The Score

Principal's Report           

Scoresby Happenings

This edition of our newsletter highlights the many events and activities that have taken place over the previous three weeks. Scoresby Secondary College’s purpose is to provide a safe, supportive and rigorous learning environment that nurtures the whole person so that every child has the opportunity to be their brilliant best. It is through  the multitude of activities on offer whether it be excursions, careers programs, hearing from expert presenters, lunchtime activities, international visits  or participating in sport that so many additional highly sought after employability skills are developed. 

 

One of the highlights is when we come together as a whole college. At our most recent assembly we focussed on student success and celebrated the achievements of individuals and the college community after our excellent NAPLAN results.  

 

Our college has faced some disruptions due to staff absences including myself as the Principal being hospitalised with influenza. The leadership team under the guidance of Mr Ayman Youssef and staff  have ensured that student learning, engagement, and wellbeing have been maintained throughout this time. It is the prior hard work by staff in setting up strong teaching and learning foundations that even with teacher absences and shortages our students' education is not being compromised.

 

Homework club and Senior School study sessions have been able to continue thanks to the extraordinary lengths staff are going to to support student success. 

 

2023 Parent/Caregiver/ Guardian Opinion Survey 

Your family has been asked on Compass to participate in the 2023 Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey. The Department of Education has contracted ORIMA Research (ORIMA) to conduct the survey. ORIMA is Australia’s leading provider of end-to-end research and data analytics services to the public and not-for-profit sector. 

 

Each year the school conducts an opinion survey with the school community. All families are invited to participate in the survey. Results will be used to inform and direct our future school planning and improvement. I ask you to please take the time to complete the survey as your opinions are important to us and will contribute to the future management and organisation of our school. The department will use the results from the survey for research purposes and to improve outcomes for students. 

  • The survey will be conducted online and only takes 20 minutes to complete.
  • The survey can be completed on any internet enabled device (desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone) and is compatible with most browsers.
  • The survey is now open and closes on Friday 8 September 2023.
  • The survey is available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Please see the Compass post for additional language support.

Please be assured that your responses are completely confidential. The survey is conducted anonymously, and it is important to us that you complete the survey as honestly as possible. You will be provided with a PIN to complete the survey. This is to ensure that parents / caregivers / guardians only complete the survey once. The school can never see your responses linked with the PIN. Please follow the instructions below to complete the survey. 

 

PLEASE NOTE: Only one parent / caregiver / guardian from your family is invited to complete the survey. Please DO NOT share the survey link and PIN with others, or on a public website, forum or similar. 

 

To complete the survey, simply:

1.Click on the link below, or copy and paste the text into your browser. This link will take you directly to the survey: https://www.orima.com.au/parent

 

2.Select the School and Campus name below.

School Name: SCORESBY SECONDARY COLLEGE

Campus Name: SCORESBY SECONDARY COLLEGE

 

3. Enter the School PIN below.

PIN: 648414

 

When complete, please click on the tick button at the end of the survey to submit your answers. 

 

Please note that the survey will time-out after 60 minutes of inactivity. Thank you for taking the time to participate. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. 

 

Questions? Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any general queries about the survey. For specific technical or participation-related queries, you may also contact the department or the supplier administering the survey, ORIMA Research.

  • Should you have any technical queries regarding the Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey, please do not hesitate to contact ORIMA Research on 1800 654 585(toll-free during business hours), or by email: pos@orima.com.
  • Should you have any participation or survey-related queries, please contact the school, or the department by email: school.surveys@education.vic.gov.au.

The department and ORIMA protect your responses in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic), the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) and the Public Records Act 1973 (Vic). For more information, please visit ORIMA’s Privacy Policy, and the department’s Schools' Privacy Policy. 

 

Curriculum Day  Monday 28 August

A reminder that next Monday is a curriculum day. All staff will be participating in professional learning  and the office will be closed

 

International Student Visits 

With many international school short term student stays this term there have been many friendships formed that will continue to enhance our own students cross cultural understanding and language skills. 

We have more international students wanting to enrol for long term study next year and we are seeking families who may be interested in hosting a home stay student. If interested please contact Mr Mark Corrie.

 

Mrs Gail Major

Principal