NAPLAN Results

Each year the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) provides data reports to each school detailing its students’ performance in the National Assessment Program – Literacy And Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests. The reports compare the school’s performance in each assessment area compared with the state, both in terms of absolute results and the relative growth of the students over each two year assessment interval. The tests are completed in Term Two by students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

NAPLAN Report 2016:

In previous years, it has been found that students at St Andrews Christian College outperform their Victorian peers both in absolute terms and in terms of improvement. The purpose of this report is to assess whether the 2016 data continues these trends. It finds that the vast majority of St Andrews students remain well ahead of state averages, and are improving significantly across the assessment areas.

Catriona Wansbrough

Principal

2017 Vanuatu Mission Trip

Plans are already underway for the 2017 Vanuatu Mission trip.

Dates:

Friday 3oth June – Wednesday 12th July, 2017

Information Night:

Wednesday 23rd November @ 7:00pm in Rembrandts. Please RSVP to Mrs Sally Wade (swade@standrews.vic.edu.au ) or Mr Andrew Wade (awade@standrews.vic.edu.au) if you are planning on attending.

Application forms:

Available at Reception or Mrs Wade.

Application form return date:

Forms and deposit need to be returned by Friday 10th February.

Important Passport Information:

You must have your passport by February 2017, and it must be valid until January 2018.

Sally and Andrew Wade

Vanuatu Mission Coordinators

Mission Cup - Coins for Change

We are collecting ‘change’ to help support our mission programs (Vanuatu/Cambodia/Pakistan) at St Andrews Christian College.

Keep the cup in an obvious place in your home or car, drop your loose coins into it and if the cup is full send it to school to be added to the collection. The cup will come back to you, so that you can start filling it up again.

We hope you enjoy collecting funds this way, and we are looking forward to seeing how these small coins will grow into a mountain of help over the coming years.

Sally Wade

Vanuatu Mission Coordinator

Drama Productions in 2017!

Next year, in an exciting new step for our school, students will have several opportunities to perform as part of Drama Leagues. There will be a Year 10-12 Senior Drama League and a Year 7-9 Junior Drama League. . These groups will each rehearse and perform a small drama production next year.

Auditions for the Senior Drama League are taking place in week 7 of this term, with the performance scheduled for late May next year. Their production will include dynamic scenes from Shakespeare’s plays along with other exciting acts and items. Auditions are open to current Year 9-11s, and performers do not need to be singers!

Auditions for the Junior Drama League will occur next year, so stay tuned for more details!

More information is available from the Performing Arts noticeboard in Rembrandts, or through contacting Karen Elbourne or Kathryn Brown.

Kathryn Brown

Middle and Senior School Teacher

New School App

The school has a new communication app.

The tiqbiz app works on a range of smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops. It isn’t limited to just the iPhone or iPad making it a great tool for everyone.

If you haven’t already downloaded the app, we would encourage you to please do so in order that you can receive up-to-date information from the school.

Download the app from tiqbiz.com.au or from the App store or Google Playstore.

Tim Farmilo

Deputy Principal

Prayer Group

Wednesdays at 8:45am

This year the St Andrews Parent Prayer Group will be meeting every Wednesday morning at 8:45am in the meeting room next to the school office.

The St Andrews Prayer Group would like to welcome and invite all parents to come along and join in prayer, with other parents, for the needs of the St Andrews school community.

It is a great opportunity to join in fellowship with other parents.

For specific prayer requests, there is a prayer request box at the front reception desk for you to put your request in if you are unable to join us.

We are greatly blessed at St Andrews to have the opportunity to gather together for prayer. As Christians we are called to pray, and we encourage parents to join us. Be reassured that you don’t have to pray out loud if you are not comfortable in doing so.

Suzy Song

Prayer Group Coordinator

House Community Points

Barton 515

Deakin 487

Parkes 401

Community Notices

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