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Anaphylaxis

• Anaphylaxis Procedures for Schools Appendix 1 - (allergy information proforma)
• Anaphylaxis Procedures for Schools Appendix 2 - (parent/carer information)
• Anaphylaxis Procedures for Schools Appendix 3 - (parent/carer authorisation to contact doctor)

Anti-bullying

• Cyberbullying - see Online safety
• Five anti-bullying fact sheets for families translated in 9 languages can be accessed via the Bullying No Way website
• Anti-bullying - parents and carers tips

Anti-racism

• Anti-Racism Contact Officer - (Information for parents and carers)
• Fact sheets about making complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) can be found on the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) website in 64 languages.
• Information about the unacceptability of racism including what to do if you are a victim of racism is available in over 60 languages on the Department of Home Affairs website.

Assessment

For assessment information see documents listed under:

• Best Start
• HSC
• NAPLAN
• Reporting

Attendance

Compulsory schooling

• Compulsory School Attendance - Information for parents
• New school leaving age - Information for parents and secondary school students

Absentee notes and notices

• Completing Absentee Notes and Notices - Information for parents and carers
• Absentee note 1 - One day absence
• Absentee note 2 - More than one day absence
• Absentee note 3 - Part day absence
• Absentee notice 1
• Absentee notice 2

Compulsory schooling letters - Principal to parents/carers

• Application for home school liaison support - Letter 1
• Successful outcome of attendance improvement plan - Letter 8
• Non-attendance interview program (NIPS) - Letter 10
• Consent to discuss student's health care needs with medical professional - Letter 13

Compulsory schooling letters - School services to parents/carers

• HSLO case allocation and development of attendance improvement plan - Letter 3
• Failure to meet to develop an attendance improvement plan - Letter 4
• Further action - Letter 5
• Enrolment requirements - Letter 6
• Action for failure to enrol - Letter 7
• Reactivation of case which had been satisfactory - Letter 9
• Secretary's compulsory schooling conference - Letter 11
• Court ordered compulsory schooling conference - Letter 12

Australian Early Development Census (AEDC)

• Frequently Asked Questions

B

Behaviour

• Behaviour code for students

Best Start Kindergarten Assessment

• Best Start Kindergarten Assessment - Letter
• Best Start Kindergarten Assessment - Parent brochure
• Best Start Year 7 Assessment

Bush Fires

• Various fact sheets and information related to bush fires can be found in translation on the Health Translations website

C

Child protection

• Child protection resources can be accessed via the NSW Government Family & Community Services website and are available in translation

Child protection education

• Early Stage 1 - Information letter for parents and carers
• Stage 1 - Information letter for parents and carers
• Stage 2 - Information letter for parents and carers
• Stage 3 - Information letter for parents and carers
• Stage 4 - Information letter for parents and carers
• Stage 5 - Information letter for parents and carers

Community harmony

• School Communities Working Together - Fact sheet for parents and carers
• Recent community events - (letter to parents/carers)

Complaints

• Making a complaint about our schools
• Information about support persons and advocates

COVID-19

• Translated information on COVID-19 is available on the NSW Health website
• Translated information is available on the SBS website
• Translated information on various topics to do with COVID-19 can be found on the Department of Home Affairs website.
• COVID intensive learning support program
• COVID-safe HSC written exams
• COVID-19 requirements for visitors to school sites
• External visitors to school sites form (Staff only)
• Letter to parents - resumption of school operation following closure
• Letter to parents - close contact procedures
• Racial discrimination
• School website advice to parents and carers
  • School closure due to confirmed case of COVID-19
  • Resumption of on-site learning following closure due to COVID-19

D

Diabetes

• Diabetes information sheet - (for parents/carers)

Disability

• Getting ready for school - See Starting school
• See National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) consent form

E

Enrolment

Enrolment application forms

• Application to enrol in a NSW Government school
  • Allergy information (accompanies Section H of the Application to enrol in a NSW Government school)
  • Additional medical conditions - other than allergies (accompanies Section H of the Application to enrol in a NSW Government school)
• Application to enrol in a NSW Government preschool
• Moving into Year 7 in a NSW Government school

Procedures for secondary school enrolment - Letters to parents/carers

• Placement in Year 7 - Letter 1A
• Placement in Year 7 - Letter 1B
• Notification of acceptance into Year 7 - Letter 2
• Notification of an unsuccessful non-local placement (on waiting list) - Letter 3a
• Notification of an unsuccessful non-local placement (no waiting list) - Letter 3b
• Notification of receipt of application to enrol - Letter 4
• Confirmation of enrolment in Year 7 - Letter 5

Enrolment policy

• Enrolment policy

Excursions

• Excursion note Section A
• Excursion consent form Section A
• Excursion note Section B
• Medical information form

H

Head lice

• Parental advice concerning head lice
• Head lice treatment options - Information for parents and carers
• Letter to parents/carers concerning participation in Nitbusters Day
• Consent form for participation in Nitbusters Day
• Nitbusters Day follow up letter to parents/carers

Health

• Anaphylaxis - listed under letter A
  
• COVID-19 - listed under letter C
• Diabetes - listed under letter D
  
• Head lice - listed under letter H
  
• Medication - listed under letter M
  
• Meningococcal - listed under letter M
  
• Mental health - listed under letter M
  
• School counsellor - listed under letter S
  
• Vaccination - listed under letter V
  
• Health Translations website provides translations on various topics through a keyword search. The website is supported by the Victorian Government and is managed and maintained by the Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health
• Healthy Kids website which is an initiative of the NSW Ministry of Health, provides a number of key health message fact sheets for parents/carers available in translation
• Multicultural Health Communication Service website run by the NSW Government Health provides translations on various topics through a keyword search
• The Sydney children's Hospitals Network website which is part of the NSW Government provides translations on various health topics listed by language

High School Transition

• Moving into Year 7 in a NSW Government school - listed under letter E for Enrolment
• Why choose a public high school? - Information for parents and carers
• From primary to high school: The next big step - Understanding your child's schoolwork
• From primary to high school: The next big step - How parents can help

Higher School Certificate

• The Common Grade Scale for Preliminary courses
• HSC minimum standard fact sheet
• HSC minimum standard parent meeting request
• HSC minimum standard test dates

I

Invitations

• Invitation to a school function

K

Knives at school

• Letter to parents
• Parent factsheet

Learning in the context of COVID-19

• COVID-19 updated advice - current as at 8 September 2020
• Access to technology
  
• Information about learning from home for parents and carers
  
• Supporting your child's learning from home

Literacy and numeracy

• Helping your child with literacy and numeracy at home

M

Medication (prescribed) - letters to parents/carers

• Request a meeting to discuss child's health condition
• Confirm arrangements for administration of prescribed medication
• Request completion of the form for support at school of a student's health condition

Meningococcal

• Meningococcal fact sheets in 14 languages can be accessed via the Multicultural Health Communication Service website

Mental health

• Mental health information brochures on various topics can be accessed via the Embrace Multicultural Mental Health website and are available in translation.
• The Transcultural Mental Health Centre provides resources in various languages. Click on the name of the language to see what is available.

N

National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)

• NAPLAN Online information brochure for parents and carers in 23 languages is available on the NESA website
• NAPLAN on paper information brochure for parents and carers in 23 languages is available on the NESA website
• NAPLAN - Information for parents and carers
• NAPLAN parent/carer consent for exemption or withdrawal

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

• National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) consent form

Numeracy

• Numeracy resources for parents/carers listed under P for Parents count too

O

Online courses for parents and community members

• Various courses for people who want to learn more about computers and conducting online activities such as skype are available via the Be Connected section of the eSafety Commissioner website. Short guides to each course are available in translation at the end of each course.

Online safety

• Cyberbullying and online safety information can be accessed via the eSafety Commissioner website and is available in translation
• Parents guide to online safety - is available in translation as a hard copy. Order by phone by calling 1800 880 176 or via email from esafety@nationalmailing.com.au These resources are free of charge.

P

Parents count too - Numeracy

• Helping your child with counting
• Helping your child with arithmetic
• Helping your child with shapes and objects
• Helping your child with measuring length and area
• Helping your child with measuring volume and mass
• Helping your child with measuring temperature and time
• Helping your child with mental calculations
• Helping your child with patterns and algebra
• Helping your child with representing and interpreting graphs and tables

Payments to schools

• Parent online payments - Information for parents and carers
• Parent online payments - newsletter text (for use by staff)

Permission to publish

• Authority to publish student work
• Permission to film and publish Filmpond videos

Preschool

• The Australian Government Department of Education and Training website provides translations on Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Framework for Australia - Information for families
• Welcome to preschool - A parents guide

R

Reading

• Reading with your child at home - (information for parents/carers)

Reporting

• Written reports for students learning English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D)
• Written reports for primary and secondary school students

Road safety information

information for parents and carers:

• Drive and park safely near schools
  
• Ride a bicycle safely
  
• Safe bus travel
  
• Walk safely
  

S

Safeguarding Kids Together

• Fact sheet for parents and carers about the Safeguarding Kids Together program in schools

School community

• School Community Charter

School counsellor

• School counselling service - Information for parents and carers
• School Counsellor student assessment - (letter to parents/carers)

Selective high schools and opportunity classes

• Opportunity classes and selective high schools fact sheet - Information for parents/carers and students
• Opportunity class placement test - Information for parents/carers and students
• Selective high school placement test - Information for parents/carers and students

Special Religious Education (SRE) and Special Education in Ethics (SEE) participation letters

• Schools with SEE available
• Schools without SEE available

Starting school

• Getting ready for school - Disability - (guide for parents/carers)
• Time to start school - (family guide to starting Kindergarten)

Sun safety

• Sun Safety - Information for parents and carers

Survey

Please scroll to the letter T for the Tell Them From Me student, teacher and parent surveys.

Suspension and expulsion

Parent/carer information

• Suspension and expulsion - (information brochure)
• Appeal against a decision to suspend or expel a student from a NSW Government school - (proforma)

Letters to parents/carers

• Short suspension - Letter 1
• Long suspension - Letter 2
• Formal warning of unsatisfactory participation in learning by a student over 17 - Letter 3
• Expulsion from a particular school for misbehaviour - Initial advice - Letter 4
• Expulsion for unsatisfactory participation of a student over 17 - Initial advice - Letter 5
• Expulsion from a particular school for misbehaviour - Decision - Letter 6
• Expulsion from a particular school for unsatisfactory participation - Decision - Letter 7

Swimming

• Swimming information - listed under W for Water safety

T

Telephone interpreter service

• How to contact the telephone interpreter service

Tell Them From Me surveys

Tell Them From Me is a suite of surveys for students, teachers and parents/carers. Translated content includes:

• The parent survey is available in 23 languages. When a school sends the link to the survey, parents are able to choose their language within the survey platform.
  
• Translated non-consent forms - for parents to sign if they do not want their child to participate.
  
• Translated text for school newsletters - information about the parent survey for schools to share with their community.
  

Temporary residents program

• The temporary residents program application form for an Authority to enrol and the Application for fee exemption are available in translation and can be accessed via the NSW Department of Education DE International website

V

Vaccinations

• Flu vaccine information and fact sheets can be accessed via the Australian Government Department of Health website and is available in translation
• School-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination brochure can be accessed via the Australian Government Department of Health website and is available in translation
• School vaccination program information can be accessed via the NSW Government Health website and is available in translation

W

Warning letters

• Non-completion of a Higher School Certificate (HSC) Course
• Non-completion of a Preliminary Course
• Non-completion of a Stage 5 (Years 9-10) Course

Water safety

• Beach Safety information can be accessed via the Waverley Council website and is available in translation
• School swimming and water safety program - Message to parents/carers
• School swimming and water safety program - Consent form
• Water safety information can be found on the Health Translations website

What works best: 2020 update

• What works best: 2020 update for parents and carers