Teaching and Learning News
Welcome to Preps 2023
This week we welcomed our 2023 Prep students for a transition to school morning. There were many excited faces and lots of experiences to share.
Transition to school allows potential school beginners to have an experience of being in the classroom with their 2023 classmates. It provides an understanding of school life, their classroom and future teachers. Students engaged in a variety of fun learning activities giving them a sense of what learning and being at school looks like, sounds like and feels like. They had the opportunity to experience our school environment and will return next week for a second session.
Victorian Schools Garden Awards
Our student leaders attended the Victorian School Garden Awards on Thursday 24th of November with Nell and Julie.
Our school was awarded a Regional Award for improvements to our school garden. We discovered the importance of our role in improving the pollinators corridor across Melbourne. As more schools build gardens we move towards improving biodiversity, air quality and general wellbeing for all.
We are very proud of what we are achieving, the commitment and effort of our students. We had a wonderful experience in the Royal Botanical Gardens. - Nell & Julie
Student Reports
End of year reports will be emailed to families by 5pm on Thursday December 8th 2022.
Reports provide formal feedback on your child’s learning for Semester 2.
At St Martin de Porres we strive to make our reports personalised in order to inform families about their child as a learner and as a class member.
Student reports are designed to explain a child’s progress and expected level of achievement for the end of year and to give feedback about their strengths and challenges.
An important part of assessment and reporting is the opportunity for families to praise, encourage and support their child in their learning.
Please find time to sit, read and discuss your child’s achievements and challenges with them.
Reports should be read in conjunction with your child’s online learning journal - SeeSaw. This provides families with evidence of a child’s learning based on curriculum expectations which are often expressed through learning intentions and success criteria.
The Report indicates the standards achieved in various curriculum areas. It also indicates a child's previous achievement in each area since last assessed. Achievement for the standards in English, Mathematics, Personal
and Interpersonal Learning are shown every six months and the standards for the remaining curriculum areas are shown either six or twelve months depending on when they are covered in our two year Inquiry Conceptual Framework.
You should contact your child’s classroom teacher at any time for any clarification about your child's progress but teachers have set aside Monday December 12th from 3:30pm - 5pm to facilitate any parent requests for a learning conversation after reading your child's end of year report.
If you require an appointment, please contact your child's teacher directly via email or Seesaw prior to December 12th to make an appointment time.
Teachers may also be in contact with you to organise a learning conversation before the year ends.
Elise Coghlan
Co-Deputy Principal | Literacy & Numeracy Leader | Visible Learning Leader
Denise Kelly
Co-Deputy Principal | Learning & Teaching Leader