To The School Community,
I hope the students and families are excited about the upcoming holiday break.
It has been a busy term for the students and staff and overall I can say with confidence that the students and staff have been wonderful and deserve to be congratulated.
We have had many successes during the year so far but the highlight has definitely been the progress of our Prep students who have been amazing this term. Their ability to learn and adapt to school life has been nothing short of sensational. The beginning of Term 2 brings with it the time for parents to increase the opportunities for their prep children to be more independent especially at drop off times.
The staff have worked alongside their team leaders to revamp the reporting process for 2019. The full suite of reporting tools is listed below.
| Term 1 week 1-5 | Term 1 week 5 -10 | Term 1 week 10 | Term 2 – Week 6 Term 4 | Late Term 2 | Late Term 4 |
| Assessment Phase | Goal Setting and Conferencing Phase | Reporting Phase
Reading Writing Maths and Positive Education |
5 Reading
5 Writing 5 Maths 1 Pos Ed Entry Related to Student Goals |
Parent Teacher Interviews and Semester 1 Semester
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Semester 2 Reports |
| Semester 1 Reports | These reports will include:
– Progression Point Dots for Vic Curriculum Areas – Specialist Subject Reports – Rating for Behaviour Effort and Attendance – Comment/Description for Inquiry Unit of Work |
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| Semester 2 | These reports will include:
– Progression Point Dots for Vic Curriculum Areas – Specialist Subject Reports – Rating for Behaviour Effort and Attendance – Comment/Description for Inquiry Unit of Work – General Comment from your child’s teacher |
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This week you will need to access Compass to check the first step in the reporting cycle with Reading Writing and maths goals published as a Chronicle Entry for your child. You will find this on your child’s page in the Chronicle section under General Academic Observations. There is an attachment in this Chronicle entry. See Example below. A copy of this post has been added to the website in the Principal’s Bulletin
Cross Country
Congratulations to Mercury on their successful cross-country win this year. More importantly than winning, I would like to congratulate the students for having a go and getting in the spirit of the day. Also to Mrs Ferrari and her band of helpers for putting the event together. First major school event for Mrs Ferrari and a job well done.
Attendance
I will mention attendance in each newsletter and will lead into next term setting a target to keeping our average days absent per student below 3 for the term. The community’s contribution to this is to maximise the days at school by minimising holidays during the term and ensuring students are at school on days like their birthday. Of course, we understand if students are ill or need to be away for family events or ceremonies but all other days aim to be at school.
Last Day of School – Tomorrow
The timetable for tomorrow’s last day of school for the term is as follows:
9:00 Class
9:10 Assembly
11:00 Morning Recess
11:30 Class time
12:30 Eating
12:40 Play
1:10 Pack up
1:30 Concert in the gym
2:30 Dismissal
Remember to check the Calendar for events.
Important upcoming dates:
Friday 5th April – Last day of Term
Saturday 20th April – Sheep wash Classic Fun Run – Click here to register
Tuesday 23rd April – First Day Term 2
Thursday 25th April – ANZAC Day Pubic Holiday
Important Information for the last day of term April 5th:
Assembly will be held at 9.10 am.
There will be a music concert held at 1.30 pm from some of our classes with High Voltage Rock School. The following grades will be performing: 12A, 12B, 12C, 34A, 34D, 34E.
The Choir will also be doing a short piece.