Principal's Report

School Council Election – Declaration of Poll 

School Council vacancies have now been filled through the recent election, we thank all those who participated in the process and welcome the following and returning members. 

Parent Members: Kathleen Davies, Helen Higgins, Ed Meszaros 

Student Member: Dustin Kim 

DET Members: Sonja Ardley, Catherine Thompson-Boyd 

Learning Conferences    

Learning Conferences will be held online on Wednesday 30th March from 11:00am to 7:00pm via the Cisco Webex platform.    

Bookings for Learning Conference appointments are now open via Compass and brief Progress Reports will be available to download via Compass at 3pm on Wednesday 23 March. Please check your Compass newsfeed for details to support you to use the platform and access teachers for your appointments.   

Learning Conferences are a valuable opportunity for a three-way conversation between parents, students and teachers. As active participants in their own education, students are expected to attend the learning conferences with you. Students are encouraged to reflect on their efforts and discuss future learning goals and challenges with both you and their teachers. 

Please note that this is a student free day and the school will not be providing supervision for students as there are no scheduled classes on this day.   

In preparation for the conversations, we encourage you to read the comments for all Learning Tasks on Compass and review the Progress Report work habit judgements. Descriptors for these are available in the Parent Reporting and Assessment Guide on the College website. Discuss with your child their learning progress to date and identify questions you may wish to ask of teachers when you meet. To further support these discussions complete Assessment Schedules for all year levels and subjects for the Semester will be made available via the College website in the Student Learning tab under Curriculum on 24th March.  

We look forward to this opportunity to meet, albeit online, to discuss your child's learning. 

PIVOT Student Perception Survey 

Student voice and agency in their learning is valued at Brentwood. The school has used the PIVOT survey to collect and collate student feedback on classroom practice for the past few years and will over the next two weeks in each class be undertaking our first cycle for the year. The survey allows us to collect meaningful feedback on teaching practice and the data gathered provides teachers with insights and resources to continue to develop their practice in the classroom which they are encouraged to share with their classes, and for the leadership team to identify trends at cohort, faculty and whole school levels we can strategically address through wider supports. 

Sonja Ardley 

Associate Principal