Ithaca Creek State School
Lugg Street, Bardon 4065
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PO Box 195 Ashgrove 4060 Queensland
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(07) 3514 9333
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Principal’s foreword
Ithaca Creek State School was established in 1885. Our school aims to encourage each child to reach his/her full potential by providing a caring learning environment where knowledge, skills and values are developed.
Ithaca Creek State School’s vision is that of a learning environment which engages, enables and empowers students to think, create, communicate, investigate, participate, reflect and understand within the globalised society of the 21st Century.
Our philosophy and practices are underpinned by the values of:
  • Care and compassion
  • Doing Your best
  • Fair Go
  • Freedom
  • Honesty and trustworthiness
  • Integrity
  • Respect
  • Responsibility
  • Understanding, tolerance and inclusion.
We believe every child should experience a learning environment that is challenging, structured, enjoyable and safe.
We believe children should be encouraged to become independent learners, able to work collaboratively to achieve their goals.
To support each student’s success in learning, we believe our educational program needs to be built around a framework of basic skills in literacy, numeracy, social skills and technology.
Our purpose is for each student to develop the skills, competencies and confidence to become:
  • A knowledgeable person with deep understanding
  • A complex thinker
  • A responsive creator
  • An active investigator
  • An effective communicator
  • A participant in an interdependent world: and
  • A reflective and self-directed learner.
Key Outcomes and Goals Achieved Highlights
Learning Highlights 2005
Development and implementation of an ICSS Middle Phase Action Plan.
Continued development and the implementation of ICSS Mathematics Intervention and Enrichment Program. An Active Maths program was implemented with all year levels.
School continued to develop, a consistent approach to learning and teaching and assessment based on Productive Pedagogies
The development of an ICSS Early Years Philosophy and collaborative planning and teaching with teachers across the Early Years.
Continued high achievement of students in relation to State and National benchmarks.
Schools Highlights 2005
Celebration of the school’s 120th anniversary.
The building of phase one of our large school hall which is used both by the school and the community.
A school- wide Behaviour Support Plan for the purposes of celebrating student achievement and based on the “Values for Australian Schooling was developed and implemented.
Workforce Highlights 2005
All staff engaged in teaching and learning renewal processes

Future outlook
Investigate the factors that are resulting in the high achievement and engagement of boys and build upon this.
Continue in our ability to cater for the individual needs of students and further develop in targeted areas particularly in relation to indigenous students and Gifted and talented students.
Implement the Queensland Curriculum and Reporting Framework (QCAR)
Improve the learning engagement and achievement of all students by embedding the school’s Early Years philosophy and the school’s Middle Phases of learning Action Plan.
Develop a Maths and Literacy extension program to meet the needs of high achieving students.
Collaborate with parents/carers to further encourage community participation and involvement in all aspects of the school. Through this process develop a ‘Master Facilities Development Plan” for the coming 10 years


School Profile
Ithaca Creek State School is a Band 7 school situated in the suburb of Bardon. The school mostly attracts students from the neighbouring suburbs of Bardon, Ashgrove, Paddington, Red Hill and The Gap.
Ithaca Creek State School is a coeducational school which currently caters for students from Preschool to Year 7. From 2007 we will cater for students from The Preparatory Year of Schooling to Year 7.
We have a current enrolment of 327 students which includes 49 preschool enrolments.
The school has experienced a steady growth in enrolments over the past three years. With this growth has also come an expansion of cultural diversity.
Student attendance is of a high standard with a very small movement of students out of the school during the school year. There is a growth in enrolment throughout the year with the majority of the students coming from interstate.
The school operates a combined school and P&C budget, which is developed in term 4 of each year in line with priorities expressed in the Annual Operational Plan. The P&C Association contributes funds amounting to approximately $20 000 per annum.
The major revenue for the school comes from Education Queensland core and targeted funds. A small amount of funding, approximately $5 000 is obtained by way of a parent voluntary levy.
Approximately $15 000 dollars annually is obtained through the hiring of school facilities.
The school is well resourced and has no leased assets.
In 1999 the school community chose Enhanced Flexibility 1 as our preference for school-based management.
All major decisions concerning the school are discussed and approved at staff meetings and P&C meetings.
The school uses a program management structure of management under the two areas of Early years Education and The Middle Phase of Learning education.
Curriculum offerings
Student learning is planned through integrated learning opportunities across the 8 key learning areas framed by the following organizers:
Life Pathways
Multiliteracies and Communications Media
Active Citizenship
Environments and Technologies
These organizers are used as a lens through which student learning isfocused.
Student learning also involves active participation in:
A physical education program,
Sports clinics
Classroom music program
Sport education for years 5—7 students in soccer, netball, dance, cricket, softball, lawn bowls. Aerobics, golf, afl and dance
German LOTE program for students in years 4—7
Active Maths Program
Technology and ICT’s were used across all classes in all integrated units.
Our Enrichment Program embodies our school motto “Strive To Improve”
Our enrichment program is offered in two parts: as part of regular classroom learning programs and through the following voluntary extra– curricular activities:
Camera Club
Writer’s group
Drama Club
Instrumental music program
Wildcatz Symphonic Music group
District and regional representation in a range of sports-
Mystery festival
Excellence expo
Opti-Minds
University of NSW Australasian competitions in English, Writing, Maths, Science and Computer skills
Active Maths provides opportunities for the children of Ithaca Creek State School to get active through participating in physical activities that focus on basic number facts.
Improved learning outcomes in mathematics have been linked to children’s participation according to studies undertaken at the school.
Children have displayed heightened positive attitudes towards maths and physical activity when presented with the Active Maths Program.
Children in Years 2 to Year 7 are actively involved in a 30 minute games oriented lesson that reinforces the tables and maths facts being taught in the class at that time.
The games are not focussed on winning, however they encourage all children to improve both in basic maths and with developing positive social interactions through activity.
At present we are developing an Active Spelling program which we will implement in 2007
Social climate
Our school community uses the National Safe Schools Framework as our set of values which continue to be embedded within student social and academic learning. This component forms the basis of a whole school social skills program
Our Code of Conduct continues to be centred on 3 principles– RESPECT, SAFETY and LEARNING. We reviewed our Behaviour Management program to align strategies with these 3 principles and the National Safe Schools Framework.
Staff and students continue to integrate these two components to develop a shared understanding of their importance in learning successfully.
Students in year 7 participation a school based leadership program through which school leaders are elected as school captains, house captains and student council representatives. They also participate in a National Young Leaders program.
Students are provided an active forum for the students’ participation in decision making processes in the school.
Several classes have a ‘buddy’ partnership system in place to support younger students. These partnerships are used in a range of classrooms and social situations.
Our P&C actively participate in strategic decision making processes and provide additional financial support to assist the school with implementation of programs that support student learning.
Parents and the community
The school has a very active and involved parent body. This involvement includes working in the classrooms, assisting in the Enrichment program, assisting with the coaching of sporting teams and running such school events as the Mystery Festival and Think Sports. There is high community expectation for student achievement.
Some of the areas for which parents seek out our school include:
Support for students with learning difficulties or disabilities
Enrichment program
Classroom music program and instrumental music programs
Physical education program
Supportive school environment for students and parents.
In addition to these areas the school community generally expects the school to provide a broad education in all areas including academic and social knowledge and skills so that students can participate effectively in community life and engage confidently with others.

Key outcomes in the early and middle years
Results in the Year 2 Diagnostic Net
Performance measures: percentage of students not requiring additional support
Strands
Result (%)
2005
Reading
2.4 %
Writing
2.4 %
Number
4.8 %
Our reading, writing and numeracy results for the Queensland Year 3, 5 and 7 Literacy and Numeracy Tests.
Strands
Measures
Results for 2005
Year 3
Year 5
Year 7
Reading
School average on Queensland Test
607
660
745
Queensland average
548
614
689
Percentage of students at school above national benchmark
100%
89.4%
100%
Writing
School average on Queensland Test
544
606
834
Queensland average
509
606
746
Percentage of students at school above national benchmark
92.7%
89.4%
100%
Numeracy
School average on Queensland Test
603
636
699
Queensland average
534
605
663
Percentage of students at school above national benchmark
100%
95.7%
94.5%

Professional engagement in 2005
Professional Development was underpinned by our 2005 focus of teacher renewal.
Planning and implementing from an outcomes approach aligned with the new syllabus documents
Aligning planning, assessment and pedagogy
Investigating the draft Early Years Curriculum and its associated pedagogy
Meeting the needs of learners in the middle phase of schooling with appropriate pedagogy for this phase of learning
Involvement in The Gap cluster network moderation processes.
Using the 4 resource model approach in the teaching of reading.
Integration of Technolgogy across all Key learning areas.

 
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