Westall (Clayton South)
bookmarksSite priorities
- Parent active participation in services to support their child’s health and development.
- Parent and carer engagement and confidence to support their child’s learning, development, and wellbeing.
- High attendance in all learning settings.
- Families are strongly connected through social, cultural and recreational activities.
groups Site Partnership Group
Westall Primary School, Westall Secondary College, City of Kingston, Community Kinders Plus, Department of Education, Department of Families Fairness and Housing, and Colman Education Foundation (Our Place).
attach_money Funding Partner
Sabemo Foundation.
>3,875
attendances in 2024
An attendance happens each time a person attends a service or activity.
Attendance is based on a reduced number of activities, so comparison with previous data is not meaningful.
Analysis
Westall recorded a high level of family involvement across programs and services in 2024. It had strong playgroup participation in targeted and supported playgroup sessions. Parents surveyed at Westall show very high levels of confidence with 82% stating that they are extremely or very confident to help their children to learn. Westall’s onsite governance group remains robust with partners agreeing that the governance group has a clear vision, that partners understand why a collaborative approach is required to address local issues, and that partners are willing to share ideas and resources to fulfill the partnership’s vision.
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- Attendance: Westall Primary School implemented a new approach to engaging with parents whose children had significant absences over a long period, resulting in improved attendance for children.
- Warm Referrals: A working group comprising child health and education service providers has developed pathways for referrals. In partnership with the Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre, Our Place has facilitated professional development for the working group about engaging parents in culturally safe ways.
- Promoting student voices: Student representatives from the primary and secondary school took part and shared their views at Site Partnership Group meeting. Their feedback was shared at the Kingston City Council Hub network meeting to broaden awareness of what is important to students. In response to the student’s feedback, service providers have presented at secondary school assemblies to strengthen awareness of available services to students and their parents.
- Continuity of Learning: The school and kindergarten are working closely to understand student development needs and support strategies for incoming prep students.
- Social and emotional learning: Through a focus on Berry Street Education Model’s zones of regulation across kindergarten and school, the school is reporting an increase in students’ readiness to learn.
- Multilingual literacy: Our Place developed a Multilingual Nursery Rhymes booklet containing rhymes shared by the Westall community. The team delivered regular Multilingual Storytime sessions in partnership with the library and playgroups and contributing to the strategic priorities for positive home learning environments and a strongly connected community.
- Increase access to services: Continue health services planning to attract General Practitioner to site based on gaps identified by partners and parent feedback survey.
- Increase parent engagement with children’s education: School and kindergarten implementing strategies to build parent confidence and capacity to support their child’s learning.
- Readiness to learn: Further develop Continuity of Learning practice between kindergarten and school, with a focus on Phonological awareness.
- Cultural safety: Deliver Cultural Competency training for service providers to enhance their engagement with community and continue to strengthen social inclusion.
- Positive home learning environment: Continue the Paint the Town REaD initiative to support parents to talk, sing, read to their children.
- Navigating complexities of disability: Support the navigation of the disability service system of the Westall community, specifically cultural barriers and other challenges.
1,789
playgroup child attendances in 2024*
*Playgroup data: Data not available in some instances.
Participation data on this page includes Kingston City Council playgroups and programs at the Westall Community Hub.
Parental confidence in 2024
How confident do you feel to help your child learn?
82% Extremely/very confident
18% Somewhat confident
0% Not very/not at all confident
Response rate: 34
Partnership health in 2023: 4.1/6
Average across all Our Place sites in 2023 is 4.9/6
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