Dear YSS community

Our school values are critical as they help shape how we communicate, work together and make decisions. They help shape our behaviours. I want to take this opportunity to highlight that in my short time at this incredible school, I hear and see the YSS values in action by all school community members – students, staff, parents/carers and our school volunteers.  With our school values and richness in diversity, I can see how students are ‘connected individuals, curious learners and community minded citizens’.  You may wish to take the opportunity to talk with your children about our school values and why they are important.

Our agreed upon school values at YSS are:

• Learning – literate, numerate and curious
• Caring – for ourselves, each other and our community
• Growing and Achieving – growth mindset is key

School Opinion Survey

A friendly reminder to complete the parent/carer school opinion survey. We’ve received 81 anonymous responses which is fantastic and we’d love to see this number grow in the coming weeks into the hundreds. This is an opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve. The invitation has been sent from the Department of Education, not the school, and it will have the subject line School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2023.  Please check your junk email folders if you can’t find it. 

School parking

We’ve been advised by BCC that they will perform parking inspections over the coming weeks so please continue to park safely and legally. There have been some reports of parked cars in driveways blocking the pedestrian path. Please refer to this link for further information from BCC.

NAPLAN

Parents/carers of Years 3 and 5 would have received by now, their child’s individual student NAPLAN reports, showing your child’s achievement in each test domain, according to 4 levels of NAPLAN proficiency: Exceeding, Strong Developing and Needs additional support. Please remember that NAPLAN tests are only one aspect of an assessment and your child’s teacher will have the best insight into student progress.   A factsheet included with your child’s report details the new changes from previous years. Find out more at Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

Take care, Perry Trattos