Teaching & Learning

Student Book Packs

Student book packs are still available to order through WINC if you haven’t done so already.

Full booklist details and the ordering process can be found through the link below.

Parent contributions can be made online with your book pack order or directly at the school office.

Additionally, if you sourced your own stationery and you require a Spelling Mastery textbook for your child/children, please contact the office and they can assist you.

As mentioned in last week’s newsletter our Year 3 and 5 students have NAPLAN coming up later this term- see the table below for dates and times.

Here’s some simple information for parents and carers about NAPLAN:

• All students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in Australia do NAPLAN tests in March  each year. 
• NAPLAN tests students’ skills in reading, writing and maths. 
• The test questions are presented in Standard Australian English dialect.
• Students read some of the questions and listen to others with headphones.  
• The tests will get easier or harder, depending on how students are going in the test.  
• Students will participate in four tests:

• Students in Year 3 will do the Writing test using pencil and paper. Year 3 students will answer the other test questions on the computer. 
• Students in Years 5, 7 and 9 will answer all their test questions on computers/iPads.
• Teachers will help students get ready for NAPLAN tests. 
• Schools will get their students’ results. The school will then give parents/carers a report showing their own child’s results.   
• Parents/carers can talk to the teacher about these results. 
• NAPLAN shows how students are going all over Australia. People who work in the Australian  Government, state and territory education authorities and schools use NAPLAN results. The results  let them see which schools are doing well and which schools might need help. 

Further information for parents and carers can be found HERE and we will continue sending information over the next few weeks.

One practical thing that you can do at the moment is to ensure that your child/children has a pair of headphones for NAPLAN compatible with their device, or school device if using the school’s. There are some very affordable options available at all the well-known retail stores, such as those pictured below.

As mentioned above, if you have any questions regarding NAPLAN, please contact your child’s classroom teacher.