School Profile for National Library Course

Week 2, Activity 1

Question	Your response
1.     Describe your school location: rural / small town / major urban	Major Urban
2.     What’s your school roll?	625
3.     What year levels does your school cover?	Years 0 - 6
4.     What’s your school decile ranking?	7
5.     Describe the gender mix (% boys vs girls)	280 girls – 345 boys
6.     What are the main ethnicities (% Māori, Pakeha NZ’ers, Pasifika, Asian etc) in your school?	African 12, Chinese 92, Cook Island Maori 8, Fijian 8, Filipino 13, Indian 89, Korean 9, Middle Eastern 11, Pakeha 206 (about 1/3 of school), Maori 78, Samoan 45, Tongan 6, Other Pacific People 5, South East Asian 20 (including Vietnam, Cambodia)
7.     What languages are spoken at home?	Chinese, Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi, English, Tamil (Sri Lanka), Malayalam, Farsi, Samoan, Tongan, Tuvaluan, Russian, Nepalese, Vietnamese, Cambodian
8.     What % of students have English as their 2nd language?	108 Students – 1/6 of students.
9.     How many ‘special needs’ students in your school?	7 very high needs; 25 high needs.
10.  Is there a local public library that students can access easily?	Yes – Waitakere Library
11.  What % of homes in your school community have Internet access? (an approx. % is fine)	95%
12.  What % of students use handheld digital devices, eg cellphones? (an approx. % is OK)	70%
13.  Are you a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) school?	Yes
14.  How old are your school buildings?	44 years old.
15.  When was the library built? When was it last refurbished (if not new)?	No idea. Last refurbished over 10 years ago.
16.  Is your library centrally located on the school campus?	Yes.
17.  What are your library opening hours? (This may not be the same as the paid hours for library staff)	9 – 3, with half an hour to an hour over lunch. Student librarians are in during this time, plus Julie or me.
18.  Does your library have a relationship with local pre-schools? Do parents & pre-schoolers visit your library?	We have a strong relationship with local preschools but they don’t use our library.
19.  How many teachers currently use your school library?  What kinds of use is that? (eg bringing in classes, sending groups of students, using for their own preparation, etc)	All classes have an allocated time of 45 minutes in the library. Some junior classes share their time and have an hour and a half with both classes sharing the space.
20.  If your library has a Web presence and/or presence on the school Intranet, who uses it? Parents? Students? Teachers?	We have a library website, but I don’t update it that much. I can work on that.