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NAPLAN success at Springfield Gardens in 2024!
NAPLAN reports went home with students in Years 3 & 5 this week and many of our students had great results. It is with lots of pride that our school can celebrate the following results – I have tried not to include too many examples!
Year 3
- Numeracy scores have improved but the real positives can be seen in Year 3 Reading where 59.1% of students are performing in the strong or exceeding range (up from 44.8% in 2023 and 41.6% 2022).
- We now have 13.6% of Year 3 students exceeding in reading, up from 10% last year.
- The average score of students in Year 3 was 382, up from 363 in 2023. This is also 19.3% greater than similar schools!
Year 5
- In Numeracy in 2023, 50% of students needed additional support – in 2024 this is down to 22.2% - less than half!
- In 2024 82% of students experienced medium gain in Numeracy, up 29% on 2023. This result is also 32% higher than similar schools!
- Reading results showed that children performing strongly went from 20.8% in 2023 to 41.4% in 2024!
- Students in the developing range (early reading) went down from 41.7% (2023) to only 20.7% this year.
These are fantastic results to celebrate – we should all be very proud.
NAPLAN is only one indicator of student success and while only Year 3 & 5 students are tested (in primary schools), these results show that not only are our students learning but their success is significant. I can’t wait to see our whole school results in end of year PAT testing.
Any parents interested in discussing their child’s NAPLAN results or our school successes are welcome to make a meeting with me through the school office.
Onward and upward, it is!
Nadine Davey
Principal
In Kinder, we have been learning about Community Helpers which coincides with our visit from Firefighter Todd! We have been exploring the different jobs and roles of Community Helpers within our local community.
“Doctors are for sick patients” – Milly
“Fixers, builders, fix things that are broke on houses” – Abhimanyu
“Firefighters help someone get the fire away” – Luke
“Police come and help to find stuff and take the bad guys to jail” – Aylah
“Bus drivers take us to school and make us happy” – Lucy
“Pilots help us on the plane and fly wings so we can see the world” – Joan
We were very excited to meet Firefighter Todd on Thursday morning who spoke to us about the importance of calling Triple Zero in an emergency and explained how Firefighters keep us safe! Some of us even dressed up in the uniform!
This week Firefighter Todd is visiting our school to teach us about fire safety. Yesterday we learnt about how smoke rises, what to do if there's a fire (Get down low, and go, go, go!) and watched a video about what happens when 000 is called.
Today we learnt about the importance of having a home fire escape plan and knowing where to meet if we have a house fire. Working smoke detectors are super important, so we learnt how to check them to make sure they work.
We're looking forward to learning more about fire safety later in the week.
Friday Fun – 24 Carrot Garden Group
During Friday Fun we started some fire safety, with practising melting a marshmallow on a pretend fire in DIG garden. Then we made damper in the classroom, a little bit messy but fun following the recipe! We look forward to cooking the mixture (which is currently in the freezer) and putting either butter, jam or chocolate in the middle.
2024 Student Representative Council Members
We are proud to introduce our 2024 Student Representative Council (SRC) team. They are excited to be representing their peers and to start putting their amazing ideas into action.
Name: Phoenix Eyles
Grade: 5
Hobbies/interests: Playing with friends after school
Favourite parts about school: PE and Playberry
Why I wanted to become an SRC member: I wanted to organise fundraisers and also help to keep the playground clean.
Name: Bella-Rose Richards
Grade: 5
Hobbies/interests: Soccer, netball, football and basketball
Favourite parts about school: Hanging out with friends, maths, reading and writing
Why I wanted to become an SRC member: I wanted to be an SRC member so that I could help the school to run more programs and fundraisers.
Name: Carlee Porthouse
Grade: 5
Hobbies/interests: Playing netball and doing dancing
Favourite parts about school: Seeing my friends and teachers
Why I wanted to become an SRC member: I wanted to help by continuing the sustainability group, which stops littering and helps the environment. I also wanted to help with running fundraisers.
Name: Alyssa Salter
Grade: 5
Hobbies/interests: Drawing
Favourite parts about school: Seeing my friends
Why I wanted to become an SRC member: I wanted to help with organising fundraisers that raise money for different charities.
Name: Harper Lincoln
Grade: 5
Hobbies/interests: Dancing
Favourite parts about school: Learning about maths
Why I wanted to become an SRC member: Make change in the school and have fun.
Name: Ruby Kelleher
Grade: 6
Hobbies/interests: Listening to music, boxing and dancing
Favourite parts about school: Hanging out with my friends and the kind teachers
Why I wanted to become an SRC member: I think it’s a good opportunity. I like helping and wanted to help to organise fundraisers.
Name: Johny Alexandrellis
Grade: 5
Hobbies/interests: Basketball and gaming
Favourite parts about school: PE and maths
Why I wanted to become an SRC member: I wanted to continue the sustainability group, which picks up rubbish and organises things around the school that helps the environment.
Name: Melina Tebb
Grade: 5
Hobbies/interests: Dance
Favourite parts about school: Hanging out with friends.
Why I wanted to become an SRC member: To make change in the school and to have fun.
Name: Summer Lyons
Grade: 6
Hobbies/interests: Netball
Favourite parts about school: Hanging out with friends
Why I wanted to become an SRC member: I wanted to become an SRC member because I want to help around the school.
Name: Dallas Dickinson
Grade: 5
Hobbies/interests: Hockey, running and soccer
Favourite parts about school: My favourite subjects are math and music.
Why I wanted to become an SRC member: I thought it would be really fun and cool to be able to organise things like the fundraisers.
It's that time of the year again when we celebrate Book Week from 19-23 August.
Book week is a time to celebrate reading and encourage our students to exercise their imagination. During Book Week students will have an opportunity to dress-up for our Book Week Assembly - Wednesday 21 August 9.10am-10.00am in the Hall as well as some other exciting learning opportunities. Stay tuned to hear more about our Book Week activities!
Parents and Carers are invited to enjoy a cup of tea/coffee after watching the parade.
The SRC team have been brainstorming some fundraisers and we have decided it would be a great idea to organise a PJ Day to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. This will take place on Wednesday 7thAugust. The event will involve a gold coin donation.
Sincerely
Ruby, Carlee and the 2024 SRC team.
Your school is in the running to win $10,000 as part of 7HOFM's School of the Year!
Voting takes place between 6:00am Tuesday 6th August ~ Sunday 18th August 2024 11:59pm
https://www.7hofm.com.au/?post_type=promotion&p=29347
Please note that the above link will not be active until the dates stated above.
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