Assistant Principal Report

NAPLAN 2023

This week NAPLAN results were released for our Year 3 and 5 students who completed these tests in Term 1. We are very excited with our results and proud of the achievements of all Year 3 and 5 students who demonstrated strength across all 5 test areas: Reading, Writing, Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar and Numeracy. Next week all Year 3 and 5 families will receive an envelope that will contain their child's results. 

How to read a NAPLAN individual student report

The front page of the student report provides general information about the tests and an explanation of how to read the report.

The second and third pages show the student’s result in each assessment area. The results are classified into one of 4 proficiency levels: 

• Exceeding
• Strong
• Developing and 
• Needs additional support.

The report shows the student’s achievement against the national average for their year (shown as a black triangle) and the range of achievement for the middle 60% of students in their year level (shown as a light shaded rectangle). Reports in some states and territories also show the school average.

The final page of the report provides a brief summary of the skills typically demonstrated by students at each proficiency level. Longer descriptions of the skills typically demonstrated by a student at each proficiency level can be found at proficiency level descriptions. 

For more information you can also watch this video that explains how to read your child's report. 

If you would like help in understanding your child's report, please speak to your child's teacher or contact me at the school office and I will be happy to help go through the report with you.

Joanna Uzunovski

Assistant Principal

Hello Everyone,

Playground Safety

Please take some time to speak with your child/ren about what to do if something happens to them during recess or lunch play time. Recently, we have a few incidents happen where children have been hurt, for example when they have bumped their head, but not let a teacher know that they have had an accident.

Encourage your child/ren to find one of the teachers on yard duty to let them know if something has happened. This way we will be able to determine if the child requires a visit to First Aid or not. This is really important if they have hurt their head, as we always notify parents and carers about any head injuries.

Should the issue be due to another student hurting them, doing or saying something that is not acceptable, again encourage your child/ren to find one of the teachers on yard duty to let them know what happened. This way, the teacher will be able to assist with the issue and follow up if necessary. Staff at the school are unable to assist, if we don’t know that something has happened.

Pride and Integrity Raffle 

The class winners for the last week of Term 2 were: 

FA – Veronika, 1/2A – Diya, 1/2B – Leanna, 1/2C – Adelynn, 1/2E – Annie, 3A – Faisal, 3B – Hassan, 3C – Jenna, 4A – Manoah, 4B – Justin, 4C – Caden, 5A – Sally, 5C – Allyssa, 6A – Bradon, 6B – Madison, 6C – Jordan

The raffle winner was Leanna from 1/2B! Congratulations! 

Leanna received 10 Caught You Doing Right cards for Pride & Integrity.

2023 Challenge of the Week

Week 1 Alphabet Challenge 

The challenge finishes this afternoon at 3.30pm. Students who participated in it will be recognized in next week’s newsletter.

Week 2’s challenge is:  The Australian Animal Alphabet Challenge 

Find a word related to that topic for each letter of the alphabet, or as many as you can. You can find more than one word for each letter.

You must collaborate with at least one other person (a friend, parent, classmate, etc.) and no more than 3 other people. If you do not collaborate, you will not receive a Caught You Doing Right card for Collaboration.

Deanne Scott

Assistant Principal