From our Principal

Introducing SEQTA Engage

One of the school’s major initiatives this year is to implement a new Learning Management System that incorporates continuous online reporting, timelier feedback to parents and improved communications in an accessible and user-friendly way. Our new system is called SEQTA and contains three core parts; SEQTA Teach, SEQTA Learn and SEQTA Engage.

SEQTA Teach includes curriculum planning, mapping, assessment and reporting, pastoral care and analytics and is used by the staff.

SEQTA Learn, is the student online environment. This environment is accessible on any device over the internet and at school. It provides students access to everything they need to learn more effectively, with tools that allow them to stretch themselves, be more interactive with what they are learning and achieve better outcomes.

SEQTA Engage, is the online environment for parents/guardians so you may access up-to-date information quickly and easily about the school and your child/ren’s learning.

We are implementing SEQTA Teach, Learn and Engage in stages over the next two years and have been trialling parts of it with students, staff and parents during Semester 1. SEQTA Teach in the areas of pastoral, attendance and assessment and reporting functions for staff has been in use since the start of Term 2 and this will grow to encompass continuous online reporting to parents.

We are now ready to begin the roll out of SEQTA Engage for parents/guardians. To this end, the Semester 1 Reports for all students Kinder to Year 11 will be published to SEQTA Engage in the first week of the holidays.  Kinder to Year 11 families have received email details about how to set up their accounts and academic report access instructions.

For a time, the school will continue to use PC Spider Parent Portal as we move to SEQTA in our staged implementation. We look forward to providing families with more of the features and functionality of SEQTA Teach, Learn and Engage as we implement these in the school.

I wish all families a safe, restful and relaxing break for the upcoming holidays.

For Year 12’s, this is a time to refocus on your direction and goals. There is a relatively short time ahead in your school journey, so use these three weeks to be productive and consolidate your work. Be wise with your time, be realistic about what you will achieve at home, come to school to work daily in the Resource Centre, eat healthy foods, sleep just enough (not past 9am on a weekday) and find balance in your life that includes exercise and a little fun.

Honouris et Excellentia

Teresa Deshon