CONTENTS Message from Key School Bodies 3 Message from the Chairperson of the College Council 3 Message from the Principal 3 Message from the Parents and Friends Association 16 About Bishop Druitt College 17 Capital Works 18 Primary School 19 Secondary School 25 Co-Curriculum 26 Student Performance 27 Higher School Certificate Results 27 Vocational Outcomes 44 Post-School Destinations 44 National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy 45 Staff 46 Workforce Composition 46 Staff Professional Learning 46 Student Attendance and Retention Rates 46 Student Attendance 46 Retention Rates in Secondary School 47 Enrolment Policy 48 Initiatives Promoting Respect and Responsibility 49 Student behaviour management flowchart 49 The Bishop Druitt Way 50 Enhancing Wellbeing 51 Parent, Student and Teacher Satisfaction 52 Financial Information 53 2 Message from Key School Bodies Message from the Chairperson of the College Council The year 2019 was an exciting period of potential, growth and developments. Some of the exciting opportunities that presented themselves include working closely with the Clarence Valley Anglican School community on the further development and improvement of Farnworth Farm, with our first very successful Year 4 camp being held. The property at 83 North Boambee Rd was purchased for the intended use as ‘International House BDC’. In September an opportunity presented itself for the BDC Council to explore a new campus at Woolgoolga to be known as BDC Northern Beaches campus. This work continues, with interest growing from the families of potential students. Installation of solar panels to the Branson Centre was completed during the Christmas holidays. The college introduced Edstart, a facility offering parents an alternative way of paying fees. I am also proud that our year 12 students have again achieved the highest ranking of the Coffs Coast Regional Schools. Mr David Ford Chair of College Council Message from the Principal Descriptive Information School Sector: Independent College Address: 111 North Boambee Road, Coffs Harbour, NSW Total Enrolments: 1013 (August) students including Kindergarten Year Levels Offered: Kindergarten to Year 12 Co-educational or Single Sex: Co-educational Day or Boarding School: Day school Bishop Druitt College is the only school on the Coffs Coast with a K-12 school community on a single campus. Students who attend Bishop Druitt College come from a diverse range of ethnic and religious backgrounds. The majority of students are born in Australia, including a small percentage of Aboriginal students, with the remaining coming from more than 45 countries. The students born in other countries originate from the European, Asian, American and African continents. This diversity is also represented through 33 different languages being spoken in our families’ homes. I wish to thank my staff for their dedication to their students and to our goal of continuous improvement. The College Council also needs to be recognised for their continued commitment to the school. Our college resources have improved throughout the year and our council was instrumental in supporting this reinvestment into our facilities as well as supporting new facilities and partnerships. 3 The Bishop Druitt Way ‘The Bishop Druitt Way’ is a phrase that was developed in 2018 to reflect our unique college identity. It has since evolved to support our college values and foundations and is summarized into five key points. ● Empowered For Life ● Embracing Diversity ● Prioritising Wellbeing ● Pursuit Of Excellence ● In Service Of Others The Bishop Druitt Way has, in 2019, become part of our college vernacular and has permeated our daily rites and rituals. New Bishop Druitt College Hymn Lord we thank you for your blessings And for guidance on the way. For the vision of our founders On Gumbaynggirr land we pray. Joined here at Bishop Druitt College Learning and growing every day. ‘Faithfulness in Service’ stirs us To reach out with love and care, Learning to respect each other; These are values that we share. Strength in diversity enriches, Harmony is our heartfelt prayer. When our days of school are ending Give us strength to persevere. Build integrity within us, Tempted not by doubt or fear. Give us grace to go with courage And your peace to draw us near. HSC Results 2019 I would like to congratulate the class of 2019 receiving a state ranking of 177. This is our highest ranking since 2014. ● Top performing school on the Coffs Coast. ● Leading the region in extension subjects - 13 x E4 and 25 x E3 results ● Dux of the year, Dheeraj Adusumalli ATAR - 99.05 and recognised on the NSW All Rounders list ● 13% of the cohort with ATARs over 90 ● 93% of the cohort received at least one Band 4 or above. ● 32 Band 6 or Notional Band 6/E4 results. ● 109 Band 5 and 24 E3 or Notional Band 5 results with 66% of learners achieving at least one Band 5 or 6 result. 4 State Visual and Performing Arts Nominations ● ARTEXPRESS - Keanu Chapman ‘Life Forces’ ● ONSTAGE - Individual Performance - Manahil Afraz ‘Justice for Uzma’ ● ONSTAGE - Individual Performance - Claudia Benson ‘Out of Control’ ● ONSTAGE - Individual Performance - Laura Harrington ‘Love Marilyn’ ● ONSTAGE - Group Performance - Laura Harrington, Claudia Benson, Dakota Warner, Ireland White, Thomas Winchester ‘The Hollow Men’ Scholarships ● Bond University Vice Chancellor's Excellence Scholarship - Olivia Gerrard ● Bond University Vice Chancellor's Excellence Scholarship - Ebony Young ● Southern Cross University Chancellor's Scholarship - Israel Degle ● University of Newcastle Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence in Year 12. - Lucy Spain ● UNE Vice-Chancellor's High Achievement Prize - Evenezer Gebremedhin ● UNE Vice-Chancellor's High Achievement Prize - Isabella Ashley Student Achievements I have been extremely proud of our students’ achievements and I have included only a sample in the following list. ● ABC Q&A - students from the Human Rights Group, Environment Group, LGBTQI+ group, ​ ​ and Goori Group represented the college at the schools’ forum in Sydney. Georgia Hansard was one of the few students from hundreds present who was able to ask her question on camera, a testament to the work our students did in preparation to form intelligent and well-researched questions. ● Chess - A very successful primary schools tournament this year with BDC winning the ​ following sections: first, second and third in ‘C’ grade, second in ‘B’ grade and first and second in ‘A’ grade competitions. There were 27 primary school teams entered this year. ● Debating - This is only the second year that BDC has participated in the HICES Debating ​ Competition which runs over three terms and involves independent schools from across the state. BDC performed brilliantly this season with both Junior (Year 6) and Senior (Year 10) teams making it through to the semi-final and quarter-final respectively. The seniors finished in the top eight schools and the juniors finished in the top four schools in NSW. ● Da Vinci Decathlon - BDC sent four teams of eight students to compete on two separate ​ days in the Northern NSW Da Vinci Decathlon at The Armidale School. Standout moments included success in the following categories. Year 8 received a third place in art and poetry, second place in engineering, first place in maths, third place in general knowledge, and second place in code-breaking, making them the second overall winners. Year 9 placed third in cartography, and Year 10 placed second in cartography, second in English and third in mathematics. ● The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools were outstanding this ​ year and are reported in various places in our Etcetera magazine. ● Newcastle Permanent Maths Competition - Congratulations on winning the Mid North ​ Coast District Award - Daniel Lim (Year 5). ● Royal Australian Chemical Institute - The High Distinction Excellence Award was ​ achieved by Angus Longworth-Browne who placed in the top 1% of the state. 5 ● Head Start Program with Southern Cross University - Year 11 students Gurjot-Singh ​ Nahal, Bailie Kapukaya, Tess Parker-Reynolds, and Lucia Verguizas successfully completed their first tertiary subjects. ● North Coast Philosothon - congratulations to Mrs Amy Dal Pozzo and her team that won ​ the senior section of this year’s Philosothon. ● Vice Chancellor's Excellence Scholarships at Bond University were awarded to Year ​ 12 students Ebony Young and Olivia Gerrard. This is a 50% scholarship. ● The Southern Cross University Chancellor's Scholarship was awarded to Year 12 ​ student Israel Degle. This scholarship is valued at $8000. ● Youth off the Streets Scholarship was awarded to Year 12 student Jacqueline Kambere - ​ this is a two-year scholarship. ● Young Scientists Awards - Bishop Druitt College students have had great success in the ​ Young Scientist Awards in 2019. Sienna Biggs received the Most Promising Award for her study of peripheral vision. Tilly Howard received second place in the 7/8 Chemistry category for her work on the water content of shampoo. Bennet Mitchelhill received a Silver Award in the Regional category. He used a device to detect different brain waves while listening to music. Jasmin Henson Gallardo investigated pretreatment of Acacia seeds for use in plantation forests and was rewarded with second place in the 9/10 Biology category as well as a Gold Award in the Regional category. ● International Science and Engineering Fair - Emma Serisier, who placed third in the ​ world at the International Science