FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL'S DESK
SPOTLIGHT ON LEARNING PRESENTS YEAR 4!!!
CLASS PROFILE
TEACHERS: Mrs Arthur-Worsop and Mrs Richardson
SSOs: Mrs Lisa Paton
STUDENTS: An awesome group of creative, enthusiastic, fun and clever boys and girls
Year 6 REPORTERS: Abby and Andy
Year 6 CAMERA/VIDEO CREW: William and Sophie
Please enjoy some photos of the students engaging, pop art and their Writer's Notebook, plus some video interviews of students and Mrs Arthur-Worsop talking about the wonderful learning in YEAR 4! Thank you to our skilful Year 6 leaders, William, Abby, Andy and Sophie for their amazing ICT skills and interview skills.
Stay tuned for SPOTLIGHT ON LEARNING in the next BB edition in Week 9 where we will showcase YEAR 5!
| Class | Term | Week |
| Year 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Year 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Year 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Year 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Year 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Year 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Kindergarten | 3 | 6 |
NAPLAN ONLINE 2022
NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit in May each year. It is the only national assessment all Australian students do. Students in Year 3 and Year 5 will sit the NAPLAN starting on Tuesday 10 May. Year 3 will do a paper based writing assessment and Year 5 will complete an online writing assessment. The following schedule of assessments are being planned:
| Tuesday 10 MAY | Year 3, Year 5 Writing Assessment |
| Wednesday 11 May | Year 3, Year 5, Reading and Conventions of Language Assessments |
| Thursday 12 May | Year 3, Year 5 Numeracy Assessment |
| Friday 13 May | Catch up Tests |
A public demonstration site is available for students to use at home, to practice using the online platform. It can be accessed here. The students will have ample opportunities in class to feel at ease and comfortable with the assessment and to practice using the online platform.
https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site
For more information on NAPLAN ONLINE 2022, please refer to the following parent information flyer.
Lids4Kids
Last week we launched a new initiative at St Brigid's called Lids4Kids. This is a wonderful cause where the plastic lids collected are made into prosthetic limbs to help children who need them. We are asking that you please bring in any milk, soft drink or water bottle lids to school. Each class have their own collection box and the class who bring in the most lids will receive a reward at the end of the term. I would like to thank our Stewardship Leader, Raen for proposing that we strive to make a difference for children less fortunate than ourselves by collecting the lids and our Justice Leader, Tully for working closely with Raen to drive this initiative. This initiative is a double gift as we are also reducing plastic waste by turning the lids into prosthetic limbs. Please get on board with this fantastic initiative and start bringing in those plastic lids.
BULLYING. NO WAY DAY!
Friday 18 March 2022 is National Day Against Bullying and at St Brigid's we are celebrating a KINDNESS CULTURE! On this day the students will be engaging in a number of fun and engaging activities that promote kindness, tolerance, resilence and above all RESPECT for one another. To mark this day, we are asking everyone to wear the colour BLUE to show our collective support of a kindness culture and anti-bullying.
DIGITAL LESSONS FOR ISOLATING STUDENTS
As we are once again restricted by COVID-19 and NSW Health requires that household contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases are to isolate for 7 days, we are determined to ensure learning continuity for all the students, so teachers have now created digital learning tasks to be accessed via the student's Seesaw accounts (Year 1-2) or Google Classroom accounts. These tasks can be accessed using the Seesaw Home Learning code and the Google Classroom class codes (teacher shares with students). Please feel free to access the tasks if your child is isolating at home. If your child becomes sick, there is no obligation to complete these tasks. Below is some information about these tasks:
- Digital tasks will be available to access from Term 1, Week 3
- Digital tasks can be accessed using the student’s Seesaw accounts (Years 1-2) or Google Classroom accounts (Years 3-6)
- Seesaw Home Learning Codes will be provided to students once the Responsible Use of Technology Agreement has been signed and returned to school
- Google Classroom codes will be emailed to parents or shared with students
- There will be a minimum of 4 digital tasks to complete
- Digital tasks will be in line with the class teaching and learning program
- Students are also expected to access their EPIC Home Reading accounts with reading material assigned to each student
- Teachers will provide feedback on the digital tasks submitted by students
If you need any support with these tasks or require any further information, please contact the office and we will do our best to support you.
CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY
Our Clean Up Australia Day was a huge success. The students enjoyed the opportunity to clean up their school environment.
