Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT

2013

ANNUAL REPORT 2013

FROM THE PRINCIPAL As 2013 draws to a close, it is important to reflect upon what has been accomplished at Penrhos College this year. Did we achieve what we set out to achieve in 2013?

As a College, we are continually evolving as we seek to improve our effectiveness and efficiency in all aspects of our operations. The implementation of our Strategic Directions plays out as follows: College Leadership Team: • sets the annual plan for the College at the strategic level in conjunction with College Council • is representative of Junior and Secondary Schools and Administration • covers the areas of academic, pastoral, co-curricular, marketing, human resources and financial College Committees: • focus on translating the strategic into the operational • have a K to 12 focus • cover the areas of academic, pastoral, professional learning and risk management In the areas of academic and pastoral, the translation of the operational to task-based implementation continues into the Junior School with their Professional Learning Community, led by the Head and Deputy Head of Junior School. In Secondary School, it is the Deans and Assistant Deans of the respective areas who work with Heads of Departments, Heads of Year and most importantly, the staff who work directly with the students. At all times, our focus is firmly on the best possible outcomes for our students.

In 2013 we have successfully implemented changes to our school uniform and our catering in the Boarding House and the on-campus Café.

We have received valuable feedback from our parents and students in the various Satisfaction Surveys conducted, which will help guide us in all areas of planning for 2014. Enrolments continued to be a focus as we travelled from Darwin to Esperance for Field Days; held a hugely successful promotion at Garden City and prepared for our 2014 double streaming of Kindergarten and Year 1.

The Chapel and Year 7 toilet facilities have been completed and the Creative Arts and Design Building and Early Learning Centre extensions will be completed early in the new year. Additional parking facilities will also be completed to accommodate overflow from the Rixon Theatre car park.

So, have we achieved what we set out to accomplish in 2013? The answer is yes, and the evidence of this can be found in our publications – SAGA, The Penrhosian, Junior School Speech Day and Secondary School Speech Night Booklets and, of course, this Annual Report. I hope you will take the time to read these publications. I am sincerely grateful to the College Council for the trust that they have placed in me and the staff of the College to carry out our vitally important work in the education of girls and young women. Penrhos College is an exciting, dynamic, challenging and rewarding environment to be part of. We look forward to 2014.

Meg Melville PRINCIPAL

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COLLEGE LEADERSHIP GROUP

Mrs Meg Melville Principal

Mrs Michelle Taylor Dean of Pastoral Care

Mr Norbert Fandry Dean of Co-Curricular

Mrs Helen Hepworth Deputy Head of Junior School

Mr Michael Papali Director Finance and Administration

Mrs Nicole Blyth Dean of Teaching and Learning

Mr David Hunter Dean of Professional Learning, Development & Growth

Ms June Benson Manager Human Resources

Mr Rob Taylor Dean of Academic Administration

Mr Peter Allen Acting Dean of Teaching and Learning

Ms Trish Somers Head of Junior School

Ms Julie Shaw Director of Strategic Planning Ms Rochelle Zaknich Manager Marketing and Development

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FROM THE COLLEGE COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON The College Council is responsible to the Uniting Church in Australia for the governance of Penrhos College, and sets strategic directions to ensure the College continues to provide educational excellence.

An important function of the Council is to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the College through the approval of the annual budget and future projections. Council has worked hard to find the balance between having sufficient resources to provide the services, facilities and teaching expertise one would expect at Penrhos whilst trying to minimise the financial sacrifice made by parents.

From 2014THE the extra COLLEGE costs for most electives have been absorbed CHAIRPERSON into the overall tuition fee.The payment period and frequency for annual FROM COUNCIL fees has also now been spread over 12 months in an effort to assist families to manage their finances. The table below lists the Tuition and Boarding Fees for 2014.

2014 Tuition and Boarding Fees Kindergarten (4 days) Kindergarten (5 days) Pre-Primary Years 1 – 4 Years 5 – 6 Years 7 – 9 Years 10 – 12 Boarding

$13,086 $14,517 $14,517 $14,517 $15,051 $20,135 $21,566 $21,719

Further information on the 2014 budget can be found on page 16.

After a rigorous review process involving all Western Australian Uniting Church Schools, the new Penrhos College constitution was adopted by the Uniting Church. Council members undertook to review performance, governance processes and a skills gap analysis, which we believe has led to the creation of a more modern constitution that will better serve the needs of our College.

This year has also seen the Council welcome and farewell several members. We have welcomed current parent Mr David Cielak, and farewelled three long-standing members in Professor David Macey, Ms Hayley Lawrence and Mr Derek Ford.We are indebted to these members for the contributions they have made, and the many collective years of service they have given to Council.

Progression of the master building plan has continued throughout 2013, and we are keenly anticipating the opening of the Creative Arts and Design Centre early next year.The current master plan contains a number of projects, all of which will be reviewed next year and priorities reassessed.

Our Principal Mrs Meg Melville has continued to provide outstanding leadership of our College, and on behalf of the College Council, I thank her for her endless dedication, and for being the most wonderful role model for our girls.

Mr Paul Owen COLLEGE COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON

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2013 COLLEGE COUNCIL MEMBERS

Mr Paul Owen Chairperson

Mrs Meg Melville Principal

Mrs Kelly Alchin Member

Professor David Macey Deputy Chairperson

Rev Ron Larkin Moderator

Ms Danielle Flint Member

Ms Hayley Lawrance Secretary

Professor Sue Trinidad Member

Mr David Cielak Member

Mr David Menarry Treasurer

Mr Ian Harris Member

Professor Lina Pelliccione Member

Mr Michael Papali Director Finance & Administration Mr Derek Ford Foundation Representative Ms Margarette Horne Parent Support Group Representative

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ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLEGE’S STATED STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS Our Strategic Directions document drives the Annual Plan for our College. Each year the College Leadership Group establishes the projects to be undertaken to meet our priorities in the areas of Inspirational Student Experiences, Inspirational Staff, Inspirational Environment and Inspirational and Enduring Community. These priorities are determined by ongoing review of our processes, including feedback from staff and with College Council endorsement. The following pages provide a summary of the College’s key achievements in these areas for 2013.

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A new Gifted and Talented elective was introduced in Year 8, Creative and Critical Thinking. The unit is run by Mrs Nicci Johnson, in the newly created role of Gifted and Talented Integrator, and is offered to the cohort’s most academically able students, who are encouraged to apply higher order thinking and advanced research skills to important issues. The Junior School appointed Gifted and Talented Integrator Miss Alana Findlay to further embed and develop the Gifted and Talented scope and sequence.

The Student Leadership Model for Years 7–11 was refined to ensure the Year Representative positions focus on the ‘Whole Person Paradigm’ of mind, heart, body and spirit. The new structure recognises that students have different interests, abilities and talents and allows them to harness these and develop leadership skills in a particular area of interest.

With well over 20 community service activities being conducted throughout the College, students had a diverse range of areas with which they could contribute their skills and time in 2013, including; Junior School After Care, Homework Club, IGSSA and Boarders’ coaching and umpiring, Art Club, Vampire Club (blood donation), Winter Appeal (Pack a Sack and Knit a Square) and Interact Rotary Club, to name a few.

Students were fortunate to host school visits from renowned scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Grammy Award winner Shawn Colvin,WA Chief Scientist Professor Lyn Beazley, top salesman John Hughes,Aboriginal elder Robert Isaacs OAM, and visiting author Liliana Stafford.

Several projects were undertaken within Academic Administration to improve student outcomes, including: • Development of the Academic Mentoring process with individual students, focusing on the importance of non-cognitive factors in academic achievement and goal setting based on the personal best concept.

• Development in the use of academic performance data collection and analysis to assist learning enhancement staff in monitoring students.

• Development of a process of enquiry and framework for the use of data (NAPLAN, School Assessment, External Testing and WACE Results).

• Investigated the adoption of an updated student performance management system that will provide greater ease and access of use for staff in monitoring student academic and pastoral wellbeing, assessment and reporting.

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The Inspirational Teacher 1 and 2 Program continued to run in 2013, together with the endorsement of several new Lead Teacher Projects, including a Mathematician in Residence, Artist in Residence and the Media Moguls (English extension) program to commence in 2014. There were eight Inspirational Teacher 1 status conferred on staff, and two Inspirational Teacher 2 status conferred from 2014.

A new Teaching Staff Support Program was introduced as an outcome of reviewing the existing process of supporting new teaching staff joining the College. This was the outcome of recommendations from a Lead Teacher Project as to how the process of induction can be improved to provide the most efficient transition for new teaching staff into the College community, ensuring a greater retention of new staff.

Teaching staff participated in Watching Others Work (WOW), a lesson observation program that provides teachers with constructive feedback from their peers to encourage a continued focus on excellence and additional strategies to engage students.

The Aspiring Middle Leaders program engaged several staff members across Junior School and Secondary School in a professional development program aimed at preparing teachers for a leadership role.

Increased emphasis has been placed on internal professional development programs that allow Penrhos staff members to share their knowledge or particular area of expertise with their peers.

The College introduced the new Operational Services Excellence Award (OSEA) to acknowledge excellence in performance of Operational Services staff. The inaugural awards will be presented in mid-December 2013.

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ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLEGE’S STATED STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

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The College contracted TNS Social Research to undertake the 2013 Parent Satisfaction Survey, which showed a very high satisfaction rating based on; overall satisfaction, likelihood to recommend, perception of Penrhos’ achievement of its goal, and competitive advantage.

Areas for improvement included individual and equitable attention to students, communication with parents and the College Portal.

The 2013 Student Survey yielded predominantly positive results, with students expressing a strong sense of belonging and acceptance, along with an appreciation for all the opportunities offered to them at school. The College was perceived as having high standards of behaviour, as treating students with fairness and the students felt proud of their school. Peer relationships were seen as an area of strength and the students placed a high value on their friendships at school. An area for improvement identified by Secondary School students was their perceived lack of recognition for their efforts and contributions both within and beyond the classroom.

The Creative Arts and Design Centre neared completion for opening in early 2014, together with the new classroom and refurbished classroom in the Early Learning Centre.

Led by Head Chef Clint Hawkes, new caterers, LAPG, took over the catering contract for our boarding house, College functions and the Penrhos Café.

The new College uniform was implemented in 2013, with high take-up rates across the Junior School and lower Secondary School.

The new mobile phone policy was launched in order to encourage a balanced approach to technology use at school and encourage students to engage in face-to-face conversation at break times.

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The Penrhos College Alumni introduced new opportunities for past students to connect, including hosting a Melbourne reunion for Victorian-based alumni in April and an Athletics/Cross Country reunion in August.Around 678 alumni attended one of the many reunion and College reconnection activities in 2013.

The Penrhos College Alumni, in partnership with the Careers Advisor, hosted a Careers Breakfast for Year 11 and 12 students in September.The event was introduced to provide valuable advice and mentoring opportunities, and connect current students with alumni members.

Penrhos College hosted the prestigious IGSSA Head of the River Rowing Regatta at Champion Lakes in August. The community spirit of our College was well and truly on display with parents, staff and students coming together to carry out the myriad of tasks required on the day. Our Parent Rowing Support Group was sensational; a group of incredibly dedicated volunteers who earned very high praise from the IGSSA Executive Officer for their planning and presentation on the day.

We hosted the free community event, Lunch with the Australians of the Year, in July.Australian of the Year Ita Buttrose AO OBE and Young Australian of the Year Akram Azimi inspired our 300 guests with their thoughts on making the most of life’s opportunities.

Friends of Music hosted around 110 guests at the biennial Dinner of Note in June, which featured stunning performances by Penrhos alumni: Joanne Littlely (Brown) 1991, bassoon; Lisa Woodbrook 2009, vocal; Petrina Burnett 1992, vocal and Ann Clarke (McNaughton) 1984, piano, as well performances by the Collier String Quartet and the College Accompanist David Harries.

The new Penrhos College website was launched in July, featuring more video content, latest news, QuickLinks, and an increased focus on the ‘mind, heart, body, spirit’ philosophy.

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2012 RESULTS OVERVIEW The following snapshot outlines the accomplishments of our Class of 2012: • Every Year 12 student achieved the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) Graduation • Penrhos College was ranked among the top schools in the state in the following Stage 3 Courses: Dance, Design, Drama, Economics, French, Geography, Human Biological Sciences, Italian, Literature, Mathematics Specialist, Modern History, Physical Education Studies, Physics, Political and Legal Studies • Penrhos College was ranked among the top schools in the state in the following Stage 2 Course: Children, Family and Community, Food Science Technology, Materials Design Technology • Penrhos College ranked 6th in the WACE Stage 3 league tables • Penrhos College ranked 15th in the Vocational and Education Training league table The following data will also illustrate the performance of the 141 students with an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank who applied for university entrance.

ATAR* Achieved Number of Students 95.00+ 42 (12 of these students scored 99.00+) 90.00-94.99 30 85.00-89.99 19 80.00-84.99 16 75.00-79.99 11 70.00-74.99 11 65.00-69.99 2 60.00-64.99 5 59.99 and below 5 *ATAR – every student sitting the WACE Examinations is awarded a ranking; the students achieving the highest score being awarded a ranking of 99.95.

The state median ATAR was 80.10 (78.55 in 2011) and the Penrhos College median was 89.70 (85.65 in 2011).

The following students were recipients of the Curriculum Council’s Secondary Education Exhibition and Awards, which highlight outstanding academic achievement.

Certificates of Distinction (awarded to the top 0.5 per cent of candidates based on the WACE course score) Anna Kelly Biological Sciences Gemma Stratton English Amelia Beattie Human Biological Science Sophia O’Sullivan Literature Certificates of Commendation (awarded to students who achieve at least 20 ‘A’ grades in WACE course units) Sarah Acomb Jane Gao Amelia Beattie Sarah Bestall Nicki Bleechmore Aparna Jayasekera Anna Kelly Hannah Orloff Sophia O’Sullivan Shaheeda Perez Eloisa Pickerill Alex White

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2013 NATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM LITERACY AND NUMERACY (NAPLAN) TESTING The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) commenced in Australian schools in 2008. Every year, all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are assessed on the same days using national tests in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation) and Numeracy.

Please see below a summary of Penrhos College student results in 2013, shown in percentages across one of three bands nationally (top 20%, middle 60%, or lower 20%).

READING Top Middle Bottom

WRITING Top Middle Bottom

SPELLING

National 20% 60% 20%

Penrhos Year 3 48 44 8

Penrhos Year 5 43 46 11

Penrhos Year 7 44 50 6

Penrhos Year 9 49 47 4

National 20% 60% 20%

Penrhos Year 3 44 56 0

Penrhos Year 5 43 53 4

Penrhos Year 7 28 71 1

Penrhos Year 9 43 55 2

Penrhos Year 3 28 68 4

Penrhos Year 5 29 64 7

Penrhos Year 7 33 61 6

Penrhos Year 9 33 60 7

Penrhos Year 3 36 60 4

Penrhos Year 5 44 51 5

Penrhos Year 7 40 50 10

Penrhos Year 9 39 56 5

Penrhos Year 3 20 56 24

Penrhos Year 5 28 63 9

Penrhos Year 7 34 62 4

Penrhos Year 9 42 53 5

National Top 20% Middle 60% Bottom 20%

GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION National Top 20% Middle 60% Bottom 20%

NUMERACY National Top 20% Middle 60% Bottom 20%

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2013 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS SNAPSHOT Students at Penrhos College have made wonderful team achievements across all four areas of our whole person paradigm; Mind, Heart, Body, Spirit. These are just some of the many and varied achievements our girls made in 2013.

A comprehensive list of students’ individual academic and co-curricular achievements and awards in 2013 can be found in the Junior School Speech Day booklet and Secondary School Speech Night booklet.

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Penrhos College achieved a new best in the Australian Mathematics Competition this year, with students achieving two prizes and seven High Distinctions.A prize is awarded to no more than one student for every 300 students within their region and Year group, while a High Distinction Certificate is awarded to a student in the top 2% of their Year and region.

Four Penrhos College students took home awards in the City of South Perth Young Writer’s Competition, an annual event that encourages budding young writers to hone their craft.

Six Penrhos College teams participated in the National Final of the Future Problem Solving Program in Perth, placing our teams in the top 10% of all participating students in Australia. Our Year 8 teams placed sixth and eighth out of 32 competing teams, and our Year 11 team placed sixth out of 12 teams. Our senior team placed third in the Action Plan Presentations Senior Division in this academically demanding and thought provoking competition.

A team of eight Year 8 students competed in the Da Vinci Decathlon at Wesley College in April, including team challenges in Art & Poetry, Code Breaking, Creative Production, Engineering, English, General Knowledge, Mathematics, Philosophy and Science. Penrhos performed particularly well in the English section, placing fourth overall out of 28 schools.

Penrhos College competed in the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad (OzCLO) Competition for the first time, spending half a day at the University of WA in February, learning the rules and strategies of cracking the codes that make up different languages from around the world. The Year 10 team was awarded Bronze and the Year 9 team was awarded Silver.

Penrhos College students performed extremely well in the 2013 Atwell Youth Awards 2013, taking out the Year 12 Prize and the Collaborative Art Award. Our Art students also enjoyed success in the City of Armadale 2013 Outside the Frame Exhibition, being named the Overall Winning School.

The Australian History Competition saw seven Year 8 students receive High Distinctions. This Competition draws more than 18,000 students and requires students to analyse historical sources and respond to multiple choice questions.

Many Secondary School students had the opportunity to broaden their cultural horizons by taking part in the New York Art and Photography tour, USA Music tour, Sydney NIDA tour, Canberra Politics tour and the French and Italian Language tours.

The Science department hosted the inaugural Year 7 Science Fair in Term 3, which demonstrated the brilliant scientific minds of these students.The girls were blasting rockets, making telephones, controlling elevators and testing breaking strengths, all in the name of Science.

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The Student Council held their ‘Fairy or Scary’ themed fundraiser in March, raising more than $10,000 for the Amanda Young Foundation and setting a new fundraising record. Other Year group fundraising activities included; Year 9 Jeans for Genes Day, Year 11 Star Day (in support of the Starlight Foundation) and the Year 7 Big Cake Bake (in support of the Red Cross).

The Penrhos College Chorale received an exclusive invitation to perform at New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall. The Chorale was invited on personal recommendation of the Maestro Dr Cristian Grase to participate in a performance of ‘Choral Music for Treble Voices,’ as part of the Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Concert Series in New York City in 2014.

As part of the Year 7 Pastoral Care Program, students were introduced to a new cyber safety program led by Head of Year 7 Laura Rutherford, aiming to promote a safe and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones. The program is designed to create digital citizens who think critically, behave safely and participate responsibly.

Drama, Dance and Music students dazzled audiences with their production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in August.

The Kindergarten to Year 6 Biennial Art and Music ‘Africa’ Exhibition was very well-received at the opening ceremony in September, and featured the Junior School Chorale, accompanied by the Year 6 Drumming Group.

The Penrhos College Sotto Voce Choir (Years 7 and 8) and College instrumentalists performed live on television at Telethon in October, doing themselves and the College very proud with a wonderful rendition of ‘Accidentally in Love’.

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2013 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS SNAPSHOT

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ur IGGSA Athletics and Cross Country teams were both successful in defending their Champion School titles at their respective O interschool carnivals.

Our Cross Country Team were once again State Champion School Team at the All Schools Championships.

New co-curricular opportunities were introduced for students in Junior School, including Running Club, Swimming Club, Chess Club and Active After School, aiming to increase the girls’ level of physical activity and set up good exercise habits for life. The girls embraced these programs, with strong attendance rates and much enthusiasm shown.

Penrhos College runners participated in the Canada Cross Country Tour, visiting Guanzghou City in China on their way to Vancouver, where they ran the Vancouver Sun Run, Vancouver Island, where they ran the Times Colonist 10km, Kelowna, Banff in the Rocky Mountains, Spokane, where they completed the Bloomsday 12km fun run and Seattle.

Our Hockey team were once again finalists in the Buchanan Cup, drawing with Great Southern Grammar School.

The three Penrhos College Athletics teams did very well in the Knockout Athletics State Finals and all qualified for the National Final to be held in Townsville in December.The Junior team placed first, the Intermediate team second and the Senior team first at the WA State Finals.

Two of our three Boarders’ Netball teams won their Grand Final at the Fremantle (Mathews’) Netball Courts in September.

Our 25 Triathlon teams performed extremely well at the State Triathlon Championships against 200 teams and regained the title of Champion School.

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Our Junior School students participated in Sustainable September, an annual initiative run by the Uniting Church, which provides an opportunity to demonstrate sustainability in action and celebrate the people who are making it happen. Student activities included personal pledges, a worm farm visit, and a tree planting day.

• Girls took part in LentEvent during the Easter period, and were encouraged to consider giving up something material, and donate part of the money saved to LentEvent.The money raised was used to support children in West Papua, North India, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and East Timor/Timor-Leste.

• Year 6 students welcomed highly respected Aboriginal elder Mr Robert Isaacs OAM in July, who unveiled two special plaques acknowledging the Aboriginal people who first walked the land, as part of the girls’ studies on Aboriginal history and culture.

• A group of six staff and 37 students travelled to Laos for four weeks of community service at the end of this year.This challenging journey with Antipodeans Abroad is made up of treks, a community service project where teams will live and work in a remote village, with time to explore some of the many attractions of the country. This enterprising group of students and their staff leaders took part several fundraising activities to raise funds towards their community work, including a local swap meet, raising $8,517 in total.

• A group of three staff, four parents and 19 students spent two weeks on a community service tour to Tanzania. The Tanzania Tour is a 15 day community service tour designed to encourage Penrhos students to gain a greater understanding of the experience of students in Tanzania.Whilst on tour, Penrhos students spent time in primary schools interacting with Tanzanian primary school students and also participated in a leadership conference with Tanzanian high school students, in order to promote a better understanding of each other’s communities.

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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 2014 Budget Snapshot Additional staffing: • Double streaming in Junior School, increase of 2.0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) • Changes in Curriculum requirements for Junior School, increase of 1.2 FTE • Aboriginal Liaison Officer position created in Secondary School at 0.2 FTE • The net increase in Junior and Secondary School Teaching FTE is 4.03 • A net decrease in OSS FTE of 1.24

2014 Budget Recurrent Expenditure 3.05%

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2.22%

2.40%

SALARIES & STAFF ON-COSTS

5.93%

BOARDING

1.29%

Changes in operating income & expenses: • Reviewed the provider of Financial Services which will enable improved services to the Penrhos community and a reduction in costs to the College budget • Café will move towards cashless transactions • Elective subject charges for students are now included as part of Tuition Fees • Implementing changes to reduce the consumption of energy, by introducing more efficient lighting and monitoring the use of heating and air-conditioning • Significant cyclic maintenance work has been undertaken with the introduction of an ongoing maintenance program across the College Capital Expenditure: • Departmental Capital Expenditure forecast at $327,473 • Upgrade of network infrastructure which includes a second fibre optic cable for 100MB capacity, to support the demands for services and the introduction of additional portable devices in 2014 • Upgrade of student desks and chairs in Junior and Secondary School as part of a staged plan • Air-conditioning of the Music Tutor rooms • Construction of two additional Tutor rooms on the mezzanine level of Rixon Theatre • Installation of audio visual equipment in the Sports Centre, Function Centre and Rixon Theatre foyer • Upgrading lighting and sound equipment in Rixon Theatre • Pool cover to be installed for the Swimming Pool • New roof for the spectator seating area at the Swimming Pool complex

TEACHING RESOURCES & CAMPS

2.83% 7.94%

HUMAN RESOURCES, MARKETING, LEGAL

1.00% 73.34%

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES-ELECTRICITY, RATES, INSURANCE, TELEPHONES GROUNDS, SECURITY & MAINTENANCE OTHER - ADMINISTRATION

2014 Budget Recurrent Income TUITION FEES

2.91%

BOARDING FEES

14.43%

STATE GRANTS

7.77% 6.33% 68.56%

COMMONWEALTH GRANTS OTHER INCOME

Master Plan: • Construction of the Creative Arts & Design Centre project is 80% complete.We intend to schedule use of this building from the start of Term 2, 2014. The Toilet block has been completed and is currently used by students, staff and Chapel patrons.

• The expansion of the Early Learning Centre at a cost of $580K providing an additional classroom, conversion of an office space to a classroom and a shelter from the weather for the main entrance has commenced and is scheduled to be completed by mid-January 2014.

• We are currently liaising with the City of South Perth to build additional car bays on Thelma Street, which will be used by staff and event patrons at Rixon Theatre and Llew Woodford Function Centre.

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2014 FOCUS AREAS

Teaching and Learning • Teaching and Learning Strategies – Teachers will engage in Professional Development based on the works of Professor John Hattie to provide students with evidence based teaching and learning strategies.

• Australian Curriculum – Teachers will be designing Phase 2 and 3 Australian Curriculum Programs for delivery in 2015.

• Technology Integration – Teachers will be aligning their practice with the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Professional Standards.

• Gifted and Talented opportunities – Extension programs to continue to deliver challenging opportunities to students. For example, the Year 8 SOSE Department Humanities High Flyers Program, the new Year 9 English Media Moguls Program and the ongoing development of the Maths Mentor Group in a partnership with the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

Academic Administration • Develop strategies to streamline the communication of assessment information between the College, parents and students through increased use of online environments.

• Continue to investigate the adoption of an updated student performance management system that will provide greater ease and access of use for staff in monitoring student academic and pastoral wellbeing, assessment and reporting.

• Continue to refine processes for the systematic collection of data collection associated with student performance so as to identify gaps in student learning and provide appropriate intervention strategies.

• Monitor developments in assessment and reporting to parents associated with the Australian Curriculum and make changes to College practice as required.

• Assess the impact of changes to WACE requirements and the structure of Senior Secondary courses for 2016 and beyond on course offerings at the College, student pathways and information provided to students, parents and teachers.

Pastoral Care • Continue to develop and implement pastoral programs and curriculum to meet the needs of our students, (eg. Program Achieve,You Can Do It, Rainbow Project, Girl Power, Connectform).

• Promote cyber safety and cyber citizenship through pastoral programs and practice, (eg. eSmart Program, involvement in ECU research, notebook collection cyber safety presentations, creation of a student cyber safety website).

• Continue to increase the breadth and depth of service learning and community service opportunities for our students.

• Provide opportunities for the sharing of pastoral support programs and information with parents and members of the Penrhos community (eg. Girl Power, Promoting Protective Factors re. Disordered Eating).

Junior School • Focus on the raising of achievement in the area of Mathematics in Junior School.

• Embed the Early Years Learning Framework, with particular reference to the Nature education initiative and Thinking and Talking Floorbooks for the Early Learning Years Nature play.

• Focus on the embedding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cross Curriculum imperative and continue embedding of the Sustainability Cross Curricular imperative in Junior School.

• Further embed and develop the Gifted and Talented scope and sequence, and the Uniting Church Come and See program in Junior School.

Community Relations • Implement Founders’ Day, a new initiative to celebrate Penrhos College’s pioneering Alumni members.

• Expand the College’s Field Days and exhibitions schedule to add visits to Albany, Busselton and Garden City Shopping Centre.

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6 Morrison Street Como Western Australia 6152 Locked Bag 690 Como Western Australia 6952 Telephone: (08) 9368 9500 Facsimile: (08) 9368 9677 Email: feedback@penrhos.wa.edu.au Website: www.penrhos.wa.edu.au Penrhos College is a Uniting Church day and boarding school for girls, Kindergarten to Year 12

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