New Staff!

Welcome Roshan Seth who is joining our Teacher Aide team:

Hey my name is Roshan, pronounced like ocean but with an R at the start. I’m a really sporty type of person but also love anime and gaming! My main sports are Basketball, American football and volleyball. I help run social night basketball at Brisbane Basketball and play regularly and spend an insane amount of money on shoes (Just ask me ?). I don’t really have a favourite team in the NBA but I could talk to you for days about any team. For football I play as a Wide Receiver and back up Running back. I play for the USQ Mustangs Football club. I play volleyball because of one of my favourite anime’s Haikyuu. I love to play as the setter or middle blocker. (I’m not that tall tho hahahah.) In my spare time when I’m not refereeing basketball or playing sports I watch anime and play games such as League of Legends, Super Smash Bros and Call of Duty. I love listening and talking so if you see me around the school come and say Hi! 

Parent-teacher Interviews 

Parent- teacher interviews are a wonderful opportunity to meet your child’s teachers and gain insight into the context of the classroom and supports in place. We highly encourage that you bring your child to the interviews as well. 

Tips for preparing:  

• Read comments on Daymap 
• Write down your questions 
• Ask for feedback 
• If you forget something, email the teacher after the meeting 

"'You are involved to ensure...outcomes are in the best interests of your child and to bring your long-term vision and aspirations for your child to the table. 

Don’t undervalue the importance of your role... 

Remember, your child only grows up once, so take the time and effort to maximise the long-term outcomes of their schooling experience." (All means all, 2021). 

"…Parents and families play an important role in supporting their child's education. Research has shown that when schools and families work together, children do better, stay in school longer, are more engaged with their school work, go to school more regularly, behave better, and have better social skills. Parent engagement also results in longer term economic, social and emotional benefits." (Australian Government, Department of Education, 2020). 

How do families create a positive, trusting and collaborative relationship with their school? 

https://cru.org.au/families-for-inclusive-education/resources/working-collaboratively/#partnerships  

Personalised Learning Plans 

All students’ Personalised Learning Plans will be sent home mid-term for you to review. 

Not all students will have one of these plans, but if your child does, we ask that you read through the strategies and comments with them. 

Here are some questions to help guide your review: 

• Do you agree with the strategies of support being used in the classroom? 
• Does your child feel the support is helpful for them? 
• Do you have any suggestions for teachers to consider to better support your child? 
• Does your child want to add something to their plan? 

Your feedback in these plans is crucial for our teachers to ensure the strategies in place are working for your child. We value your child’s input as well into their plan. As they move through secondary, they will become their own advocate for their learning and support needs. 

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact us 3819 5333. 

School to Work

From the second half of 2020, CRU – Community Resource Unit (QLD), Resourcing Inclusive Communities, (an initiative of Family Advocacy (NSW)) and Imagine More (ACT) are working together on a new three year project to support young people with disability and their families to engage with employment.

This program aims to inspire, increase the confidence of and motivate students with a disability and their families to make a start on the road to employment.

We’ll be holding introductory webinars and in-depth webinars and workshops for each of the following groups:

• Imagining Work for students in Years 7 and 8
• Discovering Work for students in Years 9 and 10
• Finding Work for students in Years 11 and 12.

The 2021 School to Work Workshop ‘Imagining, Discovering and Finding Work’, aims to help your secondary student with disability find meaningful, paid work.  To achieve this, they will need family support.  These workshops will provide you with lots of tools for planning and practical ideas for looking at your young person’s interests and strengths, securing work experience opportunities, and how to get their first paid job.  Exploration of choices of employment such as customised roles and micro-enterprises are also investigated, as is finding the right support. 

Workshops will be commencing on April 29^th in Brisbane and registrations are now open for the South Brisbane, Toowoomba, Townsville, and Gaythorne events. Registrations will open soon for a number of other locations including Logan, Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Cairns and more Brisbane locations. 

Please register for an event near you:

• Thursday 29^th April, CRU Office, South Brisbane