Academic Awards

AT the first whole-school assembly of the year, awards were presented for achievements in Semester Two last year. Congratulations to the following students:

Academic Honours

– Year 12

Ad Omnia Paratus

– Year 12

Academic Distinction

– Year 12

Isabella Hulm

Anthony Paradiso

Kym Dela Cruz

Anetka Pastuszak

Isabella Hulm

Anthony Paradiso

Zara D’Cruz

Anissa Holmes

Sophia Pelicia

Jeann Valdez

Isabella Hulm

Anthony Paradiso

Kym Dela Cruz

Zara D’Cruz

Mary Carter

Darcy Eyre

Year 11		Year 10
Ad Omnia Paratus	Academic Distinction	Ad Omnia Paratus	Academic Distinction
Sarah Abood Agna Aji Talia Cappeluti Jia Ying Chen Grace Edmonds Shelna Sony Meleina Zeeb	Sarah Abood Agna Aji Talia Cappeluti Jia Ying Chen Grace Edmonds Shelna Sony Meleina Zeeb Sienna Bien Logan Davies Jessica Le Dain Katie Seroney Cadence Smythe Michael Stoichev Amal Suresh Ali Trevenen Isabella Zeeb	Ella Anton Alina Kelly Ariana Mecham Francis Nono Nadine Retallack	Ella Anton Alina Kelly Ariana Mecham Francis Nono Nadine Retallack Ashley Bitao Claire Decena Caylee Fitzgerald Jeswin Jiji Anne Lin Sheryl Matchado Airi McDonnell Edie McKnight Sharon Ongyemgba Kaylani Popelier Katriel Rivadenera Gyanbi Srestha Serah Simon Blaise Stancil Franchesca Varilla Maddison Walters
Year 9		Year 8
Ad Omnia Paratus	Academic Distinction	Ad Omnia Paratus	Academic Distinction
Anne Baiju Brian Le Luke Paradiso Wyatt Saunders	Ashwa Biju Pillai Levin Binoy Elizabeth Brosztl Brian Echeta Gemma Emmerson Catherine Gabriel James Ingram Daisy Jeeves Julie Lam Pratishta Mayank Vanshika Sen Kolinne Tang Senuk Warnapala Damien Wemyss	Isabelle Crichton Lillian Halse Anika Heyman Cheyenne Lin Jarrah Swan	Isabelle Crichton Lillian Halse Anika Heyman Cheyenne Lin Jarrah Swan Hudson Anton Frances Buerano Harry Clements Enya Liu Shania Mascarenhas Nicholas Nguyen An Tran Harper Waikari Amy Zoetelief

OLNA 2023

The OLNA is an online literacy and numeracy assessment and is designed to enable students to successfully meet the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) requirement of demonstrating the minimum standard of literacy and numeracy. Students who have achieved Band 8 or higher in any of the three components of reading, writing and numeracy in their Year 9 NAPLAN are acknowledged as having demonstrated proficiency in using a range of ACSF Level 3 skills in that component and will not be required to sit the corresponding OLNA test.

The OLNA Reading and Numeracy tests each comprise 45 multiple‐choice questions. Students have 50 minutes to complete each of these tests. The OLNA Writing test is a typed response of up to 600 words. Students have 60 minutes to complete the writing test. The table below provides a quick guide to each test.

	Numeracy	Reading	Writing
Number of questions	45		1
Question type	Multiple-choice		Typed response (up to 600 words)
Time	50 minutes		60 minutes
Disability Adjustments	A variety of adjustments are available

Test Period	Writing	Numeracy and Reading	Cohort
Term 1	27 - 28 February	27 February - 10 March	Year 11 Year 12
Term 2 Window A	1 - 2 May	1 - 12 May	Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
Term 2 Window B	12 - 13 June	12 - 23 June	Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
Term 3 Window A	24 - 25 July	24 July - 4 August	Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
Term 3 Window B	4 - 5 September	4 - 15 September	Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
Term 4	23 - 24 October	23 October - 3 November	Year 9* Year 10

* Students who are in Year 9 when they are given their first opportunity to sit the OLNA will have this count as their first sit as a Year 10 student.

# Students who are in Year 11 are required to sit in this round.

Students will be required to attend Homeroom and be marked as ‘present’ before proceeding to the Business Centre. Please ensure that you bring your laptop (fully charged) and headphones and that you have shut down all other applications prior to logging in – the College will provide the Student Login details and any other required materials. The ICT Staff will be in attendance to assist with any technical issues and when you have completed the OLNA, you must click ‘Submit’ and receive confirmation that the test has been completed – You may then return to your scheduled lesson on the timetable.

OLNA Schedule – St Norbert College

OLNA Writing: Monday, February 27 9:00am – 10:00am (60 minutes)
OLNA Reading: Tuesday, February 28 9:00am – 10:00am (60 minutes)
OLNA – Catch Up:
1. Tuesday 28 February – Writing only
2. Wednesday March 1 to Friday March 10 – Reading
3. Wednesday March 8 to Friday March 10 – Numeracy
OLNA Numeracy: Tuesday, 7 March 9:00am – 10:00am (60 minutes)

OLNA Workshops

Numeracy: Room P3 with Mrs Cardenia (3:30pm - 4:40pm)
- Tuesday February 21
- Tuesday February 28
Writing: Library with Ms Nodwell (3:30pm - 4:15pm)
- Wednesday, February 22

Mr R Dowling

(Deputy Principal, Years 8 & 11)

PRAYER

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