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NAIDOC WEEK CELEBRATIONS
Kismet students celebrate NAIDOC Week
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across
Australia each July to celebrate the history,
culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated
not only in Indigenous communities, but by
Australians from all walks of life. The week Kismet Park Primary School
took part in a great opportunity to participate in a range of
activities and to support your local Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander communities.
CURRICULUM DAY
Our next Curriculum Day will be held on MONDAY 29TH JULY. Staff will take part in Professional Learning on this day and no children are required at school. Extend Before & After School Care is running a program for the whole day. Contact: https://www.extend.com.au/families/enrolments-and-bookings/
OUR SCHOOL ZONE
Our school zone
Our school zone is available on findmyschool.vic.gov.au. Findmyschool.vic.gov.au hosts the most up-to-date information about Victorian school zones for 2020 onwards.
Students residing in this zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of your permanent residential address.
The Department provides guidance through the School Placement Policy to ensure that students have access to their designated neighbourhood school and the freedom to choose other schools, subject to facility limitations.
You can find more information and answers to frequently asked questions on the Department’s website under School zones.
Compass Guide
Please see our Compass Guide to help navigate your way through our parent portal.
COMPASS GUIDE
Term Dates
PLEASE FIND ATTACHED 2019 TERM DATES
https://www.kismetparkps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/term_dates.pdf
2020 & 2021 Victorian School Term Dates
2018 KPPS Annual Report
Please click on the link below to open our 2018 Annual Report. Our Annual Report provides an overview of our achievements during 2018 along with a summary of school improvement initiatives being introduced throughout 2019.
CHILD SAFE STANDARDS
KISMET PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL
STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT TO CHILD SAFETY
Kismet Park Primary School is committed to child safety and implements policies and procedures that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve commitments outlined in Ministerial Order No. 870 (available at www.vrqa.vic.gov.au/childsafe ).
Our community is committed to the safety, participation, happiness and empowerment of all children, supporting and respecting all children, staff, volunteers and members of the wider community. We are committed to:
- the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
- the cultural safety of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds
- providing a safe environment for children who are vulnerable or who have a disability.
At Kismet Park Primary School there is zero tolerance of child abuse. All allegations and safety concerns are treated very seriously and consistently with our policies and procedures.
We are committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early to remove and reduce these risks. We have human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers. Our school is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks.
Ministerial Order No. 870 (available at www.vrqa.vic.gov.au/childsafe ) states that Child abuse includes;
a) Any act committed against a child involving -
A sexual offence; or
An offence under section 49 B (2) of the Crimes Act 1958 (grooming); and
b)The infliction, on a child, of –
Physical violence; or
Serious emotional or psychological harm, and
c)Serious neglect of a child.
At Kismet Park Primary we meet our legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety. Please speak with Cynthia Schumann, our Child Safety Officer if you have concerns about the welfare of any child.
You can access the key policies on our Child Safe page in the Parent Information section of our site.
Help Your Child Achieve
One way to help your child achieve at school is to work together with your child’s teacher. The parent-teacher partnership takes work from both sides to become a reality. Click on the link to see some ideas that will help.
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