School Management Plan
Wanaaring Public School
2012 – 2014
2013 Update
Wanaaring Public School
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School Management Plan – 2012 to 2014
School Priority Areas 2012 – 2014 - 3 Year Horizon
Public Schools NSW – Strategic Directions 2012 - 2014
Leadership & Management
Low Socio-Economic Reforms
Reform 1: Incentives to attract high performing principals and teachers.
Literacy & Numeracy
Curriculum & Assessment- national curriculum
Aboriginal Education
Engagement and Attainment – teacher quality
Reform 2: Adoption of best-practice performance measurement and
staffing arrangements that articulate a clear role for principals.
Engagement and Attainment
Literacy & Numeracy
Reform 3: School operational arrangements that encourage innovation
and flexibility.
Leadership & Management
Aboriginal Education
Reform 4: Provision of innovative and tailored learning opportunities.
Organisational Effectiveness
Reform 5: Strengthen school accountability.
Reform 6: External partnership with parents, other schools, businesses
and communities and the provision of access to extend services.
School Context
Wanaaring Public School is a small isolated school located 200km west of Bourke, it was established in 1887. The school draws students from the local village and outlying stations. There are
7 families with a total of 11 students enrolled for 2012. 4 students are Aboriginal.
The School is well resourced and endeavours to overcome isolation through excursions, 2 day curriculum workshops and participation in district events. The staff are experienced and
dedicated, sharing a strong sense of collegiality.
The structure consists of one K-6 multi-age class. The school has strong social and academic ties with other small schools in the Bourke School Education Group. The school receives strong
support from the community and seeks to ensure that individual needs and abilities are catered for in a caring and stimulating environment. The School is part of the Country Areas Program
(CAP), Priority Schools Funding Program (PSP) and the National Partnerships Low SES Funding Program (NP).
Intended Outcomes (3 year horizon, developed from School Priority Areas 2012 – 2014)
Students will have improved their literacy and numeracy skills.
The Aboriginal community will be involved in school based activities.
Students will continue to have a positive attitude to all school based activities.
The school leadership team will have achieved professional growth.
Principal:
Date:
Wanaaring Public School – School Management Plan (version 3/8/2011)
Endorsed by School Education Director:
Date:
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School Identified Priority Area/s
Literacy
Summary of Targets
 All students participating in NAPLAN will be at or above NMS in NAPLAN reading.
Numeracy

All students participating in NAPLAN will be at or above NMS in NAPLAN numeracy.
Aboriginal Education

Have Aboriginal parents come regularly to the school and have input into the school teaching program.
Traffic light system is used to show how the strategies are progressing throughout the year:
Wanaaring Public School – School Management Plan (version 3/8/2011)
Started On Track Completed Action Required
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School Identified Priority Area: Literacy
Intended Outcome: Students will have improved their literacy and numeracy skills.
Target: All students participating in NAPLAN will be at or above NMS in NAPLAN reading.
Number
Strategies
Employ a second teacher for 0.2 to implement a whole
school teaching program.
Indicators
Reform
Area
1.2
Employ a second teacher 0.1 to implement a whole
school teaching program.
- Students know all Jolly Phonics sounds learnt each term.
- whole school spelling program themed on the relevant COGS
unit implemented.
- spelling results of a fortnightly spelling test recorded &
monitored.
- answers of a comprehension word passage based on the
relevant spelling list recorded & monitored
- Evidence of variety of each text type, including visual and
multi-modal texts using
- Reading to Learn Methods in programming
- more in depth text types seen in student writing samples
- Comprehension assessment based on the relevant text type recorded & monitored.
- Students on Multilit will achieve their agreed targets.
-as for 1.1
- PLPs for every student.
1.3
Provide Best Start Stage 1 PL for Principal to enable
the implementation of Best start in the classroom.
-Attendance at the two day Best Start training.
- Best Start test results shape content of teaching program
4
1.4
Provide the next level of Multilit training to staff called
Minilit.
- Minilit tutor training completed by targeted staff.
- Minilit informs school teaching program.
4
1.5
Employ an SLSO for 0.2 to help implement the Jolly
Phonics program, whole School spelling program and
the preschool transition program in term 3 and 4.
- Students know all Jolly Phonics sounds learnt each term.
-Students enrolled in the kinder transition program achieving
the outcomes of the program.
3
1.1
Analyse data from Waddington Reading Test,
Benchmarking records, Burt Reading and NAPLAN to
further improve reading and spelling results.
3,4
Timeframe
Responsibility
2012
Y
2013
2014
Principal and
Teacher
Y
2
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
- Regular data analysis and feedback by principal .
- quality teaching programs based on data analysis
1.6
4
Y
Y
Y
- Knowledge of English Syllabus is being implemented
throughout the year ready for teaching in 2014.
Traffic light system is used to show how the strategies are progressing throughout the year:
Started On Track Completed Action Required
Wanaaring Public School – School Management Plan (version 3/8/2011)
2012
Resource
Allocation &
Funding
Source
$25039
Employ second
teacher for 0.2
on step 13.
$20866
+
$4213
Principal and
Teacher
0.1 ESES
staffing
allocation
Principal and
Teacher
$2310
Principal and
Staff
Principal
Principal
$700 RFF for 2
days + $300 PL
cost
0.2 = $15433
$6776
Employ SLSO
$8657
Employ SLSO
$1100
RFF for three
days.
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School Identified Priority Area: Numeracy
Intended Outcome: Students will have improved their literacy and numeracy skills.
Target: All students participating in NAPLAN will be at or above NMS in NAPLAN numeracy.
Number
Strategies
Employ a second teacher for 0.2 to implement a whole
school teaching program.
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
Indicators
- a whole school numeracy program based on analysed ability
levels implemented.
- Scope and sequence developed addressing all content
strands over the course of the school year.
- Teaching time for Fractions and decimals increased
throughout the scope and sequence.
Staff will understand and implement the Newmans
Reciprocal Numeracy strategy.
-Newmans Strategy implemented into the whole school
numeracy program.
Subscribe to Mathletics internet program, to
complement each strand. Allocate one day per term to
monitor Mathletics program
Subscribe to Ideal Resources internet program, which
has mathematics resources that can be used on the
IWB. To complement each strand.
Analyse data from SENA Tests, Nelson Numeracy
Assessment Kit, ICAS Mathematics tests and NAPLAN
to further improve Mathematics results.
- teaching program will be adjusted to reflect evaluations from
Mathletics test.
- IWB resources used daily in maths teaching.
Reform
Area
3,4
2012
2013
2014
Y
Y
Principal and
Teacher
Indicated in
Literacy area.
Y
Principal and
Teacher
N/A
Y
Y
Principal and
Teacher
$355
Pay Invoices
Y
Y
Principal and
Teacher
$99
Pay Invoices
Principal and
Teacher
$1100
RFF for three
days.
Principal
N/A
- Regular data analysis and feedback by principal .
- quality teaching programs based on data analysis
2.5
4
Y
Y
Y
- Numeracy Syllabus is being implemented throughout the year
ready for teaching in 2014 understood.
Keep informed about the latest mathematics research,
-Research from the Curriculum Learning and Innovation Centre
2.6
professional learning opportunities and teaching
Website email called Mathematics Links implemented into the
Y
Y
Y
resources.
whole school numeracy program.
Traffic light system is used to show how the strategies are progressing throughout the year:
Started On Track Completed Action Required
Wanaaring Public School – School Management Plan (version 3/8/2011)
Responsibility
2012
Resource
Allocation &
Funding
Source
Timeframe
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School Identified Priority Area: Aboriginal Education
Intended Outcome/s: Have Aboriginal parents come regularly to the school and have input into the school teaching program.
Number
Strategies
Increase staff awareness of indigenous culture..
3.1
The school will develop Personalised Learning Plans
(PLPs) for all students and will develop a PLP within 4
weeks for new students.
3.2
Teach the students about the traditional owners of the
land in the local Wanaaring area.
3.3
3.4
Assist the community to establish an AECG.
Indicators
-Attendance at an Aboriginal Pedagogies course which
involves attending 5 two hour workshops over two days.
- local culture informs the school teaching program.
-PLPs developed in consultation with students, teachers and
parents.
-PLPs include goals for each student to achieve in their
learning throughout the year.
-PLPs interviews held in term 1 and in term 4. A term 3
interview used if goals are not being achieved.
- Aboriginal unit of work developed and delivered once a
fortnight.
- an Acknowledgement to Country, some local language, an
overview of the local areas of importance to the local Aboriginal
People, aboriginal cooking, dancing and Aboriginal art included
in units.
Meetings between the school and the local Aboriginal
community initiated and occuring.
Reform
Area
6
Responsibility
2012
Resource
Allocation &
Funding
Source
Principal
RFF + $38.50
PL cost.
Principal,
Teacher, Parents
and Students
N/A
Principal
$1100
RFF for three
days.
Principal
N/A
Principal and
Staff.
Funding from 1.1
Timeframe
2012
2013
2014
Y
Y
Y
6
Y
6
Y
Y
6
Y
Y
- Parents receive personal invitations to special days at the
school.
- reconciliation day, NAIDOC day, school assemblies, sporting
3.5
6
Y
days, CAPA days and PLP interviews take place.
- Parents will be invited by: weekly school newsletter, event
notes, phonecalls and personal visits close to the date.
Traffic light system is used to show how the strategies are progressing throughout the year:
Started On Track Completed Action Required
Y
Increase opportunities for aboriginal families to
participate in school activities.
School Identified Priority Area: Engagement and
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Attainment
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Intended Outcome/s: Students will continue to have a positive attitude to all school based activities.
Number
Strategies
Indicators
Facilitate students to participate in small schools and
district swimming and athletics carnivals.
-Attendance at swimming and athletics carnivals in term one
and three.
-Attendance at a curriculum workshop in term two at
Weilmoringle Public School.
-Students attend a Public Speaking Day term 3 in Bourke.
4.5
Organise for students to join with other from small
schools to attend curriculum workshops taught by
experts/professionals in: mathematics, science, sport ,
CAPA and public speaking,.
Combine with other students from small schools to
attend an excursion for 1 week. Students will document
this using various forms of technology.
Involve students in intensive swimming workshops, by
employing an Austswim instructor to give lessons in the
school pool.
Reward students for having a 95% attendance each
term.
4.6
Improve student ability to present and showcase work
through using technology.
4.7
Students participate in a variety of video conferences
across most KLAs
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.8
Improve group work constructive play opportunities
-Students attend a week long excursion with Enngonia Public
School and Weilmoringle Public School to a location to be
decided.
Students participate in week long swim lessons by a registered
Austswim instructor in school pool.
-Attendance for 95% each term will be rewarded with a raffle
prize at the end of each term.
- weekly prize for students who have attended for a full week.
- technology available for students to use increased with the
purchase of 4 Ipads.
- Wireless router installed throughout the classroom.
- video conferences offered by professional services accessed;
good service to use is ‘Connections’.
-Networking with K to 6 schools.
-resources purchased to improve the constructive play
opportunites for the students
Responsibility
2012
Resource
Allocation &
Funding
Source
2012
2013
2014
Y
Y
Y
Principal
Y
Y
Y
Principal
Y
Y
Y
Principal
Y
Y
Y
Principal
Y
Y
Principal
Y
Y
Principal
Y
Principal,
Teacher
$500
Y
Principal,
Teacher
$500
Principal
RFF + $77 PL
cost per day
Principal
RFF+ ????? PL
COST.
-Principal participation in PL delivered by regional GATS coordinator. -to inform the school learning program
Y
-school cateringfor gifted and talented students.
Improve child protection scope and sequence
-Principal participation in Kidsmatters PL .
5.0
implementation.
- Child Protection scope and sequence developed and
Y
implemented.
Traffic light system is used to show how the strategies are progressing throughout the year:
Started On Track Completed Action Required
4.9
Improve opportunities for Gifted and Talented students.
Reform
Area
Timeframe
$500
$1500
$2471
$1000
$200
Pay shop
invoices
$4000
School Identified Priority Area: Leadership and Management
Intended Outcome/s: The school leadership team will have achieved professional growth.
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Number
5.1
Strategies
Participate in leadership PL opportunities provided by
SEG
Indicators
When courses on MYPL@DET have been completed.
Reform
Area
2012
2013
2014
Y
Y
Y
Upload and deliver NSW Institute endorsed and
-Upload a variety of courses onto MYPL@DET.
registered courses on to MYPL@DET for school staff,
-When courses on MYPL@DET have been completed.
Y
Y
Y
including the Western By Design Toolkits
Take part in VC sessions held by the quality teaching
-Log into different VCs on offer from partnership mentor.
mentor and partnership mentor on data analysis,
-Log into different VCs on offer from quality teaching mentor.
5.3
evaluation reporting, quality teaching and gap analysis.
-Log into different VCs on offer from various consultants
Y
Y
These VC sessions will be run specifically for P6
schools with a focus on our unique workload
Join with other schools to release a person at PH2 level -School receives support from the person in this role either via
to support leadership development programs, provide
on site visits, VC link up or phonecalls.
5.4
1,2,3,5
Y
training in analysis of data and coordinate professional
learning networks.
Join with other schools in the employment of a SEG DP - School receives support from the person in this role either via
to increase onsite professional development
on site visits, VC link up or phonecalls.
5.5
opportunities with a focus on quality teaching classroom
1,4
Y
practice and the effective integration of interactive
technology.
Traffic light system is used to show how the strategies are progressing throughout the year:
Started On Track Completed Action Required
5.2
Responsibility
2012
Resource
Allocation &
Funding
Source
Principal
N/A
Principal
N/A
Principal
N/A
Principal
$968 for shared
position.
Principal
$884 for shared
position.
Timeframe
Funding Codes
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Colour (taken from the Palette in Word)
Funding Source
Red
Low SES National Partnership e.g. employ DP
Black
Global Budget e.g. purchase resource
Light Green
ESES e.g. employ LST.
Blue
Equity e.g. employ teacher, educational excursions
Purple
Professional Learning e.g. attendance at R2L
Orange
Aboriginal Education e.g. $2500 SiP employ SLSO
Dark Red
Other e.g. $1000 Community Grant
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