APA News

Swimming Lessons

Due to a variety of reasons the swimming lesson dates this term have been adjusted slightly. This also means that the carnival date for Years 3-6 has changed. Please see adjusted dates below: 

Lessons - Week 6 – 15, 16, 17 March & Week 8 – 28, 29 March 

Swimming Carnival (Years 3-6 only) – Wednesday 30 March (due to COVID restrictions parents are unable to attend)

Further information and a permission form have been sent via the Parent Portal.  For your information, children will need togs, goggles, towel, swimming bag and thongs/sandals to wear to the pool.  They can wear sport uniform on swimming days and swimming caps are provided by Glennie.   All students need to wear closed sneakers to and from school.

NAPLAN

NAPLAN is used by governments, education authorities and schools to determine whether young Australians are meeting important goals in literacy and numeracy.

All students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are expected to sit the NAPLAN tests, which are held in May each year.

NAPLAN gives a snapshot of how children are performing in reading, writing, spelling, punctuation, grammar, and numeracy. It complements other effective classroom assessment and reporting practices.

As St Saviour's Primary is an online school for NAPLAN, the test window is from 11-21 May.  Students in Years 3&5 will participate in a Practice OMNIBUS Test (various questions) on 22 March and Year 5 students in a Practice Writing Test on 23 March.

For more information, please visit the following link https://nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/naplan-information-brochure-for-parents-and-carers.pdf 

Parent/Teacher Interviews

Parent/Teacher interviews for most classes will take place from 21 March.  Information and bookings are available via the Parent Portal.

It is recommended that all parents attend an interview as they are an important part of the St Saviour's Primary Reporting process.

National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence

St Saviour's Primary is joining the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA) on Friday 18 March 2022.

This year, we help celebrate 12 years of action for Australia’s key bullying prevention initiative, with the theme, Kindness Culture.  Kindness Culture promotes inclusiveness, respect and community belonging. 

The 2022 theme offers an opportunity to learn about kindness, and demonstrating kind behaviour. Kindness plays an important role in bullying prevention.

To help raise awareness about NDA and bullying prevention, all students and staff are welcome to wear something orange on Friday 18 March.  This could be a t shirt, shorts or a hat.  It may even be something as simple as a hair ribbon.

Further information regarding this day can be obtained from the following website https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/preventing-bullying/national-day-of-action-against-bullying-and-violence