• 26 February -  Staff PD day (Curriculum / Pastoral)
• 1 March – Yr 7 2022 Open Night
• 8 March – Yr 7 BEST START Periods 1-2
• 26 March – Yr 12 Academic Reports Available to parents (COMPASS)
• 31 March – Yr 12 PTS Interviews
• 1 April – 7-10 Tracking Reports Available to parents (COMPASS)

CURRICULUM MATTERS...

 BEST START

Year 7 will be completing "Best Start" Testing this Term. Best Start Year 7 is a literacy and numeracy assessment package for schools to use in the first five weeks of Year 7. It is designed to:

• provide teachers with consistent and up-to-date information about new students' skills and abilities in literacy and numeracy
• identify students at risk of falling behind
• help inform targeted teaching and intervention strategies 

All Year 7 students will attend PC as usual and stay in PC rooms with their PC Teacher for P1-P2 to complete both tests (50 mins each). Tests are online and hence students will need a charged device 

Numeracy in 2021

By the end of 2021:

• All staff will acknowledge that they are teachers of Numeracy and will engage in professional dialogue, professional learning and professional experiences to support their own learning, development and ability to teach Numerical skills in their own subject context.
• Mathematics teachers will acknowledge their critical role as a teacher of Numeracy 
• Students will have an awareness and understanding of cross KLA Numeracy and the connections between subject specific content
• Students will have improved Numeracy skills through consolidation of concepts taught in Mathematics

Watch this space… for Numeracy updates

Ms Judith Tolomeo

Curriculum Coordinator