School Safety

The school works very hard to provide a safe environment for our students, not only during the school day but also before and after school. The ‘kiss and drop’ zone was created to allow parents to drop their children at the school gate in a safe environment. We have also created two pick up zones to help reduce congestion at pick up times. As parents and caregivers, you can help to keep our students safe by respecting the following guidelines:

• Stay below the 40km/h speed limit around the school.
• Stay below the 50km/h speed limit in surrounding streets
• When dropping children off in the ‘kiss and drop’ zone, please move your vehicle as far forward as possible
• DO NOT park or stop in front of neighbours’ driveways
• DO NOT make U turns in front of the school
• Please show patience and consideration to other road user
  

NAPLAN Testing

Over the next few weeks, the Year 3 and Year 5 students will be undertaking the annual NAPLAN tests. Students in both year levels undertake assessments in numeracy, reading, writing and language conventions (spelling, vocabulary and grammar).

NAPLAN is an important means for the government to assess the skills students are developing, while also providing a valuable resource for the teachers; however, we need to remember that it is only a snapshot of what the students know and understand in specific tested areas at a specific time. The teachers at our school work diligently throughout the year to support the students to learn and develop not only academically, but socially, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Our staff know each student’s gifts and abilities far more intimately than the representation of any single test result. The NAPLAN test does not understand the needs and background of each student; nor does it highlight the many diverse, God-given gifts and skills which each of the students possess. Therefore, it should in no way be used to assess the value of our students. We are proud of every student that is a part of our community, and we wish them God’s blessings and success in everything they do.