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Repeated Updates

Annual Hazard Inspection Calendar

In response to feedback received following WHS onsite visits, Workplace Safety and Wellbeing has developed an Annual Hazard Inspection Calendar, to support ongoing safety and efficiency within CEDoW schools.

By providing a structured approach to the completion of regular WHS inspections, this calendar not only streamlines the process of maintaining a safe school environment but also reinforces a positive safety culture across CEDoW's learning and working environments.

Can you find all the hazards?

To help identify some everyday safety hazards within the workplace why not try Safework’s Interactive Activity?

If you have any questions regarding the Annual Hazard Inspection Calendar, please contact the Workplace Safety and Wellbeing Team at whs@dow.catholic.edu.au.

For the full range of CEDoW’s workplace, safety, and wellbeing resources visit the Workplace Safety and Wellbeing Hub on Gateway.

DOW Lenten Program – 50% discount available for CEDoW

For: Principals and RECs/Leaders of Mission

The Diocese of Wollongong's 2025 Lenten Program book and CD, METANOIA, are now available for purchase via the DOW website.

As in previous years, the book and CDs are available at 50% off for DOW parishes, schools and religious communities.

To take advantage of the special price on the website, select the purchase option Australian Catholic Religious Group, enter ABN, and then apply the coupon code: dowspecial during checkout.

Any questions please email orders@dow.org.au or call (02) 4222 2411.

CEDoW 2025 Timeline: NCCD and Personalised Planning

Key dates and activities are noted in the linked CEDoW 2025 Timeline: NCCD and Personalised Planning document. School NCCD teams are invited to make a copy of the document and store it with their NCCD data to guide the 2025 NCCD process.

Changes may be made to the master copy throughout the year. CEDoW will inform schools of these changes via Gateway.

Please note two significant activities in Term 1:

Schools should communicate the commencement of the 2025 NCCD to the broader school community. A National Fact Sheet is available in the NCCD portal should schools choose to direct parents to this resource and/or use some or part of the content in school newsletters.
Staff should engage in professional learning related to the Disability Standards for Education (DSE). Every three years, staff should complete the 8 DSE lessons appropriate to their role, located in the Professional Learning section of the NCCD portal. (registration is required) Refresher training is available in LMS for years two and three of the three-year professional learning cycle under the following titles -
- Disability Standards for Education Refresher Module - Teaching Staff
- Disability Standards for Education Refresher Module - Non-teaching Staff

As School NCCD teams commence this year’s process they should also familiarise themselves with the 2025 NCCD Guidelines now available in the NCCD portal.

Expression of Interest – Principal Representative for Support Class Placement Panel

For: Principals

Link: Expression of Interest

As you are aware, a new CEDoW Support Class Procedure is in the final stages of review. It is intended that semester one of 2025 will be used as a familiarisation phase for this procedure. With this in mind, we have a perfect opportunity to begin to work with the structures outlined in the procedure, allowing time to make any final necessary adjustments prior to its date of implementation.

Therefore, we are seeking support from our principal colleagues. As part of the procedure, principal representation is required for the Support Class Placement Panel. Panel meetings are scheduled in weeks 3 and 7 of each term, with additional panel meetings being scheduled (if required), during the peak enrolment period. If you are interested in this role, we are asking for a commitment of one semester (either Terms 1 and 2 or Terms 3 and 4).

Sections 5.4 and 5.5 of the Procedure (still in draft) provide an overview of the responsibilities of the Support Class Placement Panel and have been extracted below:

5.4. The Support Class Placement Panel, upon receipt of a placement request, must consider the placement request and assess:

(a) whether there are any available places within the support class (see further, section 5.6) [section 5.6 sets out the general maximum places for each category of support class]

(b) the student’s individual needs and support preferences;

(c) whether the student’s needs are reasonably likely to be met by placement in the support class having regard to, amongst other things, the size and composition of the support class;

(d) the complexity of needs of all support class students, prospective and current; and

(e) the context of the school as a whole.

5.5. The Support Class Placement Panel must determine the outcome of a placement request on the basis of the assessment carried out under section.

5.4. The possible outcomes of a placement request are that the request is supported, deferred or declined.

You are welcome to contact Katie Carroll for additional information via email or phone at carrollk02@dow.catholic.edu.au or on 0418 620 219.