News from the Deputy Principal

Mother's Day

Thank you to all Mothers, Grandmothers, and Special family members who attended our annual Mother's Day event. It was lovely to see families engaging together, spending time in the classrooms with their children, and participating in the activities that were prepared by teachers.

Thank you to the staff for their preparation for this event. Anthony Willemsen for preparing the SPA centre and setting up tables and chairs, Terry Foley for preparing the liturgy, and all staff for preparing food and helping to organise and set up for the event and packing up after the event.

National Consistent Collection of Data

The National Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) is an annual collection of information about Australian school students with disability. The NCCD enables schools, education authorities and governments to better understand the needs of students with disability and how they can be best supported at school.

It is important to understand that 'disability' is a very broad term which encompasses many children in schools, including but not limited to those with social-emotional challenges (eg neurodiversity), chronic health issues (eg. epilepsy or diabetes) and specific learning challenges (eg Dyslexia).  This should be viewed as children requiring adjustments to allow them full access to the curriculum.  It is not, and should never be seen as a deficit.  It is important to be aware that the children's names are not included in the collection of data.  The strictest confidentiality is observed by the school in relation to this census.  In the collection we only ever include the number of children requiring support and the extent to which the support is required.

Every year schools are required to report the number of school students receiving an adjustment or ‘help’ due to disability and the level of adjustment they are receiving to access education on the same basis as other students.

The NCCD encourages schools to review their learning and support systems and processes. This helps schools to continually improve education outcomes for all students.

At St Joseph's School, we nominate students who have learning, social or wellbeing adjustments throughout the school year. In August the census will be conducted. As part of the NCCD process, we conduct PSG meetings where we review and moderate goals for students and the support that is required for the student in the next weeks or term.  Please see below for the upcoming PSG meetings.

Below is also a link to the parent fact sheet for NCCD.

Upcoming PSG meetings

PSG meetings will be held in week 10 from Tuesday 18th June to Friday 21 June. More information will be emailed to families in the coming weeks in regard to booking information.

Kind Regards,

Katie Vranken

Deputy Principal