I was lucky enough last week to attend the first day of our inaugural 2 night Grade 6 Leadership Camp. This opportunity was made possible by our wonderful staff who gave up their own time to support students overnight.  The camp was a great success with many amazing stories being told when students returned on Friday. We hope this will become a mainstay of our leadership program at AFPS and a stepping stone for other groups to also experience adventure activities outside of our own school setting.

Currently our Preps are undertaking one to one assessments with their teachers – these assessments known as PIPs (Performance Indicators in Primary Schools) give teachers an opportunity to check in on our student’s early literacy and numeracy development. During these assessments students will work one to one with their class teacher for 30 minutes.

Reporting 2019

During 2019 our staff will report on students’ progress at various times throughout the year.  Below is an outline of the reporting process

Prep – 6 reporting

Term 1 – Meet the teacher (week 2) + Primary progress report (week 10)

Term 2 – Midyear report (week 10)

Term 4 – End of year report (week 10)

Kindergarten reporting

Term 1 – Meet the teacher session + Parent interviews if required

Term 4 – End of year report (Celebration of Learning document)

I hope that all families received our new Positive Behaviour Support Policy in week 2. This policy outlines what we do as a school to support students to make positive decisions in regards to regulating their own behaviour and promotes positive outcomes throughout the school using a rewards system.

Thursday this week at 9.45am will also see us hold another snake information session for our new students and Kinders who have joined our school in 2019. Parents/Carers are also encouraged to attend this session if you would like to find out more information.

Regards

Tim Nicholas

Principal