Curriculum Updates

NAPLAN 2025

A huge congratulations to the students in Grades 3 and 5 completing their NAPLAN assessments this week. The last test will be on Monday. We will endeavour to catch up any assessments that students might have missed due to absence. 

The message is always the same regarding NAPLAN - it doesn't measure how kind you are, how resilient you are or your talents on the sporting field, art room or when performing. It doesn't measure how you show responsibility for your environment, or how great you are at telling jokes. It is one test on one day. 

We treat it as such but also know that there can be value in analysing and exploring the evidence gathered from NAPLAN.

The NAPLAN data is one piece of evidence used to measure progress towards our Annual Implementation Plans.  It also helps us to identify trends in the data that demonstrate where our teaching programs are having the desired impact and also to inform us about potential gaps. 

The NAPLAN data also informs our TLI program.  We are required to prioritise cohorts in Years 3 and 5 to target any students who have been identified as Needs Additional Support (NAS) in Reading and Maths. 

We can then support other students across the school in TLI based on students who are significantly below expected levels (12 or more months) in these areas.  

Premier's Reading Challenge

The Challenge is now in its 20th year! The Challenge encourages students to read a set number of books over the year and record their efforts online. Since the Challenge first began in 2005, more than 4.5 million students have read over 63 million books.

If your child would like to enter the challenge, please respond to the Compass event when it is live on Compass to give your consent. 

Here is some information about the requirements of the challenge. 

Number of books you need to read

Prep to Year 2

• Number of books: 30
• Number of books from the Challenge book list: 20 or more

Year 3 to Year 6

• Number of books: 15
• Number of books from the Challenge book list: 10 or more

What you can read

Most of the books you read should be from the Challenge book lists. The rest can be any book you choose.

You can read books on the book list for your year level or a level above and they'll count towards your Challenge total. You should check with your teachers or parents if you're not in a year level but want to read a book from that list. This list includes titles for mature readers.

You can read a book from a level below your year level if your teacher agrees. You still need to read the number of books for your year level to meet the Challenge.

It would be great to see more students take The Challenge on this year!

Harmony Day 

Next Friday, 21st of March is Harmony Day! Students will be completing some learning in class to celebrate cultural diversity. 

Harmony Day is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by a set of core Australian values. 

Students can wear 'a touch of orange' for the day - an orange ribbon, wrist band, headband, soc etc. (School uniform is required). Australia is a lucky country to be blessed by such amazing multiculturalism - let's celebrate our different cultures and appreciate all that migration has brought to our country.