Principal's Views

Dear Parents, Carers and Friends of Epping Views PS,

NAPLAN

Last week we received the individual student NAPLAN results. We are in the process of sorting and scanning these results and hope to get results out to families early next week. 

On receiving your child’s report you will notice some significant changes. These are changes being introduced nationally by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

NAPLAN will continue to measure student achievement in numeracy, reading, writing, spelling, and grammar and punctuation but the results will now be presented in 4 proficiency levels:

These are:

· exceeding

· strong

· developing

· needs additional support.

This change will give schools, parents and carers clearer information that details student achievement against new proficiency levels.

Students’ NAPLAN reports will continue to show how they are tracking against their peers and provide an indication of their skill levels against national averages and where we would expect them to be in order to get the most out of schooling. This provides valuable information to teachers about how we can continue to support your child.

Each set of NAPLAN results is an important milestone but it’s also important that students know that one result does not define them – these results are about making sure every student gets the support they need so they can continue to get the best from their learning.

When we provide you with your results, you will also receive information about what the new proficiency levels mean.

Enrolments

We are now well and truly in the planning phase for 2024 and as such it is important that we have an accurate indication of our student numbers for next year.  If you are one of our existing families and plan on relocating at the end of the year or leaving us for other reasons, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can best support the transition of your child to another school setting.

Prep enrolments for 2024 

To start primary school in 2024, your child will need to turn 5 years old by 30 April 2024. Schooling is compulsory for children who have turned 6 years old.

If your child is starting Foundation (Prep) in 2024, you need to apply to enrol your child by Friday 28 July 2023.

What you need to do:

1. Download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents/Carers.'
2. Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 28 July 2023.
3. You will be notified of the outcome of your application by Friday 11 August 2023. If you receive an enrolment offer, you should accept the offer by Friday 25 August 2023.

This term we will be undertaking a school review.

As part of the improvement cycle,

• All schools must participate in a school review every 4 years.
• The school review informs the development of the school’s 4 year School Strategic Plan (SSP).
• The school review also provides assurance of ongoing compliance with the Minimum Standard related to curriculum and student learning.

As part of this review we would like to hear from parents/carers - please indicate your highlights of EVPS over the past four years in this short survey.

https://forms.office.com/r/0E2Rzaj8Cw

All responses to the survey are anonymous.

I will keep you updated about the stages of the review as we progress through each one.

Policies:

All EVPS policies can be found on our website.  I draw your attention to our Asthma Policy to ensure that Epping Views Primary School appropriately supports students diagnosed with asthma. 

You will find all child safe policies on our web page.

I welcome and encourage your feedback on this and all other policies.  If you have any suggestions, comments or questions in relation to our child safe policies and practices, please contact the school.

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Warm regards,

Mandy O’Mara

Principal