Buninyong PS Newsletter

Teaching and Learning 

Celebrating 100 nights of reading!

A huge congratulations to the grade 3 and 4 students listed below who were acknowledged at last week’s 3/4 assembly for reaching 100 nights of reading as part of their homework.  This is a fabulous achievement that demonstrates terrific commitment by these students - well done!

Luka P- 4NGOliver B- 3DSBentley D- 3RWPolly L- 3RW
Kate C- 4NGIsla S- 3DSAstra N- 3RWMina S- 4MM
Mackenzie M- 3PWOscar W- 3DSCruz S- 3 RWOlivia S- 4MM
Jordan L- 3DSEliza A- 3RWAustin T- 3RWJack C- 4AC
Mason H- 4ACIsabelle B- 4AC  

Student reporting update

As mentioned in the week 1 newsletter of this term, there are changes to student reporting for mathematics in Victorian government schools, which you may notice in your child's report available at the end of this week via Compass.

 

A reminder of those changes is set out below:

 

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) recently published its revised mathematics curriculum (Mathematics curriculum 2.0).

 

All Victorian government schools are mandated to start using the mathematics curriculum 2.0 by 2025. At Buninyong Primary School, we are using the revised mathematics curriculum for school reporting from Semester 1 2025.

 

In your child's previous report, the teacher reported against the 3 strands of the achievement standard for mathematics (Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability). Under the Mathematics curriculum 2.0, your child’s teacher will report against the achievement standard as a whole, providing a single, aggregated score.

 

As the achievement standards reported on have changed, the first time you receive a report under the mathematics 2.0 curriculum, it will only show achievement and not progress. For all reports after this, progress will be shown against the single achievement standard.

 

The VCAA made these changes to help teachers plan their teaching and learning programs in mathematics, giving them more flexibility to support students to link ideas within mathematics and also with other curriculum areas. For further information, refer to the department’s policy on Reporting Student Achievement and Progress Foundation to 10.

REPORTS & PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS                                                                                                  

Mid-year reports will be available to parents and carers via Compass on Friday, June 27. An opportunity for a parent-teacher interview will be available on Monday, June 30 (4:00pm-6:00pm) and Wednesday, July 2 (1:30pm-5:00pm). 

 

Important Dates:

  • Tuesday June 17    - Bookings open on Compass for Parent-Teacher interviews 
  • Thursday June 26  - Bookings close for Parent-Teacher interviews at 4:00pm
  • Friday June 27         - Reports made available to parents via Compass
  • Monday June 30     - Parent-Teacher interviews 4:00pm to 6:00pm 

  • Wednesday July 2  - Parent-Teacher interviews 1:30pm to 5:00pm 

                                            (1:00pm dismissal for students)

*Please note, booking availability for part-time staff may be slightly different. Parents will be notified via Compass of any variations to the above dates/times.

 

As always, please give the office a call if you have any questions or require support to make your bookings.

 

Don’t forget to sign up for the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge!

Teachers have provided students with their log-in details on a sticker that has been stuck in the home reading diary/student diary. Please see your child’s classroom teacher if you have any queries about logging in, or you can’t find the log in details.

Steps to follow:

  1. Go to the Challenge application.                                 
  2. Select the School/Student button.
  3. Select the VPRC login option.
  4. Enter your username and password.
  5. Select Login.

Bulldogs Read Program

A few of our Bulldogs Read Program participants and their families were lucky enough to attend the Round 15 match game Bulldogs vs Richmond at Marvel Stadium on Sunday! From all accounts, it sounded like it was a lot of fun and with the Bulldogs coming home with a dominating win, would have added to the overall atmosphere. An added bonus was the ‘Kidzmania’ theme of the game with face painting, jumping castles and lots of giveaways! We have our fingers crossed that we will be able to attend another match in Melbourne this season. Stay tuned for further details!