Assistant Principal's Report

SEMESTER ONE REPORTS

Semester One reports will be available for parents to access via Compass on Wednesday 24th June .

The semester one reports, under the guidelines of the Victorian Curriculum cover the Learning Areas of:

English - 

• Reading and Viewing
• Speaking and Listening
• Writing

Mathematics - 

The Department of Education  mandates that Mathematics be shared as one overall mark. 

At Wheelers Hill Primary School we value and want to provide guidance for parents on student achievement in individual strands of mathematics. This will be presented in a tabular form.  

Our Discovery Curriculum covers a two year cycle which is reported on for Years 3 - 6 students. 

For Semester 1 2026 our Inquiry units are:

Year 3 - Humanities (Civics and Citizenship and History) 

Year 4 - Humanities (Geography) and The Arts (Media Arts)

Year 5 - Humanities (Civics and Citizenship and History)

Year 6 - Humanities (Geography) and Health

Specialist subjects reported on are -

• Health and Physical Education
• Visual Arts
• Performing Arts (Dance, Drama and Music)
• Languages Other Than English (French or Mandarin)
• STEM  
• EAL (English as an Additional Language) for those students who receive this support.

• Library

   

The Learning Capabilities address the key transferable skills and understandings essential to all areas of learning. 

This semester we will report on :

• Personal and Social Capabilities (Prep - 6)
• Ethical Capabilities (Year 3 - 6)
• Critical and Creative Thinking Capabilities (Year 3 - 6)

• Intercultural  Capabilities (Year 3 - 6)

   

A huge thank you to our teachers for the work they do (both in and out of school time) in collecting and analysing the data to provide comprehensive reports for our parent community. Teachers (both class and specialists) moderate their report marks in their year level teams to ensure consistency and individually meet with a member of the principal class leadership team to discuss their assessment results, and look through the  data for each child.  These structures provide confidence and assurance that our teachers know their students very well.  

 If you have any queries or questions regards the reports or the reporting process please don’t hesitate to email me. 

ICAS (International Competitions and Assessments for Schools) 

BOOKINGS CLOSE NEXT THURSDAY 18th JUNE.  

THERE WILL BE NO BOOKINGS ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE. 

Once again Wheelers Hill Primary School will be participating in the ICAS Assessments this year. 

ICAS is designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, and Digital Technologies.  

Each assessment celebrates students’ accomplishments by providing opportunities for recognition. Every student will receive a certificate and an online result report. 

The assessments are suitable for students wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment. 

ICAS Assessments are an online test. This allows greater accessibility for students and faster delivery of results.  

Learn more about ICAS here: https://www.icasassessments.com/products-icas/subjects/

Participation in ICAS testing is optional.

 Wheelers Hill Primary School allocates the offering of the tests available based on our ability to manage the online nature of the tests and ensure we are able to provide devices.

Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you are unsure if your child should participate. 

ICAS TEST DATES and COSTS for 2026

Please Note : 

• In 2026 we are offering English, Maths, Science and Digital Technologies tests.  
• If your child is absent on the day their year level is doing a test we will endeavour to provide them the opportunity to do the test at another time within that week.

Payment and Permission Information

ICAS fees for 2026 will be paid through the Trybooking.

To enable us to have time to manage the devices across the school and establish a timetable for each day of the ICAS tests we request that all payments are made by 5pm on Thursday 18th June.  NO EXCEPTIONS

You will need to make a separate booking for each child who will be undertaking the tests.

Please note there will be no refunds if your child is absent or unable to do the test. (If your child is absent will do our best to provide an opportunity for a catch up test – but we are unable to guarantee this). This must be done in the week the test is undertaken. 

Please click on this link to access Trybooking:    https://www.trybooking.com/DLWVG

Nude Food

SCHOOL PRIDE

Thank you to 4SM for heading outside to participate in School Pride.

Leasyl Richards

Leasyl.Richards@education.vic.gov.au