WINTERS FLAT PRIMARY SCHOOL – CASTLEMAINE
FLAT CHAT Telephone No. 5472 1522 - Fax No. 5472 3744 WFPS Website - http://www.winters-flat-ps.vic.edu.au/ - E-mail – winters.flat.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Tuesday 16th October, 2012
No. 31
Dear Parents,
INDUSTRIAL ACTION
COMING EVENTS
Industrial action is continuing, with agreement not yet TUESDAYS – SCHOOL BANKING being met. Approved action: • stop work in any school which is visited by a OCTOBER Member of Parliament (including a Minister) belonging to Walk to School Month. one of the Coalition parties for the duration of the visit th Wed. 17 Mac TB – ‘The Good Table’ SAKG. by the Member of Parliament or for one hour, whichever th Wed. 17 ‘Passport Program’ CSC Transition – 2.00 is the longer; to 3.00pm. • statewide bans on the use of the Ultranet, the nd Mon. 22 School Assembly – Mac J. implementation of National Curriculum and nd Mon. 22 Grades 3/4 T/20 Cricket. participating in teacher or parent surveys administered rd Tues. 23 Grades 5/6 T/20 Cricket. by or on behalf of the DEECD th Wed. 24 Mango orders due back at school. • bans on responding to emails emanating from Thurs. 25th Scholastic Book Club orders due back. the Department including from Regional Offices of the th Fri. 26 National Bandanna Day. Department. Matters impacting the health and safety of th Fri. 26 World Teachers Day. the school community, including students, are excluded th Fri. 26 P-2 Kickball. from this ban. Mon. 29th School Assembly – Mac M. • bans and limitations on reporting VELS Tues. 30th Commonwealth Student Banking token student achievement data to the Department. Exempted redemption day. from this ban will be the processing and uploading of achievement data for senior students via the Victorian NOVEMBER Assessment Software System (VASS) Mon. 5th School Assembly – Mac TB. • bans and limitations on written comments th Tues. 6 PUBLIC HOLIDAY – Melbourne Cup. on numerical data in student reports for each th Mon. 12 School Assembly – Mac O. subject. Exempted from this ban will be reporting on th Mon. 19 School Assembly – Mac K. VELS progression points, Satisfactory/Not Satisfactory st Wed. 21 Grade 5/6 Camp – Dunkeld. information for VCE, VCAL and VET, and equivalent rd to Fri. 23 information for specialised settings Mon. 26th School Assembly – Mac W. • bans on employing or arranging the employment of casual staff to replace union members who are unavailable as a result of undertaking protected stop work action • Regional stoppages of work from 16 October 2012 to 31 October 2012 commencing at 12am on the relevant day and ending 3 hours and 48 minutes after each member's usual time of commencing duty. A half day stop work for our region is planned for the morning of October 24th. This will affect classes at Winters Flat - advice will be sent home prior to this stop work. At last night's meeting School Council received a letter from the Winters Flat PS AEU Sub-branch which described the current industrial situation and detailed the possible actions should agreement not be reached. This letter was discussed and the following motion was passed unanimously. ‘School Council endorses the action that our teaching and support staff are taking during the current industrial dispute. We believe these steps are important in safeguarding the quality of our children’s education.’