Term 2 Week 3 2022

The Care Class focus that will be delivered this Friday, is Communicating with our friends. This focus will continue in classrooms throughout the following week.

Students will work on what it means to be polite and how this might look and feel when saying kind words to each other.  Students will also talk about how to:

• start conversations
• interpret social situations
• interact positively
• listen to others.

Students will learn that communication involves both speaking and listening carefully. We will also be reminded that communication can be non-verbal too.  These skills will be introduced this Friday and continued throughout next week.

Naplan Online

NAPLAN assesses literacy and numeracy skills that students are learning through their regular school curriculum. One of the main benefits of NAPLAN Online is tailored (or adaptive) testing, in which the test presents questions of higher or lower complexity depending on a student’s performance. Tailored (or adaptive) testing is designed to assess a wider range of student abilities and to measure student achievement more precisely. Your child should not be concerned if they find questions more challenging than usual; they may be taking a more complex test pathway. A student’s overall NAPLAN score is based on the number and complexity of questions they answer correctly.

Why do students do NAPLAN?

Students in Years 3 and 5 participate in the annual NAPLAN tests in reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. The assessment provides parents and schools with an understanding of how individual students are performing at the time of the tests. NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process – it does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance.

What can I do to support my child?

On its own, NAPLAN is not a test that can be studied for and students are not expected to do so. You can support your child by reassuring them that NAPLAN is just one part of their school program, and by reminding them on the day to simply do their best.

Our teachers have been working with students to ensure they are familiar with the types of questions in the tests and will provide appropriate support and guidance. Students have also had opportunities to practise using the NAPLAN app and public demonstration site so they are familiar with how it works and looks ready for next week.

What if my child is absent from school on NAPLAN days?

Where possible, we will arrange for individual students who are absent at the time of testing to complete missed tests at another time during the school’s test schedule. Please see the schedule below.

Where can I get more information?

For more information about NAPLAN:

• contact your child’s class teacher or Danielle O’Brien dxobr0@eq.edu.au or Ben Mills bxmil3@eq.edu.au (NAPLAN coordinators)
• contact your local test administration authority at https://nap.edu.au/contacts/test-administration-authorities-contacts
• visit https://nap.edu.au/

To learn how ACARA handles personal information for NAPLAN, visit https://nap.edu.au/naplan/privacy

ICAS Registrations Now Open

Mango Hill State School will once again be participating in the 2022 ICAS Assessments. ICAS is designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and Digital Technologies. Each assessment celebrates students’ accomplishments by providing opportunities for recognition. Top performers will be eligible for medals and the opportunity to attend a special award ceremony to have their academic excellence publicly recognised.

Please find below the details regarding registration and Online Parent Payment System. Specific details of assessment days and times will be released in the near future.

Yarn and Eats 

This Monday 9 May, we welcome all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their families to our Yarn and Eats afternoon, held in Gigum Hall. Our Yarn and Eats afternoons include food, drink and a range of activities. It’s also an opportunity to build new connections and deepen old ones. If you would like to join us for the afternoon, please rsvp to Jasmine Benfer at jbenf10@eq.edu.au.

Mango Hill State School has a vacancy for a permanent full time School Technical Officer.

As the School Technical Officer you will have responsibility for the following.

• Provide advice and assistance on maximising the potential of ICT operations within the school/college, including acquisition, installation, operation, maintenance, repair and replacement.
• Support the school community with technical advice, instruction and assistance with electronic equipment, in accordance with departmental, school and manufacturer's policy, guidelines and network standards.
• Assist in the provision of in service training to staff, on the effective application of ICT tools to successfully achieve and deliver educational services to students.
• Provide effective and efficient support to staff and students to resolve problems associated with school computing facilities, whilst ensuring high end customer focus and communication.
• Provide regular preventative maintenance, routine and emergency repairs to all ICT facilities and associated electronic equipment.

A mandatory requirement of this role is:
TO2 appointees must have possession of a diploma qualification relevant to the tasks outlined, from a recognised tertiary institution or qualification which, in the opinion of the Director-General, Department of Education or delegate is acceptable.

The successful applicant will be appointed to the TO2 classification with eligibility for progression to the TO3 level following assessment by a selection panel on specific criteria as outlined in Part 4, 12.7 (c) and 12.8 (b) of the Queensland Public Service Officers and Other Employees Award - State 2015 (PDF)

• The successful applicant will be required to attain the DoE Orange Card School Administrator (OC SA) certification to access the school network, enabling the officer to perform high level support tasks including server technologies.  The content of the course contains aspects of supporting the DoE Managed Operating Environment (MOE) as well as Government legislation.  This course is only available within the DoE network.
• When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Interested? To apply:

• Attach a brief resume (maximum of 2 pages) including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor)
• Attach a maximum 2 page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the key capabilities under the ‘How you will be assessed' section in the attached role description.
• Please note: Engagement in this position is subject to the person fully satisfying the COVID-19 vaccination requirements outlined in the attached Candidate Information Fact Sheet 2022. Applicants are asked to submit evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination with their application.

Reading for Mother’s Day

While our mothers, grandmothers, aunties and other special family members might love a new pair of slippers or a special treat for dinner, I am also sure they would love a chance to read with their children. Take the opportunity this Mother’s Day to find a good book and share it with your mum. You could choose a book that she would love or share one of your favourites with her. Mums might like to suggest this idea to their children too – I find hints are always the best way to receive a present that you would really love!

To celebrate Mother’s Day we have a special display of picture books that acknowledge the special role mothers and grandmothers play in our lives. The Hub is open every day for borrowing from 8.15am and every afternoon until 3pm.