Parent & Carers Information

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability

Dear parents, guardians and carers,

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. 

Payment Process and Closing Dates for Excursions and Activities via Compass

Camps, Excursions, and other school based activities that have a financial charge associated with them fall under the Extra-Curricular Items and Activities category of fees and are offered to students on a ‘user pays’ basis. They are offered in addition to the standard curriculum.

Cut off dates for payment and consent on Compass are set by the school to assist us in meeting our financial and duty of care requirements for each event. In support of meeting these obligations, we will not extend due dates for events or take late payments.

Administration staff send an email to families when the event is published and a reminder email five days prior to the event closing date. Students are also reminded by their classroom teachers about events and when payment and consent must be received. If payment or consent is not received by the due date, your child will be excluded from the activity and will be supervised by teachers at school.

If you have received CSEF funding and would like to allocate it towards a Compass Event, or have credit on your family statement that you would like to use, please contact Jacinta D’Avoine (Revenue Administrator) 9430 5118 or email accounts@elhamhs.vic.edu.au to arrange for the allocation to be processed. 

Please ensure that if payment is made via CSEF, credit allocation or an alternate method to Compass, please ensure that you consent via Compass prior to the closing date once the allocation has been made or payment has been receipted by the school.

If you are having issues accessing Compass, please contact the school for assistance. Thank you for your support with this matter.

Canteen Announcements

Canteen would like to remind students that the best way to ensure that you get the Lunchtime Specials at lunch is to place a lunch order either before school or at recess.

Canteen adjusts the quantity of the Lunchtime Special according to demand therefore the best way to ensure you don’t miss out is to make sure you have a lunch order. 

Microsoft's Premium Surface Slim Pen 2

Microsoft's premium Surface Slim Pen 2 is equipped with an easily removable pen tip. Removal is intended only for pen tip replacement. Excessive (500 or more) removal+ reinsertion cycles of the pen tip can damage the internal parts of the pen and lead to inking failures. Pen failure due to excessive removal and reinsertion cycles is not covered under the product warranty. 

Please contact the I.T Helpdesk at helpdesk@elthamhs.vic.edu.au if you have any further questions.

2023 Term Dates

Term 3:

Starts: 10 July

Finishes: 15 September

Term 4:

Starts: 2 October

Finishes: 20 December (Dependent on Year level)

Grounds Committee 

2023 Working Bee Dates

Our EHS grounds committee is always looking for new members. We’d particularly like to hear from anyone in the school community with experience or interest in helping us develop a strategic plan for the school grounds to guide our activities over the coming years. If you'd like to get more involved with the school community and help with planning the school outdoor areas and gardens, please contact Anna Panas at pan@elthamhs.vic.edu.au . 

Meetings are held on a Thursday evening at the school prior to each working bee.

2023 Clubs and Activities