Mount Ousley Public School

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Mount Ousley Public School
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Mount Ousley Public School
31 McGrath St Fairy Meadow NSW 2519

Wollongong City Council, NSW
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TypeGovernment co-educational Apple-distinguished primary government public day school
Mottoes
  • Ever Higher
  • A small school with big opportunities
Establishedc. 1959
School number02 4285 4211
PrincipalEmily Jones
Staff30 Staff (2023)
GradesKindergarten to grade six
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment175 Students (2022)
Classes8 Classes (2022)
Average class size21 Students (2022)
Color(s)
  •   Green
  •   Yellow
Newspaper https://mtousley-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/newsletter.html
Budget$1,928,426 (2022)
Website https://mtousley-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

Mount Ousley Public School is a Kindergarten to grade six primary school, located in Fairy Meadow, New South Wales. The school was established in 1959, commonly known as 'MOPS'. [1] In 2022, there were eight classes with 175 students in total, and 30 staff. [2] [3] [4] The school is a secular government school primarily funded by NSW Department of Education and Parents and Citizens' Association (P&C). [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Apple-Distinguished Schools and the Use of Technology

MOPS is and has been an Apple-Distinguished School since 2011. [8] [9] [10] The school made the use of iPads and MacBooks compulsory for all students, including kindergarteners since 2015, many students already had devices before this and the school provided students without iPads with iPads anyway. [9] [11] [12] [13] [14] In 2018, MOPS was named NSW's Digital Lighthouse School, at the Technology 4 Learning Awards. [8] The Illawarra Mercury has labelled the school as "trailblazing" and the "future". [15]

Canteen

MOPS offers a canteen for all students and staff to use, the canteen is offered in conjunction with NSW's Healthy School Canteens Strategy. [16] [17] The school offers sandwiches, wraps, hot foods including toasties, burgers and pizzas, salads, drinks and snacks. [16]

Timetable

The school opens its gates at 7:45 am, and classes start at 9 am. Shortly after, students will have a "Care group eating based session"

(Crunch&Sip) which promotes healthy eating. This is also a competition for the houses to earn valuable house points which can later on be very crucial during house competitions. Students will not be allowed to go outside into the courtyard during lunch and recess but instead be able to use the facilities such as the oval and local playground that is on school grounds. There is also Chest competitions that are held during recess and lunch time. Classes will finish at 3 pm. [12]

Assessments

The school participates in Grade 3 and Grade 5 NAPLAN, New South Wales' Best Start Kindergarten Assessment and New South Wales' Validation of Assessment for Learning and Individual Development or commonly known as VALID. And helps students also participate in NSW Selective high schools and opportunity classes. [18]

Uniform

Uniform is compulsory for students of all ages, this is in conjunction with NSW Department of Education’s School Uniform Policy. [19] Uniform can be purchased on Monday afternoons at the school, or uniform can be ordered online with the My School Connect app. Because the school is co-educational, uniform is offered for males and females. And since the school offers physical education classes in coordination with the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), they have dedicated sport uniform for all of the four houses.

Diversity

Percentage (%) of Diversity of Students

  Non-English speaking background (28%)
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island background (3%)
  English speaking background (69%)

MOPS boasts a highly diverse cohort and group of staff. The 2022 Annual Report states that, 28% of the currently enrolled students are from non-English speaking backgrounds, and a further 3% coming from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island background. 3.7% of teachers and support staff also identify as coming from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island background. [2]

NAPLAN

Mount Ousley participates in NAPLAN. In 2022, all year 3 and year 5 NAPLAN scores have increased from 2014.

Year 3 NAPLAN Scores [20]
YearReadingWritingSpellingGrammarNumeracy
2022488438435489430
2021480442454468441
2020Cancelled due to COVID [21] [22]
2019465426428485427
2018456434434434405
2017444416424441414
2016418418413408380
2015455428395442397
2014412425415412386
Year 5 NAPLAN Scores [20]
YearReadingWritingSpellingGrammarNumeracy
2022521535507508483
2021537499480515493
2020Cancelled due to COVID [21] [22]
2019509480510508499
2018512478506514481
2017513480490494499
2016498463483483473
2015531511536537481
2014511472480507480

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  2. 1 2 "2022 Annual Report - Mount Ousley Public School" (PDF). NSW Department of Education. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Our staff - Mount Ousley Public School". mtousley-p.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  4. ↑ Ever Higher.
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  6. ↑ "Mount Ousley Newsletter - TERM 3 WEEK 2". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  7. ↑ "HELPING PARENTS & CITIZENS ASSOCIATIONS (P&CS)". March 21, 2017.
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  14. ↑ Welcome to Kindergarten eBook.
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