Policies and reports
Our policies, reports and procedures help families and students understand how our school works. Our annual report and school plan show what we’ve done and how we’re improving each year. Our policies address attendance, absences, behaviour, uniform and how we respond to your concerns.
Annual School Report
Each year, we share our progress in the annual school report. It gives families a clear picture of how our school is performing and how we’re supporting every student’s success. The report reflects our commitment to openness, accountability and continuous improvement.
The report includes:
- what we’re doing well and where we’re improving
- student achievement and academic progress
- our school vision and goals
- key highlights and milestones
- challenges we’ve faced and how we’re addressing them.
School Excellence Plan
School Excellence Plans (SEP) are part of our shared commitment that every student learns, grows and belongs in an outstanding and equitable education system.
Our SEP is a working document which details the steps our school is taking to improve student outcomes.
The SEP:
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reflects the department’s plan for public education
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identifies the expected improvement in learning, teaching and leading based on specific strategies and initiatives
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is linked to our school budget, showing the resources that will be used to achieve the planned improvements
School Behaviour Support and Management Plan
Our school has a School Behaviour Support and Management Plan (SBSMP). The SBSMP helps us create a safe, respectful and supportive learning environment for all students. It sets clear expectations for student behaviour. This includes how we respond to bullying and cyberbullying. We work together with our school community to shape the plan and review it each year.
School Community Charter
Our school uses the department's School Community Charter to ensure all of our communication is collaborative and respectful.
The School Community Charter outlines the responsibilities of parent/carer(s), educators and school staff in NSW public schools to ensure our learning environments are collaborative, supportive and cohesive.
Code of Conduct
Our school's Code of Conduct are principles and rules outlining the expected behavior and responsibilities of students, staff, and parents to create a safe, respectful, and effective learning environment.
Anti-bullying
What is bullying
How to identify bullying, and signs your child might be involved in bullying at school.
Bullying is defined by three key features:
- it involves a misuse of power in a relationship
- it is intentional, ongoing and repeated
- it involves behaviours that can cause harm.
Having a disagreement with a friend, or a single incident or argument is not defined as bullying. These behaviours may be upsetting, and should be resolved, but they are not bullying.
Physical and verbal bullying, such as kicking or name calling can be easy to see (overt). Other types of bullying, such as social exclusion or spreading rumours are not as easy to see (covert).
A person can be bullied about many different things such as how they look, sound or speak; their background, religion, race or culture including being Aboriginal; they have a disability; their size or body shape; their schoolwork, hobbies or achievements; or other ways they may be different.
Bullying can also happen online using technology such as the internet or mobile devices. This is called cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying is different from other forms of bullying:
- It is more likely to happen outside school.
- Harmful material can be shared quickly and long after the first incident.
- It can happen anytime, day or night.
- It is more difficult for children to defend themselves or get away.
What does cyberbullying look like?
cyberbullying might include:
- sending abusive text messages and emails
- posting hurtful or threatening material on social media like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, or on gaming sites
- imitating or excluding others online
- inappropriate comments on pictures of others
- threatening another person to do something such as sending revealing images.
How do I keep my child safe?
There are a number of key ways to keep your child safe online.
- Remind your child to tell a trusted adult if they are bullied online.
- Tell your child not to share their passwords with others.
- Remind your child to only give their mobile number or personal information to trusted friends.
- Talk with your child and understand the ways in which they are using the internet and their mobile phone.
- Find out the age restrictions for the sites and applications your child wants to use.
- Depending on the age of your child, set up your own accounts and ‘friend’ your child. By doing this, you can understand how the site’s privacy settings work, see what your child posts online and how your child responds to posts made by others.
- Make sure that your child’s account settings are set to ‘private’ to control who sees their information.
- Know how to block unwanted users.
- Encourage your child to only be friends online with people they know in day-to-day life.
- Remind your child to think carefully before they post comments, or upload or send images online.
How to report cyberbullying
- Keep records or screen shots of calls or messages that are offensive or hurtful.
- Report serious cyberbullying behaviour to The eSafety CommissionerExternal link.
- Call the police if your child is physically threatened.
For further advice about reporting online bullying use this support toolExternal link.
Mobile phone procedures
Mitchell High School is committed to improving teaching and learning by making our school a mobile phone-free learning environment. This procedure seeks to ensure that the learning environment at school is one that recognises the right for students to learn and teachers to teach without interference or distractions from personal electronic devices.
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