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McNab Public School - A School On The Move

We Do Our Best McNab Public School, located near the town of Arnprior, serves approximately 320 students from a large rural catchment area. Most of the students attending this Kindergarten to Grade 8 school live in single-family homes with both parents. The school has built strong patterns of parental involvement that have led to lasting relationships between parents and the school. Believing all children can learn once they begin to experience success, staff look for opportunities to motivate students to succeed. They support learning at home by engaging parents in school programs and in children's learning.
 

Approach and Philosophy

Culture of High Expectations

High expectations The school's approach includes teacher collaboration, focused interventions and programming, and parental participation in student learning. Together, teachers create a culture of high expectations for all students. They analyze data, set targets for learning and make decisions about instructional strategies based on individual needs. The goal is to reduce gaps in achievement while building on student strengths. The principal acts as a coach, promoting shared leadership, prompting discussion and stretching colleagues to bring about student success for all.

Focused Interventions

We Do Our Best When a group of students is not meeting their learning goals because of absenteeism, disengagement or negative behaviour, staff move quickly to implement the "McNab Student Success Program". With the support of all staff, the program strategically focuses on boys' literacy learning through instructional strategies for engagement, including interactive group learning, critical thinking, rigorous inquiry and problem solving.


Involving Parents

We Do Our Best Staff and parents work together through the school's Focus Learning Involved Parents (FLIP) Program, establishing and communicating learning goals for students, building on parenting strengths and helping families improve parenting skills. Staff believe that parents are the child's first and most influential teachers.