Term 1 is continuing to challenge our community however our school value of courage has been on full display over the past couple of weeks. I can’t thank our staff enough for their flexibility and support due to the impact of COVID. We continue to see both staff and students affected however learning outcomes are still our priority for students and I am very confident that these are being achieved!

COVID-19 Update

Parent/carers please remember that RAT tests are available through the office during business hours and we encourage you to collect and use with family if anyone is showing symptoms. Our staff are beginning to be more impacted by the virus, so we are doing our very best to ensure that classes are not affected and learning programs continue as normal. Class DoJo continues to be our best way of communication so please be vigilant and check this app for latest updates

Reporting

Families should have received Primary Progress Reports last Friday for students from Prep to Year 6. These reports were sent home in envelopes on Friday so if your child was absent or did not receive this report, please contact the class teacher or school office.

NAPLAN Testing

NAPLAN testing will be held from the 10 to 20 May 2022. Online testing will be available for each of the NAPLAN year levels (3, 5, 7 and 9). NAPLAN assessments include four components, Writing, Numeracy, Conventions of Language and Reading. Please note that all Year Three students will be completing a paper-based Writing Test.

Schools will receive reports and results for participants following the completion of the NAPLAN Online assessment window. These Individual Student Reports will have the same format as in previous years. This format is used for every student in Australia. A parent/carer brochure containing more information about the NAPLAN Online assessments were sent out on Monday this week, by the school to families of students sitting NAPLAN this year.

Easter Raffle and Free Clothes Day

Last Thursday our SVT organised a free clothes day to support our Easter raffle.  Students were asked to bring in a gold coin donation which will then be spent on Easter prizes for our raffle. We are pleased to say that we raised over $400 to support the raffle.

Please continue to sell the raffle tickets to family and friends and we will draw the prizes next Monday 11 April.

Tim Nicholas

Principal