Welcome to our website...
Albany Creek State School is a vibrant and caring educational institution committed to providing a supportive and challenging learning environment that maximises achievements for all students.
Our students are encouraged by their enthusiastic and committed parents, by our experienced, cohesive and dedicated staff and by their peers and student leaders who contribute significantly to maintaining a pleasant, friendly and rewarding learning environment.
As Principal, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our School Community and to extend to you an open invitation to learn more about our:
- Curriculum programs
- School culture
- Vision for the future; and
- School achievements
At Albany Creek State School parents, staff and students are valued. We promote the genuine involvement of parents, caregivers and volunteers in the learning process and take pride in celebrating our achievements.
Together we strive to:
- Provide an attractive and well resourced environment;
- Communicate high expectations for student and staff achievements;
- Develop curriculum programs that reflect School and Education Queensland priorities ;
- Provide access to state of the art information communication technologies;
- Report regularly and comprehensively on student progress, and;
- Deliver the leadership required to ensure that Albany Creek State School maintains it place and reputation as a great school.
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Community News
It is with great pleasure and genuine excitement that we welcome students, parents and
caregivers to the 2012 academic year. The dates for Parent Teacher Evenings is listed in the latest issue of the school newsletter. It would be appreciated if parents could make arrangements for their children not to attend.
The implementation of the new curriculum programs heightens the importance of attending
the parent teacher evenings. Our goal is to have at least one parent or caregiver in
attendance at the meeting hosted by your child’s teacher. Irrespective of the year level,
your attendance is a great opportunity to learn first-hand about curriculum developments
and school priorities and to demonstrate to your son or daughter your eagerness to
support their learning throughout 2012.
While we have many priorities for 2012 including the effective implementation of new
curriculum programs, our major ‘whole of school focus’ will be on the enhancement of
reading competencies.
Our comprehensive set of strategies to achieve this will be detailed at the parent teacher
evenings.
Each edition of the Creek Weekly will provide updates on reading initiatives. In the next few weeks each teacher will work individually with each of their students to
complete a Reading Fluency Assessment. These assessments will provide the students
with immediate feedback on how they can enhance their reading as well as providing data
to ensure that the teachers can address individual student needs. This data and other data
will be used to help each student develop a personal reading goal. Specific details
pertaining to each student’s reading gaol will be shared with parents and caregivers at the
parent teacher interviews held at the end of the term.
Our major professional development activities for 2012 will focus on the effective teaching
of reading. Our Support Teachers Literacy and Numeracy (STLaNs) will be working in
classrooms to assist teachers and students as will members of School Administration who
have specific year levels to support.
Curriculum delivery is a complex responsibility. The development of our year level unit
specific resource books for mathematics is a significant initiative. Production of the
resource books is much more that developing school generated text book replacements.
The process of developing these resource books provides a powerful forum for year level
teams of teachers to consider effective teaching strategies and to agree upon the best
learning activities for the students. These professional processes will ensure that Albany
Creek State School has effective and accountable moderation processes consistent
across each year level.
The Resource Scheme introduced at the end of last year is making it possible to produce
the unit resource books. Please support the scheme. At the parent teacher evenings we
will elaborate on the scheme and provide examples of how the unit resource books are
being used and how the specific content in these booklets is directly linked to the
Australian Curriculum programs.
As we move from class to class it is obvious that parents and caregivers have been highly
supportive in their efforts to prepare the children for the new school year. The students are
very well presented in their full school uniforms. The children have their book and
stationery requirements and are excited about being back at school.
Thank you for your support and for the financial outlays to prepare your children for the
new school year.
We are confident that ACSS is very well placed to enter this new era of exciting curriculum
delivery.We will face the challenges together and resolve them by collegiality, team work
and “sharing of discoveries”. We look forward to keeping you informed of developments
and school achievements.
Curriculum– LOTE
We are thrilled to announce Albany Creek State School has its first LOTE room!
It is very exciting and I
look forward to immersing
the students in Japanese
language and
culture! Hopefully when
the room is full of all our
school’s Japanese regalia
and resources the
students will feel like they are in Japan when they visit to the LOTE room!
On Monday Kayla and Grace from 6A had
an opportunity to wear a Japanese summer kimono called a
Yukata and Fineran Sensei's Japanese school uniform! The
girls are also holding some wax models of Japanese food which
were purchased on a sister school visit many years ago! Year
6 will study a unit on food later in the year that will feature these
dishes!
I believe that students will benefit from these wonderful learning opportunities. If you have
an opportunity, please come past and view our new room. I am on the lookout for an
unwanted dummy or manikin to display Japanese outfits throughout the year. If you can
help, please contact the office. Very honoured and delighted Fineran Sensei!
WINTER CARNIVAL 2012
Planning is underway for the 2012 Winter Carnival (21st July 2012). All
Welcome! Members of the school community are warmly invited to attend as we prepare
for this exciting event. If you are unable to attend but would like to know more, please
contact Kerri-Lee at acssfete2012@hotmail.com
NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION
Our school newsletter can be accessed from the Newsletter Archive page of this website. You are also able to subscribe to our email service and the latest newsletter will be emailed to you. As of the end of next year 2012, we will be reducing our carbon footprint and printed copies of the newsletter will no longer be sent home. A limited amount of newsletters will be available from the school office for those families unable to be connected to the internet. We would like all parents & caregivers to subscribe to our email service, please complete the Newsletter Subscription Form and return to the school office.
P&C NEWS ~ Please refer to the newsletter for all the latest P&C News.....
2012 WINTER CARNIVAL
Saturday 21st July: We have a team of enthusiastic fete organisers already working hard to make
this great day happen. Please look out for meeting dates and calls for volunteers. We want to
make this the best fete ever! Please
contact Kerri-Lee at acssfete2012@hotmail.com
2012 P&C MEETINGS
21 February; 20 March (AGM); 17 April; 15 May; 19 June; 17 July (TBC); 21 August; 18
September; 16 October; 20 November (Final). All parents, carers and interested community
members are most welcome to attend and are eligible to apply for membership at any time of the
year. Click here for more information.....
