2017 Danebank Annual Report 2017 3

2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2 Danebank Annual Report 2017 Danebank Annual Report 2017 3 Contents Executive Report Statement from The Principal In the First World War Australia fought in France at the village behaviours and dispositions that allow a Danebank girl to EXECUTIVE REPORTS STAFF of Villers-Bretonneux. During that battle the village school was convert her knowledge into meaningful action in different destroyed. When the war was over, Victorian school children situations. These capabilities are being built and strengthened 3 The Principal 18 Danebank Executive Staff were asked to donate a penny each and in this way raised the within the context of all that lies at the Heart of the school. 4 School Council Chairman 19-22 Staff Professional Learning money to re-build the school at Villers-Bretonneux. 5 Parents and Friends Association 19 Professional Learning Costs 2017 was an exciting and fulfilling year. It was also the year No fewer than 91 years later, when the Black Saturday bush when we farewell Mr Warwick Fogden. His contribution as 6 Old Girls’ Association 23 Teaching Standards fires devastated Victoria, Villers-Bretonneux returned the Director of Studies and Deputy Principal Administration 7 Student Representative Council 23 Workforce Composition favour. Out of the blue, the Principal of Strathewen Primary has been highly valued and we will miss his wonderful 24 Teaching & Learning Priorities, Achievements and School in regional Victoria, which had burned to the ground, administrative skills and his gentle sense of humour. was contacted by the Mayor of Villers-Bretonneux. The Improvement Targets 2016/17 Mayor said his people would like to contribute to the cost of Mrs Maryanne Davis, Principal SCHOOL PROFILE 25 Teaching & Learning Improvement Targets 2018 rebuilding the school. For these two schools, the actions of 8 Major Initiatives 2017 their students and community displayed a strong sense of 8-9 Contextual Information STUDENTS all that we at Danebank seek to build at the heart of each student and our educational community. 26 Student Body Overview 2017 26 Student Population Sir William Deane (1996) said: “The past is never fully gone. It is ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE 27 Student Welfare Achievements 2017 absorbed into the present and the future. It stays to shape what we are and what we do.” At Danebank, the past provides the heart, 10-11 NAPLAN 27 Student Welfare Improvement Targets 2018 the strong foundations, as we build both the school and the 12-15 HSC 29 Respect and Responsibility Initiatives capabilities of our girls for the future. 15 Post school destinations 30-31 School Policies So what foundations have been laid across nearly 85 years? 15 Vocational Training 32 Enrolment Policy What does lie at the heart of all we do? Danebank is a school 15 RoSA 32 Complaints Guidelines filled with Hope. A school that acknowledges the Eternity 16 Academic Competition Results 33 Student Attendance and Retention Statistics promised by Christ as the foundation of all we do, a school where we encourage our girls to be Aspirational and Resilient 17 Outstanding HSC Achievements 33 Management of Non-attendance as they learn to work cooperatively – to be Good Team leaders and team members. Heart: hope, eternity, aspiration, resilience and teamwork – this has always been and continues ADMINISTRATION to be the essence, the foundations, of Danebank. Compliance Reporting 34 Throughout 2017, we have been building the first stage of new 34 Facilities & Resources Priorities, Achievements and Pre-K and Junior School facilities and we have also continued Improvement Targets 2017/18 to build in our students those capabilities that Dr Wagner from Harvard has identified as ‘the must-have skills of the future.’ 35 Satisfaction Reporting Financial Reports - Income and Expenditure 2017 36 On his list are critical thinking and problem-solving, “The past is never fully gone. 37 Reporting Area Reference page collaboration across networks and leading by influence, agility and adaptability, initiative and entrepreneurialism, effective oral and written communication, accessing and analysing It is absorbed into the present A registered non-government school must have policies and procedures that ensure its participation in annual reporting to publicly disclose the educational information, and, throughout all of these skill-sets, curiosity and financial performance measures and policies of the school. and imagination. Together, these capabilities form the skills, and the future. It stays to shape The Education Act 1990 (NSW) requires each registered non-government school to prepare an annual report of a kind determined by the Minister on the what we are and what we do.” school’s performance measures and policies as identified by the Minister. Accordingly, the Minister has determined that the performance measures and policies that must be included in the annual report relate to all reporting areas as outlined on page 37. REPORTING AREA 1: MESSAGES FROM KEY SCHOOL BODIES Sir William Deane (1996) 4 Danebank Annual Report 2017 Danebank Annual Report 2017 5 Executive Report Statement from the Chairman Statement from the Parents and Friends Association The Heart of Education Beyond fees and grants, the Parents and Friends Association By far the biggest single fund raiser for the School each year is the core fund raiser for the Danebank School community is the Autumn Fair and Open Day. Special mention must – raising much needed funds for ancillary equipment and again be made of the tireless work of the Fair Convenor, Mrs What makes a good education? that we encourage the development of leadership and service specified items to enhance the school experience of all our Nadine Lee, who somehow manages to co-ordinate committee Danebank defines its purpose as “a Christian school which aims across the whole school and in its connection with the wider girls. But just as important, the Association provides a genuine members, parents and both internal and external stall-holders, to provide quality, affordable education that will equip girls for all community. opportunity for the parents of Danebank girls to become more in bringing together a very successful fair day each May. Thank aspects of life”. But what is at the heart of good education? directly involved in the running of the School, enhancing their you Nadine. As Christians, we are challenged by Jesus’ command to “love daughter’s journey along the way. Nelson Mandela was very clear about the importance of the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and In achieving these results, the support and counsel from Mrs education. He said “Education is the most powerful weapon with all your mind, …. and your neighbour as yourself.” Educating 2017 was yet another milestone year for the P&F. It was the Davis and her Executive Team; the access to School facilities which you can use to change the world.” International aid the mind is vital, but it is only the start - our contribution to year that Mr Glenn Simpkin stepped down as President of the and the open communication lines must not be under- programs consistently recognise this, and education is an society, and our response to God’s goodness to us, requires all Parents and Friends Association, after 13 years in the role of estimated. It is with this help and support that the Parents and important part of the work of the World Bank, the Asian that we are - our heart and soul. President and special thanks must go to Glenn and his wife, Friends Association was again able to hand over in excess of Development Bank, and NGO’s such as World Vision. We see Lisa, for their tireless contribution over those years. It was the $100,000 for the betterment of the School in 2017. this importance in action at Katoke school in Tanzania, where Dr Richard Sharp, School Council Chairman year that saw the new school uniform come to life, highlighted the Danebank community has a particular connection. One by all girls wearing the new attire at Speech Night and it was Mr Ian Nadge, P&F President of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals is to the year in which we saw Stage 1 of the new building program “ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong really take shape. learning”. Throughout the year, the Association maintained its focus Good education brings enormous benefits in understanding on raising funds for the School, including: the Birthday Book the way the world works. For example in the field of science, program in the Junior School; the Entertainment Books; as we recognise the order and pattern of creation, we can Mother’s Day stall; Father’s Day stall; a Cocktail Evening to predict the way the natural world will behave - and this is a welcome the parents of new girls to Danebank; the Guessing fundamental building block for engineering and medicine. Competition; the Autumn Fair and was convenor of a number Similarly, studying history brings an understanding of the way of Coffee Mornings, giving parents the opportunity for direct our society has evolved, what challenges this has involved, discussion with Mrs Davis and other Executive regarding and what benefits accrue in a well-ordered society. Developing topical issues within the School. Sadly in 2017 the Annual Golf this understanding is very important, but it is not enough. If Day was again washed out, so was moved to later in the year education is just about the “what”, and not the “why”, then we for 2018, in the hope that the weather will be kinder to us. have a problem. Theodore Roosevelt is quoted as saying “To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society”. That’s why our purpose is broader. It is our hope that Danebank girls will continue to contribute broadly and positively to society.

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