Principal's Report

Swimming Sports

On Monday, many students attended and participated in our annual Swimming Carnival. The day was a great celebration of the College, with students across year levels participating in a range of swimming and novelty events, and a fantastic comradery shown.

Congratulations to all students and families that attended, and a big thank you to the staff, led by our Sports Coordinators Mr Jason Revell and Ms Brooklyn Fraser, for their organisation of the day. 

NAPLAN preparations

Our school preparations for NAPLAN are underway. NAPLAN is the once every two years literacy and numeracy testing for all students in Australia. It is used as a measure of student progress and allows schools to target further support, along with our own internal testing and teacher judgement based on student needs.

NAPLAN will be held from the 13th to the 25th of March. With the four tests spread across these dates and catch up opportunities for students who are absent.

Our staff have been working with students and supporting them with activities that provide NAPLAN like tasks, with a particular focus for our Year 7 and 9 students on reading, writing and numeracy tasks. The purpose of this is to lower the stress levels of students and enable students to perform at their best. Parents/guardians who would like further information are welcome to contact their relevant Assistant Principal for support (Year 7: Mr Shannon Argall, Year 9: Mr Liam Offer, Alternate Programs: Mr Daniel Garner).

College Expectations - Attendance

The College is committed to working with students and families to achieve attendance rates above 90% for all students. 

We are committed as a school to supporting students and families to recognise the importance of regular school attendance and supporting students to achieve success. We have a school-wide goal of ensuring unexplained absences are below 4%, and the Student Engagement and Wellbeing team will focus on reducing the number of students whose absence is of concern.

We know that coming to school is the first step to achieving success and encourage families to contact us with any concerns.

Annual Privacy Reminder for Our School Community

Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or, where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy and the Schools’ Privacy Collection Notice.

Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy describes how we collect and use photographs, video, and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn. 

All policies can be located at the Horsham College Website > School Life > Policies.

We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide on how we use Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace for Education safely at the school and what parents can do to further protect their child’s information. If after reviewing the guidance you have any questions or concerns regarding your child using Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace for Education, please contact the school.

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in ten community languages:

• Amharic
• Arabic
• Dari
• Gujarati
• Mandarin
• Somali
• Sudanese
• Turkish
• Urdu
• Vietnamese