Week+8+Term+3+2009

Week 8 Term 3 2009

A very big thank you to Cherie and Jenny for all their efforts with the FETE. It was a great day and everyone should be congratulated. Please read the feedback from a parent below and see the revenge reaped on Admin!!!
 * __ FETE __**

Hi Kylie,Just thought I would drop you a quick photo and note to say how wonderful the fete was. There was so much to do and see it was hard to fit it all in! Thanks for organising a great event. I hope there was enough raised to cover the costs of new sports uniforms.Thanks again,Monica

I would encourage everyone to attend the ART Show opening on Wednesday evening around 6ish. Especially the BINGO fanatics amongst us. The Kindy and Pre-Primary students will be presenting their performance on the evening. Please bring your artwork you want displayed at the hall into the staffroom before school finishes on Monday. Put it in a box labelled with your class name and any individual student who has entered an individual piece. Jane O and Lizzie will be performing A GIG at the art show.
 * __ Art Show __**

I have just recieved notification of each staff members status with their online course. If you are a teacher and have not passes yet it must be completed by the end of the term. See Jeanette if you need additional DOTT time. All other staff must complete by the end of week 5 term 4. Please see Kylie if you have any concerns.
 * __Child Protection course__**

The following staff have passed Chrissie, Dean, Priscilla, Cathy, Christopher, Tania, Jane E, Grant, Jeanette, Kylie, Dee, David, Grace, Jamie, Erin, Stuart

The following staff need to finish their status is incomplete Abby, JaneO, Danni, Sam,

The following staff have not attempted and need to ASAP Zaby, Christine, Liz, Robyn, Jane Mc, Linda, Robin, Jenny, Helen, Belinda, Victor, Shirley

I will be in this week to look at your evidence files. please have them out in a visible area so i can come and grab without disturbing your class.
 * __ Evidence Files __**

There is a new process for maintenance with teacher housing. You no longer send a fax instead you need to call a Perth call centre and let them know what your fault is. The number is 1300137677. You can find the information sheet above the fax with the number to call.
 * __ GEHA maintenance __**

Reports are due week 7 of term 4 please set a realistic timeframe for you to get these completed on time.
 * __ Reports __**

Don’t forget the open day assembly on Thursday the 24/9/09. Jane E is running it and Chrissie is organising the BBQ.
 * __ Assembly week 10 __**

The AIEO team are holding a parent meeting on Wednesday to work on community partnerships. the meeting will be held in the morning and most non teaching staff will be attending so please teachers plan not to have your assistants with you. Except Kindy and pre-Primary. There are prizes for staff who bring the most parents from each class.
 * __ Community Meeting __**

All the admin staff and Erin will be attending an East Kimberley Admin Cell meeting in Kununurra. Stuart and Chrissie are in charge for the day or you can call any of us on our mobiles in the event of an emergency.
 * __ Admin Meeting Thursday __**

This is Robin's last week before she heads off to Canada please see her ASAP if you require any fiannce or payroll information.
 * __ Robin in Canada __**

We have a severely disabled child in the preprimary/kindy. I would like to acknowledge Hannah's great work with him as I have seen an enormous improvement in his learning and enjoyment at school over the past 2 weeks. Thanks to Tania, Grace, Belinda, Christine and Abby also for their dedication to Josiah as well. It is heart warming stuff to see him learning and smiling at school with joy.
 * __ Josiah __**

Well done to Jane for a fantastic book week, her organisation, displays and general enthusiasm makes the week incredibly successful and raises a great deal of money for the school. I particularly enjoyed seeing the staff dressed up. Next year will be super. Photos of book week and the assembly are on the shared drive.
 * __ Book Fair __**

On Thursday save the Children will be holding a stall at the school during lunch time. It may be worth some lessons on child protection during the week.
 * __Child Protection Week__**

Kylie will be flying to Broome on Friday for the panel meeting regarding the Principalship for 2010. She will be back Thursday week 9.
 * __Kylie Out__**

NAPLAN 2009 Information

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM − LITERACY AND NUMERACY (NAPLAN) Timeline for the release of NAPLAN information  In the week beginning ** 14 September **(Week 9) schools will receive a reporting package via registered mail. This package includes:   individual student reports;

 Student reporting information for parents brochures; and

 Administrators ’ guide to reporting booklets. A NAPLAN summary report containing preliminary national results will be released on ** Friday 11 September. **Additional support materials will be available directly to schools and through the NAPLAN website at this time. The Educational Assessment Reporting System (EARS) school data will be available on Schools Online on ** Monday 14 September. **  Though schools may have access to individual student reports before the release of the national results, these cannot be distributed to parents before the week beginning ** 14 September. **Schools should reconcile individual student results with school information before distributing student reports, accompanied by the information brochure, to parents. It is expected that SAIS First Cut electronic results will be available to schools at the start of ** November 2009. **  The WA public schools performance report is expected to be released in December 2009. The final national NAPLAN report will be released in ** December 2009. ** Individual student reports  Individual student reports will provide student performance data in relation to:   national proficiency bands <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman;">;

 <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">the national minimum standard;

 <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">the national mean;

 <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">the school mean (where 10 or more students in the same year completed the test) <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman;">;

 <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">the range of performance of the middle 60 per cent of Australian students; and

 <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">the skills assessed at each year level and in each performance band <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman;">. <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"> There are 10 proficiency bands for each area of assessment. Six of these bands are used for reporting in each year group. Year 3 performance is reported against bands 1 to 6; Year 5 - bands 3 to 8; Year 7 – bands 4 to 9; Year 9 – bands 5 to 10**<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman;">. ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"> The second lowest band reported at each year level is the national minimum standard. For example Band 4 is the national minimum standard for Year 5. The individual student reports will not make comparisons with other states or with other schools. Individual reports have been prepared for ** all **<span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">students, including students who were

A copy of the individual student report templates is available on the Department’s __ website __. <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"> National reports

The national summary report, to be released on 14 September, will include for each assessed area and each year level information relating to:

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national and state/territory means;

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proportion of students at or above the national minimum standards;

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proportion of students in proficiency bands; and

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participation rates. State/territory figures reported will incorporate combined public and private school figures. The final national report will also contain performance information by sub-groups, geolocation and parent occupation and education. The information contained in these reports will be similar to previous Australian National Reports on Schooling in Australia, available on the MCEECDYA __ website __. <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"> Electronic Assessment Reporting System (EARS)

EARS will include:

 all results displayed against the national proficiency bands and national minimum standard<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman;">;

 percentages of students at your school in the lower 20th, middle 60th and upper 20th percentiles of the Australian distributions<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman;">;

performance profiles; and

 detailed item by item information. There is an __ EARS support manual __to help schools analyse and interpret EARS. The national __ Writing marking guide __is also available to download. <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"> Longitudinal data

Historical comparisons will be prepared for schools and made available through SAIS (incorporating First Cut) and Schools Online. These data will provide schools with the necessary information for planning and reporting purposes and therefore schools will not require WAMSE/NAPLAN conversion tables. <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"> Additional information

The following links provide additional information to support schools :

__ National Assessment Program __

 __ NAPLAN resources __(including sample test materials)  information on __ National Curriculum developments __