School Management & Communication

farewell Georgina Nohra from our Administration team

Staff Changes

It is with great sadness that we farewell Georgina Nohra from our Administration team. Georgina has been a fantastic member of the team for several years and I am sure the students and staff will all join with us in wishing her well at her new school.

Congratulations to Bahieh Chami, who has been appointed via the Merit process as our new substantive Administration Manager. Ms Chami has been a member of the Administration team since 2010 and now deservedly takes over the Manager position.

Student Behaviour

Our school is committed to maintaining a safe and happy environment for students, staff, parents and the broader community.

We encourage parents and carers to advocate strongly on their child’s behalf and, as part of this, expect them to raise concerns about their child.

Sometimes these concerns may relate to the way a child may have been treated by another student at this school.

It is natural for parents and carers to feel protective of their children.

However you must not raise any concerns you have about the behaviour of another child directly with that child (or her parents while they are at school) but should instead report your concerns to the principal or a member of the executive team.

Your concerns will be taken seriously and responded to promptly.

If a parent, carer or other community member raises their concerns directly with a child (or their parents while they are at school) this may result in the access that person has to the school site being restricted or withdrawn.

We greatly value the contribution parents, carers and other community members make to the school community and do not wish to take any action that impacts on their participation in school activities.

Please let us know if you have concerns about the behaviour of another person’s child while they are at school or on school related activities.

Raising your concerns directly with the child (or her parents while they are at school) could result in your access to the school site being restricted or withdrawn.

If you ever attend school to raise a concern, please report to the School Office.

Changes to School Security effective week 7 Monday September 2

In the morning no gates are opened until 7.30 am, including the car park gate

The only exception is that the front main gate near Office A will be open at 7.00 am

Year 7-11 Student Attendance on Wednesday 25 September 2019.

On Wednesday 25 September 2019 school will start at 9.50am for all students in Years 7 -11.

This late start is to enable the hosting of a Farewell Breakfast for Year 12, 2019 with the whole Staff.

For any families who have no options for their daughter’s supervision there will be minimal supervision from 8.40am-10.00am in the Main Quad.

The school day will commence with at the start of normal period 2 at 10.00am

Uniform Checks

Please be advised we are currently doing additional checks of uniform, to ensure school and community standards are being met.

Families will be contacted if there is an ongoing issue.

Please refer to uniform policy available on the website at this link .

NAPLAN 2019

NAPLAN results are due to be delivered to the school in coming days. They will be mailed to all families when they arrive. Our initial analysis of these show a continuing positive trend for our students NAPLAN results. A full report will appear in the next newsletter.

Lockdown Information

On Thursday 5th September 2019 during lunch we were informed by the Police to go into lockdown due to an incident on Church street with a member of the community, as a precaution. CGHS students had nothing to do with this matter. Students were in lockdown for 1 hour and all were safe. Police congratulated the school for the swift response and wonderful co-operation from staff and students.

LifeLauncher

LifeLauncher provides information about jobs and how you can achieve your career ambitions through vocational education and training or university study.

LifeLauncher is packed with interactive features to help students identify their strengths and career potential. Students can also create their own ‘pin board’ to collect information about their preferred courses.

https://www.lifelauncher.nsw.gov.au/

Scholarships for future teachers

The NSW Department of Education is offering a range of scholarship opportunities for high achieving students entering teacher education degrees after their HSC. Applications are now open for 2020 scholarships for future teachers.

The scholarship programs for future teachers offer a range of benefits, including financial support whilst studying and a guaranteed permanent teaching position in a NSW public school on successful completion of studies.

The scholarship programs for future teachers include: