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 2005
Annual School Report |
College Profile
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Chancellor State School was established in 1997 with
149 students attending the school in the first year of operation. By
2003, the school had grown to 920 students from Preschool to Year 7. As a
result of rapid growth in the Sippy Downs area, Chancellor State College
was established in 2004. Chancellor State College is now made up of the
existing State School, the Middle School which opened in 2004 and the
Senior campus which was officially opened by the Premier in 2006. The
Primary Campus and the Secondary Campus are separated by 4km, using road
transport; however only 1km apart with pedestrian and cycle ways through
the University of the Sunshine Coast. Chancellor State College is a
co-educational facility with currently 1506 students enrolled from
Preschool to Year 10. By 2012, the College will cater for approx 2500
students from Prep Year to Year 12.
Chancellor State College is located within the
publicly acknowledged ”Educational Precinct” of Sippy Downs on the
Sunshine Coast, approximately 90km north of Brisbane. The two College
campuses are 8km from Mooloolaba, a popular beach and designated major
tourist area for the Sunshine Coast and are approximately 12km from the
regional retail and employment centre of Maroochydore.
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Curriculum offerings 
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As shown elsewhere on our website, Chancellor State
College has a unique
integrated curriculum based on the eight key learning areas from Prep
to Year 9. The Senior program of study offers multiple pathways through
Queensland Studies Authority accredited programs. Within the Sippy Downs
Educational Precinct, Chancellor State College has a unique partnership
with the University of the Sunshine Coast, supporting both student
academic pathways and staff professional development. Education
Queensland, in partnership with the University of the Sunshine Coast has
established a floor of the ICT Centre which is dedicated to staff
professional development and state of the art ICT resources for the
integration of ICT’s into learning. Chancellor has benefited by this
partnership through professional opportunities for staff, opportunities
for students and by becoming a trial school for Laptops for Teachers,
including an establishment of a wireless network across our 2 campuses and
throughout this ICT facility at the University. This focus has driven the
ICT agenda at Chancellor State College and led to the promotion of
Chancellor State College as a Gateway to the ICT Industry School.
Links to Curriculum offerings on school website:
Primary School;
Middle School;
Senior School
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Social climate
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Chancellor State College has a focus on becoming a
leader in developing a global learning community. This focus ensures that
students are respected as individuals and that life long learning is a
focus for our engagement with the wider community. As demonstrated
elsewhere on our website, there are links to the
College Charter which highlights our focus on the individual and
caring for staff, students and families as unique contributors in our
partnership that focuses on preparing young people for a changing and
dynamic world. Our emerging
International Program is an important aspect of this focus. |
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Parents and the community |
Chancellor State College has a successful Parent
Involvement Program (PIP). There is one PIP representative for each
class, across the whole College. They are parents/guardians and are
responsible for organising class social functions for the parents, as well
as being a conduit for any other networking that parents/student desire
(such as coordinating the Class Buzz Book).
We have a strong volunteer body of approximately
400 parents who help regularly at the College in a variety of capacities.
Their help is celebrated annually with a Morning Tea and certificate
presentation.
The P&C Committee ensures that items for
discussion are done at the monthly meeting. These meetings are always
well represented across the campus by parents and new members are strongly
encouraged to attend. The School Council meet once a term and have been
responsible for developing our Partnership Agreement with is the College
Strategic Plan 2006 – 08.
In the most recent School Opinion Survey, it has
been identified that parents are increasingly satisfied from 2004-2005, in
adoption of technology to enhance teaching, learning and management; in
creating a safe supportive environment; and confidence in public
education.
Also, we have identified that parents and students
are satisfied with student outcomes, curriculum, pedagogy, school climate
and resources. For example, 70-80% of the student population are satisfied
or very satisfied with these measured indices.
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Results in the Year 2 Diagnostic Net,
2005 |
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Performance measures: percentage of
students not requiring additional support |
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Strands |
Result (%) |
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2005 |
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Reading |
81.5% |
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Writing |
90% |
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Number |
90% |
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Reading, writing and numeracy
results for the Queensland Year 3, 5 and 7 Literacy and Numeracy Tests, 2005
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Strands |
Measures |
Results for 2005 |
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Year 3 |
Year 5 |
Year 7 |
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Reading |
School average on Queensland Test |
559 |
624 |
691 |
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Queensland average |
548 |
614 |
689 |
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Percentage of students at school
above national benchmark |
97.4% |
82.7% |
88.9% |
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Writing |
School average on Queensland Test |
523 |
599 |
745 |
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Queensland average |
509 |
606 |
746 |
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Percentage of students at school
above national benchmark |
89.7% |
91.8% |
97.2% |
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Numeracy |
School average on Queensland Test |
566 |
620 |
653 |
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Queensland average |
534 |
605 |
663 |
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Percentage of students at school
above national benchmark |
98.3% |
90.1% |
82.9% |
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