Teaching and Learning 

Semester 2 Reports

Continuing on from my previous newsletter article, I wanted to take the opportunity to elaborate on The Semester 2 Specialist report. 

As mentioned, students will receive a mark ranging from ‘Needs Support’ to ‘Excellent’ for 5 separate Work Habits, including:

• Effort and Engagement (formally ‘Effort’)

• Individual and Group Work

• Organisation and Time Management 

• Respect and Safety (formally ‘Behaviour’), and

• Communication and Feedback.

Work Habits Rubric 

The Work Habits Rubric will also be included in your child’s report. The purpose of the rubric is twofold:

1)  to provide clarity to staff when assessing a student within the 5 Work Habits and ensure consistency and fairness.

2) to provide parents with clarity and transparency on the skills and dispositions within each of the 5 Work Habit categories. 

There are a number of statements within each Work Habit area, teachers will select the area that represents the majority of the skills and dispositions displayed by the student. 

Classroom teachers will also use the rubric to include a mark in ‘Effort and Engagement’, as well as ‘Respect and Safety’. 

I want to emphasise that if a student is working at 'Good' this is considered working 'At Level' for this Work Habit.

I would also like to mention that if a student is working at 'Needs Support', we always welcome and encourage families to make contact with the Specialist teacher/team to gather further information.

On Friday, teachers spent their Report Writing Day moderating students’ writing pieces, analysing recent assessment data, and collaborating to discuss individual student achievements. They worked together to ensure consistent judgements across year levels, identify key areas of progress, and plan how best to reflect each learner’s growth and next steps in their reports.

I always enjoy this time and thoroughly enjoy reading students achievements.

Policy Update - Child Safety Code of Conduct

Please find below the updated Child Safety Code of Conduct Policy. I highly recommend taking the time to read through the policy, as it will be discussed at our upcoming School Council meeting. As always, I welcome any feedback you may have and am happy to bring it to the meeting for discussion.

See you all around our fantastic school!

Warm regards,

Peta Phillips 

Assistant Principal

Peta Phillips