Welcome back to the new school year. I hope that you all had a relaxing and refreshing summer break. The term is beginning to get very busy. There are many opportunities for the Year 9 students to be part of the Kalamunda Community including the upcoming Swimming Carnival. I encourage all students to continue to involve themselves in our community and display our school values to receive points for their Houses. The Triple Challenge also begins this term with the School Chaplain – Desi Chapman.

An important date to take note of is the NAPLAN assessment which will take place in Term 2. Students who have achieved Band 8 or higher in any of the three components of reading, writing and numeracy in their Year 9 NAPLAN will not be required to sit the corresponding OLNA component. OLNA (Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment) is designed to enable students to successfully meet the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) requirement of demonstrating the minimum standard of literacy and numeracy.

Should you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at alana.stanbrook@education.wa.edu.au.