NAPLAN Results
We recently have received our NAPLAN results for our current Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 cohorts and individual results have been mailed out to all families of these students.
Our students’ results again are excellent, although comparison with previous years’ results has been impacted somewhat by the move from a 10-band range of achievement levels to four proficiency standards (Needs Additional Support, Developing, Strong, Exceeding). No comparative growth data for schools has been provided, but we will be able to measure our student achievements against State and National Standards when that data is released on 23 August. The majority of our students fall into the Strong and Exceeding levels across most or all of the domains. A full report on these results will be forthcoming for our community but, in the meantime, we are celebrating the fact that fifty (50) of our Year 9 students were awarded Certificates of Achievement by VCAA this year. These acknowledge students who have excelled into the “Exceeding” Band for either Reading or Numeracy (or both) in the recent NAPLAN tests. This is a testament to both their learning in our Junior Schools, in many instances, and the fine teaching and learning taking place in our English, Maths and broader classes in Middle School.
I would remind all families that your child’s NAPLAN results are a snapshot of your child’s progress at a given point in time and all individual NAPLAN test results should be considered alongside broader school-based assessments, which provide a more detailed picture of the whole child and their progress across many streams.
Update on Secondary Semester Reporting
Secondary Semester Reports were distributed during the holidays through the Tintern portal and these gave our students the opportunity to reflect on the feedback received from teachers and to gain insights to help them rise to the challenges of their upcoming coursework and end-of-year assessments.
Subject Selection Showcase, 18 July
Our Subject Showcase Evening for Years 9 and 10 took place on Tuesday 18 July. As in previous years, subject selection for our Year 7-11 students has been administrated as an online process.
Parents are reminded that it is not possible to meet all student preferences during the subject allocation process, due to the constraints of timetabling and blocking based on an overview of all students’ choices.
Secondary Student Progress Meetings
At this stage, we plan to run a full day of Secondary Student Progress Meetings online on Tuesday 22 August from 9.00am to 4.00pm. Secondary students will not attend school on this day but will, instead, be expected to complete non-contact asynchronous work at home left for them on the portal by their subject teachers that day. Students are expected to take a break from their work and log in to these Teams meetings with their parents.
We will run an afternoon Student Progress Meeting session onsite at school between 4.00 – 8.00pm on Wednesday 23 August and then a final online session from 4.00pm – 8.00pm on Monday 28 August.
Further information regarding the booking arrangements for these events will be forthcoming in the near future and bookings for progress meetings will open on Wednesday 16 August. The teachers look forward to meeting with both students and parents to discuss your child’s progress.
Alison Bezaire | Director of Studies
