ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ REPORT
Mrs Julie Andrews, Mr Paul Dawson and
Mr Brad Headlam
Welcome Back
On behalf of the Assistant Principal team we welcome all students and their families to the 2017 academic year. We have quite a few new families that have joined our school community. We hope that your children have made a good start to the year. Please know that if you have any questions or concerns that there is a network of people supporting your child who you can contact; these are the Year Level Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators, the Sub-school Managers, the Assistant Principals.
Uniform
It is extremely important that the College Uniform policy is followed. The Policy is written in the student planner, it was provided to the family on enrolment and it is available on the College website. Two main areas of concern early in the year have been the correct shoes and the correct length of dress/skirt. Already there are too many girls with the incorrect skirt/dress length and this needs to be fixed immediately. The correct school shoes are black leather lace up shoes or T-bars (no canvas, sport shoes, skate shoes, ballet flats).
Also, this is a reminder about facial piercings which are not approved by the School Council. If your child has a facial piercing then it must be replaced with a clear plastic stud or covered by tape for the whole time that your child is wearing the College uniform, that includes on the way to and from school. Any form of ring on the face is a safety concern and must be replaced with a stud.
School Photos
The date for school photos is February 27. An envelope describing the various packages will be distributed next week. Photos can be ordered online; this avoids students bringing large sums of money to school on photo day but envelopes will be accepted on the day. Please refer to the information sheet in this newsletter about the packages that are available for order.
On photo day, all students must be in full school uniform for their photos. This includes wearing the correct school jumper, minimal makeup and no facial piercings. If your child has PE on Monday 27th February, then they will need to bring their sports uniform to change in to for that lesson. Family photos will also be taken if these have been ordered online or with the envelope.
Key Dates
There are a number of special events this term. Please check the dates and put them in your diaries. In particular:
-Year 7 camp – Week 4, term 1 (Camp 1:20-22 February, Camp 2:22 -24 February)
-Labour Day Public Holiday – 13 March
-NGSC Athletics Carnival – 21 March
-Year 7, 2018 Information Evening and tours 22 March
-Parent Teacher Interviews – 23 March (12pm-7pm)
Year 7 Immunisations
The implementation of the immunisation program for Year 7 students requires the transfer of parent information to City of Greater Geelong. If you do not consent to NGSC providing your details to Barwon Health please contact North Geelong Secondary College by 17 February, 2017.
Compass Student Management Platform
As outlined in the last newsletter for 2016 we are changing our student management software to Compass and moving away from XUNO. The system is up and running and shortly all the features will become available and information on how to access the parent portal will be sent home. Details on parent training will also followed as required. In the meantime here us the webpage address for you to observe the features:
Subject Changes
All students in years 9-12 have been given an opportunity to organise subject changes for their desired pathway. This process is now coming towards an end and will be amended on timetables by Monday.