Assistant Principals' Report
16 Days of Activism Poster Competition Extension
Doncaster Secondary College is proud to be a Lead School promoting the Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships Initiative. This initiative recognises that gender inequality and stereotypes lie at the heart of family violence and that therefore the way to promote real and effective cultural change is when positive attitudes and behaviours reflecting equality are lived across the school community.
As a society, we have become accustomed to numerous sexist gender norms, practices, leaving women facing structural inequality and inequality in their relationships. While violence occurs in all communities, to all genders, a disproportionate level of violence is enacted towards women- often by someone they know and trust, and often in their own home.
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is a campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. Each year from November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to December 10th, Human Rights Day the campaign is run globally. More information about this campaign can be found here.
Students from Respectful Relationships schools in the Inner Eastern Metro area, like our school, are invited to play their part by submitting an entry to the Respectful Relationships Poster Competition.
I encourage our students to enter and show their commitment to the belief that everyone in our school community deserves to be respected, valued and treated equally.
Elisha Sadikay
Assistant Principal
Learning Tasks
This year you have seen Learning Tasks with comments and grades on the following dates.
March 12, May 14, June 25, August 20.
There are two more key dates to be aware of
Every subject will report on a Flagged Learning Task by Thursday 10, December.
End of Semester Summary Reports will be published on Compass by Thursday 17, December.
The Flagged Learning Task gives an indication of the Grade and Effort as well as a Comment.
The end of semester reports which are a summary of each subject with grades for key tasks displayed. Maths and English will also report on Victorian Curriculum levels. There will be no comments on the end of semester reports. You will see comments on the dates above by following the instructions attached.
What this means for Parents:
Parents will need to log into Compass and look at flagged Learning Tasks on or just after the dates published above.
You will be able to regularly monitor student progress and see feedback about specific tasks and how students can improve. There is a file attached which will help you navigate Compass to find this great feedback provided by teachers.
What this means for Students:
Students will need to ensure Learning Tasks are submitted on time with maximum effort applied.
You will be able to read comments and analyse rubrics to see feedback about specific tasks and how to improve. This allows you the opportunity to regularly monitor progress towards your goals.
Gary Rule
Assistant Principal