Principal's Report
NAPLAN
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year.
NAPLAN assesses the literacy and numeracy skills that students are learning through the school curriculum and allows parents/carers to see how their child is progressing against national proficiency standards. NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process. It does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance, but it can provide teachers with additional information about students’ educational progress. NAPLAN also provides schools, education authorities and governments with information about how education programs are working and whether young Australians are achieving important educational outcomes in literacy and numeracy.
Online NAPLAN tests are designed to provide precise results and are engaging for students. The tests are tailored (or adaptive) which means that each test presents questions that may be more or less difficult depending on a student’s responses. This helps students remain engaged with the assessment. Tailored testing allows a wider range of student abilities to be assessed and measures student achievement more precisely. A student’s overall NAPLAN result is based on both the number and complexity of questions they answer correctly. Your child should not be concerned if they find questions challenging; they may be taking a more complex test pathway. All Year 3 students will continue to complete the writing assessment on paper.
Our NAPLAN testing period will be:
Wednesday 12th of March - Writing
Thursday 13th March - Reading
Friday 14th March - Conventions of Language/Grammar and Punctuation
Tuesday 18th March - Numeracy
SCHOOL COUNCIL
Thank you to the parents and carers who have nominated to be on our School Council.
We do still have two parent/carer vacancies so if you are interested in joining us please let the office know.
Our School Council for 2025 members are:
Jo Emond (Principal/ Executive Officer)
Daniel Young
Aaron Randall
Jess McCabe
Jaqueline Attard
Bec Borg (DET representative)
Jaclyn Milward (DET representative)
Our next School Council meeting will be held on Tuesday 18th of March, office bearers will be determined at this meeting.
PROTECTIVE INTERVENTION TRAINING
Monday 17th March is a curriculum day. Staff will be participating in a day of training of with TESSA (Therapeutic Engagement Support Services Association) Protective Intervention - core training for school staff dealing with critical incidents and high levels of behaviour if they occur and how to keep themselves and others safe.
Schools Out will be offering care on this day if required.
2025 EASTER RAFFLE
Our annual Easter Raffle is back! In the coming days your child/ren will be bringing home raffle tickets. We ask that all families make a donation for our Easter hampers and the raffle will be drawn on the last assembly of Term 1, Friday 4th of April. All funds raised will go towards our purchasing the items on our wish list for 2025.
BIKE EDUCATION YEAR 4
During the last week of term 1, our year 4 students will participate in a Bike Education course. All students will require a bike a helmet to join in and will need to bring it to school on Monday 31st of March. If this is a problem, please let Wiley or Celeste know.
Further information will be posted on Compass as we get closer to the end of term.
I am listening to ...
PODCAST recommendation - This podcast is brilliant, I learnt so much about my own sleep habits and how our brains really need to be 'washed' each night to start afresh the next day. I highly recommend listening to this podcast so you too can think about how you can improve your own (and your families) sleep hygiene.
The Imperfects - Maria Ruberto (Psychologist) " Sleep"
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-imperfects/id1476501557?i=1000692814647
I am reading...The 'Let Them' Theory by Mel Robbins
I am enjoying ... at work, building relationships with our fabulous, clever, funny new prep students and at home I am harvesting so many cucumbers and tomatoes. Your own veggies always taste that much better :)