Term 2 Week 3 13th May 2016 Issue No. 14
From the Principal Just a quiet week at school? This week the busyness of the school term came to a halt for many of our extra programs, as NAPLAN tests and classroom learning filled the week. I am thankful that many of our students were able to approach the NAPLAN tests confident in the skills they have learnt at school.
students conquer fears, develop amazing art works, undertake sporting feats and display sportsmanship. Students were serving each other in practical ways, with musical gifts and technical skills, in drama lessons, science practical lessons and high end mathematics.
We will be able to use the information we get back from the NAPLAN tests to further track the effectiveness of our Literacy and Numeracy programs. However, while this data is helpful, NAPLAN is one snapshot on a very long journey of schooling.
Kindergarten students were reading whole books with expression (and it’s only the start of Term 2!). The packed library was a vibrant learning area. Prep students were conquering the monkey bars and there were many other wonderful snapshots that weren’t tested by NAPLAN.
Our mission as a school continues to be to develop students spiritually, academically, socially and physically. As I’ve travelled the school in the past ‘ordinary’ week I’ve seen lots of extraordinary things -
Students have lived their Christian faith in real ways through prayer, through friendship, through encouragement, through kindness, through reading their Bible and providing leadership and service to each other. Page 1