Principal Talk with Mrs. Lowe
Term 4 Key Dates
| Thursday 3 December |
Trinity Catholic College Orientation Day |
| Friday 4 December |
St Mary's Mini-Olympics 12pm - 2.30pm |
| Thursday 10 December |
Leadership Changeover and End of Year Mass Years 4-6 9.30am. Yr 5 Parents only |
| Friday 11 December |
Farewell Concert for Mrs McCarthy 12.00pm (for students only - sorry) |
| Monday 14 December |
In-house Movie Day Year Six Graduation Mass, Dinner & Awards Presentation from 5.30pm |
| Wednesday 16 December |
Year Six Final Assembly for students 2.00pm End of the school year |
Semester Two Reporting
At the end of next week, you will receive your child’s school report with A-E grading. Below might answer questions you may have about A-E grading.
The A to E grading scale lets teachers report student academic achievements at any point in time using clear standards.
Your child's teacher will make a professional judgement to decide which grade best matches the standards your child has achieved, based on assessment information they have collected. An on-balance judgement does not just focus on a single piece of work. The assessment information gives information about a student up to a given point in time. This information will come from both formal assessment activities and informal observations and will be built up over time and in different situations.
The A to E grade scale summarises the standard (or quality) of achievement associated with each grade. The scale describes:
- the depth of knowledge and understanding and
- the range of skills that students working at that standard typically show.
Grades are given for individual achievement. Teachers are not limited to set numbers of each grade within their class or school.
Grades are one aspect of school reporting to parents. Another important tool is the student ‘Work Samples Portfolio’.
The Common Grade Scale, shown below, can be used to report student achievement in both primary and junior secondary years in all NSW schools.
The Common Grade Scale describes performance at each of five grade levels.
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A |
The student has extensive knowledge and understanding of the content and can readily apply this knowledge. In addition, the student has achieved a very high level of competence in the processes and skills and can apply these skills to new situations. |
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B |
The student has thorough knowledge and understanding of the content and a high level of competence in the processes and skills. In addition, the student is able to apply this knowledge and these skills to most situations. |
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C |
The student has sound knowledge and understanding of the main areas of content and has achieved an adequate level of competence in the processes and skills. it would be expected that the majority of students gain a 'sound' knowledge and understanding of content and sit within the 'C' grade range. |
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D |
The student has basic knowledge and understanding of the content and has achieved a limited level of competence in the processes and skills. |
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E |
The student has elementary knowledge and understanding in a few areas of the content and has achieved very limited competence in some of the processes and skills. |
You will receive your child's Semester Two Progress Report and Evidence of Work Sample Folder on Friday 11 December.
Your child’s Work Sample Folder will contain work samples taken from a variety of learning areas across the Semester. There will be a variety of draft and published pieces so that you can see your child’s everyday work standards.
If you have any questions about either of these progress documents please make an appointment to see your child’s classroom teacher.
End of Year Events
End of Year School Mass and Changeover Ceremony
The voting for our 2021 Captain roles will occur on Monday 7 December with the announcement at our End of Year School Mass and Changeover Ceremony on Thursday 10 December at 9.30am. Due to continuing COVID restrictions only 81 people are permitted to be in the Church at once, so we ask that only Year 5 parents attend, if they desire.
Please note the badges will be blessed and presented at our 2021 Welcome and Leaders Induction Mass at the beginning of Term One on Thursday 4 February (TBC).
Year Six Farewell
This year our Year Six end of year Graduation events will occur off-site to comply with the COVID 4m2 space per person rule.
The format will be as follows:
5.30pm - Graduation Mass at St Mary's Church
6.30pm - Dinner at the Services Club for students, parents/carers and staff
- Year Six Awards Presentation
- Year Six Final Assembly
We have included the Awards Presentation in the evening event as parents and carers are still not permitted to attend School Assemblies.
The Year Six class will also present their Final Assembly to the whole school on the last day of school, Wednesday 16 December at 2 pm. The recipients of Awards will also be acknowledged at this Assembly.