Assistant Principal's report

Parent teacher interviews

Thank you very much to  families for taking the opportunity to join a parent teacher interview online. I hope you enjoyed celebrating your child's achievements so far and hearing about their next goals. The next part of our reporting process will be Written Reports which are published at the end of Term 2. 

Support for parents

Don't forget our Support for Parents parent page that we endeavour to keep up to date with local community opportunities for families to seek support . Many of the featured opportunities are free or low-cost and can support your family in many different ways. Whether it be parenting support, neuro-affirming services, food banks or family activities. 

Disability Inclusion

From time to time, parents ask us about the supports we can put in place when their child receives a diagnosis of a disability. There are many different ways in which many students benefit from support at Kalinda, including our MultiLit literacy intervention program, social skills groups with our Wellbeing team, differentiated learning activities and expectations in class, modified learning environments and sensory aides such as wobble chairs, noise reducing headphones, fidgets and resistance bands on chairs. 

The first step when receiving a diagnosis is to provide your class teacher with a copy of any written reports. A written report accompanying a diagnosis always contains recommendations that we can look to put in place at school (if they aren't in place already, which in many cases they are) and suggestions for future goals and actions. From here, the teacher will be able to outline how these recommendations are actioned at school - as well as work with any allied health professionals you have engaged to ensure continuity of care and a consistent approach to reaching therapeutic goals.

Many children are supported in the above mentioned ways via some Tier 2 funding that our school receives. At Kalinda we use this funding in the most efficient way possible, increasing the number of resources we have on hand as well as training staff and increasing the number of education staff available to assist staff and students. 

The vast majority of students are catered for in these ways, however in some cases, the adjustments that we need to make to ensure that your child can thrive are significant enough that they may reach threshold for what is called a Disability Inclusion Profile (application for individualised funding). This eligibility is strictly based on the number and extent of adjustments required. If your child may be eligible for this funding the school will raise this with you and all decisions and applications will be made with your input. 

If you have any questions about these processes please be in touch.

Lauren Hopkins

We are kind. We are resilient. We are respectful.