From the Principal's Desk 

NAPLAN 2022

Our school will begin participating in NAPLAN practice tests in March and April. NAPLAN tests will be held between the 10th and 20th May 2022. NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents and carers to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress.

Federal, state and territory education ministers agreed to gradually transition NAPLAN online by 2022. NAPLAN online is a tailored test that adapts to student responses, providing better assessment and more precise results.

Read the NAPLAN information brochure for parents and carers (PDF 133 kb), also available in Simple English (PDF 1 mb).

To see the types of questions and functionalities in the online tests, visit the public demonstration site page.

We encourage all students to participate in NAPLAN as these tests provides teachers with valuable information to inform them of how students are progressing in numeracy and literacy as well as determining next steps for students and overall school planning. If you have any questions regarding NAPLAN I encourage you to contact the school for further information.

Teaching and learning at Molong Central School Term 1 2022

Our first five weeks at MCS has been relatively smooth for all classes however, in the past week we have experienced significant teacher and student absentee issues. This is impacting on some students and teachers and as a result we have had to engage casual teachers and collapse classes. Our staff are endeavouring to keep students engaged and learning. Our office staff are communicating with families to ensure we keep our school as safe as possible, and I thank all families who have had students isolating or unwell at home for being vigilant in adhering to the health orders. 

Halogen Young Leaders Conference Primary

On Tuesday 13th March I had the pleasure of accompanying 13 students to Darling Harbour for the Halogen Young Leaders Conference. Our Stage 6 students braved the Sydney storms and enjoyed the motivational speakers including Lachie Smart, Josh Pyke and Anthony “Harries” Carroll who delivered messages to inspire resilience and a positive attitude despite setbacks. Despite missing the first session our students enjoyed the opportunity to be part of a huge crowd that generated energy and asked some amazing questions. Below are the profiles of the speakers at this year’s conference. Thank you to our Molong Rotarians for the funds they donated to Molong Central School prior to COVID-19 as these funds supported our leaders to attend this event. 

Below are the profiles of the speakers at this year’s conference.

Lachie Smart  https://www.halogen.org.au/speaker.php?speakerid=358

Josh Pyke https://www.halogen.org.au/speaker.php?speakerid=347

Anthony Carroll https://www.halogen.org.au/speaker.php?speakerid=371

International Women’s Day 

Four of our year 12 students Chelsea Comiskey, Leoni Wilson, Mary Johnson and Meg Murray were invited to represented the Women of Molong Central School at a breakfast organised by the Rotary to celebrate International Women’s Day. Guest speakers included Vanessa Low, Paralympian and Professor Lesley Foster OAM, Head of Medical School, CSU Orange. This year the theme was #BreaktheBias and the webpage for the theme has some great messages that I encourage all people to look at. 

 https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme

We thank the the Rotary Clubs of Orange and Orange Ex Services Club for this valuable opportunity for our female students.