Dear Parents and Guardians,   

Welcome to Week 4. It has been a very busy few weeks and the term is certainly flying by. 

Over the last few weeks we have had many visitors to our school. 

In Week 1, Sharon Brissoni - Consultant for Diversity Multilingual Learners (EAL/D) will visit on Tuesday 5th October to Friday 8th October to support teachers and students. 

Week 2 Rebekah Wegner - Consultant for Inclusive Education will be arriving in Weipa on Tuesday 12 October – Thursday 14th October to support teachers and students. Also that week we will have Tosca Grainger - Dee our School Counsellor visiting Joseph's School from Monday 11 October – Friday 15th October. 

Week 3 we have Stephanie Fox - Speech Language Pathologist and Zinna Aylward - Occupational Therapist from Cairns Catholic Education visiting for the week and supporting teachers and students. 

In Week 4 from Wednesday 27th October to Friday 29th of October we have Mia Lumley - Psychologist and Verity Beams - Consultant for Diversity and Inclusion from Cairns Catholic Education visiting for the week and supporting teachers and students. 

Next week Tosca Grainger-Dee our School Counsellor will be visiting us again in Weipa  providing her service to St. Joseph's School from Monday 1st November – Friday 5th November. 

This Term the teachers  are in the process of writing Personalised Learning Plans (PLPs) and will be meeting with Parents over the next few weeks. Personalised learning is a process that supports a wide range of students with additional learning and support needs. This includes students who may require support in one or more of the following areas: learning (including high potential learners), behaviour, social/emotional, cultural/language (including international students, boarders and learners of English as an Additional Language or Dialect) and those who have educational support needs arising from disability.  

Teachers, with the support of the Leader of Diversity, and in consultation with parents, collaboratively decide which adjustments and/or goals are to be targeted and determine appropriate strategies and supports to be implemented. It is the teacher’s responsibility to implement these planned strategies in order to support students to meet their goals 

The Teachers will direct School Officer support and plan for adjustments on a weekly basis. 

Teachers communicate weekly with School Officers regarding student progress and make adjustments as needed. Evidence is collected regularly and uploaded to ENGAGE. PLP meetings are set 6 monthly and will determine if current goals have been achieved before setting further goals.   

Have a wonderful weekend and if you have any questions please feel free to make contact with myself at a convenient time that suits. My email address is   mturner@cns.catholic.edu.au   

Kind Regards,    

Melanie Turner.