The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Public School proudly stands on Yakambul land 75-79 Wood St Tenterfield NSW 2372 • 02 67361401 • [email protected]• www.sirhparkes-schools.nsw.edu.au The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER LEARNING SAFETY RESPECT Term 1 Week 9 2019 Parent Teacher Interviews Term 1 parent/teacher interviews will be held in Week 11. These meengs are a fantasc me for parents and carers to meet heir child/ren’s teacher/s to discuss what has been happening in the classroom, around the school, individual student strengths and areas to work on. As per usual, meslots be allocated on a ‘first in first served’ basis. Please return your slip with your 3 preferences as soon as possible. These will be coming home later this week. These meengs are a maximum of 15 minutes. If further me is required then a separate meeng is best to be scheduled. UNSW Global ICAS Assessments ICAS Assessments are online assessments, designed to recognise and reward academic excellence. The assessments are based on the curricula for the relevant year. Students are asked to demonstrate a deeper, integrated, and thorough level of learning. To ensure an engaging and beneficial experience for all students, new ICAS assessments are developed annually for each subject in every year level. Suggested benefits of the assessments are that they: Provide objecve ranking of performance Encourage students to aain greater academic success Require students to think beyond the classroom Recognise student success through medals and cerficates. This year the assessments have been moved to Term 3. The assessments connue to be held only for students in Years 3-6. The permission slip was sent home with to all students in Stages 2 and 3 last week. NSW Department of Educaon Website On the home page of the DoE website there is a link to click on called ‘Helping Your Child Thrive’. Opening this link will provide helpful ps and resources for families to help their children thrive. Included are arcles and advice to hep manage common health and wellbeing issues that arise during a child’s journey through school. Some of these will be aached to our FB Page in the coming weeks. Have a fantasc week ahead! Miss Anna Starcevic Principal
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The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Public School proudly stands on Yakambul land
As per usual, timeslots be allocated on a ‘first in first
served’ basis. Please return your slip with your 3
preferences as soon as possible. These will be
coming home later this week.
These meetings are a maximum of 15 minutes. If
further time is required then a separate meeting is
best to be scheduled.
UNSW Global ICAS Assessments
ICAS Assessments are online assessments, designed to recognise and reward academic excellence.
The assessments are based on the curricula for the relevant year. Students are asked to demonstrate a deeper, integrated, and thorough level of learning.
To ensure an engaging and beneficial experience for
all students, new ICAS assessments are developed
annually for each subject in every year level.
Suggested benefits of the assessments are that
they:
Provide objective ranking of performance
Encourage students to attain greater academic
success
Require students to think beyond the classroom
Recognise student success through medals and
certificates.
This year the assessments have been moved to
Term 3. The assessments continue to be held only
for students in Years 3-6.
The permission slip was sent home with to all
students in Stages 2 and 3 last week.
NSW Department of Education Website
On the home page of the DoE website there is a link
to click on called ‘Helping Your Child Thrive’.
Opening this link will provide helpful tips and
resources for families to help their children thrive.
Included are articles and advice to hep manage
common health and wellbeing issues that arise
during a child’s journey through school.
Some of these will be attached to our FB Page in the
coming weeks.
Have a fantastic week ahead!
Miss Anna Starcevic
Principal
The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Public School proudly stands on Yakambul land
In English we’ve been working really hard to learn about the writing process. This has helped us to create multiple texts, including an information report on Gudas (Koalas). We’re now working on imaginative texts. The boys also build on their reading, handwriting, phonological knowledge and spelling skills each morning through independent activities and one-on-one teacher guided sessions.
In Maths we have been exploring a wide range of number concepts and strategies. We study these concepts as we rotate around the room each day. In these rotations the Gudas participate in one-on-one teacher sessions, hands-on learning experiences and numeracy-based games. Every Guda is delivered curriculum content appropriate for their learning strengths and needs.
Additionally, we’ve been learning about dinosaurs, soccer, healthy and active bodies, friendships and role-taking. From time to time we’ve also been getting our hands dirty while building and creating.
The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Public School proudly stands on Yakambul land
