Principal Report

2025 Annual Implementation Plan Summary

Listed below is a summary of targets, strategies and activities that we will undertake this year as a part of our Annual Implementation Plan. The full document will be published on our website this week.

Targets

By the end of 2025, the percentage of students in the (Exceeding/Strong) proficiency levels for NAPLAN will be at or above 85% for Reading and Numeracy, in Year 3 and 5.

By the end of 2025 the number of students above the expected level (Teacher judgement) for Writing will be 25% (F-6).

By the end of 2025, the percentage of students making one year’s growth in one year (Teacher Judgement in Reading & Number/Algebra) will be at or above 90% (F-6).

By the end 2025 the percentage of positive responses on the School Staff Survey will increase for:

- Instructional Leadership to 80%

- Seeking Feedback to 70%

By the end of 2025, the average student days absence will decrease from 18.2 days per student to 13.5 days per student.

By the end of 2025 the percentage of positive student responses in ATTOS for perseverance will increase to 80%.

By the end of 2025 the percentage of positive responses in the Staff Survey for 'Collective Efficacy' and 'Believing Student Engagement is Key' will increase to 85%.

Strategies and Activities

Excellence in teaching and learning

- Continue to develop our evidence-based instructional model

- Consult with staff to develop the expectations of each component of the instructional model

- Present the evidence-based instructional model to staff, and provide ongoing professional learning (including professional reading)

- Schedule time for coaching to support staff to apply the instructional model and refine the process for classroom observations related to the model

Positive climate for learning

- Present and unpack the DET resource ‘Positive Classroom Management Strategies’ with staff during professional learning sessions

- Create a rating system for our ASPIRE values that translates into a new expectation statement for our semester reports

- Enable learning management system notifications for our parents/carers/kin on COMPASS to share behaviours related to our ASPIRE values

- Develop lessons plans for each of the ASPIRE values for each year level

Mobile Phones Policy

Please refer to our school mobile phones policy that has been included below. This is in line with Department policy, which is a Ministerial order:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/students-using-mobile-phones/policy

This policy has been discussed with senior students, who bring a mobile phone/smart watch to school. If your child wears a smart watch, please remember that the watch must be on silent and uncontactable during school times. Mobile phones must be off/on silent and stored securely in student bags or at the school office. Phones must not be accessed at any time during school hours.

We greatly appreciate all parents/carers making children aware of pickup arrangements, prior to dropping children at school. If there are late changes that need to relayed before the end of the school day, parents/carers need to contact the school office.

Next Assembly – Change of Date

Please note that we have changed the date for our next assembly, it will no longer be held this week but will now be held on Friday 14th March. Year 2KW will be hosting.

We acknowledge the Bunurong people, the Traditional 

Owners of the land on which Baxter Primary School resides, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.