DIRECTOR-GENERAL’S SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
2011 Recipients
REGION
HUNTER AND
CENTRAL COAST
ILLAWARRA AND
SOUTH EAST
NORTHERN
SYDNEY
SCHOOL/S
PROJECT
Cessnock Community of Great Public
Schools: Abermain Public School;
Bellbird Public School; Cessnock Public
School; Cessnock East Public School;
Cessnock West Public School;
Cessnock High School; Congewai
Public School; Ellalong Public School;
Kearsley Public School; Kitchener Public
School; Laguna Public School; Millfield
Public School; Mount View High School;
Nulkaba Public School; Paxton Public
School; Wollombi Public School
Cessnock Community of Great Public
Schools: A K–12 approach to improving
student learning outcomes
Mayfield East Public School
We grow and learn together
Tomaree Learning Community: Anna
Bay Public School; Bobs Farm Public
School; Shoal Bay Public School;
Soldiers Point Public School; Tomaree
Public School; Tomaree High School
Tomaree Learning Community Year 6–7
transition program
Albion Park High School
Outstanding achievement in vocational
education and training and workplace
learning
Mulwaree High School
Mulwaree alternative program
Narooma Public School
The healthy and sustainable living
project
Epping Boys High School
Boys-to-men program
Northern Beaches Secondary College
Mackellar Girls Campus
St Ives North Public School
Enhancing the educational outcomes for
Aboriginal students – success through
collaboration, negotiation and
community involvement
Ku-ring-gai gifted and talented unit at St
Ives North Public School
SOUTH WESTERN
SYDNEY
East Hills Girls Technology High School
Excellence in student achievement and
retention
SYDNEY
Cronulla High School
Primary schools linkages and transition
program
Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and
Design
Outstanding achievement by a school
Engadine High School
Engadine High School linkages program
WESTERN NSW
The Henry Lawson High School
Mudgee High School
WESTERN
SYDNEY
Erskine Park High School
Quality teaching in practice: literacy and
numeracy in focus
Supporting quality teaching in rural and
remote schools through the Mudgee
High School Centre for Excellence
Erskine Park High School student
welfare program
2010 Recipients
REGION
HUNTER AND
CENTRAL COAST
ILLAWARRA AND
SOUTH EAST
NORTH COAST
NORTHERN
SYDNEY
RIVERINA
SOUTH WESTERN
SYDNEY
SYDNEY
SCHOOL/S
Kurri Kurri Learning Community:
Kurri Kurri Public School; Kurri Kurri
High School; Pelaw Main Public
School; Weston Public School;
Mulbring Public School; Stanford
Merthyr Infants School
Narara Valley High School
Targeted classes meeting local needs
Laptop learning at Seaham Public School
Figtree High School
Library redevelopment project
Smith’s Hill High School
Tabulam Public School
The Smith’s Hill High School values project
Environmental and sustainability education –
human sign project
Excellence in Aboriginal Education
Balgowlah North Public School
Positive behaviour for learning
Pymble Public School
Outstanding achievement in the performing arts
Bunnaloo Public School
Academic excellence in numeracy
Young Public School
Thinking of others program
Blaxcell Street Public School
The pillars of literacy – setting a strong
foundation for acquisition of early literacy skills
Holroyd School; Mary Brooksbank
School
Numeracy framework for special needs learners
Lidcombe Public School
Dynamic, innovative, sustainable practice –
always moving forward
Georges River College – Hurstville
Boys’ Campus
Value-adding on School Certificate achievement
Aldavilla Public School
Kogarah High School
Rockdale Public School
MYAR (Middle Years Action Research) Schools
– Connecting schools to strengthen communities
through public education
Achievement of significant improvement in
learning outcomes and opportunities
Excellence in student learning initiative:
preparing students for the future
Maximising learning opportunities for all students
Forbes North Public School
NAPLAN success through exemplary programs
and practice
Gilgandra High School
Positive behaviour for learning
Cudgegong Learning Community and Mudgee
Small Schools’ Network visual arts camps
Removing the challenge and impact of new
trends in education for Stage 6 students
Primary links
Hill End Public School
Parkes High School
WESTERN SYDNEY
Kickstarting careers in the Kurri Kurri Learning
Community
Seaham Public School
Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College
– Tumbi Umbi Campus; Bateau Bay
Public School; Brooke Avenue
Public School; The Entrance Public
School; Wamberal Public School
Glebe Public School
WESTERN NEW
SOUTH WALES
PROJECT
Model Farms High School
Oxley Park Public School; Bennett
Road Public School; Colyton High
School, Colyton Public School; St
Marys Public School; St Marys
Senior High School; St Marys South
Public School
Community, leadership, cooperation – creating a
sustainable learning community
Sherwood Ridge Public School
Celebration of the performing arts program within
the school and wider community
2009 Recipients
REGION
HUNTER AND
CENTRAL COAST
ILLAWARRA AND
SOUTH EAST
NEW ENGLAND
NORTH COAST
SCHOOL
Copacabana Public School
Teaching in a technological environment
Barrack Heights Public School
Writing project
Warrawong Community of Schools
(Cringila Public, Kemblawarra Public,
Lake Heights Public, Port Kembla
Public, Warrawong Public and
Warrawong High Schools)
Yass High School
Tamworth Public School
Tumbulgum Public School
Wollumbin High School
Woolgoolga High School
NORTHERN
SYDNEY
RIVERINA
SOUTH WESTERN
SYDNEY
SYDNEY
WESTERN NEW
SOUTH WALES
WESTERN
SYDNEY
PROJECT
Warrawong community of schools: Innovation and
excellence – a learning community supporting
quality education
Yass High School breakfast club
Outstanding school achievement
Providing quality teaching for student learning
Quality portfolio program
Success crowns effort – excellence in student
welfare
Mowbray Public School
Mowbray’s musical program
Pennant Hills Public School
Willoughby Girls High School
Tullibigeal Central School (a member of
the Western Access Program)
Outstanding performing arts program
Leading girls’ education in academic excellence
Liverpool Girls High School
Creative connectedness through textual literacy
Merrylands East Public School
Ashfield Boys High School
Grays Point Public School
Moorefield Girls High School
Denison College of Secondary
Education – Bathurst High Campus,
Kelso High Campus
Dubbo College – Delroy, Senior and
South Campuses
Orana Heights Public School
Western Access Program (Peak Hill,
Tottenham, Trangie, Trundle, Tullamore
and Yeoval Central Schools)
Vardy’s Road Public School
Leadership in sustainability
Advancing boys’ learning and leadership
The Grays Point positive wellbeing project
The road to excellence – a quality teaching project
WeCONNECTonline
Willmot Public School
The Willmot way: working with the community to
secure success for our students
Achieving excellence together
Careers and transition – a team approach
Orana Heights – the inclusive school
Achieving excellence together
Quality education in a caring environment
2008 Recipients
REGION
HUNTER AND
CENTRAL COAST
SCHOOL
Booragul Public School
Hillvue Public School
Narrabri Public School
Tea Gardens Public School
Centaur Public School
Byron Bay Public School
Grafton High School
Fisher Road Special School
Satellite Class Integration
Corowa High School
Corowa South Public School
West Wyalong High School
Student Leadership Program
Creative Arts Achievement
Environmental Education
Chipping Norton Public School
Excellence in ICT Teaching and Learning
Pambula Public School
Cambewarra Public School
NEW ENGLAND
NORTH COAST
NORTHERN
SYDNEY
RIVERINA
SOUTH WESTERN
SYDNEY
Armidale High School
Ingleburn Community of Schools
(Ingleburn Public, Ingleburn North
Public, Ingleburn High and Sackville
Street Public schools)
Macquarie Fields High School
SYDNEY
Sydney Girls High School
Lucas Heights Community School
WESTERN NSW
WESTERN
SYDNEY
Strengthened Relationships - Strengthens Learning
Developing Quality Partnerships and Improving
Educational Outcomes
Innovation and Excellence – A Community
Committed to Quality Learning
Cambewarra Lives Core Values
Excellent Achievement in the Creative and
Performing Arts (CAPA)
Excellence in Student Well Being
Keeping Them at School and Making Them Strong
Small School Feel with a Big School Performance
Inclusion K - 6
A Quality School Framework
Talent for Textiles
Biraban Public School
ILLAWARRA AND
SOUTH EAST
PROJECT
Community of Schools between the
Rivers (Alford Point Public, Bangor
Public, Illawong Public, Lucas Heights
Community, Menai High, Menai Public,
Tharawal Public and Woronora River
Public schools)
Kingsgrove High School
Anson Street SSP, Blayney High,
Molong Central, Orange High and The
Canobolas Rural Technology High
schools
Narromine Public School
Narromine High School
Chifley College (Bidwill, Dunheved, Mt
Druitt, Shalvey and Senior campuses)
Bert Oldfield Public School
Marsden Park Public School
Penrith High School
Transed, promoting public education in the
Ingleburn Cluster of Schools
Collegial Support – Teachers Helping Teachers
Celebrating 125 years of Outstanding Achievements
in Educating Young Women
Reading for Enjoyment and Learning (REAL) - a K12 Literacy Program to Improve Literacy Across all
Key Learning Areas
Enrichment Program
Gains in Stage 4 Literacy from 2004 - 2007
e2
Jarjum – Head Start Program
Excellence in Agriculture
Learning, Discovering, Inspiring: A Priority School
Literacy Project
Values Education
Teamwork between School and Community
Excellence in the Creative and Performing Arts
2007 Recipients
REGION
ILLAWARRA AND
SOUTH EAST
SCHOOL
Oak Flats High School
Oak Flats Public School
NEW ENGLAND
NORTH COAST
Glen Innes Public School
Ballina High School
Great Lakes College, Tuncurry Senior
Campus
North Haven Public School
NORTHERN
SYDNEY
RIVERINA
SOUTH WESTERN
SYDNEY
SYDNEY
Kingscliff High School
The Peninsula Community of Schools
(Narrabeen Sports High School,
Pittwater High School, Barrenjoey High
School; Cromer Public School, Avalon
Public School, Bilgola Plateau Public
School, Collaroy Plateau Public School,
Elanora Heights Public School, Mona
Vale Public School, Narrabeen Lakes
Public School, Narrabeen North Public
School, Newport Public School and
Wheeler Heights Public School)
Rankin Springs Public School
Barooga Public School
Partnerships that Matter: A Learning Community
Supporting Quality Education
Student Wellbeing – Building a Constructive Culture
Trade School in a School
Curriculum Innovation
Quality Teaching and Learning in
Creative/Performing Arts
Creative Arts Program
K-12 and Beyond Collaborative Learning
Community
Providing Opportunities for Small Schools
Student Welfare – You Can Do It
School Rejuvenation
Beverley Hills Girls High School
Beverley Hills Intensive English Centre
Campbelltown Performing Arts High
School
Excellence in Student Leadership Initiatives
Ambassadors of Diversity
Blakehurst High School
Georges River College, Penshurst Girls
Campus
WESTERN
SYDNEY
School Community Partnerships
Punchbowl Boys High School
Cronulla Public School
WESTERN
PROJECT
Heathcote High School
Coonamble High School
Denison College of Secondary
Education – Bathurst High Campus,
Bathurst Public School, Bathurst West
Public School and Eglinton Public
School
Forbes High School
Denison College of Secondary
Education - Kelso High Campus
Plumpton High School
Quakers Hills East Public School
Baulkham Hills High School
Using Action Learning to Support Quality Teaching
Raising Student Outcomes Through Quality
Teaching and Learning
Outstanding Service to Public Education and
Training through Excellence in the Performing Arts
Transforming Teaching and Learning through the
Use of Information and Communication
Technologies
Gifted and Talented Program
Mentoring Umbrella
Iexplore
Enhancing Performing Arts
Cirkus Surreal – Making a Positive Connection with
Students
Outstanding School Achievement
Gifted and Talented Education – Opportunities for
All
Gifted and Talented Education and the
Development of Values
2006 Recipients
REGION
HUNTER AND
CENTRAL COAST
ILLAWARRA AND
SOUTH COAST
NEW ENGLAND
NORTH COAST
NORTHERN
SYDNEY
RIVERINA
SCHOOL
Wadalba Community School
Community Physical Activity
Warilla High School
Student Well-Being
Bellambi Public School
Bega High School
Milton Public School
Ross Hill Public School
Bingara Central School &Warialda High
School
Inverell High School
Uralla Central School
Mullumbimby Public School
Kingscliff High School
Terranora Public School
Teaching and Learning – The Early Years
Education in a Rural Environment
Literacy Development
Arts Education
Chatswood Public School
Finley High School
Wagga Wagga High School
SOUTH WESTERN
SYDNEY
SYDNEY
WESTERN
WESTERN
SYDNEY
PROJECT
The Gwydir Learning Region
Inclusion and Integration
Middle Schooling
Quality Education
Immersive Learning Environments
Building the Basics
The You + me = us @ Chatswood PS Program
(Multicultural Education)
Vocational Education and Training
Careers Education Program – Creating Future
Pathways
Canley Vale High School
Making Mathematics Matter
Sarah Redfern High School
Banksia Road Public School
East Hills Girls Technology High School
Sydney Secondary College
Engadine High School
Sydney Technical High School
Rozelle Public School
Baradine Central School
Gilgandra Public School
Student Management System
Creative Arts Partnerships
Technology Education
Quality, Opportunity, Diversity
Linkages Project to Strengthen Middle Schooling
Gifted and Talented Education
Being & Learning Together
Whole School Learning Initiatives
Gilgandra Reads Everything Around Town
Quakers Hill High School
Developing Middle School Transition Links
Crestwood High School
Blaxland East Public School
Student Welfare & Support Programs
Performing Arts
2005 Recipients
REGION
HUNTER AND
CENTRAL COAST
ILLAWARRA AND
SOUTH COAST
SCHOOL
Gresford Public School
PROJECT
Quality Teaching
NORTH COAST
Oxley Vale Public School
Wauchope Public School
Tacking Point Public School
Planning and Implementing a K-6 Approach to
Literacy Learning
Designing, Delivering and Promoting Quality Public
Education
A Changing Culture
From Little Things Big Things Grow
Teaching and Learning
Innovative Programs for Students Experiencing
Behaviour Difficulties
Performing Arts
Creative and Performing Arts
A Wide Range of Curriculum Areas
NORTHERN
SYDNEY
Artarmon Public School
Outstanding Performing Arts
Chatswood Public School
Mackellar Girls Campus – Northern
Beaches Secondary College
Billabong High School
Music Education
Terara Public School
Minnamurra Public School
NEW ENGLAND
Mt Warrigal Public School
Collector Public School
Ben Venue Public School
Parry School
RIVERINA
Finley High School
Wagga Wagga High School
Yanco Agricultural High School
SOUTH WESTERN
SYDNEY
SYDNEY
WESTERN
WESTERN
SYDNEY
Sir Joseph Banks High School
Turning Potential into Performance
Linkages Initiatives
Teaching and Learning – Agriculture and Show
Team
Student Welfare
Applied Agriculture
MAD (Making a Difference) Special Project
Beverly Hills Girls High School
Airds High School
Georges River College – Penshurst
Girls Campus
Peakhurst South Public School
Sylvania High School
Kingsgrove North High School
Coonabarabran High School
Cowra High School
Innovation and Excellence in Curriculum Delivery
The Boys’ Own Program
Branching Out – Growing a Professional Learning
Community
Quality Kindergarten Programs
School Renewal – The Creation of Excellence
School to Work
Promotion of Public Education
The Break Away Program
St Clair High School
Student Welfare
Ellison Public School
Transitioning Students with Special Needs into
School