Important Announcements

From the  Director of Senior School (Teaching and Learning) – Ms Shannon Armitage

COURSE CHANGES

Please note that Semester 1 course changes for students in Years 9–12, are no longer possible. Year 12 students who wish to withdraw from a subject still have until August to make their final decision. The next opportunity for Year 11 students to make course changes will be in Week 8 of Term 2, immediately following the Semester 1 examinations. Year 9 and 10 students may request changes to Semester 2 options at the end of this semester.

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM LITERACY AND NUMERACY (NAPLAN) 

Wednesday 13 March – Monday 25 March 2024

NAPLAN is a national assessment, and all Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students are expected to participate. The tests are designed to provide a summative, nationally comparable understanding of student performance in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions and Numeracy. No undue emphasis is placed on these tests; however, they do provide some valuable information to teachers, parents, and students. It is important to note that the results do not impact a student’s school report or academic future at the College. The assessment work completed throughout the year will be the best indicator of your child’s progress during this time. 

A schedule for the Term 1 NAPLAN assessments and further information can be found on MyASC under Curriculum Information. For more information about NAPLAN visit nap.edu.au

OLNA ROUND 1 – Term 2 Monday 22 April – Friday 3 May 2024

The OLNA is an online literacy and numeracy assessment. It is designed to enable students to successfully meet the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) requirement of demonstrating the minimum standard of literacy and numeracy.

Students who have achieved the required standard of the three components of reading, writing and numeracy in their Year 9 NAPLAN are acknowledged as having demonstrated proficiency in using a range of ACSF Level 3 skills in that component, and will not be required to sit the corresponding OLNA component.

Year 11 and 12 students who have not met the minimum standard will be required to sit the OLNA Round 1 test. Relevant parents/guardians will receive information via email at the end of this term. OLNA Information for Parents/Carers brochure is available online HERE.

Pastoral Care Review

At the College we strive to continuously improve the wellbeing and pastoral care support that we provide for all students. To help facilitate this process, we seek input from parents, students and staff about our structures and the support that we offer. We invite you to complete the following survey by clicking HERE.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact our Director of Senior School (Wellbeing), Mrs Jeanette Sealy, directly at jeanette.sealy@allsaints.wa.edu.au