Especean

Learning and Curriculum Primary - Stage 3

Reports 

Semester 1 Reports will be made available via the TASS Parent Portal later this term. 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.

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/Student/Teacher Interviews

A reminder that interviews will take place across two sessions at the end of Term 2.

 

Session 1 will be between 3:45 PM - 9:00 PM on Thursday 26 June, and Session 2 will take place between 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM on Friday 27 June. 

 

Interview selections will open to parents/carers in the TASS Parent Portal on Wednesday 12 June at 5:00 PM and will close at 9:00 AM on Wednesday 25 June. The 10-minute interviews will take place in your son’s classroom, with the exception of 6 Red and 6 Blue on Thursday 27 June where interviews will be held in the Westcourt Library. Students are to attend in their full Winter uniform.

WriteOn 2025

Students in Years 5 and 6 are invited to participate in the WriteOn 2025 competition. This is a writing competition run by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). This year’s text type is imaginative, and the stimulus quote can be found below.

 

Suggestions for imaginative texts for WriteOn 2025 may include:

  • diary or journal entries from an imaginary character

  • short prose fictional narratives (e.g., a short fantasy or adventure story)

  • character explorations

  • poetry.

The imaginative text chosen should relate to the stimulus and include intentional choices with appropriate text structures, features, and language to engage the audience. Entries can be up to 500 words and must be emailed to Mrs Tatola by Monday 16 June. One entry from Stage 3 will be submitted to WriteOn 2025. 

6 Red Class Spotlight

The students of 6 Red have had a busy first half of the term, working on their entries for the Whitlam Institute ‘What Matters’ writing competition, building catapults to test physical forces in science, and learning about the synoptic gospels in Religious Education. 

 

For their writing entries, students selected topics such as war, global peace, and grief. When reflecting on the synoptic gospels, the students stated that these gospels retell the story of Jesus from three different perspectives – Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Finally, some of the wonderful catapults can be seen on display in the images below.

Daniel Fields                                                                   Sarah Tatola                                               

Head of Curriculum (Stage 3)                                Head of Teaching and Learning (Stage 3)