This term a number of GSFM clubs were started to allow students to participate in a range of activities, meet new people and learn new skills.  These clubs were created to promote a sense of belonging and connection to our school.

Year 3 students in the Technology Club would like to share some of their learning. 

Chris Richards from the Catholic Education Office came to Good Samaritan to set up the green screen for our Tech Club. He taught us lots of interesting things about how and why a green screen is used, such as for creating incredible backdrops for blockbuster movies, filming music videos, photography shoots, advertising, news and weather reporting. We learnt about how important lighting is in making the subject in the foreground look realistic and that it’s important for the subject not to wear green … or they’ll disappear! 

For the last couple of weeks we have worked with Mrs Jenny Jancetic to learn more about creating movies. We have played around with combining our amazing acting skills with still and video backgrounds. This week Maddi, Ivy, Emily, Jayden and Marcus filmed and edited their own sections of this clip Underwater Magic. 

Stay tuned for more creative projects from the Tech Club!

Next term we will have more opportunities for students to engage in a club and try something new.

NAPLAN

Students in Year 3 and 5 have been participating in practice tests over the last few weeks to allow them to become familiar with the test format, functions and tools of The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) online tests.

Students can continue to use the public demonstration site to familiarise themselves with the types of questions and tools available in the NAPLAN Online tests.

Our school will be participating in NAPLAN Online between 10 and 20 May 2022.

Students in Year 3 & 5 will need to have the following items with them for the tests:

• Fully charged iPad (Compulsory) with the Locked down browser app most current version installed.
• Headphones (Compulsory) - Students have access to audio for all tests (NOT bluetooth)
• Reading book for fast finishers
• Pencil for planning and working out

Mrs Catherine Hailstone

Assistant Principal