Student Centred Reporting 2021

Over the past term we have been working with our staff and school community seeking feedback about the most effective ways to share and discuss student learning and progression. Thank you to the parents who submitted feedback about this last term. It is very clear that families highly value the regular learning snapshots shared through seesaw as well as discussing learning with our classroom teachers.

With a focus on increased sharing of real time learning through seesaw, progress based discussions and enhancing our connection with our families we will be making some adjustments to our reporting this year.

Semester 1 Reporting will include;

• A - E Report

• Progress against the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards

• Progress against ILP goals (if applicable)

• Progress in regards to Personal and Social Capabilities

• Future focused 3 way (student/parent/teacher) discussions in week 10 of term 2

Semester 2 Reporting will include;

• A - E Report

• Progress against the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards and a general comment

• Progress against ILP goals (if applicable)

• Progress in regards to Personal and Social Capabilities

• Optional parent/teacher interviews in week 10 term 4

I look forward to seeing families in week 10 for future focused discussions with their classroom teachers.

University of Canberra Partnership

We are very excited to partner with the University of Canberra in the “A Good Start to Life” project which aims at supporting our families in enhancing their children's readiness for school. UC will be working with us on a range of community programs, supports and events over the next three years. Keep an eye out for a range of opportunities that you and your family can take part in.

The Nest @ Evatt

You might have noticed a bit of work going at Evatt around the corner from the Front Office. We’re excited to finally be opening our brand new community hub and cafe, The Nest. This space has been collaboratively established in partnership with the P&C and supported by the ACT Education Supporting Parent Engagement Grants. The space includes a fully functioning café, quality literature, our school uniform store and much more.

The Nest has been built around the Future of Education Strategies Foundation of Strong Communities for learning.

The strategy outlines:

• A strong education system requires a strong community, with schools acting as a hub for education and support services.

• Recognising that teachers and school leaders work in partnership with families, support staff and other professionals, results in a reorientation of schools as multi-service environments. Practitioners, policy makers and system leaders must innovatively collaborate to ensure strong supports in and around schools.

We would like to acknowledge the work of our outstanding Building Service Officer, Brad Spence who went above and beyond to work on the space. Thank you Brad, the Evatt Community will appreciate your hard work for many years to come.

On Thursday, The Nest hosted the first of hopefully many workshops for parents/carers focusing on supporting their child's learning. This workshop focused on supporting your child's reading progress. We ran two separate workshops, one from 9:00 - 9:30 and another from 3:00 - 3:30. It was exciting to see so many families in attendance.

From next week, The Nest will be open every day from 8:40am - 9:00am for parents/carers and students to engage in shared reading before school.

There are currently no community consultation surveys available.

Stocks are running low on smaller sizes- we have lots of larger sizes!