Principal Notes

Best Start 

Best Start Kindergarten Assessment identifies students’ literacy and numeracy skills on entry to Kindergarten. All Kindergarten students complete the literacy and numeracy assessment in the first five weeks of school. This assessment will be conducted over the next few weeks. 

NAPLAN 2025 

NAPLAN (National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy) is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year. It is the only national assessment that all Australian students have the opportunity to undertake. Years 3 and 5 students will participate in the NAPLAN from 12th until 24th March. 

NAPLAN tests students’ skills in reading, writing and maths. Students will complete four different tests – Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language (spelling, grammar, and punctuation) and Numeracy. All tests are online- students will use computers to complete their tests, except for Year 3 Writing which is paper based. 

Please talk to your child’s teacher if you have any questions about your child completing the NAPLAN tests. 

Attendance 

Attendance monitoring and recording student attendance is a legal requirement of the school. If your child is absent from school for any reason, parents are required to provide an explanation of their absence. To help us with this, if your child is absent for any reason could you please ensure you contact the office. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.