Learning Support
& Enrichment

Boys thinking hard about how to code catchphrases at Enrichment Club

FREE entry: Autism information afternoon - Friday 24th November
Exam and Assessment Provisions 2018
LearnFast : Free 'Role of the Working Memory' eBook
‘Head to Health’ - A New Government Mental Health initiative
Free Vocabulary Skill Builder
Learn to touch-type or improve your handwriting at our OT after-school courses
Thursday Enrichment Club for interested students in Years 7-10
After-school Study Program
Maths Drop-in Centre

Free entry: Autism information afternoon at Gordon Friday 24th November

For the interest of parents, students and educators, this after-school expo-style event provides presentations on transitioning from school to work, how to access community networks, as well as workshops on music therapy and Lego therapy. This one day event will be held at the Gordon Uniting Church Hall, Pacific Highway Gordon, from 3.30pm until 7.00pm. For more information see the flyer below.

Autism Expo - Flyer V10.pdf

Exam and Assessment Provisions 2018

At St Pius X College, our Provisions Program is managed by the Learning Support and Enrichment (LSE) Department. It involves a formal in-school approval process in which provisions are granted to your son for all his whole-grade tests, exam blocks and timed written in-class assessment tasks. Exam blocks are those listed on the school calendar, and they include the NAPLAN test week. However, for other tests such as competitions (eg. the UNSW ICAS tests), students are not given provisions on these occasions. Provisions are administered by LSE teachers, our LSE Assistant, and by trained parent-helpers who assist as readers or scribes only, from time to time. Provisions include small group supervision, extra time to write (2.5 minutes per half hour of working time), rest breaks (5 minutes per half hour of working time), use of a computer, reader, support person, or writer/scribe.

Interested parents or carers, wishing to volunteer as parent-provisions helpers may enquire about assisting in the various exam blocks throughout the school year, by contacting the LSE Coordinator: JRahebMol@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

Medical documentation is required to confirm the presence and impact of a condition or disability, including all mental health related conditions, which may be negatively affecting your son’s ability to perform to his true ability in an exam or assessment situation. Only those students whose medical or clinical documents have been processed through the LSE staff, can be approved and granted provisions. In accordance with NESA guidelines on the granting of provisions, LSE staff take into account not only the wishes of parents, and medical documentation, but also any functional evidence gathered from your son’s teachers who are the closest observers on how your son is performing in the classroom and in test situations.

To maintain or amend your son’s provisions from the start of 2018, all continuing approvals (and any new requests) for exam and assessment provisions will require fresh or updated documentation (no older than 12-14 months in general). This documentation may include medical reports, diagnostic assessments, reviews and letters regarding medication changes, and we preferred PDF scanned copies emailed to the relevant staff member (below).

Alternatively, if your son has a new diagnosis for a new condition or disability, which you believe is impacting on his learning and exam performance, and you wish to inquire about provisions for him, then please contact the IP Convenors on the LSE staff, as follows:

Bridie Barrett: Years 5-6. BBarrett@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

Amanda Fileman: Years 7-8. AFileman@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

Carla Leonardi: Year 9. CLeonardi@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

Joanne Raheb-Mol: Years 10-12. JRahebMol@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au