Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been wonderful to see the learning happening in our classrooms this term, especially during Numeracy sessions from Kindergarten to Stage 3.

Kindergarten, in particular, has been working diligently to count to 30, and order, read and represent numbers in the range 0 to 20. They have all enthusiastically engaged in a range of hands-on activities to assist their development of these concepts and have been estimating the number of objects in a group (up to 20) and counting to check their estimation.

NAPLAN

Dear Parents and Carers of Years 3 and 5 students,

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a point in time assessment of literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN tests in writing, reading, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.

This is just a reminder that the school is participating in NAPLAN Online between 10 and 20 May 2021.

Please see the following for individual test dates:

Tuesday 17 May	NAPLAN Conventions of Language
Wednesday 18 May	NAPLAN Numeracy

Excessive preparation for NAPLAN Online is not recommended. Students do not need to be able to touch type to complete NAPLAN Online as the tests are not about keyboard skills (just as the paper test is not about handwriting skills). Students can use the public demonstration site to familiarise themselves with the types of questions and tools available in the NAPLAN Online tests.

Please see the attached NAPLAN Online – Information for parents and carers sheet for further information.

If you have any questions about NAPLAN Online, please contact the school office.

Additional resources:

Kind Regards,

Elise Vinson

Leader of Pedagogy/ MaST Coordinator

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Leaders of Learning (Stage 1)

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Leaders of Learning (Stage 2)

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