We are excited to offer our students a unique opportunity to join Construction Club, a social skill development program at St Paul’s. Bec and Helen, the Speech Pathologists from Construction Club, will be running the group during Term 3 once a week at lunchtime. This evidence based LEGO therapy program supports children to enhance their communication and social skills in a fun yet highly effective way.

Interested families can register directly with Construction Club--this service is privately funded and can be covered by NDIS funding if applicable. Places are limited,Term 3 registrations close 5th July 2024. Please scan the QR code or visit https://linktr.ee/ccmelb to register or for more details, alternatively you can email them directly at constructionclubmelb@gmail.com.

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.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).

See below the link to the fact sheet for parents, guardians and carers - Nationally Consistent Collection of Data
https://www.nccd.edu.au/tools/fact-sheet-parents-guardians-and-carers

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact   Marg Mitchell - mmitchell@spbentleigh.catholic.edu.au

Marg Mitchell

Learning Diversity Leader