The Lakes South Morang College Newsletter PRINCIPAL REPORT
CELEBRATING OUR STUDENTS ’ EFFORTS FOR NAPLAN
We are proud of our Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students for their hard work and dedication during the NAPLAN assessments over weeks 7 and 8. Their commitment to doing their best in literacy and numeracy, and their focus during the tests, is to be commended. One of the benefits of the new NAPLAN online platform, is that testing can be adapted to better match the student ’ s level as opposed to a one size fits all where often there is only one or two questions that stretch students at the top end. The online platform will also mean that in time schools and families will be able to access the data and results in a timely manner. In the past, NAPLAN results have been sent out to schools in September which is well past the used by date for our teachers to be able to use assessments to guide their teaching and planning.
ONLINE SAFETY AND MOBILE PHONE POLICY
A reminder from our mobile phone policy: students who choose to bring mobile phones to school must have them switched off and left in student ’ s bags or given to the classroom teacher who will keep it securely stored during school hours. We also ask that mobile phones are not used on school grounds before or after school.
ANNUAL REPORT DATA
Each year, schools produce an Annual Report and share this information with their school community. The report contains specific data that DET and schools collect to inform decision making and assess progress around strategic plan goals. I am happy to report that our school is strong across several key strategic areas and continues to trend in the right direction. This continues to be a team effort between staff, students and of course our school community. This report has now been endorsed at our School Council meeting on 18th March, and will be publicly available to the school community once final checks have been completed by the Department of Education.
Overall, we are really pleased with our 2024:
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Parent/Carer Satisfaction Survey Data
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Student Survey Sense of Connectedness Data
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Student Survey Management of Bullying Data
PARENT/CARER SATISFACTION DATA
In the graph above, our school is above Similar schools, Whittlesea Network Schools and the State average. In 2024, our percentage of positive endorsement for parent/carer satisfaction was over 70%. This continues our strong percentage of parent/ carer satisfaction over the last few years and is 2% higher than the State average and 14% higher than other schools in the Whittlesea Network. We have been working very hard on ensuring our communication is detailed and timely. Our Principal Team also tries to provide a high level of transparency and accessibility. We take parent/carer concerns seriously and walk the talk when it comes to having an open - door policy. As a team we are highly visible before and after school and send out correspondence as needed to our families.
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