Monthly Archives: August 2020

ONLINE OVATION

August 7, 2020

Congratulations to the cast of The Show Must Go Online who celebrated their opening night last night, with over 200 St Stephen’s School families gathering to watch! You can still register to watch the show until the end of the month.

Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/tsmgo

HOME AWAY FROM HOME

August 5, 2020

St Stephen’s School is excited to announce our new program for regional students that turns traditional boarding arrangements on their head. Partnering with Talkabout Homestay, the Home Away From Home (HAFH) program provides students from regional WA with a comfortable homestay environment in Perth while attending our School.

Do you know a regional family who might be interested in becoming part of the St Stephen’s School community? Or would you like to register your interest in becoming a host family?

We would love you to help us spread the word. Find out more under Enrolments on our website or email homeawayfromhome@ststephens.wa.edu.au.

ALETHEA WEEK!

August 4, 2020
The spirit is strong in Alethea this week!!
Staff and students dressing up to raise funds for the Smith Family with a free dress day today.
On Thursday we will celebrate with a pizza lunch and on Friday we are having a music festival in the quad for students and staff to enjoy.
Unfortunately yesterday our flag raising ceremony was rained off but we will finish the week by raising the flag to celebrate all things Alethea.

NCCD Notice

August 3, 2020

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers

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 your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school provides data to the Australian Government – 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 (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).

Further information regarding the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data school students with disability, please visit: NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).

This is a national fact sheet about the NCCD for parents, guardians and carers.

https://www.nccd.edu.au/tools/fact-sheet-parents-guardians-and-carers

If you have any queries regarding the NCCD, please contact the relevant Learning Enrichment staff.

Duncraig

Mrs Toni Mills (Secondary)

Toni.Mills@ststephens.wa.edu.au

Mrs Christine Roddy-Clark (Primary and ELC)

Christine.RoddyClark@ststephens.wa.edu.au

SENDING LOVE

August 3, 2020

Though our students weren’t able to travel on the South Africa Service Tour this year, it hasn’t stopped them from giving generously to our friends at Sinethemba Children’s Care Centre. With the money the students raised this year, the Centre was able to purchase new mattresses and three bunk beds, thanking our students and wider community for their kindness during the COVID-19 pandemic.