• Service to the School – going above and beyond their required expectations to serve students and community • An active and independent approach to learning. The students were: Sasha Allerton, Liberty Griffin, Arabella Robinson, Phoebe Anderson, Alice Ham, Liana Romeo, Stephanie Dammann, Alice Hamblin, Frances Ryan, Francesca Daniel, Monica Jones, Emily Shaw, Isabella Dimattina-Beven, Sophie Kondilios, Claudia Thackray, Kate Filippelis, Emily Lord, Emily Thompson, Francesca Gazal, Lucy Macarthur Onslow, Camille White, Maddisen Gazal, Antonia McGrath, Molly Windsor, Grace Gerathy, Madeleine Mercer, Laura Wotherspoon, Sophia Grady, Alice Nowlan, Congcong Wu, and Jia Ni Zhou. • Molly Windsor was presented with the Sacred Heart Award for her active commitment to the Sacred Heart Goals • The Peg Magoffin Award was awarded to Sophia Grady for her outstanding service to the School • The Principal’s Award for Resilience was awarded to Tamika Dartnell-Moore for being a role model for others in how she dealt with challenging circumstances • Sasha Allerton was awarded the Patricia Bowyer Award for her contribution to issues of social justice • This year’s Archbishop of Sydney Award was awarded to Head Girl, Emily Shaw.
NAPLAN RESULTS 2015 The 2015 Naplan results for KRB were strong across all years and all aspects (Reading, Writing, Grammar and Punctuation, Spelling, Numeracy) compared to the State and to the NSW AIS. Highlights: Year 3 performed significantly above the State and NSW AIS means in all aspects • • • •
89% (top 2 bands) for Reading 92% (top 2 bands) for Writing 84% (top 2 bands) for Spelling 87% (top 2 bands) for Grammar and Punctuation
Year 5 performed significantly above the State and NSW AIS means in Reading, Writing, Grammar and Punctuation and Numeracy • 78% (top 2 bands) for Reading • 80% (top 2 bands) for Grammar and Punctuation Year 7 performed significantly above the State and NSW AIS means in Writing • 69% (top 2 bands) for Spelling • 66% (top 2 bands) for Grammar and Punctuation Year 9 performed significantly above the State and NSW AIS means in Writing, Grammar and Punctuation • 52% (top 2 bands) for Reading • 63% (top 2 bands) for Numeracy
CO-EDUCATION IN THE JUNIOR SCHOOL In continuing our proactive approach and commitment to co-education, we hosted a number of events this year to provide a balance for both boys and girls in the Junior School. A parent evening for the Year 1 to Year 6 parents of boys was held to explore the opportunities available to the boys and gain ideas for future events. The father / child day out at the Matador Cricket Cup was a huge success as the boys and girls hunted for our Australian Cricketers’ autographs, and our Kindergarten parents enjoyed a coffee and croissants morning to discuss the future of their boys at KRB. The STEAM curriculum is coming to life at KRB as we celebrated our first Solar Car Race at UNSW, enjoyed our first year with Robotics embedded in the Year 4 curriculum, and loved designing and building our Billy Carts in Kindergarten.
SOPHIE’S COTTAGE This year has seen the opening of our 3 year old Long Day Care program called Sophie’s Cottage after St Madeleine Sophie Barat. The cottage program has been running all year in one of the Joigny classrooms overlooking the renovations of the original Cottage by the Sea building, which will open as the new Sophie’s Cottage in 2016. The children in Sophie’s Cottage have been attending 2, 3 or 5 days and their program has developed into a delightful sharing of ideas, learning, confidence building, and exploration of interest based ideas. The children have been able to attend extracurricular activities including tennis and gymnastics, and participate in French and Library lessons.
JOIGNY This year at the Joigny Centre we have been inspired by the seasons, observing changes in our natural environment, exploring all that is around us, and wondering about the world and mysteries of nature along the way. It has been a year filled with explosions of power, curiosities of change in all that the children have explored. We have also looked at the invisible line between reality and the imagined, the impossible and the possible. This year the range of investigations was again varied and deeply engaging for the children. Their passion for things has been shown in the depth of wondering and sharing of ideas within each of their projects. They have been inspired by their imaginations, their explorations, the natural environment, challenges put to them, and of course authentic child based interests. Some of the major projects have included: The Discovery of a Troll, Tinkering for Real, The Nature of Seasons, Power, Superheroes, Undies on the Outside, and Beware Pirates at Joigny. The Joigny children attended many special events throughout the year cementing their connections to the whole school community and seeing their involvement as students of Kincoppal-Rose Bay: • Anzac Assembly and part of the Anzac Project Based Learning Project • Attendance at and participation in the Junior School Athletics Carnival
OPPOSITE PAGE: HILARY JOHNSTON-CROKE WITH THE HIGH ACHIEVERS OF THE CLASS OF 2014 “LEANING IN”.
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT 2015
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