We acknowledge the great work that our families, students and teachers are doing in the remote learning space under what can only be described as very challenging circumstances.

In an attempt to support students to maintain connections and relationships with their teachers and peers, we are rolling out a whole school connectedness initiative in Weeks 9 and 10.

The focus is on students having fun in learning so that they do not become disengaged and connecting with others so that they can foster and nurture the relationships that they have built this year at school.

Each day students will be expected to complete a number of set literacy and numeracy tasks, and over the week some Religion activities. There will also be a focus on physical activity with numerous opportunities to get up and move built into the week. Students who are attending face-to-face school will also be involved with plenty of fun activities organised for them, once they have completed their core learning for the day.

As part of connectedness, teachers will be holding more Google Meets with a fun focus where students will have the opportunity to interact in a positive and enjoyable way. It would be really appreciated if you could support your child to be in attendance at these Google Meets and to have their cameras on so we can see them!

We are currently coordinating some whole-school events where students will have the opportunity to attend activities that will be run by Education Support Staff and Leadership members in the school. Yes, all staff will be involved as we recognise how important it is for your children to see the familiar faces that they are used to seeing each day. Further communication will be provided regarding the timetabling of these whole-school connectedness activities.

We appreciate your ongoing support and commitment to supporting your children whilst they are learning from home. The staff at St Catherine's are enthusiastically looking forward to spending the remaining two weeks of the term connecting with and engaging with your children. 

This week, St Catherine's received the NAPLAN reports for all students in Year 3 and Year 5 who sat the Online NAPLAN Tests in May.

All students who participated, receive an individual report of their results. Individual student reports are not provided for the NAP practice tests or sample assessments.

NAPLAN individual student reports provide information about what students know and have achieved in the areas of reading, writing, language conventions, and numeracy.

The reports also provide information on how students have performed against the national average (over one million students participate in NAPLAN tests each year) and the national minimum standards. 

Due to the current restrictions, staff are currently preparing these reports to be posted home to families via mail. Hopefully, you should receive these by the end of next week, depending on postal delivery times.

Please make sure you retain these NAPLAN reports, as most secondary schools request these upon enrolment.

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