Dear Parents, Carers and Students,

Hope that you enjoyed your weekend.

On Friday of last week, we welcomed back our Senior Band who spent the week touring Grantville and the surrounding areas of Bass Valley, Newhaven, Cowes, Leongatha and Wonthaggi. This amazing experience was welcomed by NSC students and those for whom they performed across the tour’s five days. Well done to all involved, especially to the fantastic team of staff including Helen Bourke, Cheryl Stabryla, Ian Crowther and Cam Goward. Our music program is such a significant part of our College, and we are so very grateful for the talent, dedication and expertise of the team involved.

School Community Safety Order Scheme

All school staff work hard to create positive places of learning, where everyone has the right to access a safe and respectful environment. Effective partnerships between the school and the parents/carers of our learners are an essential part of this. Schools are also workplaces where all staff members deserve to advance their careers in an environment where they are never made to feel threatened or unsafe. In light of this, from Term 3, 2022, the School Community Safety Order Scheme will come into effect in all Victorian schools. This scheme allows principals and other authorised persons to issue ongoing or immediate school community safety orders, which place access limitations on certain parents, carers or other adults who act in a harmful, abusive or threatening ways towards any member of the school community. Click here for more information about this scheme, including a short video that provides an overview and outline of its rationale, objectives and processes.

Before issuing an ongoing school community safety order, an authorised person must consider the person’s response to the notice to issue an order, and how an order may impact their child. Orders can only be issued as a last resort option if it is the least restrictive option to address the behaviour. To read more about these support provisions for parents, carers and any other adults who may be subject to an order (including information on appeal rights), please access the Department’s website.

Everyone at school, particularly staff and parents/carers, play a role in making school a better place for learning and work. The Respectful Behaviours within the School Community Policy outlines the shared roles of parents, carers and school staff in creating a positive environment for learning. Our mutual objective is to support your child’s education. To do this, we ask that feedback and complaints are both constructive and respectful. Parents are reminded to follow the school’s complaints policy or process or the Department’s Complaints Policy if you wish to raise any constructive and respectful feedback. You can find the Respectful Behaviours within the School Community Policy and other resources to build a positive relationship with our school community here.

Scott McLeod, Acting Principal
James Murphy, Assistant Principal
Jeremy Sinclair, Acting Assistant Principal