Annual Report 2016 - Creek Street Christian College · Annual Report 2016 Seek Truth : Love Mercy...

Annual Report 2016

Seek Truth : Love Mercy

Table of Contents

College background …………………………………………………………………….. Page 1

Principal’s Report …………………………………….……………………………………

Strategic Planning and Development …………………………………. Page 4

School Council Members ……………………………………………………………. Page 5

College Staff ………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 6

Students …………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 9

Progress and Academic Achievements …………………………............ Page 13

Finance Report ……………………………………………………………………………… Page 15

Student Leadership ……………………………………………………………………… Page 16

The Year as It Unfolded ……………………………………………………………….. Page 17

Parent Opinion Survey …………………………………………………....... Page 27

Annual Report 2016


College Background

Creek Street Christian College has a long history. Established in 1981 Creek Street Christian College offers a high quality education in a caring environment to the families of Bendigo and surrounds.

Over the years Creek Street Christian College has grown from 27 students to 292 students with young people in 3 year old, 4 year old and Prep to Year 10 classes.

With all of our students on the one centrally located Bendigo campus we are able to offer some unique opportunities which make use of all of the college facilities at all of the year levels. By way of example, recently our Early Learning Centre students spent time with their Year 5 buddies and have borrowed from our college library.

At the Junior School level, Prep to Year 4, a strong emphasis is placed on areas of Literacy and Numeracy and parents are regularly kept informed of their children’s progress via written feedback in our Record Folders and our College Learning Management System, CANVAS.

Individual learning styles and levels of ability and interests are catered for through a variety of teaching methods including the use of various thinking tools, individual and group work, explicit teaching, touch screen monitors, iPads and computer labs. Handwriting, Phonics, Grammar and times tables remain key foundational life skills and their value is reinforced throughout the school.

Our Prep to Year 6 classes all commence the day with a period of individual reading during which the teachers have time to hear students read and monitor their progress. Communication with parents to support various aspects of student educational development is highly valued.

As students move into Middle School, Year 5 to Year 7, they are gradually introduced to a wider range of subjects and a larger number of different teachers thus assisting their transition into Senior School. The one-to-one iPad program is introduced at Year 7 thus building on the already varied delivery of the curriculum.

A recently introduced CBD (Career Bound Discovery) week program has provided Year 5 to Year 9 students with time to study in a Bendigo CBD classroom. Planned and incidental life-learning experiences with guest speakers presenting career snapshots have been a feature of these weeks.

Moving into Senior School leadership opportunities are continued and built upon with the college having a Prefect program at Year 7 and Year 10. Students are encouraged to develop their leadership skills and grow and develop personally as well as academically.

A wide range of electives are offered at Year 9 and 10 level which include VET subjects, VCE subjects and additional subjects which cater for a wide range of interests and future career paths.

It is our belief that the opportunities we present to students will form a strong foundation for the remainder of their lives, regardless of their future pathway. Most importantly we believe that we are helping students discover all God made them to be.

Offering a seamless education from Playgroup to Early Learning Centre to School is central to our college goals. Supporting families who want their children educated in a Christian environment is paramount to our thinking.

Creek Street Christian College has proven itself over many years to be a school where young people can be encouraged to develop in all areas of their lives. This includes their academic, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. A testament to this history is the number of ex-students who now send their own children to Creek Street Christian College.

Page 1

Annual Report 2016


Principal’s Report

How proud are we of our amazing College community?

As I reflect on 2016 it is clear it was a year of both highlights and significant challenges; a year of growth and development for us all.

At all times our Christian parent, staff and student community has worked together to support one another and as a result I have no doubt that we have grown into a stronger school community.

Our students have reflected on life and the things that are truly important; the things that we remember about people we have lost and the things we appreciate about those that remain among us.

Our parents have supported families who have experienced loss and have been there for our staff when they have needed help too.

And our amazing staff has kept the students and their learning and wellbeing paramount in their thinking thus enabling these same students to make great progress personally, spiritually and academically. At CSCC our greatest joy is seeing our young people grow and develop in all areas of their lives.

2016 saw us continue with our college values with emphasis on Optimism, Vision, Excellence and Respect. Some valuable discussions have taken place around these topics all coming from a Biblical perspective, around knowing who we are in Christ, how much we are loved by God and then our relationships with others that flow from that understanding.

Our physical facilities started to take on a different shape with works commencing on our original classrooms to transform them into modern well-equipped and flexible learning spaces.

Our gardens began to come to life in many ways with some amazing outdoor learning areas added and our beautiful Early Learning Centre started to take shape. All of these facilities being built and put in place in preparation for opening in 2017.

We are very thankful for the past year. We thank God for His provision, His comfort, His enabling and His peace; things that only He can truly provide. We honour Him and thank Him for our college which has always been His and will remain so in the coming years.

May God bless you and your family as we continue to work together and support one another while our wonderful young people grow and learn at Creek Street Christian College.

Mrs Coral E Maxwell College Principal

Page 1

Page 2

Annual Report 2016


Our Vision To provide Christian education and training to children so that they are equipped to impact their community, our nation and the world for the Lord Jesus Christ.

Our Mission Creek Street Christian College has been established to provide families with a Christian education, within a caring and disciplined environment that will enable children to fully develop their God‐given talents and academic abilities, so that they are able to contribute effectively to the changing society of which they are a part. The College encourages and supports students to develop a positive and wholesome outlook on life, to become self‐disciplined people and to be responsible and caring members of the community.

Our Values

Helping students discover all God made them to be.

Devotion - ‘Till I come, devote yourself to reading, to exhortation and to teaching and instilling

doctrine.’ 1 Timothy 4:13 AMP

Integrity - ‘Joyful are people of integrity, who follow the instructions of the Lord.’ Psalm 119:1 NLT

Service - ‘God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them

well to serve one another.’ 1 Peter 4:10 NLT

Compassion - ‘Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with

compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.’ Colossians 3:13 NIV

Optimism - ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’ Philippians 4:13 NKJV

Vision - ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.’

Proverbs 29:18 KJV

Excellence - ‘And whatever you do, do it heartly, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that

from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritances for you serve the Lord

Christ.’ Colossians 3:23‐24 NKJV

Respect - ‘Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honour

the king.’ 1 Peter 2:17 NIV

Page 3

Annual Report 2016


Strategic Planning and Development The College has a strategic planning mechanism which involves 7 key development areas. These are:

Student Wellbeing

Staff Wellbeing

Faith

Teaching and Learning

Community

Environment and Infrastructure

Governance and Leadership On a four‐year rotational basis the leadership team, in conjunction with the College Council, reviews each of these areas in detail to evaluate the working documents which unpin each one, and to add further strategies to develop and enhance these aspects of the college. All other areas are also present and reviewed as an ongoing process. For 2016 our major focus areas were Environment and Infrastructure and Governance and Leadership. Our staff all read ‘The Leader In Me’ by Stephen Covey and have since developed some key strategies which allow students to lead in a wider range of areas. The College has also developed a Master Plan which is driving the steady development of our facilities. Our aim to maintain quality buildings and surrounds for our students and community to enjoy has become far more obvious with three major projects getting underway.

Thank you to all of our staff, consultants and contractors who have worked together to support us throughout the year. We look forward to 2017 with great anticipation.

Page 4

Annual Report 2016


School Council Members Mr Geoff Kean (Chairman)

Mrs Coral Maxwell

Mr Dale Caldwell Miss Wilma Calvert Mr Tim Maxwell Mr Ken Sheers

Senior Management Team

Ms Susan Read

Business Manager

Mrs Coral Maxwell

Principal Principal

Mr Dale Caldwell Assistant Principal

Assistant Principal Principal

Mr Kevin Sourgen Assistant Principal

Mr Tim Maxwell

Property Manager

Page 4

Page 5

Annual Report 2016


Chaplain Mr D Hickman

Administration staff Mrs J Caldwell Playgroup

Mrs G Kean Mrs K Robb Mr G Coulson Mrs R McKinnon Mrs Kristy Sargeant Ms E Christie Mrs K Robb Mrs R McKinnon Mrs L Nott

Special Needs and Assistance Uniform Shop Mrs K Mackinder Mrs K Robb Mrs K Vercoe Mrs P Numan Mrs G Clifton Mrs N Wilson Miss J McKinnon Mrs C Ryan

Mrs K Rogers

After School Care Cleaning and Maintenance Mrs K Robb Mrs Rhoda Rayment Miss G Colquhoun Mrs Samantha Maxwell Miss L Wilson Mr John Geri Miss B Nicholas Miss R Nicholas Miss M Robb Mr D Stubs

Page 6

Page 6

Annual Report 2016


Primary classroom assistants - voluntary Mrs P Numan Mrs J Nicholas Ms K Pagram Mrs A Smith Mrs K Rogers Mrs N Spruce

Staff News Congratulations to Mr Thorpe who married Brydie over the holiday break.

Miss Maxwell became engaged to Jesse Lovell and then right at the end of the year they were married.

We welcomed Mr Garry Eadon to our teaching staff team and enjoyed much laughter with him. Sadly Mr

Eadon passed away early in Term 2 and our whole school community still misses him.

Miss Pitts came back to teaching after a year’s break and Miss Colquhoun came to work with Mrs Tatt in the

Prep room.

Mrs Louise Nott continued to work with us in preparation for our own Early Learning Centre to open in 2017.

Mrs Kirsty Seipolt joined us to teach an after school Maths class for our Year 7 -10 students.

Mr Cliff Meyer decided to take up a career change and left us during Term 1.

Mrs Douglass enjoyed a term’s break in Term 2 for Long Service Leave. Mrs Sandeman taught her classes. Mr

Hickman and Mrs Hall also took some time out with their families. Later in the year Mrs Colquhoun and Mrs

Bruns also took some time out.

Mrs Muston took some maternity leave and later in the year Michelle and Marc and Chelsea and Ebony and

Lucas welcomed Amelia to their family.

Mrs Kristy Sargeant joined our Admin staff team.

Mrs Elizabeth Malone was appointed as our Early Learning Centre Co Educator/Assistant.

Mrs Cherry took LSL for part of Term 4 returning for the last 3 weeks of the year. Mr Dunstan also took leave

for Term 4.

At the end of the year we acknowledged 10 years of service to the college by Mrs Merilyn Tatt our Prep

teacher, Mr David Hickman our Chaplain and Mrs Pam Numan currently working in the Uniform Shop. Thank

you to each of them for the contributions they have made to the life of the college during these many years.

Page 7

Annual Report 2016


Staff Professional Learning included: Staff study of ‘The Leader in Me’ by Stephen Covey. A wonderful book that gives an enriched perspective on

helping all students to lead and helping them learn to lead by our instruction and example.

Level 2 First Aid training and updates including CPR, Anaphylaxis and Asthma management were completed for

all staff.

Heads of Subject were appointed and given instruction in budgeting, planning and managing a team.

SMART Spelling by Michelle Hutchison was revisited by all staff.

Junior staff discussed and developed a new direction for Literacy instruction and curriculum delivery within the

school Prep to Year 6.

Christian Schools Australian State Conference held in Melbourne at Hillcrest Christian College. Some of our

staff led discussion groups made up of teachers and staff from all around Victoria.

All staff attended a Parent Night delivered by Focus on the Family’s Brett Ryan.

Staff attended our first overnight staff retreat and focused on developing our own staff values. The discussions

and development of which were facilitated by Mr Ken Greenwood, SEO for CSA.

Personal development and understanding of curriculum areas taught using the Australian Curriculum.

Other learning experiences were specific to the role of each staff member as appropriate.

Staff Attendance Rate For permanent and temporary staff and school leaders the staff attendance rate was 98%.

Page 8

Annual Report 2016


Classes 2016 Junior School

Page 9

Annual Report 2016


Middle School

Page 10

Annual Report 2016


Senior School

Page 11

Annual Report 2016


Principal’s Award Winner 2016 Junior School ‐ Logan Phillips Middle School ‐ Janidu Hathurusinghe Senior School ‐ James Goode

Student numbers 256 full time students commenced at our College at the beginning of 2016. 40 new students started at Creek Street on day one; 29 in Junior School, 7 in Middle School and 4 in Senior School.

Enrolments at the time of Census included: Boys ‐ 142 Girls ‐ 123 0% indigenous 8.2% of non-English speaking background

Student Attendance Rate

Average Attendance Rate = 94.8%

Students who have difficulty with attendance are supported by our College Chaplain, their teachers and the Principal. Thank you to all of our parents who support the college by reinforcing to their children the importance of being at school each day and through this the high value of a good education. Student learning is greatly enhanced in those students who have a high personal attendance rate.

Post School Destinations At the conclusion of 2016 out of 22 Year 10 students 21 enrolled at Bendigo Senior Secondary College, 1 commenced employment.

89.00% 90.00% 91.00% 92.00% 93.00% 94.00% 95.00% 96.00%

Year 10

Year 9

Year 8

Year 7

Year 6

Year 5

Year 4

Year 3

Year 2

Year 1

Prep

Page 12

Annual Report 2016


Student Progress and Academic Achievements

2015/2016 NAPLAN Results (National Assessment Program)

Participation Rate

96% of our Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students were enrolled to take part in these tests. All students were present for the tests.

Reading Writing Spelling Numeracy Grammar and Punctuation

CSCC State CSCC State CSCC State CSCC State CSCC State

Year 3 2015

2016

22.6 24.3 19.4 20.5 11.0 13.1 17.2 19.3 15.3 16.7

24.0 24.7 20.1 20.5 11.2 12.1 19.5 20.3 14.1 15.4

Year 5 2015

2016

25.8 23.4 26.8 25.3 13.7 13.8 24.2 22.9 19.1 16.8

26.8 24.7 25.5 24.7 13.7 12.9 27.5 24.4 17.0 15.3

Year 7 2015

2016

29.5 27.3 26.9 28.0 16.6 15.7 37.3 32.1 19.2 17.3

31.0 28.0 28.0 27.7 15.9 13.5 40.8 34.5 18.0 15.7

Year 9 2015

2016

34.2 31.0 33.2 31.3 15.5 14.3 35.3 30.0 20.3 17.1

31.6 29.0 31.0 30.5 15.1 14.1 20.2 16.4 18.0 15.8

(Note: figures recorded are the average class result for each test)

Members of our college community and wider community may also access these results plus a range of more specific information regarding the college by visiting www.myschool.edu.au.

We are pleased with the results that our students achieve on their NAPLAN tests and it should be noted that the students consistently achieve at a higher level as they go up through our college year levels.

Language Background other than English Students taking part in the 2016 NAPLAN assessment who have a Language Background Other than

English are as follows: Year 3 ‐ 2 students Year 5 ‐ 5 students Year 7 ‐ 3 students Year 9 ‐ 7 students

Page 13

http://www.myschool.edu.au/

Annual Report 2016


The data shown above indicates the percentage of students at each year level who have performed above the

national benchmark, at the benchmark and below the benchmark on NAPLAN tests.

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

YEAR 3 -ABOVE

YEAR 3- AT YEAR 3 -BELOW

YEAR 5 -ABOVE

YEAR 5 -AT

YEAR 5 -BELOW

READING

WRITING

SPELLING

NUMERACY

GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

YEAR 7 -ABOVE

YEAR 7 -AT

YEAR 7 -BELOW

YEAR 9 -ABOVE

YEAR 9 -AT

YEAR 9 -BELOW

READING

WRITING

SPELLING

NUMERACY

GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION

Page 14

Annual Report 2016


Financial Report Federal and State Governments are still the major contributors to our funding with more emphasis for the State Government on our socio economic rating. Wages and Staff related expenditure continues to account for the major expenses. At all times we endeavour to keep our fees to a minimum, however, we do not at any time want to compromise the delivery of a quality educational program taught by quality teachers.

Government Grants - Commonwealth$2,545,583

Government Grants - State$647,915

Tuition Fees$708,155

Other Income$340,542

Salaries$3,098,652

Depreciation$215,502

Building and Grounds$1,689,520

Tuition Related Expenses$197,540

Finance Costs$37,410

Equipment$102,324

Page 15

Annual Report 2016


Student Leadership

House Captains Thank you to those who fulfilled leadership roles, such as House Captains and Class Captains, during the year. At the commencement of the year, students in Year 5 ‐ 7 and students in Year 8 ‐ 10 elected the following students to these leadership positions at the Middle School and Senior School levels.

Senior School

Eureka: Londonderry: Shamrock: Deborah:

Lydia Austin (captain) Jordan Bydeveldt (captain) Mitchell Kemp (captain) Hannah Jordan (captain)

Bella Robb (vice‐captain) Alexandra Wilson (vice‐captain) Tahlia Baldwin (vice‐captain) James Goode (vice‐captain)

Middle School


Amber Chong (captain) Thomas Wilson (captain) Lucy Hall (captain) Annabelle Bellingham (captain)

Chloe Hooper (vice‐captain) Eliza Christie (vice‐captain) Lewis Gillett (vice‐captain) Angel Shaju (vice‐captain)

Junior School At the Junior School level House Captains and House Vice‐Captains are chosen by staff to represent their Houses throughout the year. These students also join with all Year 4 students to take their turn in leading our Junior School assemblies. At this year level we start the learning leadership journey which develops into further formal opportunities as the students move up through the school.


Lulu Wah (captain) Emily Vercoe (captain) Logan Phillips (captain) Albin Roby (captain)

Makayla Hutton (vice‐captain) Lachlan Wilson (vice‐captain) Emma Gillett (vice‐captain) David McCalman (vice‐captain)

Class Captains Our School Captains, Lydia Austin and Mitchell Kemp and Middle School Captains, Eliza Christie and Jeremiah Harris automatically become Year 10 and Year 7 Class Captains. Class Captains at other year levels were:

Year 9 ‐ Nicholas Malone Year 8 ‐ Ainsley Smith Year 6 ‐ Caley Schultz Year 5 ‐ Marion Amutharaj

Page 16

Annual Report 2016


The year as it unfolded

January

The year commenced for teachers with a staff family BBQ prior to Australia Day and then three days of professional development which included the routine Level 2 First Aid training and updates

We held our final Book Collection Day. Now our text books are all ordered on line and delivered to homes.

Thank you to Naomi and Pam for looking after the Uniform shop and helping all families be ready for the start of the year.

February

February 1 was Day 1 for students

Term 1 Value – Optimism - ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’ Philippians 4:13 NKJV

2nd year of our one-to-one student iPad program. Year 7 & 8 students now having their own devices.

Our Annual Family Picnic was held on the 18th of February. We are always delighted to spend time as a community.

Our MIP program commenced with LeeAnn Clarke teaching piano and vocals, Daniel Bish teaching guitar, John Matthews teaching flute and saxophone and Simon Lewicki and Ethan Hunter teaching drums.

Mrs Erryn Lewicki taught an after school class for Art. She also took a lunch time Art session for our students.

We introduced a Students Advisor program for Year 7 and 9 students. Staff members were assigned a small group of students to check how they are going with their studies and offer support as required.

Page 17

Annual Report 2016


We introduced a wide range of lunch time activities for Middle and Senior School. Thank you Mr Dunstan for coordinating. The Walking Club paid a visit to a visiting celebrity.

Chosen Kids started up again for the new year. Thank you to Mrs Clifton for looking after this program for us.

Our Year 2 to Year 10 students all enjoyed the Swimming Program at the Bendigo East Pool.

The CSCC Swimming Sports were held on the 29th of February. We reintroduced a Parent/Teacher/Student race! An absolute highlight of the day. Shamrock were victorious on the day followed by Eureka, Londonderry and Deborah.

Mr Marcus Dawson ran a lunch time Futsal clinic in the college stadium.

HPV training was up and underway again for another year. The first event was the Casey 6 hour event. We won the event in our category!

During February we launched CANVAS - our Student Learning Management System with our Year 5-10 students. Parents and students can now access work requirements and receive immediate feedback on work completed.

Junior, Middle and Senior Worship teams got underway again. Thank you to Miss McKinnon, Mrs Vercoe and Mrs Caldwell for coordinating these groups.

March

The Year 9 & 10 students enjoyed their camp in Tasmania. Incorporated in this week was a mini ‘Amazing Race’ in the Melbourne CBD. Then we all headed over Bass Strait in the Spirit of Tasmania. Then on their return to Melbourne students were very fortunate to take part in the Youth Homelessness program run by the Salvation Army.

New records set 10 Girls Freestyle 50m 67.9 Ava Wood 10 Boys Freestyle 50m 50.7 Joshua Hall 10 Girls Backstroke 50m 1.12.3 Ava Wood 10 Boys Backstroke 50m 1.06.1 Dakota Filocamo 10 Girls Breaststroke 50m 1.17 Annabella Taylor 10 Boys Breaststroke 50m 1.17.5 Ethan Bailey

Records broken 14 Boys Freestyle 50m 29.7 Thomas Hawke Open Freestyle 100m 1.04.8 Thomas Hawke 14 Girls Backstroke 50m 45 Karina Cherry 14 Boys Backstroke 50m 34.2 Thomas Hawke 14 Girls Breaststroke 50m 56.9 Karina Cherry 14 Boys Breaststroke 50m 41.75 Thomas Hawke

Page 18

Annual Report 2016


Councillor Rod Fyffe, Mayor or Bendigo, visited CSCC to talk to the Year 7 Life Skills class about Leadership.

Aaron and Nathan Broad represented the school in the School Sports Victoria District Tennis Tournament.

Team ‘Jack’ won the lunch time action cricket fina.

We participated in the Schools Clean Up Day! Thank you Mrs Douglass for coordinating as part of our Health program.

Colin Carington from the Bendigo Bush Poets Society visited for a lunch activity and ran a session on poetry including Colin reciting several pieces.

Parent/teacher interviews gave us an opportunity to communicate with parents regarding student progress. It is always good to have good communication so we can encourage the best possible learning outcomes for our young people.

Junior School staff held a Reading in the Classroom Parent Information Session and we held a Junior School Parent Information Session.

Students in our Automotive Technology class attended a practice day of the Formula One Grand Prix.

Extension Science students visited BSSC to learn about background radiation and conduct an experiment with three radioactive sources. Measurement techniques and the use of specialised equipment were among the skills learnt.

A team of Senior School students participated in the CSSN Secondary Swimming Event.

Our friends in Fiji had parts of their island nation destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Winston. CSCC conducted a fundraiser to help the recovery process. Thankfully the students and families of our sister school were protected and none of their houses were destroyed.

Middle and Senior School students enjoyed Chess Club.

Our Year 6 students took part in an eSmart program to teach them about smart and safe online behaviours.

Our Foodtech class cooked biscuits for the Prison Fellowship Organisation so they could be distributed to prisoners throughout Victoria at Easter time.

Year 7s had a visiting speaker, Rhiannon, from SpinChat Australia come and address them. The SpinChat program aims to raise awareness of a promote the prevention of spinal cord injuries.

Page 19

Annual Report 2016


April

Staff enjoyed two dedicated days of teacher PD on our staff retreat in Hepburn Springs. During this time staff put together their own Staff Values; Learning, Communication, Reliability, Integrity, Love, Service, Honour and Encouragement.

Term 2 value: Vision-‘ Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.’ Proverbs 29:18 KJV

Year 6 students went to the GRIP Leadership conference.

Enrolments for our new ELC started to come in. What an exciting time of preparation it was.

Hip hop was a lunch time activity in April!

Staff put a CSCC team into the Bendigo Relay for Life event. We wanted to honour our friend and colleague Bev Mole who passed away of cancer. The team was Creek Street FROGS (Fully Reliant on God).

College Athletic Sports were held on the 27th of April. It was a great day of competition and congratulations to Londonderry who were victorious overall.

We had quite a number of netball teams representing CSCC. They were Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, 17/Under and an Open team. Thank you to Mrs Sandeman, Mrs Hutton, Mrs Haley, Mrs Wilson and Lyndal for coaching.

Our College Anzac ceremony was held on the 22nd of April. A special feature was a display of limited edition prints from Australian picture books on the theme of War and Anzac. The display was compiled by Kate and Hugh’s great aunty.

Our Hospitality class held their own Master Chef competition. The judges were very impressed.

May

On the 5th of May we commenced our Senior School Triathlon. There was also a student/teacher event. Londonderry were winners overall.

Our Middle School Triathlon was a great event. In this case Shamrock was victorious after a busy week of competitions.

On the 6th of May we were able to celebrate our wonderful mums with our Afternoon Tea of scones, jam and cream.

Students from Prep to Year 10 went shopping with their buddy classes so the Junior students could buy their mums a gift. What a great learning experience!

The Prep/1 classes enjoyed their Swimming Program at Paul Sadler.

We opened up our college to the community and our own families for Open Day.

Page20

Annual Report 2016


At the end of the month we enjoyed a Chapel Presentation from our Year 1 class called God is Big, Strong and Mighty.

The Year 2, 3 and 4 classes headed off to Sovereign Hill and had a great day learning about early Australian life and history.

Karina Cherry represented CSCC in the Victorian Secondary School Orienteering Championships. She competed in the 15A section and came first!

Puppets Bill and Wilma commenced handing our Kindness Awards to our Junior students. They also visited each classroom throughout the term. .

CSCC started the hosting of a pre-school French class each Monday afternoon. This continues still and is a well-attended.

Secondary students participated in the WCSSA Autumn Sports Day. Our Year 9 & 10 girls won their netball grand final and the Year 9 & 10 boys won their’s.

Year 3 & 4 classes moved out of their classrooms so the building could commence! We had received a Commonwealth Grant for $300, 000 for the refurbishment of our original two classrooms, the addition of a new IT room and a beautiful new sensory garden.

June

Some of our Year 9 & 10 students and staff headed to Fiji to visit our Sister School in Labasa. This group conducted a casual clothes day and sausage sizzle to raise funds for our Fijian friends.

Stuart, Belinda and Luke Bailey competed for CSCC in various cycling events throughout the year. In June they were placed 7th in a field of 69 schools. Well done.

Our Year 9 and 10 French Elective students went up to BSSC with Madame to enjoy an afternoon with other students from various Junior Secondary Schools in Bendigo.

Mary Poppins came to life for the Junior School when Middle School students were able to present various items in a Mary Poppins concert.

Plans for our wonderful new ELC went up for our community to view.

The new buildings got underway with Room 7 & 8 being partly demolished.

The Year 10 class enjoyed a Keys Please presentation to help prepare them to be competent drivers.

Eureka were victorious in the Senior House Volleyball competition.

Page21

Annual Report 2016


July

Term 3 value: Excellence - ‘And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritances; for you serve the Lord Christ.’ Colossians 3: 23-24

Staff enjoyed a Professional Learning Day with other staff from CSA Schools from across Victoria. It is always a valuable day of learning and networking.

Both Primary and Secondary Students participated in the CSSN Cross Country event at Bundoora.

Our Book Fair was a lot of fun as we included an invitation for all students to participate in a Book Parade. The students and their families came up with some wonderful characters. We even had Snow White and his 7 dwarfs!

CSCC joined with Refresh Conference to host a Parent Night conducted by Brett Ryan from Focus on the Family. It was a great evening with Brett providing some great parenting tips for all those who attended.

The college implemented a new staff leadership program involving the appointment of Heads of Subjects. Head of Languages is Mrs Joanne Cherry, Head of Humanities is Mrs Gail Stubs, Head of Mathematics is Mr James Dunstan, Head of Science is Mrs Lynne Hall, Head of Technologies is Mrs Karen Douglass, Head of Health and PE is Mrs Camille Lovell and Head of The Arts is Mrs Michelle Muston. These staff are responsible for the implementation and growth of their subject area across the school and are overseen by our Head of Learning and Teaching, Mr Kevin Sourgen.

French and Hospitality students celebrated Bastille Day.

Our new buildings were coming along….

The Fiji Missions Trip participants gave a report on their trip to the college in Chapel.

The Year 10 Design and Technology class enjoyed guest speaker Mrs Lauren Sourgen who spoke to them about products that assist people with disabilities. They students were then able to research and design an innovative product to be used in the kitchen. This object was then constructed using the 3-D printer.

Page22

Annual Report 2016


August

In August we went to a monthly newsletter. This newsletter now gives an overview of the previous month at CSCC as well as telling everyone about coming events. A regular article from Junior, Middle and Senior School includes an outline of some of the curriculum areas being covered at each year level.

The Year 10 students went to a variety of businesses to try out some career options as part of Work Experience week.

We held our 2nd Parent/teacher interview nights for the year.

Year 3 presented their Chapel Presentation to the school ‘Zac and the Big Tree’ and they also gave us a countdown to the Rio Olympics!

We held our Annual Father’s Day stall.

CSCC joined with Elevate Education to present some dedicated teaching sessions to our Year 7 -10 students on Study Skills, Study Habits and Exam Preparation. There was also a Parent Evening Session conducted in the College Library.

Junior and Middle School Students took part in a School Read-a-thon. Many students worked hard to read as many books as they could in the first two weeks of August. At the end of the program they were able to claim their prizes for the money they were able to raise $1367.21.

We all enjoyed sessions at Palmer’s Gym.

Year 5, 6 and 9 enjoyed a presentation by Geoffrey W Graham on ‘Voices of War: An Anzac Story.’

The Computing Elective class commenced a unit on Robotics using our Lego Mindstorms Kits.

Year 8 Food and Health students served morning tea to staff as part of their focus on Food Service.

Year 4 and Year 7 students worked together to present a Bye Bye Bullying Routine. Then a newly convened Stomp Team were able to perform the routine for the Junior School. Now we have a Stomp Team made up of Year 4 students who move around the yard assisting the yard duty teachers and Junior students with any concerns they may have.

Page23

Annual Report 2016


Year 3 & 4 students attended the Farm and Safety Expo in Rochester.

The school nurse visited our Preps

We hosted a Drug Free presentation.

Shamrock won the Senior School Ultimate Frisbee competition.

Shamrock won the Middle School Ultimate Frisbee competition.

Junior School Mini Olympics were held on the 19th of August.

Junior School lunch activities included Bootcamp, including a game of ‘Fitness Uno.’

September

Term 4 value: Respect - ‘Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honour the king.’ 1 Peter 2:17 NIV

A team of secondary students competed in the CSSN Secondary Athletics event in Melbourne.

Performing Arts students competed in the CSA Theatre Sports event.

Prep and Year 1 students went to see ‘Snugglepot and Cuddlepie’ at Ulumbarra Theatre.

CSCC Year 7 to Year 10 students took part in the WCSSA Sports Day in Geelong. We competed in Badminton, Volleyball, Basketball and Soccer. Our girls volleyball team were overall winners.

Our HPV team took part in the Bendigo HPV Grand Prix. After training for the majority of the year our team were able to finish the 9 hour event second in our division and 17th outright. An amazing achievement.

We held a Middle and Senior School Showcase evening to showcase not only what our college has to offer at the upper end of our college but also to assist with decision making around 2017 elective choices.

In September at our Showcase Evening we were able to announce some new programs for 2017. They are our Prefects for Year 7 and 10, our Captiv8 Program for Year 8 and our CBD (Career Bound Discovery) Week for Year 5 through to Year 9.

We also announced the inclusion of a new VCE subject- Health and Human Development for 2017. This would further enhance our offerings of VCE subjects at the Year 10 level.

In addition we were able to announce 3 more VET subjects as Electives - Certificate II in Community Service, Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology and Certificate II in Sport Career Orientated Participation.

Year 2 and 3 students enjoyed a sleepover at the Bendigo Discovery Centre.

The Year 2 class presented their Chapel Presentation over two performances. One for Junior School and one for Middle and Senior School together.

The Auto Tech Elective class visited ‘Up the Creek’ care restoration in Castlemaine.

Page24

Annual Report 2016


The Food Technology class walked to TAFE and viewed their kitchen facilities and heard a presentation on Hospitality careers.

Selected students participated in the CSEN Athletic Sports held a Lakeside Athletics Track in Melbourne.

October

The term started with a teacher PD day.

The Year 4 class had their turn to present Chapel ‘Just The Way You Are’ and they also had their campout in tents on the grassed area of our yard.

The Year 5 & 6 students enjoyed their Urban Camp.

Year 7 & 8 took part in their Resiliency Camp in the Whipstick.

Parents were offered a free First Aid Course - Thank you to Mrs Mel Burns for running this as a Fundraiser for our sister school.

We commenced Fiji Language classes. Thank you to our friend Sai.

Lunch time netball saw Shamrock victorious. Finally the staff had a win in our staff/student competition.

Year 4, 5 & 6 enjoyed Bike Ed and our Year 3 class participated in Scooter Ed.

Our Year 3 class continued their Fiji Fundraising efforts by selling their stick insects. They raised $230!

Prep and Year 1 students went on a History Walk around Bendigo.

November

This month it was time for our Preps to present Chapel to the rest of the school.

Rod Walsh visited CSCC and showed his model of Noah’s Ark and spoke about the evidence to support the flood recounted in the Bible.

Year 6 had a visit from Dr Ricky and Jo from Integrated Smiles Dentistry.

We celebrated the graduation of our Year 7s at the conclusion of their time in Middle School.

We said thank you to all of those parents and friends who assisted in a regular volunteer position within the college. We so appreciated their willingness to commit to the college and our classrooms in this capacity.

Junior School had their own Times Tables competition.

Year 9 students enjoyed a visit from Louise Ryan from the Shrine of Remembrance. Louise brought with her artefacts from a travelling exhibition on WW1

Page25

Annual Report 2016


December

Staff, parents and Year 10 students celebrated together the completion of the Year 10’s studies at CSCC. We thanked all of these parents for the support they had given their children during the course of their time at Creek Street, however long or short this time had been. We wished the students well for their future studies.

We trialled a new car pick up process in front of the stadium on the netball court. It was successful and is now an option for all families to take up instead of having to park in Creek Street at the end of the school day.

Our Year 1 class made some impressive dioramas showing a landscape or animal habitat.

Year 3-6 enjoyed a presentation on recycling during Nude Food Week.

Prep and Year 1 enjoyed an Activity Day to finish the year at school. They did lots of Christmas activities and enjoyed a movie together.

Year 2, 3 and 4 walked to the Bendigo Cinemas and enjoyed the movie Sing. They had a picnic lunch in the King Street Park on their way back.

Our Middle School students celebrated the end of the year with a trip to Luna Park.

Our Senior School students enjoyed a trip to The Zone as their conclusion to the year.

College staff and parents competed in Garry’s Big Bash golf event! This was a wonderful way to honour our friend, parent and colleague and we were also able to raise funds for the Eadon family.

Our Early Learning Centre started taking shape.

To conclude the year we met together as a community at our Junior School Awards night and then at our Middle and Senior School Awards ceremony.

Page26

Annual Report 2016


Parent Opinion Survey During the year we conducted our Parent Opinion Survey. We are always pleased to hear from our parents and to gain an understanding of the aspects of the college that are operating well and others that may be improved from a parent perspective. Thank you very much to everyone who participated. We had a total of 95 parents respond. Thank you.

Positive Feedback (responses in the positive of over 60% of respondents on 80 questions asked) from parents was received in the following areas:

Students

Do you believe the college is a safe place in which to learn? Yes

Do you believe racism is a problem at our college? No

Do you believe the behaviour of students at this college is excellent? Yes

Do you believe student achievement is seen as a positive amongst the students at the college? Yes

Staff

Do you believe the teachers at this school carry out their duties in a professional manner? Yes

Do you believe teachers at this school are passionate about their teaching? Yes

Do you believe teachers at this school know and care about your children? Yes

Do you believe teachers encourage students to be responsible for their own learning? Yes

Do you believe teachers at this school reflect and model the Christian ethos of the college? Yes

Do you believe you have a good relationship with your children’s teachers? Yes

Do you believe the College Chaplain has an important role in the College? Yes

Do you believe having a Chaplain is important to the College? Yes

Teaching and Learning

Do you believe the standard of school work expected is appropriate to the age and stage of development of the student? Yes

Do you believe the college does a good job of teaching basic skills such as reading, writing, mathematics and science? Yes

Do you believe you are kept well informed of the academic performance of your child? Yes

Do you believe you are given useful and relevant feedback about your child’s progress at parent-teacher interviews? Yes

Do you believe students are well prepared for the next stage of their education? Yes

Faith

Do you believe it is important to be supportive of the College’s Statement of Faith? Yes

Do you consider yourself a Christian of personal faith? Yes

Are you interested in the way matters of faith are taught at the college? Yes

Do you believe that your home life reinforces the faith values of the school? Yes

Do you believe it is important for home and school to work together in teaching about faith? Yes

Community

Do you believe all members of the college community are made welcome at the college? Yes

Do you feel welcome when you visit the college? Yes

Do administration staff make you feel welcome when you visit the college? Yes

Do teachers make you feel welcome when you visit the college? Yes

Do you believe teachers at this school are engaged in the school community? Yes

Page27

Annual Report 2016


Do you believe the college uses a broad enough range of communication types to keep parents informed? Yes

Do you believe you have enough opportunities for contact with teachers? Yes

Do you believe families of all different backgrounds and cultures are made to feel welcome at the college? Yes

Do you believe it is important for the college to be involved in the wider Bendigo community? Yes

Leadership

Do you believe learning is a high priority of the college leadership? Yes

Do you believe the whole development of the child is a high priority of the college leadership? Yes

Do you believe matters of faith are a high priority of the college leadership? Yes

Environment and Infrastructure

Do you believe the buildings and grounds are attractive and well-maintained? Yes

Do you believe the college is taking proactive steps to upgrade facilities on a regular basis? Yes

Conclusion to Survey

Overall, are you satisfied with your decision to send your children to this school? Yes

Are you happy to recommend the college to other parents? Yes

Have you recommended our college to other prospective families? Yes

Do you feel that Creek Street Christian College is your families’ school? Yes

Future Focus

After a review of the survey results by the College Council, Senior Management Team and Staff team the following areas were ones that we would like to work on moving forward.

Do you feel well informed about the learning programs undertaken by students? 39% Yes

Do you believe the learning programs offered at this school meet the needs of the individual students? 36% Yes

Do you feel connected to the college community? 34% Yes

Do you know how to express an idea or suggestion to the college leadership team? 34% Yes

Thank you for a great year!

For further information regarding our college visit www.creekstreet.vic.edu.au

Page28

Annual Report 2016 - Creek Street Christian College · Annual Report 2016 Seek Truth : Love Mercy...

Documents

Transcript of Annual Report 2016 - Creek Street Christian College · Annual Report 2016 Seek Truth : Love Mercy...