A Look at Learning

Time for some Amazing Awards...

PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE

An enormous effort from our Librarian Karen Faint to organise the Premier's Reading Challenge, encourage endurance for reading, suggest the appropriate books and collate the results for our avid readers! Her enthusiasm and efficiency is most appreciated, thank you, Karen!

Also, an amazing effort from our readers who met the challenge set. Well done to the recipients of the PRC awards and in particular our Gold Award recipients. Special mention to Milla who is the first Year 2 students at our school to receive a gold certificate!

Gold Award certificates to

Milla McFarlane, Ned Newberry, Matthew Sauer, Charlie Bavea, Darcie Campbell, Chase Floyd, Jack Marshall, Flynn McFarlane and Brianna Marshall.

Participation Award certificates to

Evie Cox, Vincent Furphy, Haidee Hope, Eli Jackson, Axel Lockyer, William Neill, Thomas Sawaki-Gillard and Stirling Turner in Kindergarten.

Grayson Brettle, Mackenna Cleaer, Billie Cox, Lulu Cruickshank, Archie Floyd, Elinor Hill, Thomas Laing, Fergus McFarlane, Jack Newberry, Samuel Sauer, Brock Adams, Elliot Bush, Maddison Ellem and Ayva Simpson in Year 1/2.

Miles Furphy, Lachlan Cruickshank and Hugo Sisson in Year 3/4.

Catherine Furphy, Isabella Hayes, Scarlett Newberry, Darcy Sisson and Elle Bavea in Year 5/6.

Australian Mathematics Competition

Many of our older students opted to sit the Australian Mathematics Competition this year. The competition is supported by the Australia Maths Trust and the Canberra Mathematical Association.  It is a challenging set of questions and we are pleased that we can provide this opportunity in our school. The following results were obtained:

Participation

Christopher Welsh

Darcy Sisson

Isabella Hayes

Scarlett Newberry

Fergus Rosser

Proficiency

Flynn McFarlane

Kirby Nugent

Elle Bavea

Edward Newberry

Charlotte Bavea

Darcie Campbell

Hugo Sisson

Lachlan Rosser

Credit

Amelia Neill

James Neill

Congratulations to our Mathematicans!

Reporting Format for K/1/2 from 2023. 

As reports are soon to be released to parents in coming days, you might notice a change in language with the rollout of the New K-2 Syllabus for English & Mathematics. All students in K-2 will now be reported against a series of strands which align with the new content in this syllabii. 

Changes to Reporting with the New K-2 Syllabus

Since 2020 the NSW Curriculum Reform has been shaping a new K-2 Syllabus. This year, our K-2 teachers have been implementing the new English and Mathematics Syllabus. The new curriculum gives students more time to focus on key concepts so they can acquire a deeper understanding of essential knowledge and skills. It ensures students develop strong foundations for learning as they prepare for life and work in a complex and fast-changing world. 

The new syllabuses emphasise key concepts, identify essential knowledge and skills and include new outcomes to clearly show what is essential. To reflect the outcomes of the new English and Mathematics syllabuses, the language of the Semester 1 reports will change. Please see the tables below which compare the outcomes and language of the old and new syllabuses. If you have a child in Kindergarten, Year 1 or Year 2, these are the areas that you will see on your child’s report.  

* Please note that with the current structure of delivery of lesson topics in Mathematics, if your child has been absent for the entire duration of the Mathematics unit they may not receive a grade for that topic due to them not participating in the learning opportunities presented during this teaching time. 

SORA

Please remember that all students have access to SORA, our digital library platform. Simply access the website Here.

• ACEN Member Collection 

or select

• I have a setup code (at the bottom of the screen)

YOUR SETUP CODE IS:   CENETAU

You will be prompted to:

• Sign into your school
• Select ACEN Member Collection from the drop down menu.  
• Log in using your own personal username and password 

Username: is your school email address 

Password:  is the same password that you use to log into your Chromebooks every day at school!