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Cultural Achievements St Peter’s is a school that understands the importance of providing its students with various experiences and opportunities in the Creative and Performing Arts. 2012 has been one of the most rewarding, exciting and challenging years to date. Annual Events St Peter’s Performs – This is truly an event where the entire school unites. A real sense of community is experienced, where over 200 students perform for parents, family and friends in St John’s Hall. Successful performers must first audition. This allows students to understand the early process of becoming a performer. Other students are invited to perform within their class or subject area, which provides a glimpse into everyday school lessons. Performance items include choirs, rock bands, Elective Music ensembles, gymnastics, contemporary dance, drama skits and instrumental soloists. This year three Year 10’s certainly entertained the audience as hosts for the entire evening. One element of St Peter’s Performs is that it always seems to be improving each year. The decision was therefore made to change venues to accommodate such improvements. The Maitland Town Hall and the hire of a professional sound engineer certainly increased the overall professionalism. The students’ personal expectations and their intense work ethic in rehearsals are becoming more focussed and are of a higher standard. Students often comment that it is a “privilege” to perform in this annual event and begin preparation months in advance. St Peter’s Art Exhibition – the third annual art exhibition at St Peter’s has proven to be another success. Students from all years have the opportunity to exhibit their art works in a professional showcase. Taking place in the third term of the year, students develop an understanding of what is involved to organise and produce such an event. The exhibition was officially opened in the upstairs area of the Marcellin Building. This new venue provided a more intimate and a more visually spectacular appearance truly capturing the artistic talents of St Peter’s students. Various prizes were also awarded to individual students for their inspirational artworks. This exhibition was then open to the school community for the duration of the week where friends and staff viewed works during lunch and recess breaks. DIO SOUNDS – This is a diocesan concert where all 11 secondary schools within the Maitland Newcastle Diocese come together to showcase and promote the performing arts. Once again St Peter’s were praised for their creativity, skill and professionalism. An ensemble of nearly 100 students represented St Peter’s on stage at the Civic Theatre. Three items were performed, presenting a continual source of entertainment for the audience. Our all boys vocal ensemble “Mancellin” performed their stirring arrangement of “Knights of Cydonia” by Muse. A piano solo connected the final performance by our Rock Eisteddfod Raw dance troupe and female Vocal Group, and our Rock Ensemble singing “River Deep Mountain High”. Rock Eisteddfod Raw – “The Diary of Jane” Every year St. Peter’s takes part in a major production. This year St Peter’s entered a dance troupe into the well known “Rock Eisteddfod Raw” competition open to all schools in NSW. Auditions and rehearsals began in Term 4, 2011. The cast and crew of “The Diary of Jane” involved around 80 students from Years 7-10. Most rehearsals took place during lunch and recess breaks with a weekly rehearsal during sport on Friday afternoons. The Diary of Jane was performed in the competition at the Sydney Entertainment Centre and on another occasion at St Peter’s Performs. St Peter’s received 2 awards for their production: “Achievement in Choreography” and “Excellence in Technical Assistant”. Every student displayed dedication and professionalism whilst involved in this production and this was reflected in the high quality of the final product. Our next major production will take place in 2013 and will follow in the footsteps of the Broadway Musical “Into the Woods JNR” by Steven Sondheim. The production team will also look into the possibility of more public performances due to popular demand. ASPIRE – a diocesan initiative to promote and provide expert skills to and experience for our elite performing arts students. Students are encouraged to apply and St Peter’s saw 12 successful applicants take part in weekly workshops in Newcastle. A final performance in August at “The Factory” Adamstown witnessed the skills and knowledge gained from the programme. Excursions – various excursions are organised throughout the year, providing students with real life experiences and enhancing their overall creative influence. Stage 5 Visual Art students travelled to Sydney to study the original works of Picasso. The exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW “PICASSO- Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso, Paris” was an opportunity that only a few adults can say they have experienced. Students visited the Maitland Regional Art Gallery to view 3 separate exhibitions - “Framing time, telling stories: the fascinating art of Michael Platt” an American photographer, “Tracey Moffat – Fourth” an Australian photographer and “Cutting Through -The Art of Elisabetta Gut” an international artist specialising in sculpture. “B’TUTTA”, a percussion ensemble from the Musica Viva In-Schools programme, performed for the entire Year 7 body alongside elective music students from Stage 5. B’TUTTA performed live in our new theatrette with the aim to inspire future musicians and develop a further appreciation for music as an artform. Concert pianist Tina Kim performed an intimate recital late Term 3 for elective music students. This workshop allowed our students to witness the skills of a fine musician performing repertoire from various 19 th Century composers. A N N U A L S C H O O L R E P O R T 2 0 1 2 8
Sporting Achievements St Peter’s has a great tradition in sport and this is evident in the high level of participation in Friday afternoon sport and the many representative teams supported within the school. The school supports over 30 internal sports and participates in representative sport at local, Diocesan, NSWCCC and All Schools level. The Swimming and Athletics Carnivals are compulsory activities and all students are expected to attend and participate. The Cross Country Carnival is optional. Some of our achievements in 2012 were: Exceptional results in the Diocesan Swimming, Cross Country & Athletics Carnivals. Top 10 results at both NSWCCC and All Schools Championships in both Athletics and Cross Country. Football – Regional winners in the Bill Turner Cup. Quarter finalists in the NSWCCC 7-10 football knockout competition. Winners of the James Mate Shield U13’s soccer. Rugby League – Australian Schoolboys U15’s representation. Basketball – Diocesan champions in the Year 9/10 Division. NSWCCC Champions (Tamworth) for the Year 9/10 Girls. Netball – Semi-finalist in the Junior and Intermediate Divisions at the Diocesan Championships. NSWCCC U’15’s representation. Australian Rules – NSWCCC Open Representation. St Peter’s also had a number of students represent the Diocese, NSWCCC and All Schools in various Sporting arenas. Students are very proud of the sporting achievements of the school and they endeavour to play their best – both individually and as part of a team. Staff Staff Qualifications Qualifications and Experience Number of Staff I. Teachers with teaching qualifications from a higher education institution within Australia or as recognised by National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR). 65 II. Teachers with qualifications from a higher education institution within Australia or as recognised by NOOSR but lacking formal teaching qualifications III. (a) Teachers not having qualifications as described in I or II above but having relevant successful teaching experience or appropriate knowledge relevant to the teaching context III. (b) Of these which are New Scheme Teachers. (a) (b) Professional Learning Undertaken During 2012, all teaching staff participated in a full day PD on Teachers Leading Teachers, Assessment, and Restorative Practices. A number of staff had training on Project Based Learning and a number of individual staff attended a vast variety of other training and development courses. Staff also participated in mandatory OH&S training for Anaphylaxis, CPR, Manual Handling and Asthma Training. Teacher Attendance The average teacher attendance rate for this school is 96%. Teacher Retention The teacher retention rate from 2011 to 2012 was 100%. A N N U A L S C H O O L R E P O R T 2 0 1 2 9
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