Acting Principal's Report
School Council
Our School Council support the Principal to provide the best possible education for our students. The first School Council meeting for our new Council was on Monday the 18th of March. We elected our office bearers and introduced new members.
The 2019 School Councillors are:
Mark Lancaster (father of Travis in Secondary 9/10)
Tammy Johnston (mother of Cooper in Secondary 9/10)
Jo Huybers (mother of Emma in Secondary 9/10)
John Qiu (father of Callum in Upper Primary)
Kylie Lewin (mother of Ryan in Secondary 7/8)
Carmel Zammit (mother of Brayden in Secondary 11/12)
Denise Welling (mother of Hanae in Secondary 7/8 and Ciara in Secondary 11/12)
Glenn Wilson (Father of Madisyn Upper Primary)
Ros Laurie (Mother of Grant Secondary 11/12)
Sal Mazzarino (Father of Adrian Upper Primary)
Sarah Abbott (Leading Teacher)
Colin Simpson (Assistant Principal)
Kath Moore (Assistant Principal)
Sam Birrell (Acting Assistant Principal)
Kirrily Lamers (Acting Principal – Executive Officer)
We are looking forward to a big year at Concord School and thank all member of the community who have stepped forward to support the school.
Child Safety Standards
The safety of all children is a responsibility we take very seriously. As you know we have placed a spotlight on the child safety standards through this newsletter because we strongly believe that the safety of our children is the responsibility of our entire community.
This week I would like to focus on the second of the seven standards a child safe policy or statement of child safety. Though all policies are available on our website the Child Safe policy can also be found below. Please take the time to have a look at the procedures we have in place to keep the young people in our care safe.
Lower Primary Family BBQ
On Friday the 15th of March weather finally permitted us to host the annual Lower Primary BBQ. Great fun was had by all as students brought along their extended family to share in this great event. Hairspray, facepainting, tattoos and a jumping castle entertained the kids and parents got to spend some quality time with other Concord families. It is always a great event and one of great importance because we do want to give our families the opportunity to socialise. Check out the pictures from the evening below.
Communication with Families
We have had a great response to our school survey so far. Don’t forget that this closes on Friday. If you would like to have your say please complete the survey so that we can move forward with informed actions. Please click on the below link to access the survey.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HWWX778
Privacy Information
During the ordinary course of your child’s attendance at our school, school staff will collect your child’s personal and health information when necessary to educate your child, or to support your child’s social and emotional wellbeing or health in the school context. Such information will also be collected when required to fulfil a legal obligation, including duty of care, anti-discrimination law and occupational health and safety law. If that information is not collected, the school may be unable to provide optimal education or support to your child, or fulfil those legal obligations.
Our school may uses Compass to collect and manage information about your child. When our school uses Compass, we take steps to ensure that your child’s information is secure. Compass enables our school to efficiently and effectively manage important information about your child and also to communicate with you.
School staff will only share your child’s personal or health information with other staff who need to know to enable the school to educate or support your child, or fulfil a legal obligation.
When our students transfer to another Victorian government school, personal and health information about that student will be transferred to that next school. Transferring this information is in the best interests of our students and assists that next school to provide optimal education and support to students.
In some limited circumstances, information may be disclosed outside of the school (and outside of the Department of Education and Training). The school will seek your consent for such disclosures unless the disclosure is allowed or mandated by law.
Our school values the privacy of every person. When collecting and managing personal and health information, all school staff must comply with Victorian privacy law. For more information about privacy including about how to access personal and health information held by the school about you or your child, see our school’s privacy policy.
Throughout this notice, ‘staff’ includes principals, teachers, Student Support Service officers, youth workers, social workers, nurses and any other allied health practitioners and all other staff at our school. This includes employees, agents and service providers (contractors) of the Department, whether paid or unpaid.
Principal Award- John Doan
John is very deserving of the Principal Award. He has had an amazing start to his secondary education. He is always ready for learning and tries hard with challenging tasks.
He enjoys researching things about the brain. He organises his information well and presents his work thoughtfully and carefully. He follows instructions in the classroom and is kind and patient with others. He encourages classmates to do the right thing.
John is a quiet achiever and a great role model to others.
Acting Principal
Kirrily Lamers