Heard on the Hill Term 2, Week 5

Survey My Class

It's that time of year again when we offer teaching staff the opportunity to survey their classes to get some feedback. We offer this twice during the year, in Term 2 and again in Term 4.

The process is simple. During the dates the survey is open (29 May - 9 June) you send the link to your students. They click on it and off they go. It is recommended that you give them some class time to complete it. They can use their iPads to do the survey.

The survey data for each individual teacher remains private to those teachers. The combined data of all staff is compiled into a report for the Executive Team, which is simply another piece of data used to inform our school improvement plans.

Participation is not compulsory, but it can be a useful process to do for your own professional development.

If you have any questions about the process, please contact Kelly on 78902.

Staff Wellbeing

The Department of Education is offering online webinars to support staff wellbeing.  Information can be found at the following link:

The first webinar is on Wednesday 31 May from 3.30 – 4.30pm.

Reconciliation Week 27 May – 3 June

National Reconciliation Week (NRW), held every year from 27 May to 3 June, is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

What’s the significance of 27 May and 3 June?

27 May marks the anniversary of the 1967 referendum when Australians voted to remove clauses in the Australian Constitution that discriminated against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

3 June marks the historic 1992 Mabo decision in which the High Court of Australia recognised native title—the recognition that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights over their lands did survive British colonisation.

There will be various activities happening around the school this week.  Please promote these to students.  Please consider doing a relevant activity for some of your classes in Week 6.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Write a reflection and add it to the display at Student Services.

Get your face painted on Tuesday and Thursday.

Do some colouring in at the Library.

Listen to some aboriginal music.

Do your own research about the 1967 referendum or the Mabo case.

The Cultural Inclusivity Committee

Uniform Blitz

With the change in weather comes the usual increase in students out of expected dress code. Staff are asked to remind students of the uniform requirements, and ask them to show a uniform pass dated that day. If they have a uniform pass, that's acceptable. If they do not, please direct them to Student Services to get a uniform pass. If a student does not comply, try to identify them and refer the issue to the relevant Head of Year, rather than engage in an argument with them.

We ask that all staff, on the morning of Tuesday 16 May, check the uniform of students in period 1. Any students not in uniform, and without a uniform pass, are to be sent to Student Services. We ask that staff do this each day for the rest of Week 4 and into Week 5.

We will combine the staff checks of uniform with information sent home to parents, to remind them of the need for their children to be in school uniform.

Student Services staff will follow up with ongoing non-compliant students and their parents/carers and note the outcomes on Compass.

Workload Advisory Committee

Workload is often the main cause of staff stress or anxiety. Our school has a workload advisory committee, which was set up as part of our focus on Staff Wellbeing in our previous business plan, and which we continue to support through the new Staff Wellbeing Committee.

Staff Representatives for this year (continuing their 2 year tenure) are: Renee Chapple, Luke Marinoni and Adam McGill.

If you have workload issues, please discuss them first with your line manager, as many of these can be resolved quickly and easily.

If you have an issue that cannot be resolved, please submit it via either the survey link provided here, or on the document below (which can also be found in the School Templates folder on your desktop.

Social Media Content

We love seeing students in action, whether in a classroom setting, in an incursion or off-site for an excursion or camp.

If you are conducting any activities you think are suitable for our school's Facebook or Instagram pages, please submit your content through the link below.

Please contact me with prior warning if you would like me to attend a session, lesson, activity etc if you would like me to take photos/videos to accompany your story.

If you have taken photos on your phone/iPad and are unsure of how to transfer these to me, please send me an email or come and visit me and I can assist you.

Submit your Facebook post using the link below.

Schoolzine

Keep up to date with all the latest news for staff and parents via the schoolzine app. You can access Heard on the Hill, the school's website, Facebook page, calendar, Connect, and more via the homepage of the app.

This easy-to-use app also sends you notifications when newsletters have been published.

See below for how to download the SZapp.