Learning and Curriculum Primary - Stage 3
Da Vinci Decathlon
Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 students who represented the College at the Da Vinci Decathlon competition last Thursday. We are incredibly proud of the teamwork and perseverance that they demonstrated throughout the day. The finalised results of the top 16 schools in each discipline have been released, and we were thrilled to see our students feature. The Year 6 team placed an impressive equal 1st in Code Breaking and 3rd in English, while the Year 5 team placed 7th in Cartography, 12th in English, 8th in Science, 12th in Ideation and 16th in Legacy. Thank you to Ms Mazoudier for preparing the students for this wonderful experience.
Reports
Semester 1 reports will be made available via the TASS Parent Portal on Tuesday 23 June. This report captures important pastoral and academic information about your son’s progress thus far.
The Common Grade Scale shown below is used to report student achievement in primary years in all NSW schools. The Common Grade Scale describes performance at each of the five grade levels.
A large focus throughout this semester has been on teacher feedback in class and through assessments. Assessment Tasks are used to inform overall grades along with teacher professional judgement as part of student learning to track and monitor student progress. It is timely to reflect on assessment tasks that have gone home as we edge closer to Semester 1 reports being made available. Further information can be found here.
Grade | Description |
A | The student has an extensive knowledge and understanding of the content and can readily apply this knowledge. In addition, the student has achieved a very high level of competence in the processes and skills and can apply these skills to new situations. |
B | The student has a thorough knowledge and understanding of the content and a high level of competence in the processes and skills. In addition, the student is able to apply this knowledge and these skills to most situations. |
C | The student has a sound knowledge and understanding of the main areas of content and has achieved an adequate level of competence in the processes and skills. |
D | The student has a basic knowledge and understanding of the content and has achieved a limited level of competence in the processes and skills. |
E | The student has an elementary knowledge and understanding in few areas of the content and has achieved very limited competence in some of the processes and skills. |
In addition, students will be graded on the following ‘Student Attributes’ for each of their Key Learning Areas.
Application: A student's degree of readiness to find purpose in their own learning, readiness to work independently, and ability to direct their own academic growth.
Commitment To Study: A student's due diligence to the completion of classwork, assignments, homework, revision, and/or assigned study.
Conduct: The degree to which a student is polite towards the teacher and his peers, demonstrating courtesy and respect.
Engagement: The level to which the student actively participates in class activities and asks and answers questions.
Responsibility: The extent to which the student is punctual, prepared, and organised for the lesson.
The grading scale below will be applied to the ‘Student Attributes’.
Rarely (1) | Occasionally (2) | Satisfactorily (3) | Usually (4) | Consistently (5) |
Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews
Interviews will be scheduled for the afternoon and evening of Thursday 25 June from 3:40 PM to 9:00 PM in your son’s classroom (unless stated otherwise) and on Friday 26 June online from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM via Microsoft Teams. All interviews will have an allocated time of 10 minutes in duration. There is an expectation that students will be present for the interviews.
Booking Teacher Interviews
Parents/carers need to book interview times via the TASS Parent/Lounge using the interview tab. These will be open from Thursday 11 June at 9:00 AM until Wednesday 24 June at 9:00 AM.
Daniel Fields Sarah Tatola
Head of Curriculum – Stage 3 Head of Teaching and Learning (Stage 3)