NAPLAN Online Practice Test

Last week Years 3 and 5 participated in the NAPLAN Online Practice Test. This was an opportunity for the students to use the NAPLAN Locked Browser and experience NAPLAN style questions and ways to give responses. It was also an opportunity to test the NAPLAN platform and see if the system would cope with thousands of users on at the same time. All students completed the practice tests with commitment and diligence. As mentioned previously, the NAPLAN testing fortnight for 2021 is the 11th-21st May.

St Pius Information Session

A reminder for Year 6 parents that St Joseph’s is hosting the 2022 Year 7 St Pius Information Session. This will be held in the school hall on Monday, 26th April beginning at 6pm.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

We have had a very successful first term implementation of PBL at St Joseph’s. Students have enjoyed the explicit PBL lessons and we have seen much of their positive learning exhibited in both the classroom and playground. This term we have had a focus on:

• Act Safely – Using safe hands and feet
• Being Respectful – Including others
• Care for all – Care for the place you are in
• Do Your Best – Learn and let other’s learn

Dash Tokens were introduced at the beginning of the year. These have been a great way to instantly reward students when they demonstrate positive behaviour. Blue Sports Colour House were successful in accumulating the most tokens in the first half of the term. Students across K-6 in the Blue House enjoyed an out-of-uniform day in Week 6.

It is our pleasure to announce that the colour house which accumulated the most tokens for the second half of the term was the Green Colour Sports House. Congratulations to students in the Green House! Early next term we will be gathering as a group and deciding what the reward will be.

Well done to all for their efforts with our PBL this term!