From our Assistant Principal 

DOING YOURSELF PROUD 

During the COVID 19 pandemic there have been many challenges for all of us. We are very proud of our staff, parents and students. The CHPS community have done an amazing job, even though there are times when we all doubt ourselves. Below is an article which reminds us all to stop and think about the path we are taking in life. 

There are times when you are going to do well, and times when you're going to fail. But neither the doing well, nor the failure is the true measure of success. The measure of success is what you think about what you've done. Let me put that another way: The way to be happy is to like yourself and the way to like yourself is to do the things that make you proud of yourself.

No matter where you go, there you are. The person who you’re with most in life is yourself and no matter how your circumstances may change, you are you, and you alone decide what you are going to do with the hand you are dealt. 

In 1859 the Great Blondin - the man who invented the high wire act - announced to the world that he intended to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. 5,000 people gathered to watch. Halfway across, Blondin suddenly stopped, steadied himself, back flipped into the air, landed squarely on the rope then continued safely to the other side. During that year, Blondin crossed the Falls again and again - once blindfolded, once carrying a stove, once in chains, and once on a bicycle. 

Just as he was about to begin yet another crossing, this time pushing a wheelbarrow, he turned to the crowd and shouted, "Who believes that I can cross pushing this wheelbarrow?" 

Every hand in the crowd went up. Blondin pointed at one man.

"Do you believe that I can do it?" he asked."Yes, I believe you can," said the man."Are you certain?" said Blondin. "Yes," said the man. "Absolutely certain?" "Yes, absolutely certain." "Thank you," said Blondin, "then, sir, get into the wheelbarrow."

Like that man in the crowd, you are sure about a lot of things. But also, like that man, there will be times in your life when being sure won’t be as important as rising to the challenge. When that happens you’ll have to decide whether or not to get into the wheelbarrow. 

Overcoming fear is often no more than having faith in yourself. That is what a good education does for you. You learn to try, you learn to overcome difficulties and you learn that one success leads to another. Each time you enjoy that success, you are able to be proud of yourself. Make this year the one when you will feel proud of how you have faced the challenges of new work and achieved success. Swallow your fears and get in that wheelbarrow!

Acknowledgement: Marc S Lewis  

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

• year of schooling
• category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
• level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

• formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools 
• consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
• develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school. 

Carol Wyatt  -  Assistant Principal