ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS' REPORT

PARENT-TEACHER-STUDENT CONFERENCES

Bookings for our Parent-Teacher-Student conferences, to be held on Tuesday 30 April, are now open. These will take place between 9:45am to 8:00pm; as such, no classes will be conducted on this day. Bookings can be made via Compass.

ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING

Families were recently emailed a document providing an overview of McKinnon Secondary College's Reporting and Assessment processes. This outlines how to access information about your child's progress, for example through Learning Tasks and Progress Reports. While this will be very useful for families new to McKinnon, it may also provide additional guidance to all parents about the ways in which we provide feedback to students to support their learning. A link to this document is also available in Compass, via the ‘Favourites’ menu (accessed by clicking on the ‘star’ icon).

WINTER UNIFORM

Families are reminded that all students should be in full winter uniform from the beginning of Term 2. School blazers must be worn to and from school. It is also important to note that nail polish and facial piercings are not acceptable at school. Please note the only type of socks boys may wear are grey school socks. Thank you to all families for your continued support of our uniform policy.

SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

Incidents have arisen recently where individuals have used social networking sites such as Instagram to post offensive and harmful material to students.

Please discuss with your child their use of such social networks, including the risks associated with creating online 'friendships' with individuals they don't know in person. In addition, creating an online presence/profile that permits anonymous postings is extremely risky and should be strongly discouraged. Whilst we recognise that online communication and interaction is a big part of students' lives, we want to ensure they are also safe and responsible users of such technology. Online harassment via social networks can not only cause great damage to students' self-esteem, it is unlawful.