Learning & Teaching

Grade 3/4 Camp

This Monday our Year 3/4 students will be going on an overnight camp to Narmbool Environmental Discovery Camp in Elaine, VIC. Hidden away on a historic working farm just 90 minutes from Melbourne, 45 minutes from Geelong and 30 minutes from Ballarat, Narmbool is a tranquil 2,000 hectare property offering unique educational opportunities. Narmbool encompasses a number of significant ecosystems including pastures and grazing land, native bush and a variety of waterways. Sustainable farming is carefully balanced with environmental education, research and the enhancement of biodiversity through re-vegetation and habitat improvement.

NAPLAN Online

In May each year, students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN).  NAPLAN has been progressively moving online in previous years.  This means NAPLAN has adapted from the paper-based tests to computer-based assessments.  The transition to NAPLAN Online commenced at Our Holy Redeemer in 2018, with OHR being amongst the first 500 schools across the nation to participate in the online assessment format. 

From 10 May our students in Years 3 and 5 will sit the tests again using the online format.  Only the Year 3 Writing Test will still be administered nationally as a paper-based test.  Towards the end of last term our students sat a practice test session to familiarise themselves with the online platform. 

NAPLAN Online uses a tailored test or adaptive design, where the test automatically adapts to a student’s performance and asks questions that match the student’s achievement level, allowing the student to demonstrate their knowledge.  This provides teachers and schools with more targeted and detailed information on students’ performance on the tests.