Hello everyone,

NAPLAN stands for National Assessment Program- Literacy and Numeracy and is an annual assessment tool for students in Years 3,5,7,and 9 across Australia. Today, our students in Year 3 and 5 completed the Writing test. Tomorrow, students will do two tests, Reading and then Language Conventions. Then on Thursday, the  Numeracy test will conclude the NAPLAN data collection. All tests, but the Year 3 Writing test is now online which is a format many of the students prefer. Like it or loathe it, NAPLAN is a valuable tool for collecting school data that informs our practice here at St Mary’s. Results will return to school, and to parents, in Term 3.

The Western Region Cross Country event is finally going ahead this Friday in Harden. The only change to previous details are that I will be the supervising teacher on the day. We have a team of 14 students and wish them the best of luck to do their best on the day. The weather should be perfect and so we look forward to hearing reports of their results.

I was just on duty and watching the variety of experiences students were engaged in; from the sand pit, to raking leaves, to the ‘forever soccer game’ and gymnastics. It is so wonderful to see them enjoying themselves. I imagine our lovely autumn weather helps greatly.

 Have a lovely week everyone.

 Jannine