School News
Senior Citizens Visit
On Monday the Lockleys Senior Citizens attended the school for an acknowledgement morning tea. This wonderful community group kindly donated funds to support the redevelopment of the garden areas outside Tirkandi. The Senior Citizens were very impressed with the redevelopment and enjoyed the morning tea.
This was also a great opportunity for our students to connect with community stakeholders and foster positive relationships and interactions. We are also hoping to get some new community volunteers from the Senior Citizens.
Thank you to Micki for organising the event and to the Senior Citizens for attending and donating funds.
NAPLAN 2019
Term 2 - 14th - 24th May
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN tests in reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.
In 2019 most students across Australia will sit NAPLAN online. Feedback in the first year of NAPLAN Online showed that students engaged well with online assessments. One of the main benefits of NAPLAN Online is tailored (or adaptive) testing, where the test automatically adapts to a student’s test performance. The test presents questions of higher or lower complexity, depending on a student’s performance. Tailored (or adaptive) testing is designed to assess a wider range of student abilities and to measure student achievement more precisely.
The assessment window for NAPLAN Online is extended from three days provided for the paper test to nine days. Where possible, schools may arrange for individual students who are absent at the time of testing to complete missed tests at another time during the school’s test schedule.
To get an idea of what the online assessment looks like, visit the public demonstration site at nap.edu.au
Participation in NAPLAN
All students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are expected to participate in the annual NAPLAN assessment. Students with disability may qualify for adjustments that reflect the support normally provided for classroom assessments. Families are encourage to discuss the use of any disability adjustments for your child with your child’s teacher and/or leadership.
A formal exemption may be granted for a student with disability that limits their capacity to participate in the assessment, or for a student who has recently arrived in Australia and has a non-English speaking background.
If families have any questions regarding NAPLAN assessments, we can give you more information on NAPLAN Online disability adjustments or the process required to gain a formal exemption.
If you wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards
Mirjana
mirjana.grubor793@schools.sa.edu.au
84435544