WHOLE SCHOOL REFLECTION
Term One is all about getting to know our students and for our staff it’s also about getting to know where students are at in their learning. We do this using many forms of formative and summative data, including student voice and of course hearing from you about how they learn. We feel privileged to have had so many parents visit last month for our Open Classroom afternoon and hope you came away with a greater understanding of what your children ‘do’ all day every day! Seesaw is another really important tool to keep abreast of their progress and we encourage you to check this regularly.
Next week is NAPLAN for all our Grade 3 and Grade 5 students. While this is only one test on one day it does provide us with some very important data to inform our planning at an individual, grade, and whole school level.
I also wanted to provide an update around the school crossing and where we are at. State Growth have been in contact, and they have sent us the actual criteria for us to meet to obtain a crossing guard. While we still don’t meet the criteria (minimum of 250 cars per hour) they will be sending someone out to reassess the crossing. In the meantime, I have put this issue on the agenda for our first School Association meeting on the 28 March at 7pm. I have also asked State Growth to re-paint the crossing and provide us with new flags. We have also approached the council about making the area between the crossing and school car park entrance (on the school side) a no-standing zone, in the hope of alleviating some of the parking issues and making it more of a drop off/pick up zone. I will keep you posted on how this goes. In the meantime, having stood out on the crossing for the morning and afternoon for the best part of 18 months, I can tell you that on the whole it is not our students who need to be more vigilant. Many times, I have witnessed near misses because of driver inattention as well as illegal parking, turning and pulling into places that drivers shouldn’t. This is something to be mindful of for all those in a rush or hurry, as well as a plea to you that if you are able and can walk to and from school to drop off and or collect your children, it will help make the parking situation much more manageable.
