May I take this opportunity to introduce myself to our new families. My name is Lucy Swan, and I am the Deputy Principal, Learning and Teaching. I look forward to working in partnership with you in guiding our students through a successful year and ensuring that they achieve the best possible results.

Catholic Regional College Caroline Springs prides itself on setting high expectations for all. This year will present your child with many challenges as they adapt to having new journeys, new teachers, new subjects, more homework and new friends to make. We have an excellent team of teachers at the College who continue to support every learning challenge with compassion and care.

At Catholic Regional College Caroline Springs, we believe homework should be a meaningful and worthwhile experience for students and is most effective in supporting learning when it has a clear purpose. Your child will be receiving regular homework throughout the term. For our new families detailed information regarding our Homework Policy is available on our learning management system (SEQTA engage) and can also be accessed via this link.

Homework provides students with opportunities to consolidate their classroom learning, pattern behaviour for lifelong learning beyond the classroom and involve family members in their learning. The setting of homework considers the need for students to have a balanced lifestyle. This includes sufficient time for family, recreation and community and cultural pursuits.

I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce/remind you of our Code of Academic Integrity (which can be accessed via this link and located on our SEQTA engage). Please take the time to familiarise yourselves with this information. As members of the academic community at Catholic Regional College Caroline Springs, we value academic integrity in all aspects of our work. Respect for one’s own academic work as well as respect for others’ work, is a vital part of integrity. For such reasons, we acknowledge others’ contributions and efforts in our work.

Our College values academic integrity and therefore has a zero tolerance of plagiarism or cheating. We take these breaches of academic integrity seriously and are committed to making sure all students understand and acknowledge the importance of maintaining academic integrity at all times.

Assessment Re-sit Policy

A 100-minute assessment re-sit period takes place each Tuesday from 3:20 - 5:00pm in the College cafeteria. This re-sit period is supervised to allow for students who have missed in-class assessment tasks to complete these, without the need to be absent for additional class time. Students attending the re-sit period are required to be present until 4:20pm for Assessment Tasks of 60 minutes duration or less, or until 5:00pm, for Assessment Tasks longer than 60 minutes. All parents/carers have signed a year-long Operoo Permission Form for their child to be eligible to attend the after-school assessment task re-sit period.

Catholic Regional College Caroline Springs continues to offer a wide variety of extra-curricular clubs and activities to support your child’s all-round development as well as academic excellence. We are fortunate to have so many staff members who give freely of their time for the betterment of the students. I would like you to join us by encouraging your child to participate as fully as possible and take advantage of the opportunities available to them. Information can be found on SEQTA engage. Alternatively, please click this link to download the file.

Thank you in advance for your continued support.