Meet the Teacher Meetings

Throughout this week, it was wonderful to see a number of our families connect with their child’s class teacher.

Thank you to all parents and carers who were able to spend some time helping our teachers to get to know your children a little better. Your wisdom and insights will help to form strong relationships and a deep understanding of each individual student in a class, forming strong foundations for learning and wellbeing.

Thank you to our teachers for working an extra-long day during another busy week at St Margaret Mary’s.

Over the coming weeks and terms, we will create a number of different opportunities where we can continue to strengthen our partnership with our parent community. We encourage all families to continually check Compass for information and details on all upcoming events.

NAPLAN - Years 3 and 5

Over the next two weeks, all students in Year 3 and Year 5 will be participating in the annual NAPLAN Assessments. The NAPLAN testing window begins on Wednesday 13 March and concludes on Monday 25 March.

NAPLAN Schedule 2024

Week 7

Monday

11th March

Tuesday

12th March

Wednesday

13th March

Thursday

14th March

Friday

15th March

Year 3

Preparation Day

No assessments are to be scheduled

Writing

(40 minutes)

Reading

(45 minutes)

Make up sessions for any student who has missed the Writing or Reading test.

Year 5

Writing

(42 minutes)

Reading

(50 minutes)

Week 8

Monday

18th March

Tuesday

19th March

Wednesday 20th - Monday 25th March

Year 3

Conventions of Language

(45 minutes)

Mathematics

(45 minutes)

Make up sessions for any student who is away on any of the NAPLAN assessment days.

Year 5

Conventions of Language

(45 minutes)

Mathematics

(50 minutes)

If you know your child is going to be absent during this testing window, please let the office know. Please ensure that your child arrives at school on time as all tests will begin shortly after the morning roll is marked.

In preparation for NAPLAN, the teachers will provide opportunities for students to undertake activities to help them become familiar with the format and functionality of the online tests.

The NAPLAN public demonstration site is available to parents to see the types of questions, tools and functions used in the NAPLAN tests. Further information about NAPLAN is available on the NESA Website.

We ask the St Margaret Mary’s community to keep our Year 3 and 5 students in their prayers over the coming weeks.

God Bless

Rochelle Borg

Assistant Principal

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