Currciulum Report

Term #3 Activities:

A very special welcome back to term three to all of our families and students.

It has already been a very busy start, having celebrated the 100th day of school, the Prep Camping Experience (breakfast at school/activities) and various Inquiry incursions and excursions.

There is still a number of activities linked to the curriculum to look forward to, including Literacy/Numeracy Week, Book Week and various camp experiences for students across grades one to six.  More information about these events will be communicated through COMPASS and Facebook in the near future.

Curriculum Newsletters:

This week we uploaded the termly cohort curriculum newsletters.  These documents allow the different learning communities to:

• share focus points for each curriculum area throughout term three
• pinpoint how you can support your child at home in the different curriculum areas
• provide general information related to Inquiry, Student Wide Positive Behaviours and Digital Technologies

If you haven’t already done so, please log onto COMPASS and view these important newsletters this week so you are aware of what’s happening and are able to share in your child’s learning.

NAPLAN Results:

The 2018 NAPLAN results will be provided to all schools from mid-August.  Leadership in grades 3-6 will notify all parents when the reports are being sent home.  Individual student results are strictly confidential.  If you require assistance on how to read the report, please visit this website:  https://www.nap.edu.au/results-and-reports/how-to-interpret.

Term #3 – Parent Engagement:

Towards the end of term #2, the teaching staff at TSPS spent a majority of time testing and assessing all students within their communities in order to accurately report to parents via the academic student report.  The data they have collated will allow them to personalise the learning, target specific needs, identify gaps and differentiate each lesson so that there is growth for ALL students along the Victorian Curriculum Continuum.  With this in mind, we ask that you please be vigilant in regularly checking your child’s goals and achievements on COMPASS THIS TERM so that you can talk/ask about what they are learning.  Our staff are more than happy to talk about your child’s learning.  It is so critical that throughout the school year, we look to engage our families in regards to their student’s achievement.

Effective parent and family engagement in education is more than just participating in school meetings and helping with fundraising, it is actively engaging with your child’s learning, both at home and at school.  When schools and families work together, children are more likely to perform better.

Important Dates Linked To Curriculum:

August 17th: Curriculum Day (no students required at school)

August 20th – 24th: Book Week (parade on August 23rd)

September 6th: Year 1/2 Sleepover

September 10th – 12th: Year 3/4 Camp

September 13th: Year 1/2 Sleepover

September 17th – 19th: Year 5/6 Camp

Joel Riddle – Assistant Principal