Feb 2 Tuesday: It was in the high thirties and oppressive heat today. Yard duty was tough, even with the straw hat. At lunchtime I rounded the building to see that the yard was empty. On closer inspection I discovered that all the kids were in the shade, wherever they could find it-smart kids.
Last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we had literacy interviews. The teachers from all grades did various literacy test interviews with individual children. For example, in Infants there was a sheet for the sounds/alphabet, then words (like Schonell) proceeding to questions on books and reading. Finally it finished with writing. The children start at an older age here and only have seven years in Primary: that is Prep to Grade Six. So Prep compares with Senior Infants. Similar age appropriate interviews took place for all the other grades. They took 20 to 30 minutes for each child and teachers got through eight or nine a day. Similar tests took place before Christmas in Numeracy. Children get an appointment and do not come in for those three days unless they are being tested and only then at the time of their appointment. Thus at the start of each year teachers have a very complete picture where each individual child is at.
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