McAuley Central School Tumut is a co-educational Catholic School for Kindergarten to Year 10 students. Our Vision: Flowing Together through Faith and Learning, encapsulates the principles upon which our school operates: strong community links, Christian values and the Quality Teaching Framework. Our School Motto: Believe, Strive, Achieve, underpins the students' journey toward their potential. Student achievements are evident in the sporting, academic, technological, creative and cultural areas of school life. With a strong literacy and numeracy focus, staff access additional professional development, including First Steps Reading for Primary and Tactical Teaching in Secondary, with the aim of enhancing student academic achievement. We have also committed to training all staff in Cooperative Learning strategies to ensure engagement of all students. Our pastoral care program supports each individual through various activities and programs: Peer Support, Mind Matters, parent education programs, student led conferences and counselling. A unique feature of our school is the growing multi-cultural influence with families moving to Tumut to work in local industry. McAuley plays an important role within the community by its involvement in local festivals, events, community support programs, fundraising efforts, radio sessions and involvement in the local youth programs. Highlights for 2011 include: The building of our new school hall, Literacy Week Reading activities - "Rugs and Reading", Catherine McAuley’s feast day, major changes in ICT including the adoption of ‘LIFE’, the re-establishment of our School Community Council, “Footsteps” Primary Dance, visiting performances and our very moving celebration of NAIDOC week. Our 2010 NAPLAN results were very pleasing and have demonstrated the continued growth of our students, particularly in Reading and Writing. Further focus on Mathematics from K-10 in 2012 and future years will work towards stronger growth in this area. 2012 will be an exciting year with a new..