{"id":19752,"date":"2026-02-25T09:38:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=19752"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T03:44:31","slug":"deputy-principal-teaching-and-learning-38","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/deputy-principal-teaching-and-learning-38\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NAPLAN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NAPLAN will take place in March this year, and we have begun preparing students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The assessments will be completed online (with the exception of Year \u202f3 writing). Families will have received a letter this week outlining the test schedule and required equipment. Please note that all students must have a pair of wired headphones (Bluetooth headphones are not permitted). Parents and carers can find further details in the <em>NAPLAN Information Brochure for Parents\/Carers<\/em> attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mdg4xhGR_kg2vOkWpRg7JGhkHdAIoBUO\/view?usp=sharing\">NAPLAN information<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year 9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of our mission and commitment to service learning, Year\u202f9 students are currently taking part in the CatholicCare Sydney Solidarity Program. Across the term, the whole year group is attending in small groups of 12, each accompanied by a teacher. Today, one of these groups is spending the day at CatholicCare, engaging in activities that build empathy, deepen their understanding of social issues, and connect them with the lived experiences of people in our community. This real-time, hands\u2011on experience is encouraging students to reflect on how they can contribute to a more compassionate and just society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Morrisby&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Year 10 students have recently completed the Morrisby careers profiling program as part of their PDHPE classes. This valuable tool helps students better understand their strengths, interests and potential future pathways. A parent information evening was held this week to explain the Morrisby profile in more detail. Students will continue to use their results throughout the year during subject selection meetings, work experience planning and pathway discussions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year 10 parents are advised that the upcoming HSC\/IB Encounter Evening has been rescheduled from 25 March to <strong>18 March, 5:00-6:30pm<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jacqueline Pugh<\/strong><br>Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAPLAN NAPLAN will take place in March this year, and we have begun preparing students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The assessments will be completed online (with the exception of Year \u202f3 writing). Families will have received a letter this week outlining the test schedule and required equipment. Please note that all students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[3],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-19752","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-highlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/19752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=19752"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=19752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}