ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
STRATEGIC PLAN
2016 – 2019 OVERALL SCOPE
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UNITED IN CHRIST: Assumption Catholic Primary School is a community seeking to grow together in love. The
development of each individual is nurtured through the integration of faith, life and culture
As a Catholic educational community the overarching intentions for all behaviour, habits, practise and performance in all life within Assumption Catholic
primary school is to:
1.FAITH DEVELOPMENT
Aspire to the school motto ‘United in Christ’ and develop the whole person growing in harmony within, with others and with creation.
2.EDUCATION ENGAGEMENT
Establish a culture that promotes learning, embraces effective teaching practices and establishes a mindset that all that is done within the school is to
enhance student achievement.
LEARNING
ENGAGEMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY
DISCIPLESHIP
Learning (Education)
Engagement (Community)
Accountability (Stewardship)
Discipleship (Catholic Identity)
Learning is what we do. We are
Engagement is essential. We are
Accountability is not optional. We
Discipleship is our calling. We are
committed to learning at every level. committed to Catholic Education’s
have a personal and collective
committed to deepening our
mission through relationships
responsibility for our system’s
relationship with Jesus.
with all.
success.
LEARNING
COMMUNITY
FAITH
SERVICE
At Assumption we believe Learning
At Assumption we believe that
At Assumption we believe that Faith
At Assumption we believe that
is an ability to marvel at the created
community is vital in the
is a gift from God.It fosters the
Service is the notion of giving to
world. It promotes a desire to seek
development of positive and
development
of reflective practise
others and wanting to make a
understanding, to express creatively
enriched relationships. It promotes
and
nurtures
the
understanding of
profound difference in another
and to maximise one’s own
acceptance, embraces diversity and
key
Gospel
principles.
It is through
individual’s life.
individual gifts and talents. It is
celebrates togetherness; thus
this
that
enables
the
growth
of a
It promotes the selfless acts of Jesus
through learning that we can live in
allowing members to live in harmony
personal
and
harmonious
and helps us to become more like
harmony with God.
with others
relationship with him
him in order to live harmoniously
Specific to the domains of Catholic Education and linked to the over arching aims of Assumption Catholic Primary School, this will be enacted by
the following strategic intentions/goals
1. GROWTH MINDSETS
1. ORGANISATIONAL CLARITY
1. AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
1.FAITH FILLED
To foster a growth mindset amongst
teachers and learning dispositions
amongst students that combine to
form a learning environment that
fosters positive change, with
common language and goals
To provide organisational clarity
amongst all stakeholders with in the
school around school procedure,
practice and expectations
To apply whole school strategy,
scope and sequence; as well as
assessment and reporting
methodology that successfully aligns
to Australian Curriculum
implementation and expectation
Develop students as faith filled
individuals who live in the model of
Jesus through their actions, words
and deeds
2.VISIBLE LEARNING
2. PASTORAL CARE
2.AITSL STANDARDS
2. MAKING JESUS REAL (MJR)
To implement the ‘Visible Learning
Model ‘consistently throughout the
school, with students the focuses of
the learning process and teachers
encouraged and challenged to see
learning through the ‘eyes of the
students’, planning the learning
process around this principle
To build on pastoral care initiatives s
that promotes dignity and integrity
of all school members as priority. For
community members to understand
the school virtues framework and
utilise its significance in their daily
activities and intentions
Align teaching practices and
protocols to AITSL standards and
ensure teacher quality and
performance is significantly
monitored and modelled through
these standards
Expand and promote the MJR
philosophy to develop a real
presence and assume common
practice within the school
3. WALKER LEARNING
3. MULTICULTURAL
3. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
3. KIDSMATTER
To apply pedagogy of Walker
Learning to improve student
engagement, performance and
achievement; and to provide
consistent practices within the
school
To challenge and encourage
interaction of the multicultural
community to school initiatives and
activities
Provide professional learning
opportunities that allow for the
development of staff skills,
knowledge and capacity to improve
learning
Rejuvenate the Kids matter
framework and carry out an audit of
practices already existing in school,
combined with future practice to
allow for responsible delivery of this
program in the development of all
school members
4. ANALYSIS DISCUSSION OF DATA
4. SUSTAINABILITY
4. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
4. SCHOOL MOTTO
To use data as a direct means to
make meaningful change to
performance and gain in students
achievement
To foster the sustainability model of
environment care and impact
Ensure sound transactional practices
are in place to allow for successful
management of school budget
5. AN EXPLICIT IMPROVEMENT
AGENDA
5.SCHOOL PROMOTION
5.SCHOOL PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Promote the school motto ‘United in
Christ’ and give its wording more
significance in the climate of school
activity the behaviours of all staff,
students and parents
5. CATHOLIC CULTURE
To explore marketing opportunities,
school initiatives and community
outlets that promote Assumption as
not only a school but a community of
choice for student education now
and into the future
Plan for the consistent progression
of changes to classrooms,
playground and staff facilities
ensuring spaces are contemporary,
attractive and conducive to learning
To implement an explicit
improvement agenda grounded from
research and practice and couched in
terms of improvements and
measurable in students outcomes,
especially in Numeracy and Literacy
LEVERAGE
THE CAPACITY TO INFLUENCE THE FUTURE
Build on the Catholic Identity of
Assumption Catholic Primary school
and continue to nurture the charism
and history of the Assumption story