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PO address
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MS 550 Via Toogoolawah Qld 4313
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Phone
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07 5423 5117
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Fax
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07 5423 5114
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Email
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This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Website or Contact Person
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http://www.harlinss.eq.edu.au
Teaching Principal - Ann-Maree Birgan
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Principal’s foreword
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Introduction
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Harlin State School is a small one-teacher school located in a rural community at the top of the Brisbane Valley. Students are enrolled from Prep to Year 7. The school belongs to the Southern Cluster Group in the Wide Bay West District of Wide Bay Burnett Region.
The school retained its principal in 2007 and as a result continuity for students has been achieved throughout the school year.
Enrolments fluctuated throughout the year, beginning with 19 students going down to 13 in the middle of the year but returning to 17 by the close of the school year. These changes in enrolments were due to families moving away from the area and new families arriving.
The school has battled the local belief that it is closing and has set out to change this public perception through participating in local events and highlighting school achievements in local newspapers. We have promoted the positive aspects of the school and encouraged the local community to support the school.
During 2007 the school underwent some changes to processes and procedures. Some aspects of school facilities and grounds have been up graded and the process to renew ICT resources was commenced. An audit of school teaching resources was conducted and a process has been commenced to upgrade and replace them with material relevant to our life in the 21st century.
Harlin and Linville State Schools continued to maintain close contact by working cooperatively to provide a range of learning and sporting opportunities for our students, share resources and curriculum planning. We also shared a number of learning experiences in Science and the Arts with Benarkin State School throughout 2007.
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Future outlook
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In 2008 we plan to:
· Endeavour to promote our school within the wider communities of Kilcoy, Toogoolawah and Esk to ensure they understand the school is not in danger of closing.
· Review the practices for delivering curriculum, in particular Reading, Writing and Numeracy, across the Year all year levels and develop intervention programs to meet the needs of students experiencing difficulty in attaining the National Benchmarks and employ extra staff to deliver these programs.
· Maintain a close working relationship with Linville, Benarkin and other small schools within the cluster to ensure students have opportunity to interact with larger groups of students and with students of their own age group.
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School Profile
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Harlin State School is a co-educational State School situated on the Brisbane Valley Highway near the upper reaches of the Brisbane River within the Somerset Regional Council District.
The school is a Band-5 One-Teacher School and total student enrolment currently stands at 22, however this increases to 26 early in term 3 with 2 new families moving into the area.
We currently offer 8 Key Learning Area subjects in a multi-age setting for Prep to Year 7.
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Curriculum offerings
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Our distinctive curriculum offerings during 2007:
· Harlin and Linville State School students combined to form the Brisbane Valley Rangers to compete as one team in Cluster and District events such as athletics and other sporting events.
· Our students have participated in a variety of activities within the cluster that provided them with opportunities to develop both academic and social skills.
· School activities are planned around particular events such as Anzac Day, Education Week, Queensland Day, Toogoolawah Show, Esk Festival of the Arts and in the lead up to 2008 a significant focus is on the celebration of the school’s 100th Anniversary. Students investigated and prepared displays, interviews, newsletter items, presentations and ceremonies. They designed our entrance garden and all year levels worked cooperatively to complete its construction in preparation for our 100th Anniversary.
· Students learn Indonesian and are fortunate to be taught Indonesian cooking at the end of each semester. Students also participated in Cultural Studies each week ensuring they are familiar with the cultures of different countries around the world.
· A visiting music teacher provided a range of activities to encourage student abilities and interests in Music and also prepared opportunities for our students to explore their capabilities in Drama at different times throughout the year.
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Extra curricula activities
In 2007:
· Harlin Students participated in a school based Cross Country event and students who were able to qualify went on to compete in the Smalls Schools Cross Country event held at Tanduringie. Two Harlin students then went on to compete at the District level competition in Murgon.
· Swimming lessons during Terms 1 and 4 were conducted allowing younger students to develop confidence in the water and older students to improve their swimming abilities.
· Students participated in Under 8’s Day at Tanduringie State School.
· Students at Harlin share a keen interest in environmental concepts and have developed a collection of plants in our green house, they developed a composting process for lunchtime scraps and constructed a path through the garden. Students regularly assisted with the general maintenance of the school gardens.
· The school has a tennis court. Weekly tennis lessons were conducted by a local Tennis Coach, many students attended lessons.
· The introduction of the prep year into the school has impacted on our ability to run a school camp in 2007, however the school and P&C Association has been discussing and investigating a range of possibilities to enable our older students to attend a camp in 2008.
· Students have attended a variety of Arts Council performance throughout the year.
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How computers are used to assist learning in 2007:
· Students have frequent access to computers – ratio is 2:1 which is well above the state target of 1:5 and 3 computers were replaced during the year.
· Younger students – activities involve numeracy and literacy programs (which also enhance use of mouse), basic keyboarding, word processing and publisher skills, working with digital images and photographs, understanding the language of using computers, accessing simple sets of information for research through the internet.
· Older students – activities involve much of the above and an introduction to electronic sources of information, critical evaluation of these sources of information, key boarding, word processing (including Word, Power Point and Publisher), emailing and accessing resources and activities provided on the Learning Place (an Education Queensland on line resource designed for use by teachers and students)
· Students maintain a digital portfolio, can print and save their own material, make use of digital imagery and are able to complete tasks designed to meet assessment requirements.
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Social climate
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Harlin State School is a small country school that promotes a family atmosphere. Many visiting teachers comment on how wonderful the students are at this school. A behaviour management policy exists and is published in our school Information Booklet, however we have rarely needed to refer to it.
Families support student learning through encouraging homework and attending school events when able.
We publish a fortnightly newsletter that is distributed to our families and the wider Harlin Community. This newsletter highlights events that have taken place throughout the fortnight, informs families of forthcoming events in the weeks ahead and promotes exceptional student behaviour and work.
It is our intention to provide a caring, understanding and supportive learning environment for all our students and their families.
According to our School Opinion Survey 100% of families were satisfied with our school climate, student outcomes, curriculum and pedagogy and our School-Community relations.
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Involving parents in their child’s education.
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The school has an active P&C Association although at present it has only 2 officers, owing to the fact that the secretary has recently moved to a new area. Members of the P&C usually hold monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month, although there are times when meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Throughout 2007 we have worked together to plan fundraising, special school events including our 100th Anniversary celebration, family fun days and working bees.
Local members of the wider Harlin, Moore and Toogoolawah community, parents and guardians are regularly invited to visit the school to attend ceremonies such as our ANZAC Day service, to visit the school during Education Week activities and to attend other social events. We endeavour to provide a range of opportunities for parents to visit our school and participate in some aspects of their child/rens’ education when they are able. At times our families meet together in a social context for simple enjoyment rather than the demands of fundraising and working bees.
Parents and guardians are invited to assist and support their children with Home-Reading and other homework tasks. Parents also assist with the organisation of school sporting events and attend sporting carnivals held at other schools within our cluster. They assist with transport to these events at times.
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Harlin State School is a one-teacher school. It has a qualified teaching Principal who has a Diploma of Primary Teaching and a Bachelor of Education.
Many professional development activities are also undertaken by the teacher and visiting teachers throughout 2007 to ensure that a current understanding of the curriculum, assessment procedures, teaching practices and leadership/management skills are maintained.
We have a visiting Learning Support Teacher, Inclusion Teacher and visiting Lote Teacher.
Our school enjoys the support of 2 part-time teacher aides and an administration officer 5 days per fortnight. All our non-teaching staff participated in a range of Professional Development opportunities including Child Protection, First Aide and Literacy Training.
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Expenditure on and teacher participation in professional development.
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|
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The major professional development initiatives are as follows:
· Financial and Budget development and Purchasing training
· Personal Leadership development
· Principal’s Induction Program and Regional Principal’s Conference
· Senior First Aid and CPR Training
· Curriculum Development (Literacy, Numeracy and SOSE) and QCAR framework (Essential Learnings)
· Prep training and Student Protection Training
· The involvement of the teaching staff in professional development activities during 2007 was 100%.
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Average staff attendance
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· For permanent and temporary staff and school leaders the staff attendance rate was 96% in 2007.
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Proportion of staff retained from the previous school year.
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· From the end of the 2006 school year, 100 % of our staff were retained by the school for the entire 2007 school year.
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Student attendance
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The average attendance rate as a percentage in 2007 was 93 %. A very pleasing increase from our 2006 attendance rate.
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Key outcomes in the early and middle phases of learning
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Results in the Year 2 Diagnostic Net
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Percentage of students not requiring additional support
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Reading
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No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
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Writing
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No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
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Number
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No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
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Our reading, writing and numeracy results for the Queensland Years 3, 5 and 7 Literacy and Numeracy Tests. ( Data is withheld to protect the privacy of individual students where class sizes are very small.)
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Yr 3
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Yr 5
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Yr 7
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Reading
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Average score for the school
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474
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569
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626
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Average score for Queensland
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527
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606
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672
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Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
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2007
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100%
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Data withheld
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100%
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2006
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100%
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100%
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100%
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Writing
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Average score for the school
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546
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558
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544
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Average score for
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523
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600
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681
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Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
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2007
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100%
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100%
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100%
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2006
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100 %
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100%
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Data withheld
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Numeracy
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Average score for the school
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485
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533
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531
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Average score for Queensland
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521
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588
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648
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Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
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2007
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Data withheld
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Data withheld
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Data withheld
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2006
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100 %
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100 %
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Data withheld
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Other Key Outcomes
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Value added
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The number of students enrolled in year 3, 5 and 7 ranged from 1 to 4 students and some information has been withheld to protect the confidentiality of individual students.
Students at Harlin State School pride themselves in achievement and performance. Our students strive to do their best individually and also assist each other to overcome challenges. They have a strong tendency to work together to support one another.
During 2007 all students in Year 3, 5 and 7 achieved above the national benchmark in Writing, most students in these year levels achieved above the national benchmark in Reading and in Numeracy the majority of students in the three year levels achieved results above the national benchmark.
Intervention programs are established to assist students who do not achieve the national benchmarks. Special needs, Slow Learning students and students with learning difficulties are supported in the classroom when necessary as well as being identified for individual learning support plans.
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Parent, student and teacher satisfaction with the school
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Percentage of Students in 2007 that were satisfied:
· They were getting a good education from this school was a very high proportion.
Percentage of Parents and Caregivers satisified:
· That the school is a good school was a very high proportion.
· That they were getting a good education from the school was a very high proportion.
Percentage of School Workforce satisfied:
· With access to learning opportunities that relate to school and systemic initiatives was a high proportion.
Percentage of Staff Members satisfied:
· With morale in the school was a good proportion.
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PO address
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MS 550 Via Toogoolawah Qld 4313
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Phone
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07 5423 5117
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|
Fax
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07 5423 5114
|
|
Email
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This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
|
|
Website or Contact Person
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http://www.harlinss.eq.edu.au
Teaching Principal - Ann-Maree Birgan
|
Principal’s foreword
|
|
Introduction
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a small one-teacher school located in a rural community at the top of the Brisbane Valley. Students are enrolled from Prep to Year 7. The school belongs to the Southern Cluster Group in the Wide Bay West District of Wide Bay Burnett Region.
The school retained its principal in 2007 and as a result continuity for students has been achieved throughout the school year.
Enrolments fluctuated throughout the year, beginning with 19 students going down to 13 in the middle of the year but returning to 17 by the close of the school year. These changes in enrolments were due to families moving away from the area and new families arriving.
The school has battled the local belief that it is closing and has set out to change this public perception through participating in local events and highlighting school achievements in local newspapers. We have promoted the positive aspects of the school and encouraged the local community to support the school.
During 2007 the school underwent some changes to processes and procedures. Some aspects of school facilities and grounds have been up graded and the process to renew ICT resources was commenced. An audit of school teaching resources was conducted and a process has been commenced to upgrade and replace them with material relevant to our life in the 21st century.
Harlin and Linville State Schools continued to maintain close contact by working cooperatively to provide a range of learning and sporting opportunities for our students, share resources and curriculum planning. We also shared a number of learning experiences in Science and the Arts with Benarkin State School throughout 2007.
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|
|
Future outlook
|
|
|
|
In 2008 we plan to:
· Endeavour to promote our school within the wider communities of Kilcoy, Toogoolawah and Esk to ensure they understand the school is not in danger of closing.
· Review the practices for delivering curriculum, in particular Reading, Writing and Numeracy, across the Year all year levels and develop intervention programs to meet the needs of students experiencing difficulty in attaining the National Benchmarks and employ extra staff to deliver these programs.
· Maintain a close working relationship with Linville, Benarkin and other small schools within the cluster to ensure students have opportunity to interact with larger groups of students and with students of their own age group.
|
|
|
School Profile
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a co-educational State School situated on the Brisbane Valley Highway near the upper reaches of the Brisbane River within the Somerset Regional Council District.
The school is a Band-5 One-Teacher School and total student enrolment currently stands at 22, however this increases to 26 early in term 3 with 2 new families moving into the area.
We currently offer 8 Key Learning Area subjects in a multi-age setting for Prep to Year 7.
|
|
|
Curriculum offerings
|
|
|
|
Our distinctive curriculum offerings during 2007:
· Harlin and Linville State School students combined to form the Brisbane Valley Rangers to compete as one team in Cluster and District events such as athletics and other sporting events.
· Our students have participated in a variety of activities within the cluster that provided them with opportunities to develop both academic and social skills.
· School activities are planned around particular events such as Anzac Day, Education Week, Queensland Day, Toogoolawah Show, Esk Festival of the Arts and in the lead up to 2008 a significant focus is on the celebration of the school’s 100th Anniversary. Students investigated and prepared displays, interviews, newsletter items, presentations and ceremonies. They designed our entrance garden and all year levels worked cooperatively to complete its construction in preparation for our 100th Anniversary.
· Students learn Indonesian and are fortunate to be taught Indonesian cooking at the end of each semester. Students also participated in Cultural Studies each week ensuring they are familiar with the cultures of different countries around the world.
· A visiting music teacher provided a range of activities to encourage student abilities and interests in Music and also prepared opportunities for our students to explore their capabilities in Drama at different times throughout the year.
|
|
|
Extra curricula activities
In 2007:
· Harlin Students participated in a school based Cross Country event and students who were able to qualify went on to compete in the Smalls Schools Cross Country event held at Tanduringie. Two Harlin students then went on to compete at the District level competition in Murgon.
· Swimming lessons during Terms 1 and 4 were conducted allowing younger students to develop confidence in the water and older students to improve their swimming abilities.
· Students participated in Under 8’s Day at Tanduringie State School.
· Students at Harlin share a keen interest in environmental concepts and have developed a collection of plants in our green house, they developed a composting process for lunchtime scraps and constructed a path through the garden. Students regularly assisted with the general maintenance of the school gardens.
· The school has a tennis court. Weekly tennis lessons were conducted by a local Tennis Coach, many students attended lessons.
· The introduction of the prep year into the school has impacted on our ability to run a school camp in 2007, however the school and P&C Association has been discussing and investigating a range of possibilities to enable our older students to attend a camp in 2008.
· Students have attended a variety of Arts Council performance throughout the year.
|
|
|
How computers are used to assist learning in 2007:
· Students have frequent access to computers – ratio is 2:1 which is well above the state target of 1:5 and 3 computers were replaced during the year.
· Younger students – activities involve numeracy and literacy programs (which also enhance use of mouse), basic keyboarding, word processing and publisher skills, working with digital images and photographs, understanding the language of using computers, accessing simple sets of information for research through the internet.
· Older students – activities involve much of the above and an introduction to electronic sources of information, critical evaluation of these sources of information, key boarding, word processing (including Word, Power Point and Publisher), emailing and accessing resources and activities provided on the Learning Place (an Education Queensland on line resource designed for use by teachers and students)
· Students maintain a digital portfolio, can print and save their own material, make use of digital imagery and are able to complete tasks designed to meet assessment requirements.
|
|
|
Social climate
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a small country school that promotes a family atmosphere. Many visiting teachers comment on how wonderful the students are at this school. A behaviour management policy exists and is published in our school Information Booklet, however we have rarely needed to refer to it.
Families support student learning through encouraging homework and attending school events when able.
We publish a fortnightly newsletter that is distributed to our families and the wider Harlin Community. This newsletter highlights events that have taken place throughout the fortnight, informs families of forthcoming events in the weeks ahead and promotes exceptional student behaviour and work.
It is our intention to provide a caring, understanding and supportive learning environment for all our students and their families.
According to our School Opinion Survey 100% of families were satisfied with our school climate, student outcomes, curriculum and pedagogy and our School-Community relations.
|
|
|
Involving parents in their child’s education.
|
|
|
|
The school has an active P&C Association although at present it has only 2 officers, owing to the fact that the secretary has recently moved to a new area. Members of the P&C usually hold monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month, although there are times when meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Throughout 2007 we have worked together to plan fundraising, special school events including our 100th Anniversary celebration, family fun days and working bees.
Local members of the wider Harlin, Moore and Toogoolawah community, parents and guardians are regularly invited to visit the school to attend ceremonies such as our ANZAC Day service, to visit the school during Education Week activities and to attend other social events. We endeavour to provide a range of opportunities for parents to visit our school and participate in some aspects of their child/rens’ education when they are able. At times our families meet together in a social context for simple enjoyment rather than the demands of fundraising and working bees.
Parents and guardians are invited to assist and support their children with Home-Reading and other homework tasks. Parents also assist with the organisation of school sporting events and attend sporting carnivals held at other schools within our cluster. They assist with transport to these events at times.
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a one-teacher school. It has a qualified teaching Principal who has a Diploma of Primary Teaching and a Bachelor of Education.
Many professional development activities are also undertaken by the teacher and visiting teachers throughout 2007 to ensure that a current understanding of the curriculum, assessment procedures, teaching practices and leadership/management skills are maintained.
We have a visiting Learning Support Teacher, Inclusion Teacher and visiting Lote Teacher.
Our school enjoys the support of 2 part-time teacher aides and an administration officer 5 days per fortnight. All our non-teaching staff participated in a range of Professional Development opportunities including Child Protection, First Aide and Literacy Training.
|
|
|
Expenditure on and teacher participation in professional development.
|
|
|
|
The major professional development initiatives are as follows:
· Financial and Budget development and Purchasing training
· Personal Leadership development
· Principal’s Induction Program and Regional Principal’s Conference
· Senior First Aid and CPR Training
· Curriculum Development (Literacy, Numeracy and SOSE) and QCAR framework (Essential Learnings)
· Prep training and Student Protection Training
· The involvement of the teaching staff in professional development activities during 2007 was 100%.
|
|
|
Average staff attendance
|
|
|
|
· For permanent and temporary staff and school leaders the staff attendance rate was 96% in 2007.
|
|
|
Proportion of staff retained from the previous school year.
|
|
|
|
· From the end of the 2006 school year, 100 % of our staff were retained by the school for the entire 2007 school year.
|
|
|
Student attendance
|
|
|
|
The average attendance rate as a percentage in 2007 was 93 %. A very pleasing increase from our 2006 attendance rate.
|
Key outcomes in the early and middle phases of learning
|
|
Results in the Year 2 Diagnostic Net
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of students not requiring additional support
|
|
|
|
|
Reading
|
No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
|
|
|
Writing
|
No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
|
|
|
Number
|
No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
|
|
|
Our reading, writing and numeracy results for the Queensland Years 3, 5 and 7 Literacy and Numeracy Tests. ( Data is withheld to protect the privacy of individual students where class sizes are very small.)
|
|
|
|
|
Yr 3
|
Yr 5
|
Yr 7
|
|
|
Reading
|
Average score for the school
|
474
|
569
|
626
|
|
|
Average score for Queensland
|
527
|
606
|
672
|
|
|
Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
|
2007
|
100%
|
Data withheld
|
100%
|
|
2006
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
|
Writing
|
Average score for the school
|
546
|
558
|
544
|
|
|
Average score for
|
523
|
600
|
681
|
|
|
Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
|
2007
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
2006
|
100 %
|
100%
|
Data withheld
|
|
|
Numeracy
|
Average score for the school
|
485
|
533
|
531
|
|
|
Average score for Queensland
|
521
|
588
|
648
|
|
|
Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
|
2007
|
Data withheld
|
Data withheld
|
Data withheld
|
|
2006
|
100 %
|
100 %
|
Data withheld
|
Other Key Outcomes
|
|
Value added
|
|
|
|
The number of students enrolled in year 3, 5 and 7 ranged from 1 to 4 students and some information has been withheld to protect the confidentiality of individual students.
Students at Harlin State School pride themselves in achievement and performance. Our students strive to do their best individually and also assist each other to overcome challenges. They have a strong tendency to work together to support one another.
During 2007 all students in Year 3, 5 and 7 achieved above the national benchmark in Writing, most students in these year levels achieved above the national benchmark in Reading and in Numeracy the majority of students in the three year levels achieved results above the national benchmark.
Intervention programs are established to assist students who do not achieve the national benchmarks. Special needs, Slow Learning students and students with learning difficulties are supported in the classroom when necessary as well as being identified for individual learning support plans.
|
|
|
Parent, student and teacher satisfaction with the school
|
|
|
|
Percentage of Students in 2007 that were satisfied:
· They were getting a good education from this school was a very high proportion.
Percentage of Parents and Caregivers satisified:
· That the school is a good school was a very high proportion.
· That they were getting a good education from the school was a very high proportion.
Percentage of School Workforce satisfied:
· With access to learning opportunities that relate to school and systemic initiatives was a high proportion.
Percentage of Staff Members satisfied:
· With morale in the school was a good proportion.
|
|
PO address
|
MS 550 Via Toogoolawah Qld 4313
|
|
Phone
|
07 5423 5117
|
|
Fax
|
07 5423 5114
|
|
Email
|
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
|
|
Website or Contact Person
|
http://www.harlinss.eq.edu.au
Teaching Principal - Ann-Maree Birgan
|
Principal’s foreword
|
|
Introduction
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a small one-teacher school located in a rural community at the top of the Brisbane Valley. Students are enrolled from Prep to Year 7. The school belongs to the Southern Cluster Group in the Wide Bay West District of Wide Bay Burnett Region.
The school retained its principal in 2007 and as a result continuity for students has been achieved throughout the school year.
Enrolments fluctuated throughout the year, beginning with 19 students going down to 13 in the middle of the year but returning to 17 by the close of the school year. These changes in enrolments were due to families moving away from the area and new families arriving.
The school has battled the local belief that it is closing and has set out to change this public perception through participating in local events and highlighting school achievements in local newspapers. We have promoted the positive aspects of the school and encouraged the local community to support the school.
During 2007 the school underwent some changes to processes and procedures. Some aspects of school facilities and grounds have been up graded and the process to renew ICT resources was commenced. An audit of school teaching resources was conducted and a process has been commenced to upgrade and replace them with material relevant to our life in the 21st century.
Harlin and Linville State Schools continued to maintain close contact by working cooperatively to provide a range of learning and sporting opportunities for our students, share resources and curriculum planning. We also shared a number of learning experiences in Science and the Arts with Benarkin State School throughout 2007.
|
|
|
Future outlook
|
|
|
|
In 2008 we plan to:
· Endeavour to promote our school within the wider communities of Kilcoy, Toogoolawah and Esk to ensure they understand the school is not in danger of closing.
· Review the practices for delivering curriculum, in particular Reading, Writing and Numeracy, across the Year all year levels and develop intervention programs to meet the needs of students experiencing difficulty in attaining the National Benchmarks and employ extra staff to deliver these programs.
· Maintain a close working relationship with Linville, Benarkin and other small schools within the cluster to ensure students have opportunity to interact with larger groups of students and with students of their own age group.
|
|
|
School Profile
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a co-educational State School situated on the Brisbane Valley Highway near the upper reaches of the Brisbane River within the Somerset Regional Council District.
The school is a Band-5 One-Teacher School and total student enrolment currently stands at 22, however this increases to 26 early in term 3 with 2 new families moving into the area.
We currently offer 8 Key Learning Area subjects in a multi-age setting for Prep to Year 7.
|
|
|
Curriculum offerings
|
|
|
|
Our distinctive curriculum offerings during 2007:
· Harlin and Linville State School students combined to form the Brisbane Valley Rangers to compete as one team in Cluster and District events such as athletics and other sporting events.
· Our students have participated in a variety of activities within the cluster that provided them with opportunities to develop both academic and social skills.
· School activities are planned around particular events such as Anzac Day, Education Week, Queensland Day, Toogoolawah Show, Esk Festival of the Arts and in the lead up to 2008 a significant focus is on the celebration of the school’s 100th Anniversary. Students investigated and prepared displays, interviews, newsletter items, presentations and ceremonies. They designed our entrance garden and all year levels worked cooperatively to complete its construction in preparation for our 100th Anniversary.
· Students learn Indonesian and are fortunate to be taught Indonesian cooking at the end of each semester. Students also participated in Cultural Studies each week ensuring they are familiar with the cultures of different countries around the world.
· A visiting music teacher provided a range of activities to encourage student abilities and interests in Music and also prepared opportunities for our students to explore their capabilities in Drama at different times throughout the year.
|
|
|
Extra curricula activities
In 2007:
· Harlin Students participated in a school based Cross Country event and students who were able to qualify went on to compete in the Smalls Schools Cross Country event held at Tanduringie. Two Harlin students then went on to compete at the District level competition in Murgon.
· Swimming lessons during Terms 1 and 4 were conducted allowing younger students to develop confidence in the water and older students to improve their swimming abilities.
· Students participated in Under 8’s Day at Tanduringie State School.
· Students at Harlin share a keen interest in environmental concepts and have developed a collection of plants in our green house, they developed a composting process for lunchtime scraps and constructed a path through the garden. Students regularly assisted with the general maintenance of the school gardens.
· The school has a tennis court. Weekly tennis lessons were conducted by a local Tennis Coach, many students attended lessons.
· The introduction of the prep year into the school has impacted on our ability to run a school camp in 2007, however the school and P&C Association has been discussing and investigating a range of possibilities to enable our older students to attend a camp in 2008.
· Students have attended a variety of Arts Council performance throughout the year.
|
|
|
How computers are used to assist learning in 2007:
· Students have frequent access to computers – ratio is 2:1 which is well above the state target of 1:5 and 3 computers were replaced during the year.
· Younger students – activities involve numeracy and literacy programs (which also enhance use of mouse), basic keyboarding, word processing and publisher skills, working with digital images and photographs, understanding the language of using computers, accessing simple sets of information for research through the internet.
· Older students – activities involve much of the above and an introduction to electronic sources of information, critical evaluation of these sources of information, key boarding, word processing (including Word, Power Point and Publisher), emailing and accessing resources and activities provided on the Learning Place (an Education Queensland on line resource designed for use by teachers and students)
· Students maintain a digital portfolio, can print and save their own material, make use of digital imagery and are able to complete tasks designed to meet assessment requirements.
|
|
|
Social climate
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a small country school that promotes a family atmosphere. Many visiting teachers comment on how wonderful the students are at this school. A behaviour management policy exists and is published in our school Information Booklet, however we have rarely needed to refer to it.
Families support student learning through encouraging homework and attending school events when able.
We publish a fortnightly newsletter that is distributed to our families and the wider Harlin Community. This newsletter highlights events that have taken place throughout the fortnight, informs families of forthcoming events in the weeks ahead and promotes exceptional student behaviour and work.
It is our intention to provide a caring, understanding and supportive learning environment for all our students and their families.
According to our School Opinion Survey 100% of families were satisfied with our school climate, student outcomes, curriculum and pedagogy and our School-Community relations.
|
|
|
Involving parents in their child’s education.
|
|
|
|
The school has an active P&C Association although at present it has only 2 officers, owing to the fact that the secretary has recently moved to a new area. Members of the P&C usually hold monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month, although there are times when meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Throughout 2007 we have worked together to plan fundraising, special school events including our 100th Anniversary celebration, family fun days and working bees.
Local members of the wider Harlin, Moore and Toogoolawah community, parents and guardians are regularly invited to visit the school to attend ceremonies such as our ANZAC Day service, to visit the school during Education Week activities and to attend other social events. We endeavour to provide a range of opportunities for parents to visit our school and participate in some aspects of their child/rens’ education when they are able. At times our families meet together in a social context for simple enjoyment rather than the demands of fundraising and working bees.
Parents and guardians are invited to assist and support their children with Home-Reading and other homework tasks. Parents also assist with the organisation of school sporting events and attend sporting carnivals held at other schools within our cluster. They assist with transport to these events at times.
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|
|
Harlin State School is a one-teacher school. It has a qualified teaching Principal who has a Diploma of Primary Teaching and a Bachelor of Education.
Many professional development activities are also undertaken by the teacher and visiting teachers throughout 2007 to ensure that a current understanding of the curriculum, assessment procedures, teaching practices and leadership/management skills are maintained.
We have a visiting Learning Support Teacher, Inclusion Teacher and visiting Lote Teacher.
Our school enjoys the support of 2 part-time teacher aides and an administration officer 5 days per fortnight. All our non-teaching staff participated in a range of Professional Development opportunities including Child Protection, First Aide and Literacy Training.
|
|
|
Expenditure on and teacher participation in professional development.
|
|
|
|
The major professional development initiatives are as follows:
· Financial and Budget development and Purchasing training
· Personal Leadership development
· Principal’s Induction Program and Regional Principal’s Conference
· Senior First Aid and CPR Training
· Curriculum Development (Literacy, Numeracy and SOSE) and QCAR framework (Essential Learnings)
· Prep training and Student Protection Training
· The involvement of the teaching staff in professional development activities during 2007 was 100%.
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|
|
Average staff attendance
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|
|
|
· For permanent and temporary staff and school leaders the staff attendance rate was 96% in 2007.
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Proportion of staff retained from the previous school year.
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|
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· From the end of the 2006 school year, 100 % of our staff were retained by the school for the entire 2007 school year.
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|
|
Student attendance
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|
|
|
The average attendance rate as a percentage in 2007 was 93 %. A very pleasing increase from our 2006 attendance rate.
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Key outcomes in the early and middle phases of learning
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Results in the Year 2 Diagnostic Net
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|
|
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Percentage of students not requiring additional support
|
|
|
|
|
Reading
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No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
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Writing
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No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
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Number
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No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
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|
Our reading, writing and numeracy results for the Queensland Years 3, 5 and 7 Literacy and Numeracy Tests. ( Data is withheld to protect the privacy of individual students where class sizes are very small.)
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|
|
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|
Yr 3
|
Yr 5
|
Yr 7
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|
|
Reading
|
Average score for the school
|
474
|
569
|
626
|
|
|
Average score for Queensland
|
527
|
606
|
672
|
|
|
Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
|
2007
|
100%
|
Data withheld
|
100%
|
|
2006
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
|
Writing
|
Average score for the school
|
546
|
558
|
544
|
|
|
Average score for
|
523
|
600
|
681
|
|
|
Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
|
2007
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
2006
|
100 %
|
100%
|
Data withheld
|
|
|
Numeracy
|
Average score for the school
|
485
|
533
|
531
|
|
|
Average score for Queensland
|
521
|
588
|
648
|
|
|
Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
|
2007
|
Data withheld
|
Data withheld
|
Data withheld
|
|
2006
|
100 %
|
100 %
|
Data withheld
|
Other Key Outcomes
|
|
Value added
|
|
|
|
The number of students enrolled in year 3, 5 and 7 ranged from 1 to 4 students and some information has been withheld to protect the confidentiality of individual students.
Students at Harlin State School pride themselves in achievement and performance. Our students strive to do their best individually and also assist each other to overcome challenges. They have a strong tendency to work together to support one another.
During 2007 all students in Year 3, 5 and 7 achieved above the national benchmark in Writing, most students in these year levels achieved above the national benchmark in Reading and in Numeracy the majority of students in the three year levels achieved results above the national benchmark.
Intervention programs are established to assist students who do not achieve the national benchmarks. Special needs, Slow Learning students and students with learning difficulties are supported in the classroom when necessary as well as being identified for individual learning support plans.
|
|
|
Parent, student and teacher satisfaction with the school
|
|
|
|
Percentage of Students in 2007 that were satisfied:
· They were getting a good education from this school was a very high proportion.
Percentage of Parents and Caregivers satisified:
· That the school is a good school was a very high proportion.
· That they were getting a good education from the school was a very high proportion.
Percentage of School Workforce satisfied:
· With access to learning opportunities that relate to school and systemic initiatives was a high proportion.
Percentage of Staff Members satisfied:
· With morale in the school was a good proportion.
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PO address
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MS 550 Via Toogoolawah Qld 4313
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Phone
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07 5423 5117
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Fax
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07 5423 5114
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Email
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This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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|
Website or Contact Person
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http://www.harlinss.eq.edu.au
Teaching Principal - Ann-Maree Birgan
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Principal’s foreword
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|
Introduction
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|
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|
Harlin State School is a small one-teacher school located in a rural community at the top of the Brisbane Valley. Students are enrolled from Prep to Year 7. The school belongs to the Southern Cluster Group in the Wide Bay West District of Wide Bay Burnett Region.
The school retained its principal in 2007 and as a result continuity for students has been achieved throughout the school year.
Enrolments fluctuated throughout the year, beginning with 19 students going down to 13 in the middle of the year but returning to 17 by the close of the school year. These changes in enrolments were due to families moving away from the area and new families arriving.
The school has battled the local belief that it is closing and has set out to change this public perception through participating in local events and highlighting school achievements in local newspapers. We have promoted the positive aspects of the school and encouraged the local community to support the school.
During 2007 the school underwent some changes to processes and procedures. Some aspects of school facilities and grounds have been up graded and the process to renew ICT resources was commenced. An audit of school teaching resources was conducted and a process has been commenced to upgrade and replace them with material relevant to our life in the 21st century.
Harlin and Linville State Schools continued to maintain close contact by working cooperatively to provide a range of learning and sporting opportunities for our students, share resources and curriculum planning. We also shared a number of learning experiences in Science and the Arts with Benarkin State School throughout 2007.
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|
|
Future outlook
|
|
|
|
In 2008 we plan to:
· Endeavour to promote our school within the wider communities of Kilcoy, Toogoolawah and Esk to ensure they understand the school is not in danger of closing.
· Review the practices for delivering curriculum, in particular Reading, Writing and Numeracy, across the Year all year levels and develop intervention programs to meet the needs of students experiencing difficulty in attaining the National Benchmarks and employ extra staff to deliver these programs.
· Maintain a close working relationship with Linville, Benarkin and other small schools within the cluster to ensure students have opportunity to interact with larger groups of students and with students of their own age group.
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|
|
School Profile
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a co-educational State School situated on the Brisbane Valley Highway near the upper reaches of the Brisbane River within the Somerset Regional Council District.
The school is a Band-5 One-Teacher School and total student enrolment currently stands at 22, however this increases to 26 early in term 3 with 2 new families moving into the area.
We currently offer 8 Key Learning Area subjects in a multi-age setting for Prep to Year 7.
|
|
|
Curriculum offerings
|
|
|
|
Our distinctive curriculum offerings during 2007:
· Harlin and Linville State School students combined to form the Brisbane Valley Rangers to compete as one team in Cluster and District events such as athletics and other sporting events.
· Our students have participated in a variety of activities within the cluster that provided them with opportunities to develop both academic and social skills.
· School activities are planned around particular events such as Anzac Day, Education Week, Queensland Day, Toogoolawah Show, Esk Festival of the Arts and in the lead up to 2008 a significant focus is on the celebration of the school’s 100th Anniversary. Students investigated and prepared displays, interviews, newsletter items, presentations and ceremonies. They designed our entrance garden and all year levels worked cooperatively to complete its construction in preparation for our 100th Anniversary.
· Students learn Indonesian and are fortunate to be taught Indonesian cooking at the end of each semester. Students also participated in Cultural Studies each week ensuring they are familiar with the cultures of different countries around the world.
· A visiting music teacher provided a range of activities to encourage student abilities and interests in Music and also prepared opportunities for our students to explore their capabilities in Drama at different times throughout the year.
|
|
|
Extra curricula activities
In 2007:
· Harlin Students participated in a school based Cross Country event and students who were able to qualify went on to compete in the Smalls Schools Cross Country event held at Tanduringie. Two Harlin students then went on to compete at the District level competition in Murgon.
· Swimming lessons during Terms 1 and 4 were conducted allowing younger students to develop confidence in the water and older students to improve their swimming abilities.
· Students participated in Under 8’s Day at Tanduringie State School.
· Students at Harlin share a keen interest in environmental concepts and have developed a collection of plants in our green house, they developed a composting process for lunchtime scraps and constructed a path through the garden. Students regularly assisted with the general maintenance of the school gardens.
· The school has a tennis court. Weekly tennis lessons were conducted by a local Tennis Coach, many students attended lessons.
· The introduction of the prep year into the school has impacted on our ability to run a school camp in 2007, however the school and P&C Association has been discussing and investigating a range of possibilities to enable our older students to attend a camp in 2008.
· Students have attended a variety of Arts Council performance throughout the year.
|
|
|
How computers are used to assist learning in 2007:
· Students have frequent access to computers – ratio is 2:1 which is well above the state target of 1:5 and 3 computers were replaced during the year.
· Younger students – activities involve numeracy and literacy programs (which also enhance use of mouse), basic keyboarding, word processing and publisher skills, working with digital images and photographs, understanding the language of using computers, accessing simple sets of information for research through the internet.
· Older students – activities involve much of the above and an introduction to electronic sources of information, critical evaluation of these sources of information, key boarding, word processing (including Word, Power Point and Publisher), emailing and accessing resources and activities provided on the Learning Place (an Education Queensland on line resource designed for use by teachers and students)
· Students maintain a digital portfolio, can print and save their own material, make use of digital imagery and are able to complete tasks designed to meet assessment requirements.
|
|
|
Social climate
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a small country school that promotes a family atmosphere. Many visiting teachers comment on how wonderful the students are at this school. A behaviour management policy exists and is published in our school Information Booklet, however we have rarely needed to refer to it.
Families support student learning through encouraging homework and attending school events when able.
We publish a fortnightly newsletter that is distributed to our families and the wider Harlin Community. This newsletter highlights events that have taken place throughout the fortnight, informs families of forthcoming events in the weeks ahead and promotes exceptional student behaviour and work.
It is our intention to provide a caring, understanding and supportive learning environment for all our students and their families.
According to our School Opinion Survey 100% of families were satisfied with our school climate, student outcomes, curriculum and pedagogy and our School-Community relations.
|
|
|
Involving parents in their child’s education.
|
|
|
|
The school has an active P&C Association although at present it has only 2 officers, owing to the fact that the secretary has recently moved to a new area. Members of the P&C usually hold monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month, although there are times when meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Throughout 2007 we have worked together to plan fundraising, special school events including our 100th Anniversary celebration, family fun days and working bees.
Local members of the wider Harlin, Moore and Toogoolawah community, parents and guardians are regularly invited to visit the school to attend ceremonies such as our ANZAC Day service, to visit the school during Education Week activities and to attend other social events. We endeavour to provide a range of opportunities for parents to visit our school and participate in some aspects of their child/rens’ education when they are able. At times our families meet together in a social context for simple enjoyment rather than the demands of fundraising and working bees.
Parents and guardians are invited to assist and support their children with Home-Reading and other homework tasks. Parents also assist with the organisation of school sporting events and attend sporting carnivals held at other schools within our cluster. They assist with transport to these events at times.
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a one-teacher school. It has a qualified teaching Principal who has a Diploma of Primary Teaching and a Bachelor of Education.
Many professional development activities are also undertaken by the teacher and visiting teachers throughout 2007 to ensure that a current understanding of the curriculum, assessment procedures, teaching practices and leadership/management skills are maintained.
We have a visiting Learning Support Teacher, Inclusion Teacher and visiting Lote Teacher.
Our school enjoys the support of 2 part-time teacher aides and an administration officer 5 days per fortnight. All our non-teaching staff participated in a range of Professional Development opportunities including Child Protection, First Aide and Literacy Training.
|
|
|
Expenditure on and teacher participation in professional development.
|
|
|
|
The major professional development initiatives are as follows:
· Financial and Budget development and Purchasing training
· Personal Leadership development
· Principal’s Induction Program and Regional Principal’s Conference
· Senior First Aid and CPR Training
· Curriculum Development (Literacy, Numeracy and SOSE) and QCAR framework (Essential Learnings)
· Prep training and Student Protection Training
· The involvement of the teaching staff in professional development activities during 2007 was 100%.
|
|
|
Average staff attendance
|
|
|
|
· For permanent and temporary staff and school leaders the staff attendance rate was 96% in 2007.
|
|
|
Proportion of staff retained from the previous school year.
|
|
|
|
· From the end of the 2006 school year, 100 % of our staff were retained by the school for the entire 2007 school year.
|
|
|
Student attendance
|
|
|
|
The average attendance rate as a percentage in 2007 was 93 %. A very pleasing increase from our 2006 attendance rate.
|
Key outcomes in the early and middle phases of learning
|
|
Results in the Year 2 Diagnostic Net
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of students not requiring additional support
|
|
|
|
|
Reading
|
No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
|
|
|
Writing
|
No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
|
|
|
Number
|
No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
|
|
|
Our reading, writing and numeracy results for the Queensland Years 3, 5 and 7 Literacy and Numeracy Tests. ( Data is withheld to protect the privacy of individual students where class sizes are very small.)
|
|
|
|
|
Yr 3
|
Yr 5
|
Yr 7
|
|
|
Reading
|
Average score for the school
|
474
|
569
|
626
|
|
|
Average score for Queensland
|
527
|
606
|
672
|
|
|
Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
|
2007
|
100%
|
Data withheld
|
100%
|
|
2006
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
|
Writing
|
Average score for the school
|
546
|
558
|
544
|
|
|
Average score for
|
523
|
600
|
681
|
|
|
Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
|
2007
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
2006
|
100 %
|
100%
|
Data withheld
|
|
|
Numeracy
|
Average score for the school
|
485
|
533
|
531
|
|
|
Average score for Queensland
|
521
|
588
|
648
|
|
|
Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
|
2007
|
Data withheld
|
Data withheld
|
Data withheld
|
|
2006
|
100 %
|
100 %
|
Data withheld
|
Other Key Outcomes
|
|
Value added
|
|
|
|
The number of students enrolled in year 3, 5 and 7 ranged from 1 to 4 students and some information has been withheld to protect the confidentiality of individual students.
Students at Harlin State School pride themselves in achievement and performance. Our students strive to do their best individually and also assist each other to overcome challenges. They have a strong tendency to work together to support one another.
During 2007 all students in Year 3, 5 and 7 achieved above the national benchmark in Writing, most students in these year levels achieved above the national benchmark in Reading and in Numeracy the majority of students in the three year levels achieved results above the national benchmark.
Intervention programs are established to assist students who do not achieve the national benchmarks. Special needs, Slow Learning students and students with learning difficulties are supported in the classroom when necessary as well as being identified for individual learning support plans.
|
|
|
Parent, student and teacher satisfaction with the school
|
|
|
|
Percentage of Students in 2007 that were satisfied:
· They were getting a good education from this school was a very high proportion.
Percentage of Parents and Caregivers satisified:
· That the school is a good school was a very high proportion.
· That they were getting a good education from the school was a very high proportion.
Percentage of School Workforce satisfied:
· With access to learning opportunities that relate to school and systemic initiatives was a high proportion.
Percentage of Staff Members satisfied:
· With morale in the school was a good proportion.
|
|
PO address
|
MS 550 Via Toogoolawah Qld 4313
|
|
Phone
|
07 5423 5117
|
|
Fax
|
07 5423 5114
|
|
Email
|
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
|
|
Website or Contact Person
|
http://www.harlinss.eq.edu.au
Teaching Principal - Ann-Maree Birgan
|
Principal’s foreword
|
|
Introduction
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a small one-teacher school located in a rural community at the top of the Brisbane Valley. Students are enrolled from Prep to Year 7. The school belongs to the Southern Cluster Group in the Wide Bay West District of Wide Bay Burnett Region.
The school retained its principal in 2007 and as a result continuity for students has been achieved throughout the school year.
Enrolments fluctuated throughout the year, beginning with 19 students going down to 13 in the middle of the year but returning to 17 by the close of the school year. These changes in enrolments were due to families moving away from the area and new families arriving.
The school has battled the local belief that it is closing and has set out to change this public perception through participating in local events and highlighting school achievements in local newspapers. We have promoted the positive aspects of the school and encouraged the local community to support the school.
During 2007 the school underwent some changes to processes and procedures. Some aspects of school facilities and grounds have been up graded and the process to renew ICT resources was commenced. An audit of school teaching resources was conducted and a process has been commenced to upgrade and replace them with material relevant to our life in the 21st century.
Harlin and Linville State Schools continued to maintain close contact by working cooperatively to provide a range of learning and sporting opportunities for our students, share resources and curriculum planning. We also shared a number of learning experiences in Science and the Arts with Benarkin State School throughout 2007.
|
|
|
Future outlook
|
|
|
|
In 2008 we plan to:
· Endeavour to promote our school within the wider communities of Kilcoy, Toogoolawah and Esk to ensure they understand the school is not in danger of closing.
· Review the practices for delivering curriculum, in particular Reading, Writing and Numeracy, across the Year all year levels and develop intervention programs to meet the needs of students experiencing difficulty in attaining the National Benchmarks and employ extra staff to deliver these programs.
· Maintain a close working relationship with Linville, Benarkin and other small schools within the cluster to ensure students have opportunity to interact with larger groups of students and with students of their own age group.
|
|
|
School Profile
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a co-educational State School situated on the Brisbane Valley Highway near the upper reaches of the Brisbane River within the Somerset Regional Council District.
The school is a Band-5 One-Teacher School and total student enrolment currently stands at 22, however this increases to 26 early in term 3 with 2 new families moving into the area.
We currently offer 8 Key Learning Area subjects in a multi-age setting for Prep to Year 7.
|
|
|
Curriculum offerings
|
|
|
|
Our distinctive curriculum offerings during 2007:
· Harlin and Linville State School students combined to form the Brisbane Valley Rangers to compete as one team in Cluster and District events such as athletics and other sporting events.
· Our students have participated in a variety of activities within the cluster that provided them with opportunities to develop both academic and social skills.
· School activities are planned around particular events such as Anzac Day, Education Week, Queensland Day, Toogoolawah Show, Esk Festival of the Arts and in the lead up to 2008 a significant focus is on the celebration of the school’s 100th Anniversary. Students investigated and prepared displays, interviews, newsletter items, presentations and ceremonies. They designed our entrance garden and all year levels worked cooperatively to complete its construction in preparation for our 100th Anniversary.
· Students learn Indonesian and are fortunate to be taught Indonesian cooking at the end of each semester. Students also participated in Cultural Studies each week ensuring they are familiar with the cultures of different countries around the world.
· A visiting music teacher provided a range of activities to encourage student abilities and interests in Music and also prepared opportunities for our students to explore their capabilities in Drama at different times throughout the year.
|
|
|
Extra curricula activities
In 2007:
· Harlin Students participated in a school based Cross Country event and students who were able to qualify went on to compete in the Smalls Schools Cross Country event held at Tanduringie. Two Harlin students then went on to compete at the District level competition in Murgon.
· Swimming lessons during Terms 1 and 4 were conducted allowing younger students to develop confidence in the water and older students to improve their swimming abilities.
· Students participated in Under 8’s Day at Tanduringie State School.
· Students at Harlin share a keen interest in environmental concepts and have developed a collection of plants in our green house, they developed a composting process for lunchtime scraps and constructed a path through the garden. Students regularly assisted with the general maintenance of the school gardens.
· The school has a tennis court. Weekly tennis lessons were conducted by a local Tennis Coach, many students attended lessons.
· The introduction of the prep year into the school has impacted on our ability to run a school camp in 2007, however the school and P&C Association has been discussing and investigating a range of possibilities to enable our older students to attend a camp in 2008.
· Students have attended a variety of Arts Council performance throughout the year.
|
|
|
How computers are used to assist learning in 2007:
· Students have frequent access to computers – ratio is 2:1 which is well above the state target of 1:5 and 3 computers were replaced during the year.
· Younger students – activities involve numeracy and literacy programs (which also enhance use of mouse), basic keyboarding, word processing and publisher skills, working with digital images and photographs, understanding the language of using computers, accessing simple sets of information for research through the internet.
· Older students – activities involve much of the above and an introduction to electronic sources of information, critical evaluation of these sources of information, key boarding, word processing (including Word, Power Point and Publisher), emailing and accessing resources and activities provided on the Learning Place (an Education Queensland on line resource designed for use by teachers and students)
· Students maintain a digital portfolio, can print and save their own material, make use of digital imagery and are able to complete tasks designed to meet assessment requirements.
|
|
|
Social climate
|
|
|
|
Harlin State School is a small country school that promotes a family atmosphere. Many visiting teachers comment on how wonderful the students are at this school. A behaviour management policy exists and is published in our school Information Booklet, however we have rarely needed to refer to it.
Families support student learning through encouraging homework and attending school events when able.
We publish a fortnightly newsletter that is distributed to our families and the wider Harlin Community. This newsletter highlights events that have taken place throughout the fortnight, informs families of forthcoming events in the weeks ahead and promotes exceptional student behaviour and work.
It is our intention to provide a caring, understanding and supportive learning environment for all our students and their families.
According to our School Opinion Survey 100% of families were satisfied with our school climate, student outcomes, curriculum and pedagogy and our School-Community relations.
|
|
|
Involving parents in their child’s education.
|
|
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The school has an active P&C Association although at present it has only 2 officers, owing to the fact that the secretary has recently moved to a new area. Members of the P&C usually hold monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month, although there are times when meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Throughout 2007 we have worked together to plan fundraising, special school events including our 100th Anniversary celebration, family fun days and working bees.
Local members of the wider Harlin, Moore and Toogoolawah community, parents and guardians are regularly invited to visit the school to attend ceremonies such as our ANZAC Day service, to visit the school during Education Week activities and to attend other social events. We endeavour to provide a range of opportunities for parents to visit our school and participate in some aspects of their child/rens’ education when they are able. At times our families meet together in a social context for simple enjoyment rather than the demands of fundraising and working bees.
Parents and guardians are invited to assist and support their children with Home-Reading and other homework tasks. Parents also assist with the organisation of school sporting events and attend sporting carnivals held at other schools within our cluster. They assist with transport to these events at times.
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Harlin State School is a one-teacher school. It has a qualified teaching Principal who has a Diploma of Primary Teaching and a Bachelor of Education.
Many professional development activities are also undertaken by the teacher and visiting teachers throughout 2007 to ensure that a current understanding of the curriculum, assessment procedures, teaching practices and leadership/management skills are maintained.
We have a visiting Learning Support Teacher, Inclusion Teacher and visiting Lote Teacher.
Our school enjoys the support of 2 part-time teacher aides and an administration officer 5 days per fortnight. All our non-teaching staff participated in a range of Professional Development opportunities including Child Protection, First Aide and Literacy Training.
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Expenditure on and teacher participation in professional development.
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The major professional development initiatives are as follows:
· Financial and Budget development and Purchasing training
· Personal Leadership development
· Principal’s Induction Program and Regional Principal’s Conference
· Senior First Aid and CPR Training
· Curriculum Development (Literacy, Numeracy and SOSE) and QCAR framework (Essential Learnings)
· Prep training and Student Protection Training
· The involvement of the teaching staff in professional development activities during 2007 was 100%.
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Average staff attendance
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· For permanent and temporary staff and school leaders the staff attendance rate was 96% in 2007.
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Proportion of staff retained from the previous school year.
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· From the end of the 2006 school year, 100 % of our staff were retained by the school for the entire 2007 school year.
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Student attendance
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The average attendance rate as a percentage in 2007 was 93 %. A very pleasing increase from our 2006 attendance rate.
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Key outcomes in the early and middle phases of learning
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Results in the Year 2 Diagnostic Net
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Percentage of students not requiring additional support
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Reading
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No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
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Writing
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No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
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Number
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No students were enrolled in Year 2 in 2007
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Our reading, writing and numeracy results for the Queensland Years 3, 5 and 7 Literacy and Numeracy Tests. ( Data is withheld to protect the privacy of individual students where class sizes are very small.)
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Yr 3
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Yr 5
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Yr 7
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Reading
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Average score for the school
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474
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569
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626
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Average score for Queensland
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527
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606
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672
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Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
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2007
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100%
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Data withheld
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100%
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2006
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100%
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100%
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100%
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Writing
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Average score for the school
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546
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558
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544
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Average score for
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523
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600
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681
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Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
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2007
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100%
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100%
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100%
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2006
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100 %
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100%
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Data withheld
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Numeracy
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Average score for the school
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485
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533
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531
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Average score for Queensland
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521
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588
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648
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Percentage of students at the school above the national benchmark
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2007
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Data withheld
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Data withheld
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Data withheld
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2006
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100 %
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100 %
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Data withheld
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Other Key Outcomes
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Value added
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The number of students enrolled in year 3, 5 and 7 ranged from 1 to 4 students and some information has been withheld to protect the confidentiality of individual students.
Students at Harlin State School pride themselves in achievement and performance. Our students strive to do their best individually and also assist each other to overcome challenges. They have a strong tendency to work together to support one another.
During 2007 all students in Year 3, 5 and 7 achieved above the national benchmark in Writing, most students in these year levels achieved above the national benchmark in Reading and in Numeracy the majority of students in the three year levels achieved results above the national benchmark.
Intervention programs are established to assist students who do not achieve the national benchmarks. Special needs, Slow Learning students and students with learning difficulties are supported in the classroom when necessary as well as being identified for individual learning support plans.
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Parent, student and teacher satisfaction with the school
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Percentage of Students in 2007 that were satisfied:
· They were getting a good education from this school was a very high proportion.
Percentage of Parents and Caregivers satisified:
· That the school is a good school was a very high proportion.
· That they were getting a good education from the school was a very high proportion.
Percentage of School Workforce satisfied:
· With access to learning opportunities that relate to school and systemic initiatives was a high proportion.
Percentage of Staff Members satisfied:
· With morale in the school was a good proportion.
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PO address
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MS 550 Via Toogoolawah Qld 4313
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Phone
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07 5423 5117
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Fax
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07 5423 5114
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Email
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Website or Contact Person
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http://www.harlinss.eq.edu.au
Teaching Principal - Ann-Maree Birgan
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Principal’s foreword
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Introduction
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Harlin State School is a small one-teacher school located in a rural community at the top of the Brisbane Valley. Students are enrolled from Prep to Year 7. The school belongs to the Southern Cluster Group in the Wide Bay West District of Wide Bay Burnett Region.
The school retained its principal in 2007 and as a result continuity for students has been achieved throughout the school year.
Enrolments fluctuated throughout the year, beginning with 19 students going down to 13 in the middle of the year but returning to 17 by the close of the school year. These changes in enrolments were due to families moving away from the area and new families arriving.
The school has battled the local belief that it is closing and has set out to change this public perception through participating in local events and highlighting school achievements in local newspapers. We have promoted the positive aspects of the school and encouraged the local community to support the school.
During 2007 the school underwent some changes to processes and procedures. Some aspects of school facilities and grounds have been up graded and the process to renew ICT resources was commenced. An audit of school teaching resources was conducted and a process has been commenced to upgrade and replace them with material relevant to our life in the 21st century.
Harlin and Linville State Schools continued to maintain close contact by working cooperatively to provide a range of learning and sporting opportunities for our students, share resources and curriculum planning. We also shared a number of learning experiences in Science and the Arts with Benarkin State School throughout 2007.
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Future outlook
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In 2008 we plan to:
· Endeavour to promote our school within the wider communities of Kilcoy, Toogoolawah and Esk to ensure they understand the school is not in danger of closing.
· Review the practices for delivering curriculum, in particular Reading, Writing and Numeracy, across the Year all year levels and develop intervention programs to meet the needs of students experiencing difficulty in attaining the National Benchmarks and employ extra staff to deliver these programs.
· Maintain a close working relationship with Linville, Benarkin and other small schools within the cluster to ensure students have opportunity to interact with larger groups of students and with students of their own age group.
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