NOONGAR WORDS

Places: Wadjemup – Rottnest

A few weeks ago the children had to draw a picture of a special place they like to visit with their families (HASS), Harry drew a picture of his family in Wadjemup – his drawing is above with his own words.

In March Harry’s family went to Wadjemup and his mum sent his teacher this message:

Harry very confidently told us that Rottnest is called Wadjemup and ‘that’s what it was called before the white people came’ – he’s already learning so much!

NATIONALLY CONSISTENT COLLECTION OF DATA ON SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured.

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the attached Fact Sheet for Parents, Guardians and Carers.