Edition 82: 14 May 2021 A warm welcome to the new students and their families who have enrolled at our school this term. We are still getting a few enrolments which is very positive for our school. The weather is getting noticeably cooler at night and in the early morning as we progress through the last month of Autumn. Please check all your child’s uniform items and make sure you have them well named. It is quite concerning to see such a huge amount of lost property building up. As we know uniforms do cost and it is sad to see so many lost uniform items. Please take the time to check lost property for anything your child may be missing. NAPLAN Year 3 and Year 5 students have started NAPLAN for 2021. On Tuesday Year 3 students sat the Writing component, completing it manually with pencil on paper. It was wonderful to see our Year 3 students happily attempting the writing task. Year 5 students did their writing component electronically online over 3 grouped sessions in our Computer lab. Any students who were absent on Tuesday for Writing will have the opportunity to do a catch up session over the next week. On Wednesday Year 5 students completed the Reading component online and on Thursday the Language Conventions. On Friday Year 3 completed the Reading and Language Conventions online. Next week on Monday Year 5 will complete the Numeracy component and Year 3 will do Numeracy on Tuesday. The rest of next week will be for catching up any students who missed a session. Congratulations to all our Year 3 and 5 students for your super efforts during your NAPLAN sessions and to our school community for supporting them through these 2 weeks of NAPLAN. Taking assessments of any kind is always a little stressful for anyone and it is a time children especially need a bit of extra care, encouragement and support. Year 1 enjoyed the Show! Year 1 children had a wonderful time at the Art House in Wyong. They saw a live show called “Magic Beach”. This was to tie in with the Science study they were doing on Living Things. Such a wonderful opportunity and experience to be an audience in a theatre at a live production. Of course they enjoyed the getting in the big bus and travelling together to Wyong as well. Thank you Year 1 teachers for enabling a great day out for Year 1. Special Swim School Students in our six support classes have been attending a special swim school over the last 2 weeks. It has been great weather and all of them have enjoyed the experience and have learnt some new water skills. It is so great to be an inclusive school. Thank you to our dedicated teachers and School Learning Support Officers for supporting our most vulnerable students to be able to explore and experience new opportunities. Quality Teaching Rounds Quality Teaching Rounds (QTR) is a ground-breaking approach to teacher professional development, with demonstrated impact on quality of teaching, teacher morale and school culture.
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Edition 82: 14 May 2021
A warm welcome to the new students and their families who have enrolled at our school this term. We are
still getting a few enrolments which is very positive for our school. The weather is getting noticeably cooler at
night and in the early morning as we progress through the last month of Autumn. Please check all your
child’s uniform items and make sure you have them well named. It is quite concerning to see such a huge
amount of lost property building up. As we know uniforms do cost and it is sad to see so many lost uniform
items. Please take the time to check lost property for anything your child may be missing.
NAPLAN
Year 3 and Year 5 students have started NAPLAN for 2021. On Tuesday Year 3 students sat the Writing
component, completing it manually with pencil on paper. It was wonderful to see our Year 3 students happily
attempting the writing task. Year 5 students did their writing component electronically online over 3 grouped
sessions in our Computer lab. Any students who were absent on Tuesday for Writing will have the
opportunity to do a catch up session over the next week. On Wednesday Year 5 students completed the
Reading component online and on Thursday the Language Conventions. On Friday Year 3 completed the
Reading and Language Conventions online. Next week on Monday Year 5 will complete the Numeracy
component and Year 3 will do Numeracy on Tuesday. The rest of next week will be for catching up any
students who missed a session. Congratulations to all our Year 3 and 5 students for your super efforts
during your NAPLAN sessions and to our school community for supporting them through these 2 weeks of
NAPLAN. Taking assessments of any kind is always a little stressful for anyone and it is a time children
especially need a bit of extra care, encouragement and support.
Year 1 enjoyed the Show!
Year 1 children had a wonderful time at the Art House in Wyong. They saw a live show called “Magic
Beach”. This was to tie in with the Science study they were doing on Living Things. Such a wonderful
opportunity and experience to be an audience in a theatre at a live production. Of course they enjoyed the
getting in the big bus and travelling together to Wyong as well. Thank you Year 1 teachers for enabling a
great day out for Year 1.
Special Swim School
Students in our six support classes have been attending a special swim school over the last 2 weeks. It has
been great weather and all of them have enjoyed the experience and have learnt some new water skills. It is
so great to be an inclusive school. Thank you to our dedicated teachers and School Learning Support
Officers for supporting our most vulnerable students to be able to explore and experience new opportunities.
Quality Teaching Rounds
Quality Teaching Rounds (QTR) is a ground-breaking approach to teacher professional development, with
demonstrated impact on quality of teaching, teacher morale and school culture.