Deputy Principals

Important Information about changes to Student Logins

DURING the holiday break, the IT Department will be transitioning to single-identity login for all students at St Norbert College. This will commence on Wednesday, 12 April and may cause some disruptions to student access to SEQTA, school emails and Office 365. Students have been provided a document to help navigate their way through these changes during the holiday break. A copy of this document is also available on the College website: www.norbert.wa.edu.au/student-access-to-seqta-teams-during-holidays/.

Interim Reports

INTERIM Reports are now available to families through the ‘Reports’ tab in SEQTA Engage. The Interim Report provides students and parents with an opportunity to reflect upon student progress throughout Term One and to consider what adjustments can be made to improve performance next term. The Interim Reports are used to indicate student progress and so do not include any marks or grades – these will come with the publishing of the Semester One Report at the end of Term Two. For Year 7 students and parents, the rotational elective program does not appear on the Interim Report but will instead appear on the Semester One Report. Year 7 students will commence Term Two in a new rotation of electives with a new set of teachers to guide them.

Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews

THE first Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews for the year will take place on Monday, 24 April between 12.00pm and 7.00pm. This is a Home Study Day, so students do not attend school but should accompany their parents for interviews in their full College Winter Uniform. Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews provide parents with an important opportunity to discuss student progress in more detail with subject teachers. In some cases, teachers have requested an interview on the Interim Report. In these situations, it is important that every effort is made to meet with the subject teachers so that positive actions can be put in place to improve student progress next term.

The College uses Edval Interviews to book Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews with an email having already been sent to parents/primary care givers instructing them how to access Edval Interviews. The email will also provide parents with a unique log-in code as well as a link to the online booking system. (Check your junk mail!). Interview length will be eight minutes with two minutes being allocated for parent movement between teachers. Bookings close at 12.00pm on Friday, 21 April. 

On the day of the interviews, each teacher will have 36 interview slots available for parents. However, a standard classroom teacher teaches over 100 students across all of their classes – for some teachers that number is closer to 150. It is for this reason that we have restricted interviews to one slot per teacher per student. To help with this, please ensure you only book ONE timeslot with your child’s teacher, even if they teach your child in multiple subjects. If you are unable to secure a timeslot during this round of Parent-Student-Teacher interviews, you may contact the relevant teacher(s) directly via email or Direqt Message to arrange a conversation on another date. If you have any difficulties accessing Edval Interviews, please contact the College when the school opens at the commencement of Term Two. Please note that the College Administration is closed until Wednesday, 19 April.

Student Drop-Off and Pick-Up

THE times immediately before the commencement of the school day and at the end of the school day are often very busy with large numbers of students entering and leaving the College by a variety of means. The main driveway that allows parents to access the St Joseph’s Priory or the Main Administration block are NOT a drop off or pick up areas for parents. Parents should instead use the bays on Treasure Rd or the area around the Xanten Performing Arts Centre. Whilst there are a small number of families who, for mobility reasons, have been granted permission to use this area for drop off/pick up, the majority of parents should not be accessing this carpark at the start or end of the school day. The increased traffic causes congestion and presents a danger to both student and parents who are accessing this area.

Mr P Hawke 

(Deputy Principal Years 9 & 12)

Winter Uniform

A reminder for all students and parents that students are to arrive impeccably presented in Winter Uniform for the commencement of Term Two on Wednesday, 26 April. This means polished shoes and clean uniforms, including blazers in excellent condition. Students who have general and specialised Physical Education classes are permitted to wear their full tracksuits to school. PE shorts may be worn under tracksuit pants. Hairstyles should be conservative, neat, tidy, of natural colour and collar length hair should be tied up. Each year at this time, we ask our girls to ensure their winter skirt length is on the knee given that they may have grown over the summer and for boys to ensure they have not outgrown their shirts and can still do their top button up under their ties. We ask for parental support to ensure that your son or daughter tries on their uniform with plenty of time to get any issues rectified or purchase new items if necessary prior to the commencement of Term 2. May we also take this opportunity to once again remind parents to label all uniform items with their child’s first name and surname. At the end of each term, we have a number of articles of clothing, bags, caps, sport bags, shoes and water bottles in Lost Property not labelled and not claimed.

Uniform Shop

ALL appointments are now finished for this school term. However the shop will be open on the following dates and times and no appointment is needed. Tuesday, 18 April from 9am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5pm and Monday, 24 April from 1pm. to 4.30pm. In Term Two the shop will be open from 1pm to 4.30pm Mondays and Thursdays.

ANZAC Day Service

ON Tuesday 25 April, the Canning Districts RSL Sub-Branch will hold the annual ANZAC Day Memorial Services at the new War Memorial situated behind the City of Canning Offices, Albany Highway, Cannington. The ceremony will commence at 8.00am. Thank you to the Year 12 students Isabelle Cayoun and Catherine Laurel, who will be representing the College by participating in the march and laying a wreath. The College community is encouraged to attend.

Ms C Abel 

(Deputy Principal Years 7 & 10)

Exam, OLNA and EST dates

PLEASE note the attachments below for the EST Schedule (Year 12), Semester One Exam schedule (Year 10 – 12) and OLNA schedule (Year 10):

Mr R Dowling

(Deputy Principal, Years 8 & 11)