed a Mathematics Improvement Plan. 2011 concluded with a fabulous parent initiative. A core group of parents (fathers) worked for three days from Boxing Day to develop a grassed area on the oval. They moved 15 truckloads of soil on day one. Day two saw truckloads of „good‟ soil being placed on the space and day three was when the turf was laid. Day three saw over twenty helpers turn up to help lay the turf. This was all done by lunchtime when a thank you barbecue was organised. It was exciting to see the faces of the families when they returned at the beginning of the year as they had been playing on a hard, dirty surface previously. As the Principal I was in awe of the organisers and helpers who gave up three precious days of their holidays to improve the environment for the children at Holy Spirit. Mary Abbott

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Education in Faith Goals & Intended Outcomes Goal 

Develop stronger links between faith and life.

Intended Outcomes 1. That Gospel values will be evident in the Holy Spirit school community. 2. That learning in RE will be more stimulating and engaging.

Achievements Using the School Improvement Framework Survey Report 2011 on Catholic Culture at our school: Students -Valuing the importance of Religious Education has moved from 70% to 75%. -The opportunities provided for Religious Education has moved from 80% to 81%. A survey taken from the Year 3 to 6 students that was designed by the CEOM that looks at the Religious Education Pedagogy of students measured an average of 2.5 in 2010, in 2011 the same survey registered an average of 3.4 showing an improvement in Religious Education and in students becoming more engaged and stimulated. Staff -The importance of Religious Education has dropped from 80% to 78%. -The opportunities provided for Religious Education has moved from 80% to 93%. A survey taken from the classroom teachers that was designed by the CEOM that looks at the Religious Education Pedagogy of teachers measured an average of 2.4 in 2010, in 2011 the same survey registered an average of 3.4 showing an improvement in Religious Education and in teachers becoming more supportive of the leaner and engaging more in the contemporary religious world. Parents -Valuing the importance of Religious Education has moved from 85% to 92% -The opportunities provided for Religious Education has dropped from 95% to 90%.

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VALUE ADDED

2011 was a year of consolidating on the goals and intended outcomes that were established after the review in 2010. The early results from surveys and SIR indicators showed that many areas were improving and gave us substance to plan for the future. Some of the areas that we recognize and need to continue to develop are: 1. Sacramental Celebrations: through these occasions the connection to our Parish community is strengthened not only by the sacramental rites occurring during regular Mass times, (so Parishioners can share in the sacramental celebrations) but also by the support and witness our Parishioners share with our children. This has been valuable with many positive feedback statements from the Holy Spirit Parishioners. We have also made a point to acknowledge and thank our parishioners at the masses we attend. For the families involved in the Sacramental Programs the opportunity for them to heighten their sense of belonging to God‟s family is paramount. The School Community acknowledges shares and celebrates the sacramental experiences our children have. The parent information evenings have provided parents with insights into the sacraments which then allow them to further develop that understanding with their child. Once again these nights have been well attended and fruitful conversations have been created by both the students and parents that have participated. This Year, with close to forty participants, we had to move our Confirmation Sacrament to a bigger venue celebrating Confirmation at Holy Family Church. This was very successful and we hope to continue the same format for 2012. 2. Meditation: Christian Meditation is still an area of importance within the school. The guidance and direction from our Parish Priest, Father Gerard Keith has confirmed the staffs commitment to this program. We understand that if the students at Holy Spirit School learn to be able to sit quietly with their God then we have given them an opportunity to learn of his love. Each class has designated their own meditation time and follow the Maranartha mantra teaching. 3. Friday Class Masses: Once a term each Learning Unit is allocated a Friday Mass time to prepare and participate in with our local Parishioners. Children are involved in different facets of the mass, with readings, singing songs and presenting prayers. Often parents of the children attend and the links with our church and school are strengthened. As in the past this continues to be a vital church experience for many of our students.

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4. Special Liturgies / Masses: We begin and end the year with a Eucharistic celebration. We now have our Mother‟s Day and Father‟s Day Masses occurring during our Parish Saturday night Mass times. The celebrations of our Holy Spirit Mothers and Fathers are highlights of acknowledgement and appreciation. We have also incorporated class liturgies at school into our programs where parents are invited to participate with us. Our Feast Day Mass gives us time to reflect on our school name “Holy Spirit” and to connect to the celebration of Pentecost. Pentecost being the birthday of the Church and us, so taking time to remember the Holy Spirit coming onto the Apostles and giving them the Gifts. We follow this Mass with a Talent Quest where our students show off their own special gifts and talents. 5. Good Shepherd Experience (G.S.E.): Children experience Gospel stories through the Good Shepherd Experience in a “wondering way” that helps to further develop and deepen their relationship with Jesus. By examining the Gospel stories more thoroughly through many different responses the children grow in their spiritual closeness to God. We will continue to work with the student‟s response aspects of this method. 6. Consolidation of Coming to Know, Worship and Love Religious Education Units {KW&L} at all levels of learning across the school. Teachers have received guided planning times to assist them in developing rich religious education experiences for the children. Times for learning levels to moderate children‟s work so an even consensus can be achieved. A two Year cycle for each Learning Area is now into the second year of its cycle where using the KW&L Guidelines with rich lessons being developed. The Make Jesus Real (MJR) program has been utilized by our Year 5 / 6 students and has been a great source of putting Jesus‟ messages in to their own life acts. Social Justice Issues are becoming more prevalent in our learning to care and serve others and many of the students are willing to make a difference by taking on and finding out more about what they can do. Many students have raised money and helped create awareness by their own actions. 7. Assessment in Religious Education. The RE tracking Rubrics has been operating for almost a full year now, we will need to review its strengths and weakness to discover how we can continue to improve and utilize its use. It has assisted teachers during planning times to think about and focus on creating rich assessment tasks for the students to complete for reporting purposes. Teachers are becoming more creative with their assessment strategies. 8. Religious Education Leader: This person is part of the school Leadership team. A regional network has been developed where regular interaction with other colleagues in similar positions meet to learn more about their own roles within the school and how they best can support the teachers and the children. The focus in 2011 has been on supporting Religious Co ordinators in curriculum development utilizing the Sacred Landscapes document and reinforcing the work covered last year with supportive leadership. . Involvement within a “Cluster Group” of schools and have liturgy meetings with Parish Co ordinator, Parish Priest, two other Religious Education Leaders to discuss and plan religious events for both the parish and the schools has continued to be a worthwhile practice.

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9. Social Justice Involvement: School / Parish are united in a partnership with the Columban community of the Philippines where we raise money to support the micro banking system of the Kazaama Gremeen Bank. The families and their children of our school learn about real life social justice issues and continue to establish links to the Philippine people. Our Senior school has continued to investigate the workings of a Student Social Justice Committee and how it can create the awareness of world issues for our school community. We continue to support our cluster links by attending Cluster Philippines Masses with our Middle and Senior Schools, with our Parish Cluster Day where a Learning Unit attends one of the other two schools. We have three schools operating for the day; Junior at Holy Family, Middle at Holy Spirit and Senior school at St. Patricks. On these days the children interact and share activities that are pertaining to building the awareness of our Philippine Partnership. The partnership has been in operation now for about seven years and is becoming embedded into our Religious life and ceremony. With the continued focus of our school‟s devotion to give our children valuable religious experiences we are improving our Catholicity and improving our achievement and spiritual development of our students. We will continue to work on our intended outcomes and strive to reach the targets that have been set.

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Learning & Teaching Goals & Intended Outcomes 

Develop a more contemporary approach to learning.

Intended Outcomes 1. That there will be improvement in Literacy. 2. That there will be improvement in Numeracy. 3. That learning will be more stimulating and purposeful. 4. That there will be an improvement in student engagement.

Achievements          

Continuing involvement in the Literacy Assessment Project (LAP) in partnership with Melbourne University and the Catholic Education Office Melbourne. Involvement in the CTLM (C0ntemporary Teaching and Learning in Mathematics) project, with whole school Professional Development. Maintaining Educational Leader roles in each unit, Prep, Junior, Middle and Senior. Maintaining professional learning teams (PLT). Maintaining assessment schedules in Literacy and Mathematics. Sustaining the Performing Arts Program. Involvement in Student Wellbeing Drama festival 2011. Maintaining links between home and school to promote learning, eg. Art Show, School Concert. Maintaining Parent Helper program within the school. Introduced on-line service for parent/teacher interview times.

The general satisfaction for parents is 80% as indicated in the 2011 School Improvement Framework survey (S I F) Parent Opinion Survey, this has been maintained from our 2010 results and their Connectedness to School is also maintained at 75%. Our current 2011 S I F survey data indicates that our students display confidence towards their learning (79%) a slight increase from the previous year‟s results. The 2011 data confirms that the students also consider their learning to be purposeful (74%). The 2011 S IF survey data indicates that we have increased school and community awareness of our extra-curricula activities to 59% slightly higher than indicated in our 2010 SIF results.

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PROPORTION OF STUDENTS MEETING THE MINIMUM STANDARDS IN YEARS 3 & 5

Data Analysis

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An evaluation of our Year 3 2011 NAPLAN Data indicates excellent results in reading and grammar and punctuation against State and National Benchmarks.

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Especially pleasing are our Year 3 2011 Writing results, where our students achieved results slightly above other schools in the state.

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Our Year 3 2011 NAPLAN Data indicates we are above the National Benchmarks in Spelling and Numeracy but below the State average.

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Our Year 5 2011 NAPLAN Results are pleasing, in that our students are achieving at levels above the National Benchmarks in all areas of literacy and numeracy. However, our students‟ achievements in all areas are at or below the State average.

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Since 2008 Year 3 student learning outcomes in Reading and Writing have shown an upward trend. Our Year 3 NAPLAN results in Spelling and Numeracy have improved significantly from our 2010 results.

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Since 2008 our Year 5 Trend Data indicates we are maintaining good levels of achievement in Reading.

Student Wellbeing Goals & Intended Outcome

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To develop a calm, orderly environment to support student learning and positive social interactions.

1. That there will be a consistent approach to a school wide positive behaviour. 2. That there will be a consistent approach to Social Emotional Learning.

Achievements 

Student Wellbeing Drama Festival.

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Games Room – indoor lunchtime program.

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Chess Club – Incursion followed by lunchtime Chess club

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Social Monitor – friendships in the playground lunchtime club.

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Go for Your Life program continuing to be embedded across the whole school.

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Whole school „Walk to School‟ days.

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Senior leadership –captains, house captains, Grade 5/6 working committees, leading school Assemblies and SRC committee. Processes have been refined and embedded further into the culture of the school.

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School leaders attended various functions including ANZAC Day Ceremony in Johnston‟s Park, Geelong and St. Patrick‟s Mass in Melbourne.

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After hours school basketball and Netball teams Interschool sports program where children have the opportunity to play against other Catholic schools.

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Restorative Practice – introduced Think Sheets to support Behaviour Management and principles of Restorative Practice.

STUDENT ATTENDANCE RATE

96.48

%

VALUE ADDED

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New initiatives 2011  

Positive Behaviours in Schools – first year of four year implementation process. Revision of School Rules and new rules were devised. Revisit Circle Time: staff meetings, Circle Time folders with lessons for each class teacher

STUDENT SATISFACTION

Student Behaviour is up from 62 – 70 % on the Teacher Survey. Improvements shown in Student Decision Making ( 40 – 65%) support that the school has given students opportunities to develop life skills such as leadership assertiveness and public speaking. Results of the Student Survey indicate that students are feeling more positive about their relationships with others. Connectedness to peers has risen from 79 – 80 %, Classroom Behaviour has risen from 37 – 52 % and Student Safety has remained steady at 78%. Results of the Parent Survey indicate that parents have noticed improvement in Student Behaviour. Student Safety has risen from 85 – 86 % and Classroom Behaviour from 42 – 45 %.

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Leadership & Management Goals & Intended Outcomes Goals   

To strengthen the learning element of the school, particularly practices for appraisal and recognition To strengthen the financial viability of the school To strengthen school governance

That the staff have an improved perception of the school‟s appraisal and recognition practices. That financial support will be increased through fundraising & grants. That the parental involvement in the school will be enhanced and built upon.

Achievements The Parents and Friends Association (P&F) continue to be an important part of the Holy Spirit Community. Their role is to raise money and to build community. In 2010 the school held its first fete in four years. The fete was a wonderful opportunity for all members of the community to work together. It was also a means of showcasing the new buildings acquire through the Building Education Revolution (BER) project. The School Advisory Board has a two year rotation of members and the board is working towards making membership more inclusive and attractive to all members of the school community. We have an effective induction program developed for new board members. The Board, in their advisory capacity, worked with the Principal on reporting and school structure. Their insights and advice were vital to the implementation of policies. The school engaged an architect, TM Designs, to create a master plan that expresses the school‟s contemporary approach to Learning and teaching. This plan was formed part of an application for a Capital Grant of over $2 000 000 to complete this work.

TEACHING STAFF ATTENDANCE RATE

88.68 %

STAFF RETENTION RATE

95.24 %

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Teachers Highest Qualification - Holy Spirit Parish School - 2012

EXPENDITURE AND TEACHER PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

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DESCRIPTION OF PL UNDERTAKEN IN 2011 Whole School Approach to Personalised Learning Religious Education Network Meetings Deep Leadership for Learning Schoolwide Positive Behaviours Colourful Semantics Literacy Assessment Project (LAP) AusVels Victorian Institute Mentoring Program Kate Story - Writing Reading Recovery Contact Developing a Vision statement Webpage Development Wellbeing Conference Planning Days for teams Safesmart PL Cybersafety PL School Improvement Mathematics (SIM) ICT Conference Mathematics Cluster Days EMQ Training Special Needs Conference Sustainability Seminar School visit re Autism Jenni Wilson worked with 5/6 team School Officers Meetings Regular Aide Meeting Blogging PL NAPLAN analysis with Philip Holmes-Smith NUMBER OF TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN PL

22

AVERAGE EXPENDITURE PER TEACHER FOR PL

$1628.35

TEACHER SATISFACTION

Staff survey data showed that student motivation was good. This was indicated by a score of 78%. The students rated this area at 80%. Staff Wellbeing is showing improvement with individual morale at 78%. Staff engagement particularly in the area of ownership is 78%.

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School Community Goals & Intended Outcomes 1. That a greater awareness of what it means to be a responsible citizen will develop. 2. That parent engagement in the school community will increase.

Achievements New initiatives 

Open night – Parents were invited to attend an open night of the new 5/6 learning space. Staff and students of the learning space show cased how the learning space operates.

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Prep information night – Prep information was continued, however, the format changed and existing families of the school helped present information with staff in small groups.

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School concert – Parents involved in creating life size puppets, costumes and sets.

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Inquiry units across the school that promoted greater student awareness of responsible citizenship and how individuals could become involved in the assisting the local community.

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School fete – A the establishment of a fete committee – This committee was responsible for the organisation and operation of the school fete held in November.

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Parent involvement in assisting the student „life skills‟ group in planting and maintaining planter boxers.

Continued initiatives 

School picnics – Beginning and end of year.

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School and Parish masses – Parents assisting in roles at mass.

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Continued awareness of the Philippines partnership between Parish, school, parents and students with involvement of fundraising activities.

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School Advisory Board.

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Parents and Friends Committee.

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School Canteen run by Parents and Friends.

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Parent helpers in classrooms and assisting in library.

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Parent involvement in curricula activities e.g. sporting events, school excursions.

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School working bees followed by barbecues created a friendly atmosphere where families had the opportunity to interact socially.

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Year Six farewell – The ongoing establishment of a farewell committee – This committee was responsible for the organisation of the Year Six farewell. Other parents from across the school assisted on the night.

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Continued development of relationship with Clonard College including community service activities.

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Holy Spirit Playgroup – continuing to use school grounds to run Community Playgroup

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Year 3 and 4 students involved in the Catholic Education Office Melbourne Wellbeing Drama Festival at GPAC theatre.

PARENT SATISFACTION

Parent SRC survey results Community According to the 2010 School Improvement Survey, parents feel that they have input to Holy Spirit School and the community. The general satisfaction for parents is 70%, with this being maintained from our 2009 results. The results also demonstrate that parents feel a „connectedness‟ to the school. This result was again maintained from the 2009 survey results to the 2010 survey results and is at 80%.

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Financial Performance REPORTING FRAMEWORK

MODIFIED CASH $

Recurrent income

Tuition

School fees

27,315

Other fee income

93,894

Private income

27,008

State government recurrent grants

543,413

Australian government recurrent grants

1,693,317

Total recurrent income

2,384,947

Recurrent Expenditure

Tuition

Salaries; allowances and related expenses Non salary expenses Total recurrent expenditure

1,752,248 309,973 2,062,221

Capital income and expenditure

Tuition

Government capital grants

70,468

Capital fees and levies

159,659

Other capital income

43,762

Total capital income

273,889

Total capital expenditure

208,674

Loans (includes refundable enrolment deposits and recurrent, capital and bridging loans) Total opening balance

258,694

Total closing balance

205,514

Note that the information provided above does not include the following items: System levies charged to individual schools, intra-systemic transfers and diocesan supplementary capital fund (SCF) supported borrowings for primary schools. The information provided is not comparable with other educational sectors. This VRQA template is not comparable to the ACARA school-level income reporting requirements which are to be reported on the MySchool website. ACARA school level reporting requirements will require system level income from Government grants and some private income to be allocated by school. This will be a small adjustment in relation to the total level of school resources. At this stage, recurrent income from Government sources, school generated income and capital expenditure are to be reported by schools. Additionally when assessing the private income of the school include both recurrent and capital school fees.

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Future Directions In 2011 we moved into our new building. The students and staff are embracing the space and possibilities it offers. The staff plan to develop some of these learnings to improve outcomes in other areas of the school. In 2011 the school developed a new Vision statement. In 2012 we are working on our Mission statement. Holy Spirit will continue to work with staff in the area of Mathematics. The school is committed to involvement in the Contemporary Learning and Teaching Mathematics (CTLM) program. This program is supported by the Catholic Education Office, Melbourne where two School Advisors Mathematics (SAM‟s) work with staff for a day a fortnight. The link between Parish and school is a vital element of our identity and is nurtured through class, whole school and parish Masses. The importance of liturgy as part of celebrations will continue to be developed. The school is also strengthening our link to the other schools in the Cluster Parish, Holy Family and St Patrick‟s. The three schools, along with the parish are exploring options for further involvement with the Columbans in the Philippines. 2011 saw growth in parental involvement in the school. This will continue with some further initiatives such as Preps in Pyjamas and continued improvement and maintenance of the school grounds.

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