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Dear Parents and Carers,
Catholic Schools Week is a time for us to give thanks for our school and to recognise all the wonderful opportunities that our Catholic School and all Catholic Schools can provide.
The Meet and Greet interviews for Kindergarten to Year 6 have been occurring this week. Thanks to all parents and carers who have taken the opportunity to meet their children's class teacher via Zoom. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss the factors which best help your child to learn. We strive at St Thomas More School to work in partnership with parents and carers in catering for the needs of all students.
Covid-19 Update: Please refer to the attached letter regarding the latest changes to directives. Letter is dated 23 February 2022.
Thank you to all for your cooperation with adhering to all directives associated with Covid-19. We truly appreciate your assistance in ensuring the safety of all in our community.
In line with recent announcements from the NSW Government, the rapid antigen test (RAT) program will end on Friday 25 February 2022. This means that the twice weekly testing using RAT kits is no longer in place. Thank you for your patience and cooperation over the last four weeks. While it has been a—sometimes unwelcome—addition to the already busy morning routine, proactive testing was a critical tool to keep our school community safe, especially while case numbers remained high in the broader community.
For the remainder of Term 1, families are asked to use RATs at your discretion when you consider it necessary (e.g. if a child develops symptoms or a family member is unwell). In the coming weeks, each student will be provided with a further eight RATs to be used for this purpose. We are currently awaiting the delivery of the additional RATs from the NSW Government and we will advise you of collection details as soon as we receive the delivery.
Congratulations to our 2022 Student Leaders. They recently received their badges at our School Mass last week. We look forward to them working with and supporting all members of the St Thomas More School community throughout 2022.
Wash Hands
Social Distancing
Stay Safe
Philip Barrington
PRINCIPAL
Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
Re: Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)
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 will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – 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.dese.gov.au/about-us/resources/department-education-skills-and-employment-complete-privacy-policy-0).
Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).
If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school.
This year an STM Team will be taking part in the Worlds Greatest Shave. Mr Navarrete and Mrs McGarrity will shave their heads on 17 March at school. If you are able to donate, any amount is much appreciated. If not, please feel free to share the team page. We all know someone or have known someone affected by cancer. Every little bit supports research where we all hope for a cancer free future. #worldsgreatestshave
Our goal is actually $5000 Let's go STM!
