NAPLAN week

This week has been a week of NAPLAN  tests for year 3 and 5. We've done the language conventions, writing and today the reading tests. Students have been really calm and focused and the rest of the school has been really quiet and allowed us to go on with our tests with no interuptions. The NAPLAN

 tests have been in the morning sessions, except for the first day where there were two tests to fit into the day. That has meant that we have been fitting our literacy and numeracy lessons around the rest of the day as best we can. Finishing NAPLAN this week will let us get back to our reading groups and novel study in the mornings, maths in the middle session and our science, art and yoga in between these.

Reading groups have changed for this term and students have begun a novel of their choice with a little encouragement and guidance from their teachers to make sure they have the perfect novel for their ability. The compromise has meant that everyone is pretty happy with their choice. We have a range of novels from the classic 'Charlotte's Web' to the fantasy novel, 'Rowen of Rin'. We will be using the super six comprehension strategies from last term to help us work our way through our novel and also be looking at the setting, characters and plot.

This has been the second week of Yoga. Year 4 had their lesson without year 3 this week because of NAPLAN. Mrs Stanford stayed with year 4 while they were at their Yoga lesson as Mrs Taylor was with year 3 supervising their NAPLAN test. Year 3 will get to catch up on their lesson later in the week. The comments after our Yoga lessons have been very positive! Everyone seems to love it!