Assistant Principal
Megan Franklyn
Assistant Principal
Welcome back to term 3!
I hope everyone had restful and relaxing holidays. My family and I enjoyed our trip. We drove just under 7,000 km's through South Australia and the Northern Territory, made it all the way to Alice Springs, saw a ridiculous amount of beautiful country and walked many kilometres. Now it’s back to the excitement of Term 3, which is packed full of exciting events, incursions and excursions for our students.
National Consistent Collection of Data for students with Disabilities (NCCD)
The NCCD takes place every year in July, and as the name suggests every school in Australia is required to collect this data and provide it to the Australian government.
The NCCD is a collection that counts:
• the number of school students receiving an adjustment or ‘help’ due to disability, this includes physical, cognitive, sensory and social and emotional disabilities. This may include but is not limited to students with ADHD, ASD, anxiety, learning difficulties.
• the level of adjustment they are receiving to access education on the same basis as other students.
Students are counted in the NCCD if they receive ongoing adjustments at school due to disability. This ‘help’ allows them to access education on the same basis as a child without disability.
The NCCD data ensures that support for students with disability becomes routine in the day-to-day practice of schools. The NCCD also supports students in the following ways:
• The NCCD helps schools better understand their legislative obligations and the Disability Standards for Education 2005.
• Schools focus on the individual adjustments that support students with disability. This encourages them to reflect on students’ needs and to better support students.
• The NCCD facilitates a collaborative and coordinated approach to supporting students with disability. It also encourages improvements in school documentation.
• The NCCD improves communication about students’ needs between schools, parents, guardians, carers and the community.
Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of all students involved in the NCCD is an essential part of the NCCD. All names and identifiers are removed before any data is provided to the government. If your child has been included in the count by their classroom teacher you will receive a letter from Mr Cox. If you have any questions about their inclusion in the count please speak to the classroom teacher or contact me via email or phone megan.franklyn@education.vic.gov.au.
NAIDOC Week: 3 – 10th July 2022
NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is celebrated by all Australians and is a great opportunity to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Get up! Stand up! Show up! was the theme of this year’s NAIDOC Week.
We at Kingswood acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which we work, learn and live and pay our respect to elders past, present and emerging.
We recognise that acknowledgement of country is one way that we can contribute to ending the exclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and shows respect to our First Nations people.
Sunsmart requirements:
As required in our Sun Smart Policy, from August 1st to 30th April, all students must wear a sun protective hat that shades the face, neck and ears for all outdoor activities.
Students are required to wear a school hat or another hat style that protects the face, neck and ears when outdoors. For Kingswood Primary School students, this is a broad-brimmed hat. Students who are not wearing a hat will be asked to play in the undercover area between Units B and D. Staff will also act as role models by wearing broad-brimmed hats when outside.