Tuesday 14th March 2023
Hello Everyone,
I hope that you all had a wonderful long weekend, sharing good times with your family.
Nominations for our school council have now closed. I'd like to thank Simon Keating, Katrina Monaghan and Ben Wilde for agreeing to join our SC. Many thanks to Cameron Howlett and Rachel Jex, both of whom have spent several years as school councillors. They have worked hard to represent parent perspectives and to ensure that the school is governed in the best possible way. It has been an absolute pleasure working with them.
Tomorrow our grade 3 and 5 students commence NAPLAN. It is being held much earlier this year. The timetable is;
Wednesday 15th -Writing at 9am. This year Grade 5 students will write their stories online and Grade 3 students will submit their writing on paper.
Thursday 16th – Reading at 9am and Language Conventions (spelling, grammar, and punctuation) at 11.30am. All students will do these assessments online.
Friday 17th – Numeracy – online at 9am.
Extra teachers and support staff will be available to make sure that the children are not feeling anxious. Please remember that this group of assessments is just a snapshot in time and classroom teachers, who gather evidence about your child’s learning regularly through the year will have the best picture of their achievement levels.
Tomorrow the school is also undergoing a half day OH&S assessment from an external company employed by DET.
Congratulations to Sam and Eliza Ransome who both received First Place prizes at the Woodend Art Show. We are very proud of them both. I have included a video link in the newsletter so that you can see their amazing pieces of work and hear what the judges had to say about them here. Great work Sam and Eliza.
The Williamstown Bike Ride is on Friday 31st March and we really need your help. If you are free on that day, we’d love to have you come and ride with us.
Our Friends of the School group is seeking a leadership team to guide them through this year. A parent group is required to have a president and secretary (neither of the jobs is very onerous) and if you have the time we would also love to hear from you. Each event is planned and run by different groups of parents and so the roles involve calling the meetings etc.
Have a lovely week.
Kind Regards,
Trish
