Principal's Update 

Graduation Mass and Valete

Congratulations to our Year 12s, who we celebrated at their Graduation Mass and Valete last Tuesday evening. 

We enjoyed many special moments in this final time our Class of 2023 Beda cohort were all together in uniform, along with their families and teachers.  

Thank you to all who made this night special - from the heartfelt speeches, to the awards ceremony and the tie ceremony, officially marking our students as St Bede's Old Collegians. 

We wish them all the best amid the VCE exams ahead and a safe, healthy and happy time once exams are finished. 

Council of International Schools Survey - Parent and Student Summary

Thank you to members of our community who took the time to complete the Council of International Schools (CIS) surveys recently. These surveys are conducted annually as a requirement of our continued membership of the CIS.  

We always seek to become better at what we do and why we do it. The CIS Community Survey completed by families, students and staff, is centered around school improvement.

Having now completed 3 years of surveys, we are now in a position to start identifying and analysing the trends in responses. This process is invaluable to us as it gives us areas of focus for where we must reflect and grow, and the areas we can celebrate.  The College uses this data in long term strategic planning and to formulate our annual action plan.

We're pleased to share the below summary of the latest survey results from Students and Parents. 

Areas for Celebration

Domain A: Purpose and Direction

• Students and Parents understand the Mission, Values and Strategic Intent well.
• Students feel that they are more culturally aware and have a stronger global outlook.

Domain B: Governance, Ownership and Leadership

• Students are very positive about the way the School Leadership approach cultural 
  differences.
• Parents almost unanimously identified that the College operated in a financially 
  responsible manner.
• Over 90% of parents felt that the Board and College Leadership facilitated positive relationships with parents, communicated well and operated with student wellbeing and educational needs at the forefront. 

Domain C: The Curriculum

• Students indicate that they are receiving an education on how to be responsible 
  when using IT, but their capacity in IT could improve.
• Parents see IT as a good support in the learning process.
• 84% of parents see the cocurricular program on offer being suitable 

Domain E: Wellbeing

• A high proportion of students feel safe and know what to do if bullied or witness 
  bullying.
• Students have a very high level of understanding of expected behaviours.
• Overall, parents felt that their children were safe at the College.
• In the main, students are satisfied with the Careers support offered.
• Parents feel that the Health Centre is seen to provide very good care.

Domain F: Staffing

• 90% of students feel that their teachers have good teaching skills.

• 90%+ of parents are satisfied with the teaching their child receives.
• 90%+ of parents are satisfied with the checks put in place by the College 
  when employing staff.

Domain G: Premises, Facilities, Technology Systems, and Auxiliary Services

• Students feel the College’s facilities are appropriate, well maintained and safe.
• Students feel that we have improved with regards to looking at our impact on the environment.
• Students are very happy with the IT facilities and support.
• Parents are very happy with the facilities, cleanliness and menu at the canteen.

Areas for Growth and Reflection

Domain A: Purpose and Direction

• Parents feel the College could improve in education students on cultural diversity and global citizenship.  

Domain C: The Curriculum

• Students and Parents feel that students could learn more about cultural differences and global citizenship through their studies.   
• Students indicate that they are receiving an education on how to be responsible 
  when using IT, but their capacity in IT could improve.

Domain D: Teaching and Assessing for Learning

• Most students and parents feel student classes are interesting and challenging, but that there is room for growth. 
• A reasonable proportion of students identified that there could be further educationon the local context.

Domain G: Premises, Facilities, Technology Systems, and Auxiliary Services

• Students feel that the College’s facilities could be cleaner. 

The next steps for the College is to consider all the data in depth and identify how to best incorporate each component into actionable steps within our 2024 Plan and beyond.

Per vias rectas

Deb Frizza

Principal 

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