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 * __Week 2 Term 2 2009

Tony Beatty Visit Monday__** Tony who is the principal consultant in the district Office will be here on Monday to work with Jamie and Jeanette. Bill Mann is not coming on monday as first though it is Tony not Bill. Bill will be here on 28/6/09.

Several boys from the high school are priniting inappropriate materials on the printers. I would ask all staff to check the printers before they leave the class at the end of a session. Jenny will check the printers in the computer room each day and will report any bad stuff to admin.
 * __Pornography and inappropriate printing__**

Teachers will be released for extra DOTT this week to work on evidence files. Please see Jamie for HS content and me for primary content to be put in the files. There are some open ended tasks which I have acquired from the curriculum corporation that I will ask all teachers to do this term.
 * __Evidence Files [[file:evidence files requirements.doc]]__**

Jeanette is putting together a timetable for week 3 when the testing is on. Please encourage all the students in years3,5,7,9 to come to school that week. See Cathy for any more information.
 * __NAPLAN Timetable__**

There will be performances of .Barking Geko and Music Avia next week on Thursday and Friday. Jeanette will get a timetable out sometime this week.
 * __Theatre Group__**

Katie will be here until week 5 when Dee is due to come back. Katie has taken on the role of setting up the transition class. She will meet with David and Stuart to discuss IEP for students.
 * __Katie Sanders__**

Please check out WELA it has undergone an amazing transformation and is a space we can utilise.
 * __WELA__**

Jane Parker is getting signs made up on the gate near Kindy for drivers to slow down and open and lock the gates when they come through the school. I am going to get a clasp put on the gate so it can be shut without being locked with a padlock.
 * __Cars coming through the school__**

Jan and Liz will be coming on Tuesdays instead of Thursday this term. Jan has won a promotional position at KDHS for the rest of the term. Please let Jeanette know what you need from the ladies.
 * __Liz and Jan__**

During week 3 and 4 there will be volunteer teachers from NSW at WDHS to help improve the reading skills of the students. I will be working with teachers to create a worthwhile program for these people to implement with seclected students. Jane e will house them for the time they are here. Many thanks Would someone mind picking them up from the airport!
 * __Volunteer Educators__**

They will travel up on Sat 16th May and leave on Sat 30th May. QF575 Sydney to Perth then QF 2672 leaving Perth 12.00 arriving Kununurru at 3.05

The team consists of Arthur Rickersey (retired teacher) Ross Green (retired) Ross has experience with computers mainly on the hardware side not software…so this also could be useful Crystal Keegan who is in her final year of primary school qualifications

Some questions they have

Although staff will be able to access the work on their computer hard drive, please be prepared for all network activities to be disrupted at some stage whilst this upgrade of equipment takes place. As a communications cabinet is being refreshed with new switches, all computers that are connected to the switches in that cabient will be unable to connect to the network (admin and curriculum servers, email and internet). It is anticipated that all network functionality will be restored by the end of the scheduled period for your school. All school personnel will need to make arrangements for alternative delivery and communications methods during these network outages.
 * Possibility of some sightseeing on the weekend
 * __Server interruptions afternoon of 11 and 12 May__**

**__CHILD PROTECTION POLICY AND TRAINING__** **__Policy__** From 1 January 2009, all teachers registered with the Western Australian College of Teaching are, by law, mandatory reporters of child sexual abuse. The revised Child Protection policy is on Our Policies at policies.det.wa.edu.au/.

Child Protection Professional Learning Program All teaching and non-teaching staff who have contact with children are required to complete this professional learning. In previous years the training has been conducted by district student service teams. Now staff are required to complete the online training through the portal. A trial of the online program will be conducted in April and May to ensure the program is accessible to all schools. The program will then be released to districts. Principals will be informed when their district is able to access the online training. The records of program completion will be automatically uploaded onto HRMIS and sent to principals. Support material and resources Resources to support staff in child protection matters have been developed and include: an information booklet //Child Protection information: including the mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse //; an A3 poster //Child Abuse: reporting processes for all staff //; and  a website. During the holiday break, the Staffing Branch has installed a new telephone system to assist with calls. I am pleased to advise that teachers with enquiries will now be directed via an automated system to their requested area of contact.
 * __Teaching Staffing New Phone Number__**
 * The new number to contact the Staffing Branch is __9238 2250__. Please advise your teachers of this new number.**

You should all have recieved your reporting pack in your pigeon holes. See me if you have not got one. Please follow the guidelines provided here. . At present follow your reporting guidelines given to you in term1 with what you will be reporting on. We will be following schedule A for 1st semester and will modify it for semester 2 when more information is provided by the department.
 * __Reporting Term 2 2009__**

Do not put yourself under additional pressure by leaving your comments to the last minute. You need to write up your comments in word and email to the DP's to edit and return. I expect everyone to adhere to timeframes. For new staff please see your Deputy who will give you a quick demonstration during week 3. There is online training available by following this link. []

Info from Sharon O'Neil CHANGES TO REPORTING TO PARENTS REQUIREMENTS Ongoing collaboration between the Department and State Schools Teachers’ Union of Western Australia has resulted in the parties reaching a shared position on a number of matters related to reporting to parents requirements. The parties will continue to work together to expedite the implementation of the following amendments: 1. Grades and effort Reference to grades on primary school reports will appear in the explanatory notes for Semester 1, 2009. The parties will continue to work together to provide primary school teachers with opportunities to report student ‘effort’ within the context of a learning area. It is anticipated that this will be in place for Semester 2, 2009 reports. The report template for secondary schools will remain the same.

2. Comments In addition to an overall comment, teachers in Years 1 to 7 will only be required to write comments in the English and mathematics learning areas (Semester 1, 2009). The decision to write additional comments will be left to the discretion of teachers. The learning area and general comment requirements for secondary teachers will remain the same.

3. Ability to prepare reports away from the school site The parties will continue to work together to provide teachers with the ability to report ‘off line’ without risking loss of data or duplication of effort. 4. Attitude, behaviour and effort The number of attitude, behaviour and effort attributes appearing on primary and secondary reports will be reduced. A four point scale will be developed to report the consistency with which students demonstrate the attributes. These amendments are consistent with the Director General’s recently announced changes to simplify assessment processes for teachers. I would like to thank all teachers who have contributed to the parties reaching this position.

__**2009 NAPLAN WRITING – ADHERENCE TO THE PROMPT**__ The Australian Education Systems Officials Committee (AESOC) has advised that adherence to the prompt will be an additional criterion in the assessment of the NAPLAN 2009 Writing. The data will be analysed to identify patterns in the non-adherence to the prompt, with the potential to follow up with school leaders for clarification. The following actions are required: Advise test administrators, teachers and students of this development on prompt adherence before the NAPLAN testing.

Download copies of the NAPLAN 2009 //Test Instructions Years 3 and 5 //and

Test Instructions Years 7 and 9 from __det.wa.edu.au/educationalmeasurement__. The //Test Instructions //include explicit information for students regarding writing about the prompt.