From The Acting Principal

Welcome to week 6! This Term is certainly racing by quickly with summer just around the corner. Let’s hope we start to see an improvement in the weather as the days get longer.

Our Colour Run was held last Thursday and was a sensational afternoon of splashing colour and fun. Norwood Primary School raised an enormous $28,645! This is a remarkable effort form the entire school community and we cannot thank you all enough. A huge thank you to the School Association and the volunteers for your work on another successful project. To our parent community who came out to support the afternoon, thank you. It was fantastic to view the sea of colour and the smiles on student faces.

A special thank you to Mrs Simone Fox for her work in running the event. From both an organisational and logistical stand-point, the afternoon ran seamlessly.  

2023 Classes

Our class structure for 2023 has been finalised and can be shared with the school community. The structure allows for streamlined curriculum delivery and is as follows:

As previously communicated, we are currently finalising staffing for the year and should be in a position to share this within the coming weeks. Our staff have worked hard in a collaborative fashion to develop our classes and their input has been invaluable in the process.

2022 End of Year Reporting and Communicating with Families

A reminder to families that end of year reports will be sent home on Thursday 15^th December.

You can learn more about school reports by watching the video accessed through the QR code or view the links below:

• School Reports FAQs
• Understanding the 9-point scale
• Visit the Department of Education’s website at: Reporting - The Department for Education, Children and Young People Tasmania (decyp.tas.gov.au)

Sora App - eBook Access

Recently Libraries Tasmania covered the cost of a statewide eBook licence which is accessible to all families through the Sora App. The App provides access to a foundation set of eBooks, eAudiobooks, graphic novels, comics and magazines, including award winning titles and well-known authors. It includes books for early readers, modern fiction and vintage classics.

Students can access the books by downloading and activating the Sora App.

NAPLAN 2023 - Change of Dates

Students will be sitting NAPLAN between 15th and 27th March 2023.

The National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses literacy and numeracy skills that students are already learning at school. On its own, NAPLAN is not a test that can be studied for, and students are not expected to do so.

NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process – it does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance; however, students and parents may use individual results to discuss progress with teachers.

2023 will be the first year NAPLAN will be held in March, having previously taken place in May. This change was made so school systems would have access to results earlier in the school year, so they can be used to inform teaching and learning plans for the remainder of the year.

Why NAPLAN is conducted online

NAPLAN online provides a better assessment and more precise results.

One of the main benefits of NAPLAN online is that it uses tailored (or adaptive) testing. This means that students receive questions better suited to their abilities, so they can show what they know and can do. Online testing also allows us to provide a wide range of accessibility options to support students with disability to access NAPLAN.

Feedback from students is that they find the online test more engaging.

Please note that students in Year 3 complete the Writing Test on paper.

Parent information brochures and other resources

NAPLAN information brochure for parents and carers

The link will take you to the official National Assessment Program (NAP) website.

Please contact Norwood Primary School if you have any further queries.

Kind regards,

Luke Padgett

A/Principal