Assistant Principals' Note

Attention Grades 3 and 5/NAPLAN 2021

NAPLAN starts on Tuesday 11th May for Grades 3 and 5. We need the support of our parents to ensure that our scheduled assessments run smootly for our teachers and students. Please arrive at school on time and set your child up for success by being positive and encouraging them to do their best. Most of our assessments will commence in the morning session by 9.30am. If your child is absent from school due to illness please follow the normal procedure to inform the school.  Our NAPLAN Coordinators will be able to schedule a catch up test session for students who require it as long as it falls within our scheduled testing window. 

NAPLAN tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy. It is important to remember that NAPLAN is not about passing or failing, but about assessing learning progress. At the classroom level it is one of a number of important tools used by teachers to measure student progress. 

Please see the information regarding the St Edward's School Assessment Schedule for 2021.

If you would like to access the Public Demonstration Site to see what the NAPLAN Platform looks like please click on the link below.

Yr 6 Leadership Day

Next Friday 14th May, we will be holding our annual Yr 6 Leadership Day. The learning Intention for this day is as follows:

We are learning to develop lifelong skills of leadership, teamwork and goal setting through using the 6 Ups  - Team Up, Show Up, Look Up, Never Give Up, Speak Up, Lift Others Up.

We are very lucky to have three engaging and experienced speakers addressing our students on this day. The speakers include:

• The Hon. Kevin Anderson MP
• Dr. Fiona Moore
• Nathan Parker (NSW Young Australian of the Year, Invictus Games Gold Medalist)

Over the next week we will be preparing our students in class and we look forward to what will be a day full of learning and exciting memorable experiences. 

Have a great week,

Alison Hatton and Pete Flynn