It’s been a very busy term.
We’ve enjoyed celebrations such as Australia Day and Harmony
Day. And we have our ANZAC ceremony to commemorate in the last week of the
Term. This has fit perfectly into our HASS theme where we have been looking at
the difference between celebrations and commemorations in countries from around
the world. We have specifically studied some Australian celebrations and
commemorations. The children have been
working on an inquiry project to present details of a festival from around the
world.
Our class has been working very hard to prepare for the
NAPLAN testing in May. We have concisely covered the content in Literacy and
Numeracy outlined in my initial post for the year. As I have completed
assessments over the term, I have noticed considerable improvement in
achievement. You should be so very proud of your children. They have maintained
a focused approach to their learning and are enjoying the results. I couldn’t
ask for more from them. I’m tremendously pleased with their efforts.
We will continue to revise areas that could use a little
further consolidation over the coming weeks. We are also learning test taking
skills, such as timing ourselves throughout an assessment and how to answer
multi-choice questions. Further information regarding NAPLAN testing can be
found below.
Thank you for your support with talk homework. This has been
a new initiative for our class this year and has had a great impact on your
children’s writing. I have noticed an improvement in depth of information
included in stories. We have been practising narratives for the second half of
this term. All children have a goal that they are working towards. These goals
are individual, set according to an area of weakness in their writing. Children
must achieve mastery of their goal five times before moving onto a new goal.
Finally, I would like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday
break. If your children get bored get them to read and do a quiz or maybe write
a narrative story. Remember there are always books the children can read online
in their Literacy Pro Library. They can do a quiz on any of these books.
Take Care
Mrs Harders
NAPLAN
Testing will be held in May.
Students are assessed using common national
tests in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and
punctuation) and Numeracy.
NAPLAN is not a pass or fail type test.
Individual student performance is shown on a national achievement scale for
each test.
The performance of individual students can be
compared to the average performance of all students in Australia.
NAPLAN Planner has been used in Term 4 2017, and Terms 1
2018
Students have many opportunities to get used to test
language, content and format.
Sample
questions and a sample writing tasks can be accessed on the NAP website:
www.nap.edu.au.
