Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Week 7's Newsletter.

Last Thursday evening, we hosted our Parent Information Night to share our goals for 2024. Thank you to the families that attended. It was great to see you supporting your children's learning.

As discussed at the meeting, we have three pillars that will aim to achieve our goal:

Pillar 1: Building an Authentic Catholic Community of Care

At Sacred Heart School, we will do this by enhancing and strengthening our school, parent, parish and community partnerships through the Living Well Learning Well Framework.

Pillar 2: Great Learning and Teaching

We will develop and engage staff in effective moderation practices for assessment.

Pillar 3: Strong Teams and Partnerships

At Sacred Heart, we will provide regular opportunities for Professional Learning Team meetings to build teacher capacity.

As we strive to achieve these pillars throughout the year, we will ultimately work towards creating 'literate and numerate students for a hope-filled future'.

Over the coming weeks, we will continue to unpack components of our Annual Improvement Plan (AIP) in the newsletter.

2024 NAPLAN

NAPLAN begins this week for our Year 3 and Year 5 students. We wish them all the best as they approach these assessments calmly and positively, demonstrating areas of strength and areas for growth in their learning.

Grade

NAPLAN Assessment

Date

Length of Assessment

Format

Year 3

Writing

13th March

40 mins

Handwritten task based on a Narrative or Persuasive picture stimulus

Year 5

Writing

13th March

42 mins

Typed assessment based on a Narrative or Persuasive picture stimulus

Year 3 & Year 5

Reading

14th March

Yr 3: 45 mins

Yr 5: 50 mins

Online multiple-choice questions based on various sample texts

Next week, NAPLAN will continue with the following tests:

Grade

NAPLAN Assessment

Date

Length of Assessment

Format

Year 3 & Year 5

Conventions of Language

18th March

Yr 3 & Yr 5: 45 mins

Online multiple-choice and short-answer questions about Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

Year 3 & Year 5

Numeracy

20th March

Yr 3: 45 mins

Yr 5: 50 min

Online questions assessing Mathematics understanding

2024 TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN PARENT INFORMATION SESSION

We will host a parent information session on Thursday, 21st March, at 2:15pm in our School Library for parents wishing to send their child to this year's Kindergarten Transition class. The Transition to Kindergarten Program is for children attending Kindergarten in the 2025 school year. Please come along to learn what we can offer to help you prepare your child for Kindergarten.

WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY

With great sadness and deepest sympathy, I inform you of the passing of Jeremy Smith's father and Kiarah and Indianah's Grandfather.

We pray for the repose of his soul. Our thoughts and prayers go to Jeremy and his family at this very sad and difficult time.

Have a wonderful week, and please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any further concerns.

Warm regards,

Claire Ryan

Principal

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