Ngunnawal Primary School eNewsletter

A Message from the Principal

Swimming Carnvial

Congratulations to our competitive swimmers who participated in events last week. A great day was had by all, well done for having a go!

Student Leaders

Last week our student leaders were presented with their badges. Congratulations to all students who have been nominated by their peers to contribute to key initiatives across our school.

Joel is leading a fundraiser to help combat blood cancer by participating in the World's Greatest Shave on 24 March. He has invited students to show their support by wearing orange and making a gold coin donation. The school will collect the gold coins to contribute to Joel's fundraiser. Alternatively donations can be made directly to Joels fundraising page: http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/joelsmidt

School Board Appointments

Congratulations to Stephen Tokley who has been appointed as a parent representative and Ahmed Jalloh who has appointed as a teacher representative.

School Updates and Procedures

Change of details

Please email i nfo@ngunnawal.act.edu.au of any changes to phone numbers, email addresses, home address or emergency contact details. For emergency and correspondence purposes, it is important that these details are correct. If you have any questions, please contact the Front Office.

Arriving late to school

Students must be signed in by a parent/ carer at the front office when arriving late to school. School commences at 9:00am. Any later than this, students will need to sign in at the main front office.

Leaving early from school

Students must be signed out by a parent/ carer at the front office when leaving early from school. Where possible we ask, that written notification be sent to the class teacher or info@ngunnawalps.edu.au. This will ensure that students are sent to the Front Office at the time specified.

Please be aware that locating students at break times can be difficult. If you have to attend an appointment it is suggested that the child is picked up before/ after the break. Break times are 11am-11.30am and 1.30pm-2pm.

Explanation of Student Absences

It is a requirement that all student absences are explained by a parent/carer. On the day the student is absent, a text will be sent by the school's administration system. Please respond to this text to advise the reason for the absence. Alternatively, parents and carers can send an email to the class teacher or send an email to info@ngunnawalps.act.edu.au

Medical Forms and Authorisation to dispense medication

For schools to administer student medication during school hours, families are required by the ACT Education Directorate to provide the following information:
• Medical Information / Consent form
• Known Medical Condition Response Plan

These forms are available from the main administration office.

Volunteering

Parents and carers wishing to volunteer at school will need to sign in at the front office. You will be asked to complete a Volunteers and Visitors in Schools Form on your first visit. This must be completed annually.

NAPLAN Years 3 and 5

ACT schools will participate in NAPLAN Online testing from 15-27 March 2023.

Education ministers agreed that NAPLAN would move to Term One from 2023. This will mean results will be available to education authorities earlier in the year to inform school and system teaching and learning programs and will assist teachers to better determine support students need for the coming year.

As a parent, you can become familiar with NAPLAN Online tests by visiting the public demonstration site, http://bit.ly/naplanonline. The purpose of the site is to familiarise students with the type of items they will see on NAPLAN Online and related functionalities. This level of familiarisation is worthwhile to help students understand and be comfortable with the format of the test.

NAPLAN Online allows for tailored testing. This means that student are presented with sets of questions based on their performance during the test. This model provides students with the opportunity to better demonstrate their range of literacy and numeracy skills and it is more engaging for students. Further information explaining tailored testing can be found at https://bit.ly/2PgG7rL.

If you have any questions or wish to discuss your son or daughter’s participation in this event, please contact [include contact details of NAPLAN Coordinator or principal – you could include a preferred date for administrative purposes].

Further information on NAPLAN Online, including the public demonstration site, is available at www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/naplan-online.

Privacy

The Education Directorate collects, holds, uses and discloses personal information to carry out its functions. Personal information about students and parents/carers will be used as part of NAPLAN Online testing and readiness tests. The use of this information is required for students to participate in NAPLAN testing, provide reports to parents and schools and to undertake research and compile statistics using anonymised data. More detail on how we handle your information is available in the Education Directorate Privacy Policy available at https://bit.ly/2ZYzdtn

As part of undertaking NAPLAN Online, the Education Directorate works closely with the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and Education Services Australia (ESA). ESA operates the NAPLAN Online platform which will contain personal information. ACARA will collect anonymised information about each student who takes the test online from the Education Directorate.

Further information on how ACARA and ESA protect privacy is available through the ACARA privacy infographic https://bit.ly/3uA6YiR and ESA Privacy Policy www.esa.edu.au/other/privacy.

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