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BOORAGOON PRIMARY SCHOOL

Annual Report 2018

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

The school’s Annual Report provides a summary of student performance and achievements for 2018,

and an outline of many of the highlights, events and initiatives that took place throughout the year.

Excellent achievement in the core learning areas tested through the NAPLAN program continues to

be a feature of the school. Additionally students are offered a broad, well balanced curriculum, with

specialist instruction in Science, Music, Drama and Visual Arts and LOTE. In the sports arena,

students performed creditably in swimming, netball, football, soccer, cricket, tennis and athletics. Our

digital learning program, including the 1:1 laptop program, use of interactive whiteboards class sets of

iPads in the junior school places us as a leader in this area.

The lines of communication between school and home are strong, aided by many forms of media

including the regular newsletter, information posted on the school website, P&C App and Facebook

page, assemblies and regular reports to both the School Board and the Parents and Citizens’

Association (P&C). Teachers are in regular close contact with parents through class meetings, weekly

newsletters, Connect, individual interviews, telephone calls and notes home.

At Booragoon, the support provided by the parent community is phenomenal. Apart from the many

fund raising and social events organised by the P&C (detailed in this report), our Champion Dads

group continues to be a hallmark of our school. The group provides opportunities for fathers and

father figures to participate in a range of activities for Dads and their kids, as well as Dads-only events

where Dads socialise, learn, and share experiences with one another. In 2018 the Dads and Kids

Camp Out was again a roaring success, as were a number of after school activities where Dads and

kids played together and had a lot of fun.

The Annual Report is developed by a range of stakeholders in the school, including staff, the School

Board and the P&C. I encourage everyone to share in and reflect on the highlights, achievements

and celebrations of our school in 2018.

Barbara Horan, Principal

SCHOOL PROFILE

Booragoon PS was established in 1967, and is located in a bush setting close to Wireless Hill Reserve. It is a local intake school, with students drawn from the suburbs of Booragoon and Alfred Cove. The 2018 enrolment was 387 students from Kindergarten to Year 6.

Booragoon offers an excellent educational environment for students and staff, comprising four

teaching blocks, including an onsite Kindergarten, two purpose built Pre Primary units and a senior

teaching cluster. We have a multi-purpose building incorporating Visual Arts, Instrumental Music,

ANZAC Day, 2018

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Science Room and a fully automated library. A fully enclosed, carpeted, air conditioned undercover

area complements our facilities.

Booragoon PS is a leader in 21st century learning, featuring a parent funded 1:1 laptop program from

Years 4-6. The school has a comprehensive ICT network, with interactive whiteboards in all

classrooms, and iPad technology being increasingly utilised, especially in the junior school where we

have class sets of iPads in all classes from Kindergarten to Year 3. We were among a group of trial

schools that successfully conducted NAPLAN online in 2018.

The Arts are prominent in the school, with more than 60 students engaged in learning the full range of

orchestral instruments through the School Instrumental Music Program. We have a vibrant Drama

program, and all students access a specialist program in the Visual Arts. LOTE and Science are also

offered as specialist areas. In 2018 we appointed a STEM Coordinator, Mrs Mandy Fletcher, who

worked with students, and supported teachers to implement programs in their classrooms. Robotics

and coding challenges were explored, and a whole school approach to STEM implementation was

adopted.

We have a strong, positive culture based on cooperation and collaboration. Our highly professional

staff work together to establish challenging teaching and learning programs aimed at maximising the

educational outcomes of all students.

Our community has a strong sense of pride in its school, and this is reflected in the very high level of

parent participation in the life of the school. Our highly supportive parent body continually works with

the school to plan and improve the grounds, building and resources to provide a healthy, safe

environment for our students.

SCHOOL BOARD REPORT

The role of the School Board is both challenging and rewarding. Whilst we are not involved in day-day

decision-making in running the school, we work closely with the Principal on other areas. For

example, this includes ensuring compliance with our Delivery and Performance and Funding

Agreements with the Director General – documents setting out the performance and accountability

requirements of the school, as well as the financial resources and support provided centrally to the

school.

A big achievement this year was the development of our 2018-2020 Business Plan. The plan outlines

four priority areas of focus: Excellence in teaching and learning, Health and Wellbeing (staff and

students), implementation of the Aboriginal Cultural Standards Framework, and Information and

Communication Technology. Suggestions for input were sought from the Board and a concern was

raised that the children would benefit from more physical activity in their programs. Based on this,

daily fitness across the school was introduced, and opportunities for students to participate in before

school and after school programs, including running and strength and conditioning exercises were

planned for 2019. The Business Plan will help ensure our limited resources are used efficiently and

effectively to make progress towards measurable milestones.

I take this opportunity to thank my fellow Board members: Nick Forbes, Lucille Bazen, Kendall Brown,

Tracy Barrow, Rebecca Saunders, Carolyn Visser, Barb Horan, and Clayton Godwin for sharing their

time, skills, and experience. Additionally, I offer thanks to Di Lavery who has recently retired from the

Board, having provided invaluable input over her four years of membership.

Mr Stuart Tomlinson (Chairperson)

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PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION REPORT

2018 was a productive year for the P&C, with a highlight being the successful installation of the

school's new solar electricity system. This marked the culmination of two years of P&C fundraising to

fully fund the $46,000 cost of the solar system. This was a major undertaking for the P&C, aimed at

helping the school reduce its electricity costs, which are currently the school’s largest overhead. Use

of renewable energy is also contributing towards a greener environmental footprint, in keeping with

the school’s focus on sustainability.

Our canteen service continued to deliver a wonderful service to the school in 2018. Many thanks to

our Canteen Manager, Kendall Brown, and her volunteer helpers for their continued hard work and

dedication in running the canteen. A special mention also to Neisha Hackett, who has now stepped

down from the Canteen Manager role after a number of years of working together with Kendall

creating and maintaining a fantastic canteen service for our students.

Various other school community, fundraising and Champion Dads events were also held by the P&C

throughout 2018, including the Easter raffle, Bunnings sausage sizzle, Dads and Kids camp out,

colour run, working bees to improve and beautify our school grounds, and many more. Huge thanks

go to the large number of parents who helped organise and run these various events during 2018,

and to those who volunteered their valuable time to help with other P&C initiatives such as the school

canteen, school banking, second hand uniform shop, safety house, kitchen garden gnomes club and

many more. Our P&C simply could not run without all our wonderful volunteers, and the P&C is very

thankful to have such an engaged and vibrant parent community.

Mr Hamish McElwee, P&C President

( SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

Booragoon PS has an evidence-based approach to self-assessment and school improvement.

Teachers are accomplished at understanding, analysing and using data effectively to inform all

aspects of their teaching and learning programs. This includes the use of NAPLAN (National

Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy), On-entry baseline testing in Pre Primary,

PAT, Brightpath and class-based standardised tests which provide fine grained diagnostic information

in relation to each student’s performance. NAPLAN forms the basis of our whole school monitoring

system in English and Mathematics. Teachers carry out a great deal of work throughout the year

preparing students for NAPLAN testing at class and individual student level. This involves

determining strengths and weaknesses identified through previous testing, ensuring depth and

breadth of coverage of the curriculum and deeply analysing a range of assessment data.

Whole school information based on NAPLAN, PAT testing in Reading and Mathematics, Brightpath

and Sound Waves is used to set Year Level and whole school improvement targets, and appropriate

strategies are implemented to consolidate, enhance or accelerate learning.

SCHOOL PERFORMANCE 2018

The following graphs and tables compare the performance of our students with that of students in 17

WA schools with a similar ICSEA, (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage). As Booragoon

PS consistently achieves above the performance of WA schools and all Australian schools, a more

realistic goal for us is to out-perform our like school cohort.

NAPLAN TARGETS (Business Plan/Strategic Plan 2018 – 2020)

Booragoon PS means will be equal to or above like schools in all areas of NAPLAN

Percentage of students in the top two bands at Booragoon PS exceeds that of like schools

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60% of students make above expected progress from On Entry to Year 3 NAPLAN

The percentage of students performing ‘At’ and ‘Below’ the NMS will reduce in the subsequent

round of testing (Carryover from previous plan)

Reading

Key: Target achieved **

Percentage of students achieving in the top two bands; and ‘At’ and ‘Below’ the NMS

2016 2017 2018

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

YEAR 3 69.0** 67.0 11.0 72.0** 65.0 2.3 70.0 71.0 3.7

YEAR 5 44.0 51.0 4.0 68.0** 59.0 6.0 58.0** 58.0 8.6**

Comparison of Means with Like Schools

2015 2016 2017 2018

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

Year 3

Mean 482** 461 451 465 487** 467 472** 468

Year 5

Mean 539** 535 538** 531 565** 542 540 545

Writing

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Percentage of students achieving in the top two bands; and ‘At’ and ‘Below’ the NMS

2016 2017 2018

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

YEAR 3 71.0** 70.0 2.0 73.0** 66.0 4.6 79.0** 60.0 1.8

YEAR 5 35.0** 27.0 0.0 34.0** 24.0 2.0** 23.0** 21.0 8.6

Comparison of Means with Like Schools

2015 2016 2017 2018

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

Year 3

Mean 439** 439 444 446 440** 436 451** 429

Year 5

Mean 504** 501 515** 499 512** 499 492** 489

Numeracy

Percentage of students achieving in the top two bands; and ‘At’ and ‘Below’ the NMS

2016 2017 2018

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

YEAR 3 52.0 56.0 7.0 58.0** 57.0 6.97 74.0** 61.0 0.0

YEAR 5 45.0** 45.0 7.0 56.0** 49.0 4.0** 51.0** 50.0 3.4**

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Comparison of Means with Like Schools

2015 2016 2017 2018

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

Year 3

Mean

430 432 439 440 441** 440 459** 441

Year 5

Mean 535** 527 531** 528 533** 529 528 530

Spelling

Percentage of students achieving in the top two bands; and ‘At’ and ‘Below’ the NMS

2016 2017 2018

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

YEAR 3 70.0** 69.0 8.0 64.0** 62.0 4.54 60.0 64.0 3.7

YEAR 5 50.0** 43.0 7.0 66.0** 52.0 2.0** 62.0** 48.0 6.9**

Comparison of Means with Like Schools

2015 2016 2017 2018

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

Year 3

Mean 452** 441 448 456 444 445 449 450

Year 5

Mean

525 528 540** 524 548** 532 532** 530

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Grammar & Punctuation

Percentage of students achieving in the top two bands; and ‘At’ and ‘Below’ the NMS

2016 2017 2018

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

% in Top Two Bands BPS

% in Top Two Bands Like

At and Below NMS

YEAR 3 66.0 69.0 4.0 78.0** 76.0 2.32 74.0** 66.0 3.7

YEAR 5 50.0 53.0 9.0 52.0 55.0 4.0 58.0** 57.0 8.6

Comparison of Means with Like Schools

2015 2016 2017 2018

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

School Like

Schools

Year 3

Mean 492** 474 483** 479 491** 477 479** 470

Year 5

Mean

538 548 546** 539 549** 546 550** 546

On Entry (Pre Primary) to Year 3 Progress in NAPLAN

Percentage of students achieving above average progress

2014 - 2016 2015 - 2017 2016 - 2018 Reading 54.00 63.00 52.00 Numeracy 56.00 59.00 63.00**

This is a new target that has been added to our Strategic Plan for the first time in 2018. Historical

data has been included on the above table to give a sense of previous performance of our students

between the On Entry assessments which are carried out when the children enter school in Pre

Primary and Year 3 NAPLAN testing. Students need to make either ‘Very High’ or ‘High’ progress

over that period to be considered to have made ‘Above Average’ progress.

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Comparative Performance Summary

Data analysis is carried out at the Department of Education, based on student and school information,

and achievement data over time. Based on the school’s Index of Community Socio-Educational

Advantage (ICSEA), which factors in elements such as parents’ occupation and education, the

school’s geographical location and the proportion of Indigenous students, analysts extrapolate an

expected level of achievement of students at a particular demographic location.

Progress and Achievement Compared with Like Schools

Schools aim to have the majority of their results in the “Higher Progress – Higher Achievement”

quadrant.

NAPLAN results as published on the ‘My Schools’ website

Reading Writing Numeracy Spelling G & P

YEAR 3

472 451 459 449 479

469 Similar

434 All Aust

429 Similar

407 All Aust

437 Similar

408 All

Aust

442 Similar

418 All Aust

467 Similar

432 All Aust

YEAR 5

540 492 528 532 550

544 Similar

509 All Aust

488 Similar

465 All Aust

526 Similar

494 All

Aust

524 Similar

502 All Aust

540 Similar

504 All Aust

BPS average is higher than similar schools and all Australian schools

BPS average is higher than all Australian schools

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This graph can be found on the My School website. It shows average student achievement in

NAPLAN 2018, and reflects how Booragoon PS compares with Australia-wide like schools; and all

Australian schools. As can be seen, of the ten (10) elements tested, Booragoon PS is performing

above statistically similar schools in nine (9) areas, and above all Australian school in all areas. It’s a

useful comparison to get a snapshot of how Booragoon performs on a nationwide measure.

ATTENDANCE

TARGET: The overall attendance rate at Booragoon PS exceeds that of like schools.

BPS attendance rates are very good, being above those of WA Public Schools and our like school

cohort for the past three years. Attendance is carefully monitored and strategies put in place in

individual instances where attendance is unsatisfactory.

ENROLMENTS

As can be seen from the graph, our enrolment numbers are growing, and this has been the trend for

the past five years. The graph only includes student numbers in the compulsory years of schooling,

(P-6), and when Kindergarten is factored in our enrolment in 2018 was 400 – 407 students. Based on

Bureau of Statistics data and projections, enrolments are expected to grow steadily based on an

increase in the birth rate in Western Australia in recent years. What is particularly pleasing is the

growth in numbers at the senior end of the school, reflecting a drift away from private and

independent schools back to the government sector. In 2013 Booragoon had 23 students in the

graduating class, in 2014 there were 35 students, in 2015 there were 50 students, in 2016 there were

60 students, in 2017 there were 46 students and in 2018 there were 59 students.

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STAFF PROFILE 2018

PARENT / STAFF /STUDENT SATISFACTION SURVEYS

RATING SCALE

Strongly Agree (5) Agree (4) Neither agree nor disagree (3) Disagree (2) Strongly Disagree (1)

PARENT SURVEY

SCHOOL CHAPLAIN

National School Opinion Surveys (NCOS)

Collectively, State Education Ministers have determined that all Australian schools will participate in

parent, staff and student opinion surveys at least every two years, since 2014. Schools must include

the findings from the NSOS in their Annual Report. The survey tool was developed by ACARA

(Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority) for the Australian Govt. Since 2014,

when the proportion of respondents was particularly low, we’ve worked to achieve a critical mass of

respondents, making the data valid and reliable. In 2014, we had 46 parent and 21 teacher

responses, in 2016 (166; 39) and 2018 (157; 37). Views of parents and teachers at Booragoon PS

are generally very positive and in accord. The lowest rating from parents was to the question “The

school takes parents’ opinions seriously”. Even then, only 15 of 157 parents rated the school

negatively on this question.

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SCHOOL CHAPLAIN

Mrs Joyce Barrett, our School Chaplain provides an invaluable service to our school community. She

works at the school on Mondays and Fridays, and on these days is available to provide pastoral care

and present programs for our students.

The range of areas Joyce supports include peer and family relationships, issues around separated

families, grief, mental health, bullying and low self-esteem.

Joyce facilitated the Seasons for Growth program with small groups of students in Terms Two and

Three. The program enables children to express their feelings in relation to grief or loss. This may be

the loss of a grandparent, a friend, a loved pet, or issues around family estrangement.

Joyce contributes to, and is involved in many of the school’s activities. She coordinates the Ed

Connect mentors program, a highly valued group of volunteers who work individually with many

children in the school, building lasting relationships with them.

Joyce is an integral member of our school staff, value-adding to our pastoral care programs, and our

commitment to making our school a safe, happy environment.

SCHOOL LEADERS

Booragoon Student Leaders were a committed team in 2018. On Friday the 9th of March, the House

Captains and Sports Captains attended the National Young Leaders’ Day at the Perth Convention

Centre. They heard some inspirational speakers talk about their leadership journey and received

valuable advice about being compassionate, inclusive and respectful of others. They were

encouraged to be selfless leaders and to demonstrate humility.

Our student leaders worked throughout the year to raise funds for good causes within our community

and also for larger charities. Staff participated in the HBF Run for a Reason and students organised a

Blue Day to raise money to support their cause, which was for Autism WA. The plight of drought

affected farmers in Australia called them to action and they participated in the ‘Buy a Bale’ Program

with a dress up day to show their support.

HIGHLIGHTS, EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS

YEAR 6 CAMP

On Tuesday morning in the middle of May the Year Six group set off with All Aboard Coach Tours to

Busselton / Geographe Bay for a four day adventure camp. The coach, filled with excited campers,

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headed south to the first stop, which was the Xscape at the Cape fun park. Everyone was keen to get

moving and test their gymnastic skills on the trampolines, luck on the mini golf, shooting skills in the

laser tag maze, and strength in the climbing tower.

Following this, it was on to camp to claim a bunk and settle in to new surroundings. That night at

camp there was a space themed fashion parade and dress-up competition. Individual style and team

cooperation were on display in the pursuit of glory and prizes.

The following day started with a visit to Koomal Dreaming at the Naturaliste Lighthouse. This amazing

experience showed the children the connections between the Wadandi people and the Boodja

(country). Students learnt about managing resources, connections with the landscape and music and

dance.

The afternoon tested the students’ cooperation and lateral thinking with a stop at the Yallingup Maze

to compete over a giant wooden maze with five raised checkpoints. Not everybody was able to solve

it .They also challenged each other in group quiz games and puzzles. That evening the Legolympics

tested the building and organisation of the students to get three models completed in a race against

other teams and the clock.

After a good night’s sleep and a cooked breakfast, everyone got ready to head to the Ngilgi cave to

learn about the geology that created the landforms as well as the indigenous stories of its spirit

ancestors. The workout of going down and up one hundred and twenty steps in high humidity had

everyone breathing deep.

That afternoon the students faced the physical challenges of an aerial high ropes course and rock

climbing with many students stretching their limits and surprising themselves with what they could

achieve.

The evening involved a quiz night covering all kinds of trivia and some games of chance and skill.

After a comprehensive pack and clean up, it was sadly time to depart. On the way home, a 3.2

kilometre walk out and back along the Busselton Jetty was a good leg stretch before the drive back up

to Perth. The Students enjoyed buying some souvenirs in the jetty gift shop to remind them of the

memories and to thank those at home who they had missed. The students from Booragoon had an

awesome camp and were excellent ambassadors for the school.

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SCIENCE WEEK

During our Term Three topic of Physical Science, the students each created something they could take

home to celebrate Science Week. The Junior Science program focused on the topic of Sound and after

learning various ways of producing sound, such as shaking, blowing, banging and plucking, they were

given the opportunity to make a drum, kazoo, tissue box guitar or a shaker. The Middle Science students

were learning about the topic of Heat and we carried out some exciting experiments such as making a tea

bag rocket to demonstrate convection and popping popcorn using conduction of heat. The students then

got to heat up food wrappers and we made key rings out of them. The Senior Science program covered

the topic of Light and to celebrate Science Week we made kaleidoscopes and periscopes. Some found it

challenging to follow the set of instructions, but many persevered and improved their designs to be able to

make a successful instrument utilising light sources.

BOOK WEEK The theme for Book Week in 2018 was Find Your Treasure. Book Week provides us with the

opportunity to shine the spotlight on books and open students’ eyes to many amazing literary

treasures that entertain, inform and inspire. As part of this special week the students here at B.P.S.

participated in many fun and educational events.

Students were treated to engaging presentations from WA author/illustrators Kylie Howarth, Cristy

Burne, Tamara Moss and Aśka, who provided insight into the book-making process. Our annual

dress-up day was a highlight for many once again, and competition was fierce between classes in our

whole-school Book Week competition (Room 7 took out the top spot and earned a pyjama party for

their efforts). A competition to decorate a book character was held for students in Years 1-3, with

entries judged by visiting author Kylie Howarth, and a short story competition was organised and

judged by a group of students in Room 12. Delicious book-themed treats were available courtesy of

the BPS Canteen and a range of lunch time activities were held over the week, including some

amazing drama performances inspired by the ‘Find Your Treasure’ theme.

As always, the support from parents and staff was amazing, making this special week a highly

enjoyable and memorable event.

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HARMONY DAY

Harmony Day is held every year in the week of March 21st and is all about inclusivity, mutual respect

and communication between diverse individuals. During Harmony Week, we embraced cultural

diversity by inviting BPS students and staff to wear traditional costume or the colour orange. The staff

and students put in a tremendous effort into a collective visual display of posters in our Undercover

Area to further captivate the symbolic meaning of “Everyone Belongs”.

In addition to the dress up day, we held an incursion on April 11th where Bernard Mangakahia, a

Polynesian spokesperson performed his show “MANA – The Spirit of Polynesia”. It was a sensational

show about having “mana” (unseen power) and facing challenges in life with courage and personal

growth. Bernard educated the students about Native American culture and performed the ancient

tradition of Hoop Dancing, with the added challenge of creating animal shapes while spinning in

circles! Some students were called upon stage to participate in the entertainment, which included

learning movements with the New Zealand pois, performing the infamous ‘Haka’ and some Hawaiian

dancing. The audience members all loved his talent and took back some heart-warming messages

that will forever stay with us.

INFORMATION AND COMMUNCIATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

The 1-1 Laptop program for year 4-6 students continues to receive a high level of support from the

school community with over 90% of students bringing their own device in 2018. These were

supplemented with school owned machines.

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During 2018 we began work in developing the new Booragoon ICT Operational Plan to be

implemented in the coming years. We continued with our online PAT testing program and

successfully transitioned to NAPLAN online after a long period of preparation. Our students were well

prepared for the change and performed well in the assessments accordingly.

Digital Technologies was included in our Semester Two Reports for the first time in 2018. Mrs

Fletcher and Mrs Visser were joined by Mrs Whiting in participating in the Teachers Can Code

Program. Mrs Fletcher worked in a support role across the school during 2018 with a focus on

supporting teachers to implement the Digital Technologies Curriculum in their classrooms. Teachers

worked closely with her to develop effective ways to assess and report on these outcomes using the

extensive resources we have in this area.

SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

During Term 3of 2018 Booragoon Primary School successfully applied for a $2400 grant from the

Australian Government’s Sporting Schools Program. Students from Year 1 to 3 were involved in an 6

week program in which they received basketball coaching from members of the Cockburn Cougars

SBL Team. The school was also able to purchase two high quality portable backboards and a

number of high quality basketballs which were used during the sessions.

Below are some of the other key sporting events that Booragoon students were involved in during

2018.

Beach Swimming at Cottesloe Beach

2018 House Swimming Carnival Approximately 90 year 4-6 students represented their house at Booragoon LeisureFit.

Interschool Swimming Carnival – Students were selected from the results of the House Swimming Carnival to represent Booragoon at HBF Stadium. Students completed training at Applecross High School and finished in 3rd place overall. Our best overall result for many years.

In-term Swimming at Booragoon LeisureFit for P-5 students.

Eagles Cup Australian Rules Football

Fever Cup Netball

Interschool Soccer Tournament

Interschool Cross Country Carnival at Brentwood Primary School

2018 House Athletics Carnival

2018 Interschool Athletics Carnival at Bateman Primary School

Fremantle Dockers Cup – AFL Football tournament for girls

Cricket – T20 Blast Interschool Tournament

Interschool Lacrosse at Tompkins Park

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WINTHROP MASSED CHOIR PERFORMANCE On the 12th of September 2018, the Senior Choir performed in the Massed Choir Festival at the Perth

Concert Hall. This significant performance is a yearly event that Booragoon Primary School has been

participating for many years. Significantly, the choir had the opportunity to perform along with 500

children from over ten primary schools. The culmination was an outstanding performance, including

eleven songs; some of which were originals commissioned especially for the Massed Choir and some

highly educational songs conveying Australian historical culture. All songs were accompanied by live

musicians including pianist, string quartet, flutes and a percussion band.

The Massed Choir Festival was a valuable experience for all children involved and provided a focus

for their work in Terms 2 and 3. The result was a display of excellence and all teachers, principals and

parents were immensely proud!

Massed Choir Festival – Perth Concert Hall, UWA

Page 18: BOORAGOON PRIMARY SCHOOL...Agreements with the Director General – documents setting out the performance and accountability requirements of the school, as well as the financial resources

1 19,140.00$ 19,140.00$

2 67,396.00$ 67,391.41$

3 10,782.00$ 10,781.82$

4 63,463.65$ 63,463.45$

5 1,615.00$ 1,614.52$

6 -$ -$

7 277.00$ 277.05$

8 8,124.00$ 8,125.42$

9 19,299.61$ 19,300.06$

10 -$ -$

11 Farm Revenue (Ag and Farm Schools only) -$ -$

12 -$ -$

190,097.26$ 190,093.73$

34,402.00$ 34,401.51$

Student Centred Funding 170,551.46$ 170,551.46$

395,050.72$ 395,046.70$

-$ -$

395,050.72$ 395,046.70$

Locally Raised Funds160,776.68$

Student Centred Funding170,551.46$

Other Govt Grants1,891.57$

Other 8,125.42$

Transfers from Reserves19,300.06$

360,645.19$

1 9,263.00$ 8,614.62$

2 17,460.00$ 17,284.14$

3 123,972.73$ 116,470.13$

4 77,501.65$ 75,482.41$

5 148,545.03$ 135,020.16$

6 5,728.00$ 6,717.77$

7 -$ -$

8 -$ 2.67$

9 2,665.00$ 2,665.00$

10 -$ -$

11 -$ -$

12 Farm Operations (Ag and Farm Schools only) -$ -$

13 Farm Revenue to CO (Ag and Farm Schools only) -$ -$

14 Camp School Fees to CO (Camp Schools only) -$ -$

385,135.41$ 362,256.90$

-$ -$

385,135.41$ 362,256.90$

9,915.31$

Bank Balance 78,421.20$ Made up of: -$

1 General Fund Balance 32,789.80$ 2 Deductible Gift Funds -$ 3 Trust Funds -$ 4 Asset Replacement Reserves 42,773.35$ 5 Suspense Accounts 3,782.05$ 6 Cash Advances -$ 7 Tax Position 924.00-$

78,421.20$ Total Bank Balance

Cash Position as at:

Residential Boarding Fees to CO (Ag Colleges only)

Cash Budget Variance

Total Forecast Salary Expenditure

Total Expenditure

Total Goods and Services Expenditure

Other Expenditure

Buildings, Property and Equipment

Curriculum and Student Services

Total Salary Allocation

Total Funds Available

ActualBudget

Residential Operations

Total Locally Raised Funds

Fundraising/Donations/Sponsorships

Opening Balance

Total Cash Funds Available

Camp School Fees (Camp Schools only)

Expenditure - Cash and Salary

Payment to CO, Regional Office and Other Schools

Administration

Lease Payments

Utilities, Facilities and Maintenance

Professional Development

Transfer to Reserve

Transfer from Reserve or DGR

Residential Accommodation

Other State Govt/Local Govt Revenues

Revenue from Co, Regional Office and Other Schools

Booragoon Primary SchoolFinancial Summary as at

Actual

31 December 2018

Other Revenues

Commonwealth Govt Revenues

BudgetRevenue - Cash & Salary Allocation

Voluntary Contributions

Charges and Fees

Fees from Facilities Hire

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

$000

Revenue Source

Locally Generated Revenue - Budget vs Actual

Budget Actual

Locally Raised Funds45%

Student Centred Funding

47%

Other Govt Grants1%

Other 2%

Transfers from Reserves

5%

Current Year Actual CashSources

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

$000

Expenditure Purpose

Goods and Services Expenditure - Budget vs Actual

Budget Actual

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

$000

Cash Position