Assistant
Principal News Flash
Dan Moloney & Ellen Paterson
Term 2 SSGs Completed
Thank you to all parents and carers who attended the Term 2 Student Support Group (SSG) meetings. These meetings provide a valuable opportunity to celebrate your child’s successes both at school and at home, and to reflect on the progress they’ve made toward the learning goals set in Term 1.
At the end of this term, you will receive your child’s Semester 1 report via the XUNO app. Further information will be shared in the next newsletter and via email.
2025 Student Attitudes to School Survey
The Student Attitudes to School Survey (AToSS) is being conducted from Monday 12th May until Friday 13th June for all students in Middle, Secondary and Senior Secondary Sub Schools.
If we have not received a Refusal of Consent email before the survey commencement date, as above, this will be taken as your consent for your child to participate in the 2025 Attitudes to School Survey. However, the survey is voluntary; even with your consent, your child can choose to skip questions or withdraw at any time.
The Student Attitudes to School Survey will focus on key themes related to how your child feels about school, including resilience, community connections, relationships, mental and physical health.
What are the benefits?
Our students get a voice and an opportunity to have a say in how they feel towards school. This survey is invaluable in helping schools understand student views to plan programs and activities to improve your child’s schooling experience. The survey responses can help the Department of Education understand how students’ learning experiences can be enhanced.
What are the risks?
While we do not anticipate many risks of participation, some students may find some of the survey questions personal and sensitive in nature. Students are free to skip questions or to withdraw at any stage if the survey makes them upset or uncomfortable. A teacher will be present during the survey to support students.
The questions are selected from validated survey instruments used in Australia and around the world, are strength-based, and tailored for each year level group.
What will my child be asked to do?
Your child will be invited to complete the survey online during class time using a purpose built secure online survey tool. It is important to note that we are not in any way “testing” your child. Please note:
Student participation in the survey is voluntary, and students may withdraw at any time.
The survey is available in a variety of different versions to enable all students to participate.
The survey will take around 20-45 minutes to complete.
How is my child’s confidentiality protected?
Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey from their teacher. The student login is an assigned identifier that will be used by the department to link data for analysis and research purposes only. Identifiable information, such as student name or Victorian Student Number (VSN) is not used for linking datasets. Some student demographic data (i.e. year level, gender, age, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status) is derived from department-held administrative records and is linked to the individual student login ID during survey set up work to support survey administration.
ORIMA Research will only use student personal information for research purposes to facilitate the administration and data collection of the Attitudes to School Survey. To ensure the confidentiality of your child’s responses is protected at all times, personally identifiable data will not be recorded in the survey response file that ORIMA Research provides to the department. All data is stored on servers located in Australia and access is restricted to staff who are working on the project.