Principal’s Welcome
Welcome to 2025!
I am pleased to report that in 2024 we achieved 100% satisfactory completion for our VCE students. Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!
At the start of each year, it is important to inform our community of our plans and goals for the upcoming year. In 2025, we will continue to have a strong focus on further improvement in literacy and numeracy. In 2025, we will continue to monitor student progress through understanding where each student’s achievement level is, with standardised testing, using PAT reading and numeracy for Year 7 to 9 and through teacher assessment at Years 10 to12. It is very important that we ensure that all our students are improving and showing growth, including students that need extension activities.
In 2025, we will continue to communicate to both students and parents through our software program called ‘Compass’. We will maintain the practice of continuous reporting providing updated assessments for each student.
As per our instructional model (see below), staff post on ‘Compass’ all lesson plans for all classes. It is vital that students access ‘Compass’ daily, to ensure that they view these lesson plans.
Communication to the Noble Park Secondary College community is also through our newsletter, which is posted on our website. Our newsletter highlights special events, excursions, student reflections including photographs and important messages. We encourage parents and students to access this newsletter to celebrate the events and achievements of our students.
In 2025 we will further strengthen our student engagement through the house system. Our student leaders will effectively work with the student management and wellbeing teams, to organise many events to promote student participation in fun and engaging activities.
We regularly and rigorously monitor student attendance and pass on the message that ‘it is not ok to be away’. We send an SMS to parents/guardians if a student is absent.
We have a strong and caring wellbeing and student management team, to monitor student progress both academically and emotionally. We encourage parents to contact these teams to discuss confidential issues, so that we can understand the needs of your child/children.
Our College strongly reinforces our values of:
· Respect
· Excellence
· Teamwork
· Integrity
· Responsibility
We welcome and encourage parent/guardian communication/feedback and look forward to a very positive and productive year.
Pam Dyson
College Principal