Campbelltown+PS

Team Members: Steven Hooke, Tamara Homer, Cassandra Menne
 * __Campbelltown PS __**
 * Project Coordinator/Facilitator: Donna Barton **

Campbelltown Public School is located in South Western Sydney, in the middle of the City of Campbelltown. It has 322 students of various socio economic and cultural backgrounds. The school receives funding through the Priority Schools Program. The school has an excellent reputation for teaching and learning programs and a strong and effective student welfare program. Campbelltown has 36% NESB students. Staff is a balance between early career teachers and experienced teachers. The school is strongly committed to intensive Literacy instruction within the first 3 hours every day. This occurs in all classes, K-6. Naplan results vary between years, but generally we achieve just below state level in both Literacy and Numeracy overall. We some trends above State level in certain aspects of the assessments. Comprehension across all strategies and subject areas has been identified as an area of need. This is a school target for 2010. 2009 Naplan data shows comprehension is an area of need. School based assessment and data has also highlighted the need for skill development in this area. Stage 3 has been identified as the focus group for this project, with the aim of Stage 2 becoming involved in the second cycle of the project. All teachers and students in Stage 3 are involved in Guided Reading and writing groups as a part of the Literacy program.
 * __Context statement __**