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Posted on 28 Oct 2024

AAA Extravaganza celebrating our incredible Arts/Tech Faculty is happening Tuesday Week 3 5pm in the ADHS Hall. Grab a sizzling sausage, cold drink, snacks and enjoy our amazing dance, music, drama, photography, media, visual arts, metal, wood and fashion students work. Hope to see you there!



Canteen News!

Posted on 22 Oct 2024

Alfred Deakin High Canteen will be using Flexischools for you to place recess and lunch orders starting Monday 21st October. To celebrate our new ordering platform Flexischools and WCS are giving away a free frozen juice cup & garlic bread on Thursday 24th October to the first 400 people that setup their account, simply login to order your free juice cup & garlic bread. Australia's #1 school ordering solution, Flexischools, operates in more than 1700 schools across Australia, enabling parents and students to order and pay for school lunches, uniform shop items, and school community events online or via the Flexischools app.


Parent Workshop: Boundaries Without Conflict

Posted on 13 Sep 2024

7 Weeks, Term 4, 2024 Wednesdays 12:30 - 2:30pm Hedley Beare Centre for Teaching and Learning Fremantle Dr, Stirling 

  • Take positive action to address your child's challenging behaviours
  • Learn skills to deescalate conflict
  • Make positive changes in your family's interactions
Please note this group is open to parent of students in Years 4-12

Register your interest by scanning the QR code:

 


WHAT IS THE BOUNDARIES WITHOUT CONFLICT PARENTING PROGRAM?

Boundaries Without Conflict is a group parenting program facilitated by the School Psychology Service aimed at helping parents/carers address their child's challenging, violent, or destructive behaviours. During the program parents/carers will develop a clear plan to address their child's challenging behaviours, feel more in control, and explore how to communicate without promoting escalation.

WHAT DOES THE GROUP INVOLVE?  

Boundaries Without Conflict is a multi-week program with each session running for two hours. Each group will have approximately 15 participating families (one or both parents/carers) and is facilitated by at least one psychologist. Activities are based on the Non-Violent Resistance evidence based therapeutic approach. It includes whole and small group activities and take home tasks are set for between sessions. Children do not attend the program 

ARE THERE ANY RISKS FOR PARTICIPANTS? 

It's possible that when participants start to use the strategies taught in the program, they or their child may initially experience a higher level of distress as challenging behaviours are addressed. However, as participants continue learning and practicing a wider range of strategies, these are likely to reduce.

HOW WILL INFORMATION BE KEPT AND SHARED? 

Information shared within the group is confidential and is not shared outside of the group. Should facilitators become concerned about a child's safety or well-being external agencies will be notified. Where appropriate, the facilitators will endeavour to assist families identify the appropriate next steps in gaining support. At the beginning and end of the program participants will be asked to complete short questionnaires. This data is used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and to get an understanding of how participants are travelling. File notes regarding parent/carer's involvement in the program will be recorded, stored securely, and will be placed on an electronic student School Counselling File at the child's school. 


Parent Workshop: Overcoming Anxious School Refusal

Posted on 13 Sep 2024

 7 Weeks, Term 4, 2024 Wednesday 9:30 - 11:30am Hedley Beare Centre for Teaching and Learning Fremantle Dr, Stirling

- Take positive action to increase your child's ability to cope with anxiety

- Learn skills to address your child's anxious avoidance

- Learn how to communicate without escalating strong emotions

 

Please note this group is open to parent of students in Years 4-12

Register your interest by scanning the QR code:


WHAT IS THE OASR PARENTING PROGRAM?

OASR is a group parenting program aimed at helping parents/carers increase their child's ability to cope with anxiety and decrease anxious avoidance. During the program parents/carers will develop a clear plan to address their child's anxious behaviours, recruit and engage supporters, and explore how to communicate without promoting escalation.

WHAT DOES THE GROUP INVOLVE?

Addressing Your Child's Anxious Avoidance is a multi-week program with each session running for two hours. Each group will have approximately 15 participating families (one or both parents/carers) and is facilitated by two school psychologists. Activities are based on the Non-Violent Resistance evidence-based therapeutic approach. It includes whole and small group activities and take home tasks are set for between sessions. Children do not attend the sessions with parents/carers. 

ARE THERE ANY RISKS FOR PARTICIPANTS?

It's possible that when participants start to use the strategies taught in the program, they or their child may initially experience a higher level of distress as anxious behaviours are addressed. However, as participants continue learning and practicing a wider range of strategies, these are likely to reduce.

HOW WILL INFORMATION BE KEPT AND SHARED?

Information shared within the group is confidential and is not shared outside of the group. Should facilitators become concerned about a child's safety or well-being external agencies will be notified. Where appropriate, the facilitators will endeavour to assist families to identify the appropriate next steps in gaining support. At the beginning and end of the program participants will be asked to complete short questionnaires. This data is used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and to get an understanding of how participants are travelling. File notes regarding parent/carer involvement in the program will be recorded, stored securely, and will be placed on an electronic student School Psychology file.


Parent Portal

Posted on 07 May 2024

Parent Portal is a secure online platform used to share student information between you and your child’s teachers.

Using the Parent Portal on your mobile phone, tablet or computer, you can:

  • notify us if your child is sick or explain an absence
  • book parent-teacher interviews
  • receive academic reports
  • receive our school newsletter
  • receive messages from your child’s teachers
  • make payments
  • access the school calendar and your child’s student timetable.

One of the many benefits of the Parent Portal is that it will be used by all ACT public schools from preschool through to year 12, so there will be no need to use a different system as children change schools during their public-school journey. If you have children at nearby schools you will not need to sign up to the system twice. You will be able to easily add a student to your account once their school has access to the Parent Portal.

If you already have a Parent Portal account, use this Parent Portal access link to start using the great features. You can’t access Parent Portal directly through the ACT Digital Account website, you need to use the link above. When you are logged into Parent Portal, we recommend saving the browser as a favourite or to the homepage on your mobile phone for quick access in the future. The website can only be viewed using a web browser on your computer, mobile phone or tablet. An app is not available at this time.

If you still need to register, you will need an access key and a Parent Portal registration link via email to link your existing account to your child’s records. If you haven’t received this, please contact the school’s front office team for assistance.

If you have any questions, please contact the Front Office at info@adhs.act.edu.au or on 6142 3888

For more information about Parent Portal, visit the Education Directorate website: https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/parent-portal.