Key Student Outcomes

Year Level Total Number of Students Number of School Days in 2020 Total Number of Attendance Days in 2020 Total Number of Student Absences Average Attendance Rate

Kindy 52 350 18200 489.46 97.3% Prep 14 185 2590 144.58 94% 1 20 185 3700 346.33 91% 2 20 185 3700 270.39 93% 3 26 185 4810 245.85 95% 4 22 185 4070 304.27 93% 5 34 185 6290 434.71 93% 6 42 185 7770 623.06 92% 7 103 185 19055 1144.48 94% 8 109 185 20165 1197.46 94% 9 95 185 17575 1399.90 92% 10 96 185 17760 1549.21 88% 11 93 185 17205 1554.14 91% 12 94 180 16920 1643.77 90% 87.2%

at allowing students to engage in positive political discourse centred on local, national, and global issues such as: Ethics, Foreign Policy, Philosophy and Citizenship. It also involves reading and analysing important philosophical texts by some of history’s greatest thinkers.

PASTORAL CARE

2021 was once again a year where we did not focus solely on academic achievement, but made wellbeing a priority. Year-level meetings for Years 10-12 have emphasised the importance of Emotional Intelligence and Connectional Intelligence, adaptability, life balance, cognitive skills and learning strategies and habits. We had the pleasure of welcoming experts to the College to present on a wide range of topical issues such as Domestic, Family & Dating Violence, Road Safety, Safe Partying and Women’s Health.

It has been wonderful to be part of this vibrant learning community throughout 2021. Together, students and teachers have worked hard to engage in the dynamic process which signifies powerful learning. Our plans for 2022 will extend the student-driven, student-centred and student-led program and refine our use of learning data to evaluate progress. Fairholme College recognises that attendance each day and each lesson is an integral part of student success. We take great care to monitor the attendance of every student each day. Attendance is recorded electronically for each lesson. In addition, rolls are also marked in Assembly/Chapel or Holme Group Meetings. Absentee lists are generated early each day and are placed on the Staff Room Notice Board and are also emailed to all staff.

Administration staff follow up any students who are absent to ensure that we have had contact from parents or care-givers to let us know of their whereabouts. These staff will phone, email or SMS the parents of any students not accounted for. Additionally, students who are missing from classes during the day are also followed up by academic staff such as a Head of Sub School or a Head of House. These staff are also involved in supporting students to return to school when they have had an extended absence from school.

When a student is ill or unable to attend school, it is expected that parents of Day Girls notify the College by 8.30am by phone, email or via the College app. Boarding staff notify key staff about any Boarders unable to attend class and are therefore in the College Health Centre. Should a student be absent for more than three days, the Head of House or Head of Sub School will contact the family to offer support and enquire as to the student’s welfare at that time. In the case of prolonged absence, parents are asked to request planned absence for their daughter in advance via a letter through the College Principal. Student Absences during examination/assessment time are managed through the College’s Student Academic Policy.

In 2021, when students were working remotely due to COVID restrictions, rolls were maintained when staff facilitated early morning Holme Group check-in sessions. During the day, when staff engaged classes via platform such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams, attendance was monitored. Follow up with families was similar to established protocols, seeking clarification from parents if a student was not in attendance for remote check in sessions. Using our usual channels, parents were able to notify the College if their daughter was unable to participate in remote learning on a particular day.

NAPLAN results for Years 3, 5 and 7 and 9 in 2021 Please refer to ACARA’s* My School website http://www.myschool. edu.au/ for reports regarding the performance of students in Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 in 2021.

*The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

Apparent Student Retention, Year 10-12

In 2021, the apparent retention rate for students moving from Year 10 through to Year 12 = 96.9%

Student Retention Year 10 Base Year 12 Apparent Retention Number 97 94 96.9%