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Community Engagement-Supporting Your Child’s Learning
Truganina College
20th February 2019
SLIDE 2 Introduction and Welcome
Nicole O’Brien Director of Teaching and Learning Excellence, Foundation – 9 Year 7 Assistant Principal Helene Refuerzo Year 7- 9 Secondary School Assistant Principal – Teaching And Learning Excellence Justine Ryan Year 5-6 Assistant Principal – Teaching And Learning Excellence Vanitha Sujith Year 3-4 Assistant Principal – Teaching And Learning Excellence
SLIDE 3 School Purpose Statement
Our school community is one with high
- expectations. We are collaborative and
inclusive of all. We deliver a 21st century guaranteed and viable curriculum that results in outstanding student achievement.
School Motto Inspiring Excellence in Learning to Believe, Achieve and Succeed.
SLIDE 4 Assessment
+ Purpose of ongoing assessments + Fountas and Pinnell - Reading + PAT Testing- Progressive Achievement Testing;
Reading, Maths and Science
+ NAPLAN + Victorian Curriculum Teacher Judgements
SLIDE 5 What is Fountas and Pinnell?
- Accurate and reliable tool to identify
the instructional and independent reading levels of all students.
- Teachers use this tool to:
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Observe and quantify student reading behaviours.
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Engage students in comprehension conversations that go beyond retelling.
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Make informed decisions that connect assessment to responsive teaching.
SLIDE 6 What is PAT Testing/ Progressive Achievement Test
- At Truganina College we do
Online PAT testing for Reading- comprehension, Math and Science.
- Conducted at the end of each
academic year.
Teachers use this tool to:
- Diagnose student learning and
monitor progress over time.
- Gather information about skills
and understandings in a range
- f key areas.
- Plan lessons based on the
information.
SLIDE 7 NAPLAN 2019
- National Assessment Program
– Literacy and Numeracy.
Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.
- Completed over three days.
- Assessments are held in your
child’s classroom environment.
- Year 7- Calculator and non
Calculator Exam time 60 minutes.
https://www.nap.edu.au/information/ key-dates/naplan-test-timetable
Tuesday 14th May 2019
Language Conventions Writing
Wednesday 15th May 2019
Reading
Thursday 16th May 2019
Numeracy
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5 Year Trend Report – Year 3 and 5 Reading
Year 3 Year 5
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5 Year Trend Report – Year 7 and 9 Reading
Year 7 Year 9
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5 Year Trend Report – Year 3 and Numeracy
Year 3 Year 5
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5 Year Trend Report – Year 7 and 9 Numeracy
Year 7 Year 9
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5 Year Trend Report – Year 3 and 5 Writing
Year 5 Year 3
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5 Year Trend Report – Year 7 and 9 Writing
Year 9 Year 7
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5 Year Trend Report – Year 3 and 5 Spelling
Year 5 Year 3
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5 Year Trend Report – Year 7 and 9 Spelling
Year 9 Year 7
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5 Year Trend Report – Year 3 and 5 Grammar & Punctuation
Year 5 Year 3
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5 Year Trend Report – Year 7 and 9 Grammar & Punctuation
Year 9 Year 7
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SLIDE 19 Teaching and Learning at school and home.
Key writing skills required to become better writers.
SLIDE 20 Supporting your child’s learning at home.
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Reading Mantra: Remind students to apply Reading Mantra while reading the passages and ask for evidence and reasoning for their answer.
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Read every night and record their thinking in their planners.
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Ask questions about what they have read.
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Maths Mantra: Remind your child to apply the Maths Mantra while solving maths problems.
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Practice multiplication times table.
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Writing: Encourage them to write a variety of text and develop a habit to edit and revise their own work.
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Homework: Set some time every day where you can support them with completion of homework.
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Let’s have a go at attempting a NAPLAN style reading comprehension passage. * All Year 3 families will go to their child's classrooms. ***Families of children in Year 3 E- Miss Rini Roy’s class to go to portable 17. * All Year 5 families will go to their child's classrooms in building 3. * All Year 7 families will go to Room 42. * All Year 9 families will go to the hub Room 37 in building 6.
