Please forward to your School Council/Board and share on your schools' social media
|
|
NT COGSO OFFICE CLOSURE
The Casuarina Office will be unstaffed on Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th December due to team travel to remote schools.
NT COGSO will be closed from Friday 20th December and re-opening
Monday 13th January 2020.
|
|
|
|
Infrastructure Funding for Acoustic Upgrades
|
|
|
|
|
NTCOGSO on behalf of the NT Full Council are advocating to the Northern Territory Government for immediate infrastructure funding for a complete acoustic upgrade of all general learning areas for;
1. Yuendumu School
2. Tennant Creek High School
3. Katherine High School
PICTURED: YUENDUMU SCHOOL - ALL NT STUDENTS DESERVE HIGH STANDARD LEARNING SPACES
|
|
|
During Semester 2 2019 Wugularr School Community embarked on an intensive governance journey supported by NT COGSO.
Dedicated community members have continued to work in partnership with school staff to formally establish a School Representative Body (School Council).
The establishment of a School Council as an incorporated body under the Education Act 2015 (NT) supports the community to maintain genuine engagement and meaningful partnerships through best practice governance and genuine decision making.
Working together to adopt the model constitution highlighted the vital role families play in their child’s education at Wugularr. Watch the video link below as the School Councils' objectives are confirmed in English and Kriol.
School Council Chair, Kathleen Lane and Principal Stephen Hill signed the Wugularr School Council Constitution on Wednesday 27th November at their Special General Meeting.
The school community now eagerly awaits gazettal as the final step in ensuring decisions continue to be made in the best interests of all students; now, tomorrow and into the future.
Congratulations Wugularr School Council on supporting a strong school, strong community and strong children.
|
|
|
Annual Full Council | Chief Executive, DoE Q&A
|
|
|
|
At the recent Annual Full Council meeting, affiliates (members) had the opportunity to submit questions for Vicki Baylis, Chief Executive, Department of Education.
As these were only submitted to the Chief Executive just prior to the Full Council Meeting, questions were taken on notice.
Please see below link to view the full list of questions and responses. In addition, there is also a live recording of the Chief Executive Q&A session which discussed some of the questions live.
|
|
|
School Security Management Update
|
|
|
|
Update on Motion | Funding for Effective Security Measures to Reduce School Vandalism - 2018
Motion: “That NTCOGSO lobby the Minister of Education, Minister of Infrastructure, Planning & Logistics and Minister of Housing for effective security measures in all schools that can be implemented to reduce the risk of vandalism and break-ins. This needs to be funded by the NT Government not individual school budgets. To facilitate this, we ask that security audits be performed on all schools to get a baseline of what current security measures are in place to ascertain the needs required for each individual school.”
Part of the funding for effective security measures to reduce school vandalism, the DoE announced a School Security Management document suite will be developed, comprising of;
- School Security Policy
- School Security Management Plan Development Guidelines
- School Security Management Plan Template
The documents originally scheduled to be released October 2019, are now anticipated to be available from Term 1, 2020.
Update from DoE: Further delay in the release of the school security management document suite is due to it being combined with the current Emergency Management School Preparedness Policy and Guidelines (similarity in content).
|
|
CLOSING SOON!
School Grant Opportunity
|
|
|
|
Community Safety | $10,000 - $500,000
The Safer Communities Fund Round 5 Infrastructure grant provides schools and pre-schools with grants for crime prevention initiatives aimed at reducing crime, violence and anti-social behaviour.
Project activities can include infrastructure activities, such as installing fixed or mobile CCTV cameras,security lighting, fencing and gates, bollards, external blast walls and windows, security and alarm systems, public address systems, intercoms and swipe access. Plus hiring security.
Grant Amount: $10,000 - $500,000 per campus covering 100% of eligible project costs.
Closes 10 December 2019
Contact Alice Gawler
alice.gawler@ntcogso.org.au for application support
|
|
|
|
|
|
CLOSING DATE EXTENDED!
Northern Territory Young Achiever Awards Nominations
|
|
|
|
Do you know an individual, or business who deserves to be recognised?
The Northern Territory Young Achiever Awards aim to acknowledge, encourage and most importantly promote the positive achievements of all young people up to and including 29 years of age.
There are a number of categories open, such as the Agriculture Award, Innovation Award and the Indigenous Achievement Award and now is your chance to recognise someone you know!
Nominations close on 7 January 2020
|
|
|
|
We are here to support schools and families to achieve the best possible outcomes for our students.
Contact Details:
More information is available on our website.
|
|
|
|
|
