Woodanilling Primary School, in Woodanilling
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| 1. NATURE OF THE CATCHMENT AREA AND THE COMMUNITY Woodanilling Primary School is a Level 3 school in the Narrogin Education District. There were 21 students enrolled at the beginning of 2006. The school is situated in the town of Woodanilling, which is approximately 260km south of Perth in the Central Great Southern region of Western Australia. The town itself has it's own Shire Council and workers. The community is made up of farming families involved in the production of grains and sheep for wool and meat, a few small businesses, pensioners and people that live in Woodanilling but work in the neighbouring town of Katanning. The school draws its students from the townsite itself and from the area west of the town between the Great Southern Highway and Albany Highway. Students living north to Boyerine and south to Moojebing are also included in the school's catchment area. 2. STAFFING PROFILE Principal - 1.0 FTE Teacher - 1.0 FTE Early Childhood Teacher - 1.0 FTE Teacher (LOTE - Italian) - 0.04 FTE Education Assistants (2) - 1.1 FTE part-time Education Assistant Special Needs - 0.3 FTE Education Assistant Special Needs - 0.6 FTE Registrar - 4 days per week Library Officer - 3 hours per week Gardener - 16 hours per week Cleaner - 15 hours per week Bus Warden - 10 hours per week A number of outside agencies are also available on a needs basis. These include:- - Curriculum and Student Services teams from Narrogin District Education Office. - Speech Therapist - School Nurse - Occupational Therapist - CAMHS and SPER 3. SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE SCHOOL Facilities:- - One fully air-conditioned, permanent classroom including a separate general purpose teaching area that is utilised for the Kindergarten and Pre Primary programs. This building has been recently renovated with an extension doubling the size of the room. - A fully automated library. - Administration Block - transportable type. - Staffroom. - A teacher resource room - Lunch shed. - A storage shed utilised by the Gardeners and Cleaner for equipment. - 2 general-purpose storage sheds for sports equipment, excess furniture, resources and archives. - Well maintained gardens and playground areas with access to the local community recreation complex and town oval. - Computer to student ratio is 1:4 with all classroom computers connected to the Internet. - Teaching and learning resources are very good and additional resources are loaned from the NDEO Resource Centre. Programs Offered:- Woodanilling Primary School offers a Rural Integration Program for children of Kindergarten age through to Year Four. This ensures a very easy transition from Pre-primary to the more formal primary years. All eight learning areas are taught at the school with an emphasis on Literacy and Numeracy. Specialist programmes include LOTE (Italian), Physical Education and Technology and Enterprise. Specialist programs are made possible through the Commonwealth Government's Priority Country Areas Program (PCAP) funding. PCAP funding is also used to help pay for bus travel for students to extend their learning experiences. Travel to swimming lessons, art performances, cultural excursions, school camp and other excursions associated with learning experiences are also heavily funded by PCAP. At the completion of Year Four the children generally continue their primary education at one of the two Katanning Primary Schools . Technology and Management/Administrative Systems:- The school operates SIS Cash, Administration Manager and Integris. This school is also a HRMIS Worksite. 4. SCHOOL DECISION-MAKING AND CONSULTATION PROCESSES Woodanilling Primary School is supported by parents and community members through the Parents and Citizens Association and School Council. Throughout the year the P & C holds a number of fundraising activities and supports the school through their involvement in Busy Bees, Sporting Carnivals and other events. 5. SCHOOL HISTORY In 2002 the school celebrated '100 Years of Education in Woodanillng'. Other schools which operated in the past in the Shire of Woodanilling included Kenmare, Westwood, Dowlering, Boyerine and Cartmeticup. Schooling first commenced in the Agricultural Hall on September 15th 1902 with an enrolment of 13 children. A new timber schoolhouse was built and classes commenced in it in 1906. As student numbers were increasing, a second classroom was built in 1912. Student numbers had built up to a peak in 1914 when approximately 80 pupils attended the school. On Friday night, July 2nd 1949, the school was burnt down. Schooling was held in the Hall until the new school was completed in 1951. The new school was now a one room, one teacher school as it was decided to send the older children to Katanning to complete their education. Currently the student year levels range from Kindergarten to Year Four. | ||||
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