Assistant Principal News
Semester 1 Reports and Teacher, Parent/Caregiver and Student Conferences
Our teachers have been working hard to compile the 2024 Semester 1 Reports which will be distributed to families via Sentral on Monday 24 June. These reports will provide families with their child/ren's learning progress against the curriculum taught this Semester. It will also highlight the next important steps for their future learning.
On Tuesday 25 June wewill be holding a pupil-free day to facilitate Teacher, Parent/Caregiver and Student Conferences. Bookings will go live at 5.00pm today. Please see the attached document for more information about the conferences and how to book a time. Families who meet regularly with their child/ren's teacher for IEPs or SSGs are not required to book at time. We encourage families to have reviewed the report prior to their booking.
Please be advised that Miss Boucher will not be available for interviews on this day and communication will be available early in Term 3 with dates and times for 6B.
The Importance of reading your child's report
Academic Progress: The report provides an important overview of your child's achievements in various subjects. This helps you understand their strengths and areas of further growth.
Behavioural Insights: Teachers often include comments about a child's social and emotional presentation. This information is crucial for understanding how your child is adjusting socially and emotionally in the school environment.
Encouraging Communication: Reading the report facilitates better communication between you, your child, and their teachers. It opens up opportunities for discussions about school experiences, goals, and expectations.
Setting Goals: Reviewing the report allows you and your child to set realistic academic and personal goals for the next semester. It helps in creating a structured plan for achieving these goals.
Motivation and Support: Showing interest in your child's education by reading their report can be very motivating for them. It demonstrates that you care about their efforts and achievements, providing them with the encouragement and support they need.
Building Responsibility: Discussing the report with your child teaches them to take responsibility for their learning. It helps them understand the importance of their education and the result of their efforts.
Re: Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)
Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).
Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:
- year of schooling
- category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
- level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.
This information assists schools to:
- formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools
- consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
- develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.
The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.
The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy
Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).
Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).
If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school.
Kind Regards,
Leisel Ward
