Dear Parents and Carers, Ascension Day is one of the earliest Christian festivals dating back to the year 68 CE. According to the New Testament in the Bible, Jesus Christ met several times with his disciples during the 40 days after his resurrection to instruct them on how to carry out his teachings. It is believed that on the 40th day he took them to the Mount of Olives, where they watched as he ascended to heaven.

Ascension Day marks the end of the Easter season and occurs ten days before Pentecost. Depending upon the phases of the Moon in a particular year, Ascension Day is usually celebrated on a Thursday. This Thursday will be the feast of the Ascension.

God Our Father, make us joyful in the ascension of your Son Jesus Christ. May we follow him into the new creation, for his ascension is our glory and our hope. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

THANK YOU Thank you to Year 1 who hosted the Family Mass on Sunday. Thank you to Mrs. Celeste Pan, Mrs. Jane Emmerig, Miss Jessica Russell and Mrs. Sally Oong. We were blessed with the weather which enabled a very successful International Food Fair. Thank you to all the Prouille parents who contributed to the success of the Cake Stall.

WHS AUDIT On Friday 26

th May, Prouille School Community will be undergoing an external WHS Audit. I

ask for your cooperation on this day as on all days, to ensure all school rules, safe practices and protocols are adhered to. The external auditor will be monitoring all areas such as Kiss and Ride, playground, drop off and pick up, supervision of children etc. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated. DEBATING CIRCLE Next week the North Shore Cluster Debating Circle will commence. This is a great opportunity for our students in Stage 3 to develop their skills in debating and have first-hand experience at debating with their peers from neighbouring schools. Our Stage 3 students will be participating in this program for the next four weeks. Prouille will be hosting the first debate.

PROUILLE NEWS BULLETIN

Prouille Catholic School 5 Water Street Wahroonga NSW 2076

Phone: 02 9489 3233 prouille@dbb.catholic.edu.au www.prouilledbb.catholic.edu.au

News Bulletin Week 5 Term 2 23rd

May 2017

THANK YOU Thank you to the teachers of Stages 2&3 for providing a very informative open morning for parents and carers last week. ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Prouille’s athletics carnival will be held on Thursday 1

st June at Bannockburn Oval Pymble.

NATIONAL DATA COLLECTION The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (the national data collection) is a joint initiative of all Australian governments and government and non-government education authorities. National data is collected annually to identify the number of school students with disability and the level of reasonable adjustment provided for them. The national data collection was progressively implemented in Australian schools from 2013-2015. Since 2015, all schools have participated annually in the national data collection. For more details on the National Data Collection please see the fact sheet attached in this week’s newsletter. If you have any further questions / queries please feel free to contact Therese Walsh (Learning Support Teacher). Please note that no personal details or identifying information details are published as a result of this data collection process.

Congratulations to Isabel Yong in Year 1 who is our Star of the Week. Please visit the school walkway to see Isabel’s fabulous work!

Congratulations to all the children who received awards last week

CLASS

KR Harley Webb, Alannah Mouawad, Blake Hagarty

KB Giselle-Sophia Jones, Keira Donovan

1P Gracie Atkins, Hugo Groom

1E Kelly Atkins, Claire Wood

2D Edward Brown, Veronica Scully

2T Sibella Dooling, Lily Banfield

3/4DS Mia Banfield, Isabelle Abrahams

3/4C Tara Rezadoust, Michael Littleton

3/4G Natalia Alvarez-Lopez, Sankeerth Dara, Isabella Ringrose, Joshua Monardo

5/6R Gaby Ribeiro, Ben Paull

5/6O Georgina Lettleton, Michael Kirby

5/6F Natasha Rodriguez-Foord, Oskar Muldars, Isabella Jones

Yours sincerely

Sue Bevan Ms. Sue Bevan PRINCIPAL

UPCOMING DIARY DATES

Cross Country We wish the following students every success at the Broken Bay Cross Country being held today at Fagan Park Galston!

Amanda Kelly

Phoebe Wells

Tadhg McGrath

Mischa Nalywajko

Boston Penfold

Jack Lloyd

Barney Hill

Matthew Ringrose

Billie-Mae McGrath

Dear Parents here are a few important dates:

Tuesday 23rd May:

Diocesan Cross-Country

ICAS Digital Technologies Exam

Wednesday 24th May:

Gymnastics Program for all students K-6

P&F Meeting @ 7.30pm

Friday 26th May:

WHS Audit

Assembly @ 2.40pm Tuesday 30th May:

ICAS Science Exam

Debating Circle 11.30am @ Prouille Thursday 1st June:

Athletics Carnival @ Bannockburn Oval

Stage 2&3 Open Classrooms Parent engagement in Action

It was great to see so many parents at the Open Classroom for Stages 2&3 this week.

Thanks to the Teachers and Students for the insight into your Stage Based Learning!

PARENT HELP NEEDED FOR ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

THURSDAY 1st JUNE 2017 Prouille P&F will be running the Cake Stall, Sausage Sizzle and Cold Drinks & Snacks stall at the Athletics Carnival on Thursday 1st June. So please ensure your children bring plenty of change so they can enjoy all the food and refreshments on offer throughout the day! WE NEED LOTS OF PARENT HELPERS TO LEND A HAND ON THE STALLS. IF YOU CAN SPARE SOME TIME (in between cheering on your kids!) PLEASE EMAIL YOUR YEAR CO-ORDINATOR WITH YOUR NAME AND THE TIME YOU CAN ASSIST! (K-2 CAKE STALL) K-2 Class Parent Co-ordinators – Ange Chappel – angechappel@gmail.com / Laura Munce – laura.munce@outlook.com (3-4 SAUSAGE SIZZLE) 3-4 Class Parent Co-ordinators – Katharina Nicholson – kati@nitech.com.au (5-6 COLD DRINKS & SNACKS STALL) 5-6 Class Parent Co-ordinators - Kaylee Barnett - Prouille56@gmail.com

ASSISTANCE TIMES FOR ALL STALLS

9-10am (set up) 12-1pm (serving) 10-11am (serving) 1-2pm (serving/clean up) 11-12pm (serving) Other (please specify)

WE ALSO WELCOME CAKES MADE BY PARENTS FROM ANY YEAR. PLEASE BRING THEM ALONG ON THE MORNING OF THE CARNIVAL, OR SEND THEM WITH YOUR CHILD. DUE TO ALLERGIES, PLEASE ENSURE THERE ARE NO NUTS – ALSO IF POSSIBLE PLEASE LABEL ESP. IF CAKES ARE GLUTEN FREE, AND REMEMBER TO PUT YOUR SURNAME ON THE BASE OF YOUR PLATTER! If you would also like to sponsor/partly sponsor the Athletics Carnival, please

contact Emma McGrath on emma.mcgrath@yahoo.com.au or 0431 189 911 for

more details. It’s a great way to get advertising for your business or make your

family name extra special for the day!

COMMUNITY NEWS

Prouille Mother’s Day

Raffle Prizes

1. Fitness Package

Three months Fit and Fabulous Fernwood Pack value

over $888.00

Classes including Yoga, Pilates, Zumba, body combat and

so much more.

2. Beauty Packages

Prize 1

-$250 Gift certificate at ANJEOS Hair and Beauty in Pymble donated by

Anna-Elizabeth & Jeoff Jones

Prize 2

- $110 gift voucher donated by The Salon for Hair in Turramurra

- KMS California Hair products

Prize 3

- $100 gift voucher donated by Nutrimetics

- One Nutrimetics Raffle Pack

3. Cosmetic Treatment Package

- $155 gift card donated by Laser Clinics Australia Hornsby for

a Cleansing Microdermabrasion LED plus treatment.

- $20 off gift card donated by Ruby Room – Beauty Salon Hornsby

- $100 gift voucher donated by Nutrimetics

4. Body Transformation gift voucher – donated by The Fitcorp Factory

- Entitles one individual to join 10 x ‘body transformation training’ group sessions (valued at

$300).

5. One week free holiday camp program donated by Kim Warwick Tennis Academy Hornsby

(valued at $140)

6. Homewares Package

- $50 gift voucher donated by Grosgrain Homewares Wahroonga

- $50 gift voucher donated by St Ives Shopping Village

- A gift donated by Flower Infusion Wahroonga

7. Fashion Package

- A Jadore Cocktail Evening dress J6 Collection colour Musk donated by Fashionably Yours

Wahroonga Bridal

- A 9 Carat Oval Yellow Gold earrings donated by Australian Jewellery Liquidators

8. Jenolan Caves NSW Holiday Package for 2 adults and up to three children at Lucas or

Imperial or Chifley Cave tour

Lucky Prizes:

- 3 x $50 Gift vouchers to spend on your choice of laser hair removal or skin treatment at

Laser Clinics Australia Hornsby

- 30 x 7 days Free membership at Fernwood fitness Hornsby Club

- One Nutrimetics Raffle Pack

- 4 X 20 off gift card donated by Ruby Room – Beauty Salon Hornsby

Information for parents and carers

WHAT IS THE NATIONAL DATA COLLECTION?

The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (the national data collection) is an

annual collection that counts the number of school students receiving an adjustment due to disability and the

level of reasonable adjustment they are receiving.

The national data collection counts students who have been identified by a school team as receiving an

adjustment to address a disability as defined under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (the DDA). The DDA

can be accessed from the ComLaw website at www.comlaw.gov.au.

WHAT IS THE BENEFIT FOR MY CHILD?

The aim of the national data collection is to collect quality information about school students receiving an

adjustment due to disability in Australia.

This information will help teachers, principals, education authorities and families to better support students with

disability to take part in school on the same basis as other students.

The national data collection provides an opportunity for schools to review their learning and support systems and

processes to continually improve education outcomes for their students with disability.

WHY IS THIS DATA BEING COLLECTED?

All schools across Australia collect information about students with disability. But the type of information currently

collected varies between each state and territory and across government, Catholic and independent school

sectors.

When undertaking the national data collection, every school in Australia uses the same method to collect

information. Therefore, a government school in suburban Sydney collects and submits data in the same way as a

Catholic school in country Victoria and an independent school in the Northern Territory.

The annual collection aims to, over time, lead to nationally consistent, high quality data that will enable schools,

education authorities and governments to gain a more complete understanding of students who are receiving

adjustments because of disability in schools in Australia, and how to best support them.

WHAT ARE SCHOOLS REQUIRED TO DO FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY?

All students are entitled to a quality learning experience at school.

Schools are required to make reasonable adjustments, where needed, to assist students with disability to access

and participate in education free from discrimination and on the same basis as other students.

These responsibilities are outlined in the DDA and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards).

The Standards require educators, students, parents and others (e.g. allied health professionals) to work together

so that students with disability can participate in education. The Standards can be accessed via the

ComLaw website at www.comlaw.gov.au.

WHAT IS A REASONABLE ADJUSTMENT?

A reasonable adjustment is a measure or action taken to help a student with disability access and participate in

education on the same basis as other students. Reasonable adjustments reflect the assessed individual needs of

the student, and are provided in consultation with the student and/or their parents and carers. Reasonable

adjustments can be made across the whole school setting (e.g. ramps into school buildings), in the classroom

(such as adapting teaching methods) and at an individual student level (e.g. extra tuition for a student with

learning difficulties).

WHAT INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED?

Every year your child’s school will collect the following information for each student receiving an adjustment due

to disability:

the student’s level of education (i.e. primary or secondary)

the student’s level of adjustment

the student’s broad type of disability.

The information collected by schools will be available to all governments to inform policy and program

improvement for students with disability.

WHO IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL DATA COLLECTION?

The definition of disability for the national data collection is based on the broad definition under the DDA.

For the purposes of the national data collection, students with learning difficulties, such as dyslexia or auditory

processing disorder, as well as chronic health conditions like epilepsy or diabetes, that require monitoring and the

provision of adjustments by the school, may be included.

WHO COLLECTS INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL DATA COLLECTION?

Teachers and school staff count the number of students receiving an adjustment due to disability in their school,

and the level of reasonable adjustment they are provided, based on:

consultation with parents and carers in the course of determining and providing reasonable adjustments

the school team’s observations and professional judgements

any medical or other professional diagnosis

other relevant information.

School principals are responsible for ensuring the information identified about each student is accurate.

HOW IS MY CHILD’S PRIVACY PROTECTED?

Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of all students and their families is essential and is an explicit focus of

the national data collection. Personal details, such as student names or other identifying information, are not

provided to local or federal education authorities.

Further information about privacy is available from www.education.gov.au/notices.

IS THE NATIONAL DATA COLLECTION COMPULSORY?

Yes. All education ministers agreed to full implementation of the national data collection from 2015. This means

that all schools must now collect and submit information annually on the number of students receiving

adjustments due to disability in their care, and the level of adjustment they receive.

Information about the arrangements that may apply to your school in relation to this data collection is available

from your child’s school principal and the relevant education authority.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Contact your child’s school if you have further questions about the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on

School Students with Disability.

You can also visit www.education.gov.au/nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability.

An e-learning resource about the Disability Standards for Education 2005 is freely available for the use of

individuals, families and communities at http://resource.dse.theeducationinstitute.edu.au/