COLLEGE NEWS
COMPASS
With the move to Compass for student reports we remind parents of the need to access Compass with the log in details that were sent home earlier in the year. Further information about Compass can be found in the attached documents.
EXPLORERS
Explorers are back! We are very excited to announce that the College's Explorers program will recommence in Term 3. We look forward to welcoming our Explorers and their families back to the College.
LOST PROPERTY
We have recently been advised that students named uniform items have been misplaced. Staff do their best to return the named clothing to students. Can you please check that your uniform items are named and that the items belong to you?
A reminder that each campus office does have a collection of unnamed lost property items that both students and parents/guardians can come and check for any lost belongings.
NATIONALLY CONSISTENT COLLECTION OF DATA ON SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY (NCCD)
Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).
Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:
- year of schooling
- category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
- level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.
This information assists schools to:
- formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools
- consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
- develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.
The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.
The NCCD will have no direct impact on any students and students will not be involved in any testing process. The college will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government's Privacy Policy
Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD website
If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the College.
PLASTIC FREE JULY
This month is Plastic Free July. This is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution so we can have cleaner streets, oceans and beautiful communities.
We have a number of students keen to take up the challenge. It would be fantastic if families could get involved too. It doesn’t mean you have to go completely plastic free; you could just aim to cut out one thing; ditch disposable coffee cups and bring your own reusable cup, find plastic-free alternatives when buying fruit and veggies or bring your own reusable shopping bags and help reduce plastic waste.
If you are interested please contact Mrs Michelle Dance michelle.dance@catholic.tas.edu.au or you can sign up to the challenge below and you’ll be emailed tips and recipes throughout July.
If you don’t know where to start, attached is a list of ideas.