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Lightning Ridge Central School is a Kindergarten to Year 12 school, located in the remote mining town of Lightning Ridge. It has an enrolment of approximately 420 students. Almost 40% of the students are Aboriginal. A further 5% come from a language background other than English-speaking. The school is very physically attractive, with new buildings and facilities. Lightning Ridge Central School attracts significant funding to assist the school provide equity and opportunity for its students. In 2009 the school received funding from the Priority Schools Progam, the Country Area Program, and the Schools in Partnership program. The school offers a diverse and rich curriculum, including teaching the Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay language to secondary students as their compulsory Language Other Than English. Vocational Education also has a strong focus in the secondary school. Lightning Ridge Central School has successfully embraced the Reading to Learn program across the primary section of the school, and is looking to expand that to the secondary school.

Jeez Mich who ever has done below didnt leave us much lol :) I will try and find more to add to each section christie Sorry - that was me!! Got excited that I knew what I was supposed to be doing for something this tri. I am spinning trying to work it all out!

>> Lightning Ridge is located approximately 770 kilometres north west of Sydney and 50 kilometres due south of the Queensland border. >> || Full-time equivalent teaching staff || 36.7 || >> || Non-teaching staff || 14 || >> || Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff || 11.2 || >> || Girls || 175 || >> || Boys || 210 || >> || Full-time equivalent enrolments || 381.6 || >> || Indigenous students || 40% || >> || Language background other than English [|2] || 8% || >> || Student attendance rate [|3] || 88% || > "The variables that make up an ICSEA value use family background information provided to schools directly by families, including parental occupation, and the school education and non-school education levels they achieved. In some cases, where this information is not available, ICSEA uses ABS Census data on family background to determine a set of average family characteristics for the districts where students live. > The ICSEA variables also include three school characteristics: whether a school is in a metropolitan, regional or remote area; the proportion of Indigenous students; and the proportion of students with language backgrounds other than English (LBOTE). The measure of student LBOTE contributes to the calculation of an ICSEA value only when it is combined with the measure of parental school education level of Year 9 or below." From 'My Schools' Website > http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/About__ICSEA.pdf >> || Average ICSEA value || || 1000 || >> || Data source |||| Parent information || >> || Distribution of students |||| >> || 62% || 17% || 17% || 4% || >> || 25% || 25% || 25% || 25% || || >> || School distribution ||||^ || >> || Australian distribution ||||^ || >> ||||||> //Percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100// || >> Overall, diabetes is around 3.5 times more common among Indigenous people than among other Australians". >> From: http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-facts/summary >> Implications for health education - teaching awareness of symptoms of diabetes, controlling via diet etc. >> Implications for health education - Teaching students to advise teacher/adult if they cannot hear properly/have sore ears etc. Teachers must be aware of the condition. >> http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/engaging-indigenous-students-through-school-based-health-education/ >> http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-impact-of-health-on-the-education-of-indigenous-children/ >> >> >> Lightning Ridge Central School is a school that teaches from Kindergarten to year 12 and is located in the remote mining town of Lightning Ridge in North West New South Wales. Lightning Ridge Central is a co-educational school which accommodates about 385 students and approximately 50 staff members in a modern setting. Being the only school in the small town the staff pride themselves on providing an excellent education for its students through an effective and responsive curriculum, and effective quality teaching.  >> Lightning Ridge central School attracts substantial funding to help the school provide equity and opportunity for its students, this may be because of the towns isolation, or perhaps the substantial amount of Aboriginal and ESL students help attract this funding, however the opportunities the funding provides is beneficial for all students as this helps to promote learning and help meet syllabus outcomes across the board. >> >>
 * ** Geographical location **
 * Lightning Ridge, located 75 km north of Walgett.
 * ** School sector **
 * Government
 * ** Year range (e.g. K-10) **
 * K-12
 * ** Total enrollments 2011 **
 * 385
 * ** School staff (teaching and non-teaching) **
 * || Teaching staff || 35 ||
 * ** Student profile 2011 **
 * || Total enrolments || 385 ||
 * ** Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage and implications **
 * || School ICSEA value || || 810 ||
 * Bottom quarter |||| Middle quarters || Top quarter ||
 * ** NAPLAN results **
 * [[image:edpe346-group-11/polaroid empty.png]]
 * http://www.myschool.edu.au/MainPages/NAPLANResultsTable.aspx?SDRSchoolId=43002&DEEWRId=0&CalendarYear=2011&RefId=zL%2ffpTjCp2hd0v0jbd9vmw%3d%3d
 * ** Other information relevant to teaching Health Education **
 * "Diabetes is a major health problem for Indigenous people, but it is hard to know just how many Indigenous people have the disease. Diabetes was reported by 6% of Indigenous people in the 2004-2005 NATSIHS. However, it is estimated that only around one-half of Indigenous people with diabetes actually know they have it, so the actual percentage of Indigenous people who have the condition may be between 10% and 30%.
 * "Diabetes is a major health problem for Indigenous people, but it is hard to know just how many Indigenous people have the disease. Diabetes was reported by 6% of Indigenous people in the 2004-2005 NATSIHS. However, it is estimated that only around one-half of Indigenous people with diabetes actually know they have it, so the actual percentage of Indigenous people who have the condition may be between 10% and 30%.
 * Middle ear infections are a significant problem for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Left untreated, ear infections can lead to hearing loss which may limit a child’s capacity to develop socially and emotionally. Ear infections can also adversely affect educational outcomes.From: http://careforkidsears.health.gov.au/pages/3299/what-is-it
 * Haven't had a chance to look through this but the title of the article is encouraging:
 * Another encouraging looking title (this is a book, need to search the library):
 * Another interesting health stat [] I know its VIC document but quite interesting. -- Christie
 * [] Please note reasons for Aboriginal Ill Health and shorter life expactancy- POOR Nutrition, low education are a few in the list. - Diet and Nutrition will be a major factor in health education.
 * - Along with Alcohol, sex education, drugs for the older students. -- Christie
 * It appears the school have noted this in their website as well tackling things such as healthy eating, ear infections, headlice etc etc --Christie []
 * The school implements the Healthy Active Schools Program and a coordinator organises a comprehensive program to engage students in a range of physical activities and supports classroom teachers in their implementation. Healthy eating is also promoted by delivering fresh fruit platters to each primary class several times a week. - From Suz