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Ashleigh Grech
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Ashleigh Grech
children to respect others, human rights and their own and other cultures. It
should also help them learn to live peacefully, protect the environment and
respect other people (UN, 2008). Ultimately, these two articles encapsulate
the underlying principles and visions of every Australian school. It seems as
though your school also violates these Rights of the Child.
I have one final policy to address. The Department of Education and Early
Childhood Development (2013) has developed Admission and Enrolment
policies, applicable to all Victorian schools. The admission policy has been
developed to ensure that schools collect relevant admission information,
obtain a completed enrolment form, collect and record an immunization
status certificate, ensure applicants are Australian citizens, or have relevant
student visas. The enrolment policy has been developed to ensure schools
enrol eligible students, maintain enrolment data, maintain their custodial
role, maintain student details and movements in enrolment history, and keep
all information confidential in accordance with the departments privacy
policy and Victorian privacy laws. These policies have been breached, and
therefore denied the right to education to a child.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could take some time to consider these
suggestions and review your schools policies and current stance on these
issues. I would be more than happy to meet with you to further discuss this
pressing matter. If we cannot reach an agreement, I will take this matter to
the Department of Education.
Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
Melinda Fletcher (Charlottes Aunt)
Ashleigh Grech
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Foreman, P. (Ed.)(2011). Inclusion in Action (3rd ed.). South Melbourne,
Victoria: Cengage Learning.
Ministerial Council on Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth
Affairs (2011). National Safe Schools Framework 1-12. [Booklet]. Retrieved
from http://docs.education.gov.au/node/20162
Schratzenstaller, A. (2010). The Classroom of the Past. In K. Makitalo-Siegl,
J. Zottmann, F. Kaplan & F. Fischer (Eds.), Classroom of the Future:
Orchestrating Collaborative Spaces (pp. 15-39). Netherlands: Sense
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Slavin, R. (2010). Co-operative learning: what makes group-work work? The
Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice, OECD Publishing.
United Nations (2008), Convention on the Rights of the Child. [Fact sheet].
Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf