From the Assistant Principal - Teaching, Learning and Wellbeing

THE VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF ASSESSMENT

NESA defines Assessment as a “broad name for the collection and evaluation of evidence of a student's learning. It is integral to teaching and learning and has multiple purposes.”

There are many ways that teachers collect evidence and evaluate student learning that go beyond our end of course examinations and class tests. Assessment is continuous and on-going, tasks can be big or small. The types of tasks can be multi-modal, digital, project based, portfolio, research and observational. Students are assessed in every lesson, and this is known as formative assessment. Formative assessment provides opportunities for feedback, reflection and refinement of learning and is a check-in point for both the teacher and student to know where they are at in their learning.

This week we share with the community the Student Information Hub where students and parents can access all the important information in relation to their summative assessment tasks. It is important that students make note of when their assessments will occur and ensure that they speak with their classroom teacher if they have any questions about the assessment schedules or assessment tasks.

We are committed to ensuring that our students receive the best learning experiences within their classes and understand that our move to Box of Books for all our textbooks has had several technical issues.  Most students now have access to their texts. Please encourage your child to go to the Learning Centre at recess or lunch for and IT issues they may have.

Josilin Kalifa
Assistant Principal - Teaching, Learning and Wellbeing