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Week 10 Term 3 2009

Well done on a successful term 3. The academic progress and teaching has been very pleasing and everyone should be congratulated.
 * __Last week of term__**

The new Principal has been reccommended but the process is now with central office and they will be release offically who the new Principal for 2010 and beyond is. It was a great process and I am pleased with the result. the new person will no doubt visit us next term.
 * __New Principal__**

Katie is here to work with Cathy during week 2 and 3. Katie will work with the transition students and Dee will assist Cathy with writing programs and aligning our resources. katie will stay with JaneO and JaneO will pick her up from the airport on the Sunday after week 1.
 * __Katie is here week 2 and 3__**

Start writing comments and diagnosing grades for each of your students. Reports will be concluded and handed in on the Friday of week 7 next term.
 * __Student Reports__**

REPORTING TO PARENTS SEMESTER 2, 2009  The School Information System (SIS) //Curriculum Manager 2.9 //upgrade is rolled out to SIS schools from Week 6 of Term 3. Information will be sent to schools when the upgrade is complete. The __Release Note__ outlining the changes to //Curriculum Manager 2.9 //is available on the SIS Curriculum __website__. Semester 2, 2009 support materials for administrators and teachers including training videos and quick guides are also available.

Changes to reporting to parents requirements  Ongoing collaboration between the Department and State School Teachers’ Union of Western Australia (SSTUWA) has resulted in a shared position on a number of matters related to reporting to parents requirements. Changes incorporated in Semester 2, 2009 include: 1. Attitude, Behaviour and Effort descriptors Attitude, Behaviour and Effort descriptors have been reduced from 17 to 8 on the primary report template. The eight Attitude, Behaviour and Effort descriptors are consistent on both the primary and secondary report templates.
 * 1) Attitude, Behaviour and Effort descriptors have been reduced from 10 to 8 on the secondary report template.

2. Attitude, Behaviour and Effort scale Consistently Often Sometimes Seldom
 * 1) The Attitude, Behaviour and Effort scale has been changed from a three point scale to the following four point scale:

3. Student Effort  Curriculum Manager 2.9 provides the ability for primary school teachers to report student ‘effort’ within the context of a learning area. The secondary template remains the same. The latest information on the Director General’s Simplifying Assessment strategy can be viewed on the Curriculum Support __website__.

Customer Service Centre <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"> Schools are able to access support from the ICT Customer Service Centre on telephone 9264 5555 or 1800 012 828 for regional callers for routine queries or issues in relation to Semester 2 reporting requirements. The ICT Customer Service Centre hours and information is updated on the __Intranet__. Hours of operation are: ** Monday to Friday 7.30am to 10.00pm ** Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10.00am to 4.00pm Remote reporting (SIS) Schools must complete Semester 2, 2009 reporting set up in Curriculum Manager 2.9 before they access this service. <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"> This service for teacher data entry via the __DET Portal__ will be available to all schools from ** Week 3, Term 4. ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"> Schools manage staff single sign-on accounts and allocate passwords to teachers. Support on how to do this is available on __SIS Curriculum website__. Links to the __DET Portal__ are available on the SIS Curriculum website and the DET Intranet homepage. Teachers log in to the portal using their single sign-on and password. Teachers and administrators are able to access SIS web reporting screens from:  workstations on the school’s network;  home broadband services; or  any other computer external to the school with internet access. Support materials for remote reporting will be available from Week 3, Term 4 on the SIS Curriculum __website__.

There is too many primary school kids playing around the basketball courts and the grassed areas. Please ensure no student under year 5 are playing around these areas. There is a little too much of rough play again so please get onto your students about safety and playing well together.
 * __Playground behaviour__**

I will be away from this Wed until the 22/10/09 due to medical reasons. Jamie is acting Principal during this period so pelase give him and Jeanette as much support as possible. I will return during week 3.
 * __Staff Out week 10__**

During week 2 of next term Jeanette and Jamie will be away in Broome on an adminsitrators conference in Broome. Stuart and Erin will be in charge for that week.
 * __SLT__**

Jane and Sabby are hosting the assembly this week please make sure you have filled in the certificate book and given it to Dani with plenty of time. It is an open day and as all evidence files have been completed please ise them as evidence for the parents. There will be a volleyball during this lunch time similar to term 1. Christine and Dani are in charge of logistics.
 * __Assembly__**

The first Monday is a SDD and we will be planning for 2010 school year in the area of literacy and numeracy in particular. The day will commence at 8.00am as per normal and will finish at 2.20pm.
 * __School Development day Term 3__**

Kids Helpline has launched its new website at www.kidshelp.com.au ! The new site offers a safe, fun and interactive place for kids and young people to explore issues that are important to them.

We believe that our website is a valuable resource for kids, and have received great feedback since its launch in June. Feel free to bookmark the site and download our screensavers and wallpaper for use in your classroom.

The site has been split into age specific 'micro-sites', with one section dedicated to kids aged 5-12 years old, accessible at www.kidshelp.com.au/kids. We are constantly updating this section with new hot topics and poll questions, which are ideal to incorporate into classroom activities, so check back regularly.

Features of the new site include:
 * downloadable screensavers and wallpapers
 * interactive games and activities
 * 'Hot topics' on common problems and concerns for kids
 * stories from kids who have experienced and overcome challenges in their lives
 * an interactive poll
 * a more user friendly gateway to our counselling services.


 * **'Name the Kids Helpline dog' competition**

Feedback from kids told us that they would like a mascot on the website - to help them around the site and to help make them feel more comfortable and safe. We asked kids to choose what they would like the new mascot to be, and they chose a friendly, spotty dog!

We now need a name for our new mascot, and are running a competition for school kids to come up with the best name. The competition is open to kids aged 5-12, and there are some great prizes on offer, including prizes for schools.

Kids can enter the competition as a class or individually, by downloading the competition form, completing the colouring-in activity, and naming the dog. They also need to provide a reason for the dog's name!

Find out more about the 'Name the Kids Helpline dog' competition.

For further information, email our communications team at communications@boystown.com.au. || ||

Regards

Wendy Protheroe General Manager Counselling Services

Last Day of School Term 4 The DET have said we cqan trade this last day of school off during after hours if the staff wish to. Please let me know if this is what you want or do we work the Friday when there is no kids at school. See below

2010 PUBLIC SCHOOL TERM DATES AND SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAYS <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"> In line with the Government’s commitment to greater flexibility and local decision making for public schools, principals are advised that the last school development day of the school year may now be used flexibly. This flexibility is also consistent with the Director General’s //<span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">Classroom First Strategy //<span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">, which encourages distinctive schools that are responsive to their own local contexts. Schools may reconfigure the time available for the designated school development day on Friday, 18 December 2009 to better meet the needs of the school in the pursuit of improved student outcomes. For example, schools may negotiate with school staff to convert some or all of the school development time available to provide time for school planning, school review or professional development sessions out of school hours throughout the remainder of the year. All teachers will be required to complete the mandatory number of hours of school development according to their work fraction. In line with current policy, school development days are to be used for whole school development activities, not for personal professional development. Principals will: achieve consensus with staff at the school on agreed alternative days and times for whole school development activities;  use school development time for the required purposes of whole school planning, whole school professional development and school review; and be accountable for the flexible use of, and staff attendance during, school development time. The flexible use of the last school development day of the year will continue for the 2010 school year and beyond. However, all schools will maintain the first five school development days of the school year. The School Development Days policy will be amended to reflect this change. School development days are on set dates and consistent across levels of schooling, with six days for all schools. The six school development days for all public schools for 2010 are as follows:  two at the start of Term 1 (Thursday, 28 January 2010 and Friday, 29 January 2010, immediately before the return of students to schools on Monday, 1 February 2010, as gazetted);  one at the start of each of Terms 2, 3 and 4 (Monday, 19 April 2010, Monday, 19 July 2010 and Monday, 11 October 2010); and  one at the conclusion of Term 4 (Friday, 17 Dec