Principal's Message
Dear Holy Family Parents and Carers,
NAPLAN
What’s changing?
From 2023, NAPLAN results are reported against proficiency standards with 4 levels of achievement to give teachers, parents and carers clearer information on how students are performing.
Why do students do NAPLAN?
NAPLAN 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 all Australian students have the opportunity to undertake.
As students progress through their school years, it’s important to check how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and numeracy. 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 standards.
NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process. It doesn’t 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.
Earlier this week, Holy Family parents will have received their child’s NAPLAN results. Our overall initial analysis indicates students’ results have been very pleasing and the school has achieved excellent results compared to the National Schools average in all domains.
The data gives us feedback to indicate that Collaborative Coaching, whole school strategic planning and a relentless focus on student improvement are making a huge difference to the learning improvement of our students. Our next step will be spending time doing a deep dive into analysing the data to inform teaching and learning programs.
"The Leader in Me" Open Day - Thursday, 10th August
Please come and experience first-hand why Holy Family is a great choice for your child and why the "Leader in Me" program is such an important aspect of the students' learning.
The invitation is open to both current and prospective parents. We would love to see you at school for the presentation followed by a visit to each classroom to see each of the habits in action.
Our Open Day will include:
- 9.00am – 10.00am - The ‘Leader in Me’ presentation in Mackillop Hall led by
- 10.00am-10.50am Classroom visits to see "The Leader in Me" learning in action
- 10.50am -11.30am - picnic morning tea
Bookings are essential. We look forward to welcoming you to our school on Thursday 10th August 2023.
https://www.hfldbb.catholic.edu.au/news-events/open-day/
Enrolments for 2024
We encourage parents to organise a time to tour our wonderful school to see "Learning In Action" and our "Point of Difference".
- All children must be in compulsory schooling by their 6th birthday
- Children can start Kindergarten at the beginning of the school year if they turn 5 on or before 31 July that year
- Students should start at the beginning of the year
- Contact the school office to discuss enrolment procedures
We encourage any family who is currently connected to Holy Family school who have a child who is coming to school in 2024 to complete and lodge an enrolment form as soon as possible to ensure a place for the new school year. Please contact the school office 9416 7200 or via info@holyfamily.nsw.edu.au
Mercy College Chatswood presentation
I would like to extend an invitation to all female students from Year 2-6 and their parents to meet Brenda Timp, Mercy College principal for a 30-minute presentation.
Date: Tuesday, 8th August
Time: 2.00-2.30pm
Venue: Holy Family library
Coles Development Update from Tim Cassar - Site Manager
Update for works progressing onsite this week as follows:
Please find updated works for the week as follows:
- Complete foundation piling and footing works to LG2.
- Continue FRC to lift bases and walls on LG2.
- Complete footings and walls from basement to LG3.
- Continue with inground services to LG2.
God Bless you and your families.
Pauline Dinale
Principal