Kay Bradley

Moderation of Assessment

Next week all our teachers will take part in Cluster Moderation Sessions after school.   These sessions involve nearly 400 teachers, from all across Brisbane, meeting at different venues, in year level groups to moderate samples of student writing.

The aims of moderation, amongst others, will be:

• To cultivate open and rich professional dialogue amongst teachers.
• To foster a better understanding of assessment, and overall judgements.

In addition, New Farm teachers meet every term, in year level teams, to compare assessments and refer to samples provided by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.

We value these moderation opportunities, both at a school and Cluster level, as they ensure the validity of our teacher judgements. 

Parent/Teacher Interviews - Date Claimer

After Covid disrupted our parent teacher interviews in 2020, we are pleased to be able to run face-to-face meetings again.  The format will be the same as 2019, and will involve booked times on two dates only.

• On Wednesday the 28^th of April, available interview times will be available from 3.15 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. and on Thursday the 29^th of April, interview times will be available from 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Interviews will be of 15 minutes duration and will take place in the assembly hall.
• Each student will be allocated one interview time slot. We cannot offer multiple interview times for individual students.
• Using this system, you will be able to book interview times that suit you best, from any internet-connected computer. No interviews can be booked at present.

P&C AGM Update

The P&C held their AGM last night, and received only one nomination for the Executive positions. We would love for the P&C to continue volunteering and providing services such as the Tuckshop, but without a Treasurer our P&C cannot exist.

They are taking steps to relieve the time input required for each of the Executive roles, including the Treasurer and Secretary and need anyone interested to raise their hand before our postponed AGM to be held Tuesday 30 March, 6pm in the Flexible Learning Space next to the Library.