Assistant Principal's Report

Leasyl Richards - Curriculum

22nd February 

NAPLAN DATES

We are now able to confirm the NAPLAN dates for our school for 2019. 

They will be held in Weeks 4 and 5 of Term 2.

IN OUR CLASSROOMS

Classrooms across the school have begun setting up and establishing their writing processes and procedures.  

A sample of the process as set out by some Year6 students below. This process is being implemented across the whole school and guides the students through the steps we need to create a piece of writing.

The Year 6’s have also begun exploring the 6 traits of writing using the VOICES framework.

This week 6JD have begun their planning for writing a biography.  they have been focusing on teh IDEAS trait and have used mentor texts to look at different ways biographies can be set up, what kinds of information can be included and what style of writing is required to write a biography.  I look forward to seeing their published pieces of work!

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK

In August 1st 2017 amendments were made to the Working with Children Act. The Act now states that even if a person’s contact with children as part of child-related work is supervised by another person, they will still need a Working with Children check.

Wheelers Hill Primary School’s  Working with Children Check policy states that we require any person undertaking volunteer work at our school to have a valid Working with Children check. This includes helping out in the classroom, participating in working bees, accompanying classes on excursions, helping at disco’s etc.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

*If you are volunteering at Wheelers Hill Primary and already have a Working With Children Check can you please present it to the School Office where they will take a photocopy and your name will be added to the School register.

 *If you don’t have a valid Working with Children check you can fill the form in online and lodge it at Australia Post. The link to the website is provided below for you convenience.

http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/home/applications/apply+for+a+check/apply+in+victoria

Working With Children Checks are free for volunteers.

People who are exempt from holding a working with Children Check are:

• Student volunteers (e.g. work experience students)
• Registered Teachers who have a permission to teach from the Victorian Institute of Teaching
• Police Officers
• Visitors to the School (e.g. grandparents who visit the school for Grandparents Morning Teas, visitors who come to watch Assembly) The decision on which events require a Working with Children Check is made by the authority of the Principal.

Leasyl Richards

richards.leasyl.a@edumail.vic.gov.au