NAPLAN

Please find below the NAPLAN timetable that will be in operation in week 8 and 9. If your child is in either Year 3 or Year 5, please make sure they arrive at school on time. Please reminder your child that this is just one piece of assessment and that their classroom teachers know them best. Their day to day, week by week classroom work is more telling of who they are as a learner across the 3 domains of academic, social, and emotional development and growth than any NAPLAN assessment.

Wednesday 15th March – Writing 3s and 5s – 9:30am

Thursday 16th March – Reading 3s and 5s – 9:30am

Friday 17th March – Language Conventions 3s and 5s – 9:30am

Monday 20th March – Numeracy 3s and 5s – 9:30am

If your child is away for the scheduled test, they will be able to complete the NAPLAN tests up until 23rd March 2023. 

We ask that our community respects the testing times and keeps any visits to the school at a minimum. If you have any questions regarding NAPLAN, please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Abdy – sabdy2@eq.edu.au.

PBL & Social-Emotional Learning

The focus for the fortnight is:

Be a Friend – We speak positively and politely to each other.

There is always a reason to smile. The politeness and respectful courtesies given by the students each morning as they start the day are a reason someone smiles everyday at our school. I want to extend our appreciation of the care and time given by families to nurturing values that will continue to stand our students in good stead.

This fortnight, students are focusing on the importance of speaking positively and politely. Students are encouraged to speak positively and politely to all students, staff and visitors at CSS always and in all settings. We can make others happy or hurt their feelings when we speak. Students will understand that speaking unkindly can affect how people feel and that it is always important to be kind and fair.

BridgeBuilders - Ask them to STOP

When our friends do something that we do not like it is important that we ask them to STOP. This tells your friends what you don’t like. It creates boundaries. Children are often encouraged to tell someone to stop if they are being hurt, whether it be through conflict or bullying behaviours. In actual fact, this is one of the hardest skills to implement and does not always work for them, because it requires an understanding of a number of skills to implement correctly and also because a child cannot choose another person’s behaviour, only their own. However, it is very important that your child knows how to ask someone to stop, so they can be clear to communicate their boundaries.

Tips to teach this skill at home:

1. Teach children to stand bravely. The biggest form of communication is their body language.
2. Demonstrate to your child the different tones or sounds their voice can make when asking someone to stop. It could be whiney, sarcastic, angry or frustrated. Using a calm, brave tone of voice is empowering.
3. Help them to think about the words they use. They need to be clear about what they want the person to stop.
4. Remind children to finish with the word “thanks” rather than “please”.

Validating this learning empowers your child with valuable skills to learn how to "Ask Them to STOP" and be empowered for life!

Active School Travel

Bling your RIDE to School Day

Decorate your ride and ride to school on Wednesday 29 March

To celebrate the last Walking, Wheeling Wednesday of the term and National Ride to School day we are planning a day full of fun and colour where students, teachers and parents will discover the fun of riding to school.

We are inviting all students and families to Bling Your Ride to School on Wednesday 29 March 2023 to coincide with our Active School Travel Day. Everyone is encouraged to dress up their bikes, scooters, wheelchairs with bright, colourful decorations. The best decorated ride from P-3 and Years 4-6 will win a prize, so start planning your creations!

Brisbane City Council is also sponsoring scooter skills and bike skills workshops for selected grades on this day. More information and how to sign up to come.