Principal's Report
School Council Election – Declaration of Poll
We welcome newly elected members to our School Council and thank those that have ended their tenure for their contribution in providing important viewpoints and valuable skills that have helped inform and shape the direction of our school.
In particular, we would like to acknowledge Claire Bennett for her 6 year contribution on School Council. Claire has played an instrumental role in representing and realising Tarneit Senior College’s vision for our school community. Thank you, Claire for your work and we wish you all the best for the future.
Congratulations to the following members of our school community below that have been newly elected to School Council:
- Parent Members: Angela Smith & Robert Wall
- Student Member: Naufal Muhammad Juman
- DET Members: Justine Radford
- Co-opted Community Member: Andrea Mansell
They join current members:
- Simon Haber (Principal/Executive Officer),
- Stephen Baker (DET member),
- Vanessa Achampong (Student member) and
- Diana Ali (Parent Member)
At our March AGM, Andrea Mansell was re-elected as School Council President.
We currently still have a casual parent vacancy on school council, any parents/cares wishing to express interest are encouraged to contact the Principal, Mr Simon Haber.
Upcoming Parent Teacher Interviews to be held onsite:
Parent Teacher Interviews are coming up on Wednesday 24 March, from 12:00pm to 7:00pm and will be held onsite. Parent Teacher Interviews are an opportunity for a three-way conversation between parents, students and teachers. Students should reflect on their efforts and discuss future learning goals and challenges with their parents and teachers. As active participants in their own education, students are expected to attend the interviews with you.
Bookings for individual appointments with each of your child’s teachers are now open via Compass – bookings are essential and parents will not be able to have an interview without pre-booking on Compass. To optimise your interview experience, we recommend that you leave a break between bookings with teachers and consider the distance between their locations to ensure you have enough time to meet with everyone you would like to.
In order to ensure that we are Covid safe, there will be restrictions on the number of people permitted in the classrooms for the conferences in order to meet the density limits prescribed therefore, we ask that only current Tarneit Senior College students and their parents/carers attend the interviews.
Upon entry to the school you will be asked to register your attendance via a QR code in the auditorium foyer and are asked to wait outside of classrooms practising social distancing from others onsite until your scheduled booking. Teachers will invite you into the room for your meeting and masks are recommended.
Parents/Carers and students will only be able to enter the College via Crossway Avenue.
If you have any questions about interviews or need assistance with making bookings please contact the college.
Visit from Member for Tarneit Sarah Connelly:
On Thursday 11th March, we welcomed a visit from local member for Tarneit Sarah Connelly MP. During Sarah’s visit, she was provided an insight into some key government initiatives that our college is part of, these included; Breakfast Club, Tutor Learning and Mental Health Practitioner.
In addition Sarah confirmed additional funding for the installation of ramps for our portables to ensure we are providing an accessible education for all students.
Annual Privacy Reminder
Our school collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy .
Please take time to remind yourself of the school’s collection statement, found on our website [add link to your school’s collection statement]. For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in nine community languages:
· Amharic
· Arabic
· Dari
· Mandarin
· Somali
· Sudanese
· Turkish
· Urdu
· Vietnamese
End of Term Arrangements:
The last day of term 1 for students/classes will be Wednesday 31st March, with Thursday 1st April being a Curriculum Day (student free) for staff.
The Curriculum Day on Thursday 1st April was re-scheduled from earlier in the term due to the snap lockdown and not wanting to disturb student learning after returning from 3 days of remote learning.
Simon Haber
College Principal