NCCD

The National Consistent Collection of Data of School Students with Disability (NCCD) is a collection of data of the number of school students receiving adjustments (or support) because of a disability. At the end of this week, all of our data will be collected by Catholic Education. Today's newsletter is a reminder of the data that will be collected. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

The national data collection helps governments and schools plan for the needs of students with a disability. The aim of the data collection is to make sure that students with a disability have access to the same quality education as the others in their class. 

Who is included in the NCCD?

To include a student in the NCCD, all schools are required to consider the following key questions:

1. Is the student receiving adjustments to assist them with their ability to participate in schooling on the same basis as their peers?
2. Does the student meet the NCCD's broad definition of disability?
3. Has the school discussed the adjustments with the students and/or parent/carer?
4. Does the school have documentation (assessments, medical reports or other paperwork) about the students functional needs, the adjustments (help) that they provided and how the student progressed over time?

What about NCCD Data & Privacy?

All schools must complete the NCCD. Legislation requires that every year, each school must complete the following information for each student receiving an adjustment due to disability:

How is 'disability' defined for the NCCD?

The definition of disability used for the annual NCCD, is based on the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and there are four broad categories:

• sensory (eg. vision/hearing impairment);
• cognitive;
• social-emotional, and;
• physical

The definition of disability is very broad and many students that need help at school can be counted in the NCCD. Students with learning disorders, ADHD or auditory processing disorder, chronic health conditions, physical disabilities, vision/hearing impairment and social-emotional disorders may be included in the NCCD data count if they are receiving reasonable adjustments to help them access and engage in school on the same basis as their peers.

A formal diagnosis by a specialist may be very helpful for the school but is not the only piece of evidence schools can use for the NCCD. The NCCD count is based on professional teacher judgement. Schools can consider school based and external documents to decide if a students can be counted. 

What is an 'adjustment' for NCCD?

Students need different types of help at school. Some students need a little help sometimes (minor adjustments) but other students need a lot of help nearly all the time (extensive adjustments). The type of help and support that a school provides is also very different depending on the needs of the student.

The adjustments can include:

• physical changes to the school buildings or grounds;
• extra teacher support in classes;
• special learning programs;
• changes to the way the curriculum is presented or delivered, or;
• extra adult assistance

If you have any questions about the NCCD please do not hesitate to contact me at rebekah.brown@cg.catholic.edu.au

Rebekah Brown

Assistant Principal and Inclusion Coordinator

Happy birthday to Oskar E, Nikhil S, Ileana R, Cooper W, James T and Magdalena J who all celebrated their birthday this week.

Please note that we ask students to not bring home made cupcakes to share with the class for their birthdays. This is a precautionary measure for health and hygiene. The Canteen offers a number of options to share with the class. Purchases can be made through the QKR app.

Congratulations to the following students who received the End of Term Awards. 

Our students have been sorting and designing using the bottle top lids that have been donated so far.

A big thank you for the donations so far. If you have any plastic bottle top lids from milk bottles, water bottles, soft drink bottles and even long life milk containers we would still really appreciate them being donated to use as part of our mural to raise awareness about plastic and our waterways. You can drop off clean bottle top lids at the front office.

How can you strengthen your marriage/relationship?

Nicky Gumbel says “There’s no marriage that can’t be improved.”

You’re invited to a short, fun course of 7 sessions designed to strengthen your relationship.

Whether you’ve been together six months or 40 years, married or in a long-term relationship. Whether you’re in a good place or struggling, The Marriage Course offers practical support and ideas to strengthen your relationship, in a fun-pact format offered online in the comfort of your home via zoom.  

The course is open to any couple in a committed relationship, wanting to have fun, spend time together and even get to know some other couples. We are advertising in St John the Apostle Primary School and St John the Apsotle Parish, Kippax, however feel free to invite anyone.

To find out a little more watch The Marriage Course Trailer here:  Marriage Course Trailer

You can also come and discover more at a

Wine and Cheese Information Night (FREE):
at St John the Apostle Primary School (Library), 9 Pawsey Cct, Florey
Thursday 22nd July (Week 2, term 3);  6.00-6.45pm
Children welcome - baby sitting and pizza will be provided
Please RSVP to marina.philip@cg.catholic.edu.au for catering purposes (advise number of adults and children attending)

The course commences online Thursday 29th July at 7.15pm (Week 3, Term 3) and runs for 7 consecutive Thursdays. 

Venue: Your place – course is facilitated through Zoom.(All the important conversations between couples are private, however each session begins with a group ice breaker on zoom).

You can register for the 7 week course here: https://www.cgcatholic.org.au/sjaps/ or wait until the information night.
The course is free, however you will need to purchase 2 course booklets at a cost of $25 each (available for purchase at the information night, or at the Catholic Bookshop in Manuka for $22 each).

The course is being facilitated by Carl and Cathy Madsen and Marina and Andrew Philip.

A social dinner will be organised in September.

This year due to COVID restrictions we were unable to hold our annual fete and instead we will are holding a number of smaller fundraising activities that we will look for your support with.

The first of these will be the hampers raffle. This is the same type of raffle that we have at the fete each year with different types of hampers raffled off. This year the hamper raffle will be held during your child’s/children’s learning journey evenings, expected around Week 4 after the July school holidays. We will confirm the date early in Term 3.

Like before, we are looking for donations for these hampers and are asking for each child to donate a new item or items for the hamper theme allocated to their class.

We would appreciate your contribution of any non-perishable hamper items, as the money will go directly to benefit the children. The money raised will be used to pay for some items in the next stage of the playground development happening later this year.

Could you please bring your non-perishable items for the hampers (as per your child’s year below) into the front office this week or in the first two weeks after the school holidays.

Please note the examples above are just suggestions as we are happy to accept any non-perishable new items that you think fit well with the themes.

If you have any questions please email our fundraising coordinator Belinda Duke at Belinda.duke@hotmail.com.au

If you want to leave any donations during the holidays, please email Belinda to arrange a Florey drop off point and time.

Thank you for your kind donation

SJAPS Fundraising Committee 2021