Thank you to all those Administrators who took the time to send in feedback about the Certified Agreement to pass onto Alby Huts, Executive Director Human Resources. Your comments and suggestions have been formulated and passed onto Alby's office.
Each year the district is asked to organize the testing for all Year 7 students
(within our district) who apply for The Gifted and Talented Education Program
in either the Academic Talent Program (ATP) and/or Languages Other Than English
(LOTE) program. (This program was previously known as the Special Secondary
Placement Program, SSPP.) As in the past, we are planning to run the testing
sessions each morning of Week 3, Term 2.
Venues are required;
- which can seat around 50 students comfortably at desks,
- which are available for a minimum of 3 1/2 hours for the testing, with additional
time to set up beforehand and pack-up afterwards,
- during Week 3, Term 2 (9 - 13 May inclusive).
If you have any questions, require additional information or your school has a room available which could be used for the testing, please let Elizabeth Moran know via email:
Elizabeth.Moran@det.wa.edu.au or Phone: 9311 0536. Elizabeth will then contact these schools to discuss the details.
Canning District Education Office and Curtin University are working together to offer training to teachers in the Aussie Optimism Program, a research based mental health promotion program which promotes social and emotional well-being. This training is being provided free of charge. Please see attachment for details or contact Linda Nicholson on 9311 0617.
A gentle reminder that when logging critical incidents you should initially
go to www.eddept.wa.edu.au/CriticalIncident
then go to 'Add an Incident Report'.
In the field titled 'District Email' please ensure that you enter the following
address, canningcriticalincidents@det.wa.edu.au
. Press 'Submit', the Critical Incident form will then go directly to Central
Office and a copy will automatically be sent to the Canning DO.
Many thanks for your assistance in this matter.
Your attention is drawn to this Federal Government program that aims to improve schools' infrastructure, in accordance with priorities identified by school communities. $700 million will be provided to schools between 2005 and 2008. The program guidelines are available at www.dest.gov.au/schools/investinginschools/ . The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) has established a call centre on 1300 363 079. Inquiries can be emailed to investinginschools@dest.gov.au .
Beckenham PS is in the process of writing a school song and are in search of someone to assist with the arrangement of the music and lyrics. If any one is able to assist, please contact Bronwyn Jones, Principal on 9458 4666.
For information on upcoming professional learning opportunities view the Professional Learning Calendar for Term 1 2005.