Ingleburn High School
| Ingleburn High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary school |
| Motto | Tolerance, Integrity and Excellence |
| Established | 1960 |
| Principal | Mr M. Wiecek |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 906 |
| Website | http://www.ingleburn-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ |
Ingleburn High School is a co-educational, comprehensive, public High School located in Ingleburn, New South Wales, Australia.
The school follows the NSW Board of Studies' standard curriculum, which is provided to all Government schools in NSW. The School's motto is "Tolerance, Integrity and Excellence".[1] The school consists of 78.372[2] staff and in excess of 900 students.
Of the year 7 cohort, 2007, only 50% met national numeracy benchmarks.[3]
There are programmes to support students of specific non-European origins.[4][5] One programme in particular involves a “federally funded” “Aboriginal Education Worker” whose role will be to work with only Aboriginal students. The reason for this staff member is that the State has made it compulsory that only students of Aboriginal origin must have an “Individual Education Plan”.[6] Other programmes available to all students include the school newsletter voucher programme in which students who "collect 3 vouchers from different newsletters"[7][8] may redeem their vouchers for a bronze award from a deputy principal.
The school's latest programme is PBIS or "Positive Behaviour In Schools"; a programme developed by the "U.S. Office of Special Education Programs"[9]. The programme occupies students' time every fortnight requiring students to "focus on the positive behavioural expectations...of all students". Workshops includes worthwhile topics such as "discussing with students our expectations regarding...moving around and through corridors and walkways". This programme also occupies staff time in "development sessions".[10]
In 2004, the student attendance rate for years 7 to 10 was below both the district and state averages.[11] In 2007, the student attendance rate for years 7 to 10 and for years 11 to 12 were both below the state averages.[12]
Meg Lees, the former head of the Australian Democrats was a teacher at the school in the 1970s.[13]
External links
References
- ^ http://www.ingleburn-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/# | go to ‘Parents’ then ‘About us’
- ^ Ingleburn High School: "Annual School Report 2007", page 9, 2008
- ^ Ingleburn High School: "Annual School Report 2007", page 4, 2008
- ^ "Youth Partnership with Pacific Communities". NSW Department of Community Services. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ ""The School TIE", TWUGIA, page 4, December 2007" (PDF). Ingleburn High School. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ ""The School TIE", A Huge Welcome to our new Aboriginal Education Worker, page 4, September 2008" (PDF). Ingleburn High School. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ Ingleburn High School: "the School TIE", page 12. November, 2007
- ^ ""The School TIE", page 10, December 2007" (PDF). Ingleburn High School. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ ""PBIS Website"". OSEP. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ Ingleburn High School: "The School TIE", page 3, May 2008
- ^ Ingleburn High School: "Annual Report 2004", page 7
- ^ Ingleburn High School: "Annual School Report 2007", page 2
- ^ Meg Lees: The unauthorised story - smh.com.au
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