2021 Review

Last week we were engaged in School Review with DOSCEL Staff.  The aim of school review is to understand our impact of our school improvement strategies and to identify where we are in our improvement journey.  We continue to be focused on improving our students learning outcomes and promoting student voice and agency in their learning. Thank you to all members of our school community for your insightful contributions to our school review.  We look forward to receiving our Report in the next few weeks and sharing the findings and recommendations with you.  The School Review Report will assist us to outline our 4 year Strategic Improvement Plan and our 2021 Annual Improvement Plan.  Thank you to everyone who participated in our school Review and for being part of this very exciting journey of improvement for our students.

Year 4 Camp – Waratah Bay

Our Year 4 students will be attending Waratah Bay Beach camp on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 March, 2021 (last week of Term 1).  Final preparations for the camp are underway and we are very much look forward to this learning opportunity for our students’ offsite.  This will be our first camp since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and brings a sense of hope of school life returning to a new COVID normal.  Thank you to Helen Fourna, Peter Fearnley, Lize Privitera and Marita Glass for their organisation and planning of the camp.  We are very fortunate at Mary MacKillop to have such dedicated staff who go above and beyond to ensure our students experience a safe and enjoyable camp. Shortly, we will be sending home further information to parents, via Operoo, regarding camp.  

EASTER Chocolate Raffle – Guess how many Easter eggs are in the bucket?

It is exciting to have our first FOMM fundraiser for the 2021 school year.  For $1 you have the chance to guess how many Easter eggs are in the bucket?  See below for a sneak peek – happy guessing . . .

A very big THANK YOU to our hardworking and dedicated FOMM Team who creatively think of fun ways to fundraise and bring our school community together.

ONLINE NAPLAN – National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy

The online National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2021 for Year 3 and Year 5 students will be held on the following days:

NAPLAN assesses student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.  The results of NAPLAN provide information on student learning for students, parents, teachers and principals.

All students are expected to participate in the online NAPLAN tests. During test week, catch-up tests will be available for individual students who are absent on test days. These students may undertake catch-up tests on the days in the test week after the scheduled test, up to and including Friday 14 May, 2021 for Year 3 Writing and Friday 21 May for all other online NAPLAN areas.  Please note the Year 3 Writing test is a paper based test and the Year 5 Writing test is completed online.

 A more detailed letter regarding NAPLAN will been sent home to parents of our Year 3 and 5 students.  For more information about NAPLAN, please visit the VCAA website https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/assessment/f-10assessment/naplan/Pages/Index.aspx  or the National Assessment Program - NAP website https://www.nap.edu.au/  If you have any questions, or concerns, regarding NAPLAN, please contact your child’s class teacher.