Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum (KS: CPC)

These lessons are run throughout the year and focus on educating and empowering our students.

All teachers delivering the program have received explicit training in the use of the Curriculum.

The KS:CPC is a Department for Education and Child Development (DECD) responsibility under the Children’s Protection Act 1993 and the DECD Child Protection in Schools, Early Childhood Education and Care Services policy to ensure that effective abuse prevention programs are implemented and that all children and young people have access to the approved child protection curriculum.

The KS: CPC is an evidence-based, best practice curriculum developed collaboratively with child protection experts, teachers, educational leaders, and other professionals.

The KS: CPC is predicated on two main themes which are presented through topics and activities of increasing complexity.

The two KS: CPC Themes are:

Theme 1: We all have the right to be safe.

Theme 2: We can help ourselves to be safe by talking to people we trust.

The two KS: CPC Themes are explored through four Focus Areas, which are examined in growing complexity linked to the students year groups.

The four KS: CPC Focus Areas are:

Focus Area 1: The right to be safe.

Focus Area 2: Relationships.

Focus Area 3: Recognising and reporting abuse.

Focus Area 4: Protective strategies.

More information can be found on the DECD Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum site: http://tiny.cc/DECD-KSCPC

If you have any further questions or concerns regarding these curriculum topics please be in touch with myself as Head of Pastoral at hhardman@stgeorges.wa.edu.au.

The Changing Landscape of Tertiary Education

Gone are the days of single pathways as a route to university.

All Western Australian universities are introducing university preparation courses, alternative pathways to ATAR and most recently, credit for recognition of prior learning which will help students to reduce their debt before they even take out a loan. Not only does this make their time at school more meaningful, but it can also save them thousands of dollars in the future!

Universities such as Curtin University recognise the value of individual student achievements in shaping knowledge and expertise. This is why they are now encouraging students to apply for Credit for Recognised Learning (CRL). CRL, also known as Advanced Standing, is a way that students’ prior work and learning experiences can be taken into account to reduce the length of their course and the costs.

When work experience or qualifications match the learning outcomes of a unit within a course a student wants to study, they may be exempt from studying that unit.

CRL may be offered for:

CRL may be offered for:

• Work

• TAFE qualifications

• Completing massive open online courses (MOOCs) or short course qualifications

• University courses already started.

Students can apply for CRL when they apply for a course. To find out more, click here!

As always, I am here to offer my support to both students and families alike. My office on Level 3 is always open for students to drop by for a chat and to catch up. My aim is to support all of our students achieve to their potential and to leave school with lots of choices.

Mrs Sharan Tagore APEx and Careers Coordinator

share our joy of reading and learn about unexplored books. It will be a fun and inclusive space and I encourage students to sign up and get involved.

A Happy New Year to all readers and lovers of the Library. 2023 will indeed be a special year as our library grows, evolves and changes again in this its second year of operation as The Laurence Library. We begin the year with a beautiful and functioning library with a lot of wonderful books waiting to be read.

We were gifted with a selection of new books for our senior fiction collection and some interesting non-fiction. Two of the non-fiction I managed to read, although I do not usually read non-fiction; Helen Garner’s “Everywhere I look” and Philippe Sands’“The Ratline”. Two very different, but enjoyable reads, these are now in our Library for all students to enjoy.

This year we hope to initiate a number of new activities through the Library. We will begin a new Lego Club for a small group of Year 7 and 8 students, but there will be other activities related to books and reading.

Our new group of Lego enthusiasts will unbox and begin planning the construction of the Millennium Falcon. Book Club for Years 10 and 11 begins at 3.30pm on Wednesday in the Library. Any student in those years who loves reading is encouraged to join. We can

While many students from Years 7 to 10 have borrowed for their reading in English classes, there are still plenty of exciting books in the library to choose from. Furthermore, we have placed an order for a large selection of young adult novels and classics to enrich our collection. New titles are featured in our Bookflix slides and on the cover of Oliver. All students have access to Oliver from the homepage of SEQTA. Oliver is the library management system. It allows students to check the collection, rate and review the books they read, reserve books, and lots of other useful information.

Together, let us read.

Dr Annette Pedersen Library Services Coordinator