College Matters

We want our parents to tell us what they think!

Our school is conducting a survey to find out what parents think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents. It is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of parents’ perceptions of school climate, student behaviour and student engagement. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.

Approximately 30 percent of parents will be invited to participate in this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous. This year the Parent Opinion Survey will be conducted from Monday 22 July to Sunday 11 August.

The survey will be conducted online, only takes 10-15 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time within the fieldwork period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The online survey will be available in a range of languages other than English. These include: Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (hakha), Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek.

The survey results will be reported back to the school at the end of September. The results are presented to staff and at a school council meeting. Last year we used the survey results to plan ways in which we can better communicate with parents through Compass, email, the newsletter and our Facebook pages. We have also put a range of strategies in place this year to improve our survey results in the areas of classroom engagement, high expectations for success and student motivation.

Please contact Bronwyn Moline at moline.bronwyn.l@edumail.vic.gov.au if you have any questions about the Parent Opinion Survey.

PFA

Thanks to the parents who attended the PFA meeting on Tuesday 16 July. We discussed:

A possible social/fundraising activity for later in the year
Using PFA funds to purchase resources for the new STEAM Centre
Preparation for setting up the PFA Book Swap and Sell Facebook page in Term 4

The next PFA meeting is on Tuesday 8 October to discuss support for the Art Show on Wednesday 16 October.

2019 Reunions

The Past Students' Association will run two official reunion events for past students this year.

Thursday 8 August, 7pm to 9pm.

Will be a combined reunion celebrating 5, 10, 15 and 20 years for the classes of 2014, 2009, 2004 and 1999.

Thursday 24 October, 2pm for a 2.30pm to 4.30pm reunions.

Will be an afternoon tea and tour open to former students from 1955 to 1998.

Carol Duggan & Bronwyn Moline

Assistant Principals

Student successes and achievements

We want to know about our students' successes and achievements in the wider community and share them in the newsletter. If you have a story (and photos!) please contact the newsletter coordinator Jane Garrow at garrow.jane.j@edumail.vic.gov.au.