Welcome to Delany College
09/01/2008
Delany College is a vibrant co-educational secondary college offering quality Catholic education for Years 7-12. It is invigorating leading a dynamic Catholic learning community that has such excellent facilities. I have long had an avid interest in students and how they learn and at Delany we work continually to improve our approaches in the classroom.
As part of this we commit significant resources to students in Year 7 and Year 8 to ensure that they have a positive start to their learning in our secondary school.
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| Principal, Peter Wade, with students of Delany College |
Our motto “Love, Serve and Hope” reflects the vision of our school founder, Bishop Delany, to “love God and live together in peace and charity.” As principal of Delany College, I am proud to be continuing the vision and rich tradition of Patrician Brothers’ education.
Our national award-winning, cross-curricular Literacy Plan involves an ongoing commitment to staff professional development in the specific teaching of skills to improve reading and writing outcomes. Results in ELLA , School Certificate and HSC over the past three years indicate that our Literacy Plan is improving learning gain and making a difference, not just for the academically gifted but for many of our students.
We have a commitment to meeting the learning needs of each individual student and we set high expectations of academic and personal excellence. We encourage students to achieve their personal best and we have a comprehensive merit and award system to recognise and reward excellence and achievement.
I have been a teacher for 28 years and have worked in Catholic schools for all of these years in a number of leadership roles. I believe that all students have a right to learn and a right to feel safe. Schools can only run effectively with a strong student management policy that has very clear expectations about students’ rights and responsibilities. No student has the right to behave in such a way that they detrimentally affect other students’ learning. This is fundamental to our management of students at Delany College and is the right of all students who chose Delany College as their place of learning.
I look forward to welcoming you.
Peter Wade
Principal
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