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Dear Parents and Carers,
SEMESTER 1 REPORTING
A-E Definitions
Semester One Report Cards will be sent home in the final week of this term. When you receive your child's report card you will notice that nothing has changed and we are still using A-E grades for each area of learning. These A-E results come with definitions which you will also see on the report card.
An example of the 'C' definition is below:
Evidence of the student's work typically demonstrates that the student has the targeted knowledge and
- expected conceptual understanding
- expected application of skills
- they are able to transfer the above to familiar situations
As you can see above, a 'C' result in any learning area (Maths, English, Science etc) is the expected result. Some other key terms that are included in this definition are below:
Evidence: a range of information that teachers collect including data, work samples, digital media, teacher notes, formal assessment tasks.
Typically: allows for those students who may not have displayed this during a particular assessment task, but it is evident in their work with the frequency required within this grade. No longer are grades given based on one test or one assignment.
Conceptual Understanding: connected web of knowledge. Different concepts in maths may include angles, perimiter, area etc.
Skills: These are often the things that students need to be able to do. Some examples include creating texts, asking questions, re-reading and editing and there are many more.
Transfer: transfer is the ability of a student to take their current knowledge, skills and understandings and apply this into a new scenario and/or different context.
Of course, several students will achieve above or below a 'C' grade and the definitions do alter to take this into consideration. The three key terms of conceptual understanding, skills and the ability to transfer knowledge are in all definitions and students show these at different levels and hence the A-E grade.
If you would like any further clarification on the A-E definitions, please don't hesitate to send me an email or talk to your child's classroom teacher.
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL in 2022
Mr Luck provides information regarding the 2022 Athletics Carnival later in this newsletter. You will notice that there have been a few changes from previous years.
The main change is for children in Prep - Year 2. Previously, these children have stayed on the Friday for the whole day. This year, all of their events will be concluded by 12.30pm. At this time, they will either stay with their parents at the carnival, go home with their parents or return to school on the bus with their teacher.
This decision was not made in haste. After much consideration and feedback, the decision to shorten the junior years carnival was made. It is anticipated that by shortening the carnival for the younger children, there will be less down time and more engagement. They will still have their sprint race, rotations and relay.
If you haven't already done so, please click on the relevant link below to complete a survey related to catching buses back to school. There is one for P-2 students and one for 3-6 students. Please complete the form for each child in your family. This will help with bus bookings and supervision.
P-2 https://forms.office.com/r/N8ZcHK6nxy
3-6 https://forms.office.com/r/B4VPVkkDkM
Sam Hannant
APA