Transcript Nurturing learning at Alstonville High School – a welcome

We value and support:
A positive, healthy and safe learning environment
Respectful attitudes and actions
Diversity
Pursuit of personal excellence
Service to community
Team work
Quality learning and teaching
Initiative, leadership and self discipline
We value and support students who are:
Life-long learners
Creative and critical thinkers
Effective communicators
Skilled in literacy and numeracy
Independent and organised
Competent and innovative with technology
Environmentally, socially and culturally informed
Caring and compassionate
Developing supportive transition programs
Investing in quality professional learning for all
staff
Striving to meet the individual needs of all
students
Promoting and modelling high expectations
Encouraging innovation, creativity and higher
order thinking
Engaging with community
Integrating technology effectively
Our year 7 students will experience:
A comprehensive transition program
A broad and challenging curriculum
Classes arranged in bands according to ability
An opportunity to participate in our ACE program
A peer support program (including a camp)
delivered by trained peer support leaders
The challenge of big ideas
Targeted literacy and numeracy programs
Key people who can support you and your child are:
Ken Sharp – Year Adviser for year 7 2015
A Deputy Principal will be designated to support the year
for year 7 to year 12. Paul Grebert currently has this role
Principal – David Silcock
School Counsellors – Steve Rollinson and Helen Newton
Girls and boys supervisor – Kerri Crethar and Jack Larrescy
Administration staff including Wendy Tolland and Janet
Fernie
Learning Support teacher – Debra Byron
Head Teacher Equity – Stephanie O’Brien
The rest of our experienced Executive team
We look closely at a range of information:
We form classes in bands. Students are in the same core
classes. We often have more classes for practical subjects
due to smaller class sizes so students can be in different
classes for practical subjects
The number of classes per band can vary year by year
depending on the profile of the year group
We use NAPLAN data, a literacy and numeracy moderating
task administered at the end of 2014, and information
provided by Primary Schools. We consult closely with
Primary schools throughout the process. For students with
particular learning or transition needs we also consult with
families
Our year adviser, Head Teacher Equity and Learning
Support Teacher, and Deputy Principal coordinate this
process.
There are two basic enrolment processes:
In zone enrolment – if you live in the Alstonville High School
enrolment zone and attend a NSW Public Primary school you will be
provided with a form by the Primary School which you complete and
return to the Primary School. We will contact you during term 2.
If you do not live in the Alstonville High School Enrolment zone but
you do attend a NSW Public Primary School you will be given the same
form as in zone students but you will have to complete and extra
section indicating why you want to attend Alstonville High School.
When completing this section we would advise you to address the
criteria contained in our out of zone enrolment policy (outlined later)
If your child attends a private Primary school we would ask you to
complete one of the expression of interest forms we have here tonight
(and which are on our website) and return them to us. If you live
outside of our enrolment zone then you are advised to address our
out of zone criteria in your application. We will contact you during
term 2 (or possibly term 3 depending on the number of enrolment
enquiries)
http://www.alstonvill-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school/enrolment
There are many useful resources to help you enroll your
child in high school:
Contact us by phone or by email and we will answer your
queries personally
Visit a P&C meeting and meet with other parents
Make use of the information provided on our school
website http://www.alstonvill-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ourschool/enrolment
School A to Z contains lots of useful information
http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/
Follow us on Twitter @AlstonvilleHS
Follow our SRC Facebook page
Follow our Library blog
http://alstonvillehslibrary.edublogs.org/
We are a school committed to a process of continuous
improvement
We have an experienced, professional, dedicated and
compassionate team
We have high expectations
We challenge ourselves and our students
We have close links with community and families
We embrace change when we believe it will benefit our
students, we embrace tradition for the same reason
We have a lovely site, quality resources and a positive school
culture
We are proud of our school and our students – we are proud pf
our strong tradition of academic, sporting and cultural
achievement
We would love for your family to join with the Alstonville High
School family on our journey to nurture a love of learning!