Sarina is a small, rural, coastal town supported by industries including sugar, coal, beef, fishing, railways and a small commercial sector. By and large our parent community works locally in semi-skilled and skilled trades to support those industries and associated services. Some employment in the mining sector has become more common over the last few years. There appears to be a strong transience to the community, related to job and accommodation opportunities. Sarina State School is a coeducational primary school offering enrolments from Prep to Year 7. It is our school's belief that Curriculum, Pedagogy, Assessment and Reporting are closely interrelated and interdependent, which enables and promotes life long learning. We work closely with our Sarina Cluster primary and secondary schools to ensure continuity and consistency in curriculum, teaching and learning. We aim for our students to exit Year 7 with a balanced education that empowers them to become productive, contributing citizens. Our school purpose is 'to maximise the life long learning outcomes for all students and our school motto is 'Aim High'. Literacy has the major focus with the creation of Literacy Coach and Curriculum HOC positions to facilitate changes to curriculum and to teaching practices. Modifications have been made to our Responsible Behaviour Plan with the introduction of the Schoolwide Positive Support Program. The SWPBS focus is on continual reviewing of data, practices and policies to ensure that a safe, happy and productive learning environment is maintained within our school. All teachers have undertaken training and a steering committee established to drive the implementation of the program. The updated rules for the school are: Be Safe, Be Responsible, Be Respectful, Be a Learner. The school's reward system is currently being reviewed and teachers will be teaching key expectations around improving student behaviour. Attendance is a priority with the aim to have every student attending at least 95% of the time. Efforts are made..