introduction

 ** __ PROBLEMS AT BARVEL CENTRAL SCHOOL __
 * Introduction **

The School **  **The students:**
 * Population of the community and enrolments at BCS fluctuate regularly and students enrol for short periods of time
 * Located in one of the lowest socio-economic brackets in the state (ABS Census Data)
 * Some challenges still exist in terms of effective communication between students, peers and teachers.
 * BCS students from Prep to Year 12, emphases the need of a consistent whole school approach.
 * Primary school enrolments have dropped in recent years
 * Boys at the school tend to leave school early
 * The community on the whole supportive of the school with generally good relationships developed with most parents.

 **The Classroom**
 * Primary Years Staff have spent much time developing their individual programs.
 * Some programs involve cross-curricular links and an integrated approach to curriculum planning
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Some of the teachers have put an emphasis on the principles of Productive Pedagogies.

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">**The Teachers** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">**Consequently...**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">All staff (1 principal, 2 deputy principals, 4 full time staff teaching in the primary years, 6 full time staff teaching in the secondary year) must work together.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Concern has been raised by the local community regarding the performance of students on the NAPLAN tests-via the MySchool website.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Schools are being compared and judged hence <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">** causing havoc in the school and <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">local community. **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Media (a large article found in a Victorian newspaper) questions the inconsistency and decline in quality of teaching in BCS and other State Schools.


 * __<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">We have developed a Barvel Central School Policy that targets these issues. __

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> __**Barvel Central School's Policy:**__ //<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 138.24%; text-align: center;">At Barvel Central School we strongly believe consistency is the key to success. Our Learning and Teaching Policy ensures that all children and adolescence from Prep to Year 12 at our school achieve their personal best in effective learning environments in our school. We believe in life-long learning and offering our students an opportunity to participate in real life, engaging and educational experiences in the classroom, within our school and the wider community. All teachers at our school work together and encourage learning environments that are safe, supportive, inclusive, engaging and challenging for current and future students our school. //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">