CGPS Newsletter

Junior School

AT A GLANCE - Recent teaching and learning highlights 

CAMP QUALITY VISIT

To support one of our prep students & their family who has a child currently on their cancer journey, we had the pleasure of having Camp Quality attend CGPS on Monday

 

They came to deliver a fun and interactive cancer education puppet performance to help student gain an understanding about cancer and what CGPS student might be going through

 

For more information about the incursion, please visit: https://www.campquality.org.au/how-we-help/services-and-  programs/cancer-education-program/

 

 

PREP PARENT CENSUS

Building a national picture of child health

From May 2024, our school, along with thousands of others across the country, will participate in the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC). 

  1. The AEDC is a teacher-completed census (similar to a questionnaire) which provides a comprehensive picture of how children have developed by the time they start their first year of full-time school.
  2. The AEDC is an Australian Government Initiative and is completed nationally every three years. 
  3. Children don’t miss any class time while the AEDC is completed, and parents/carers don’t need to supply schools with any new information. 
  4. The data collected through the AEDC is used by schools, communities and governments to better understand children and families’ needs, and identify the services, resources and support they need.
  5. AEDC data is reported at a school, community, state/territory and national level. 
  6. AEDC results for individual children are not reported and the AEDC is not used as an individual diagnostic tool.

Some teachers have found that completing the AEDC made them more aware of the needs of individual children and their class, and that the data was useful for planning for transitions to Year 1 and developing programs.

  1. Participation in the AEDC is voluntary, however the AEDC relies on all schools with children in their first year of full-time school participating in the collection. 
  2. Parents/carers don’t need to take any action unless they choose not to include their children in the census.

To find out more about the AEDC and how it is being used to help children and families visit: www.aedc.gov.au. can contact the school office on (03)5995 7139 or courtenay.gardens.ps@education.vic.gov.au.

If you have any questions