The Cheltonian

School Council News

NAPLAN results | How to get involved

School Council sends our best wishes to the Chelt.Sec community. We hope everyone is keeping safe and well. If you need support at this time, please contact School.

 

At recent School Council meetings, our key topics have included 

  • NAPLAN and Parent Survey results
  • Updated Child Safety standards
  • Planned maintenance and upgrades to Buildings and Grounds
  • Renewal of Parents and Friends organisation

I thought you might like to find out more about our recent NAPLAN results. NAPLAN is the National Assessment Program, Literacy and Numeracy - a measure of school population trends. 

 

For 2022 Chelt.Sec’s participation rates were high, in line with previous years.

 

Our 2022 data shows us that the incoming Year 7s: 

  • compared to previous years are maintaining for Reading and Writing, but for Numeracy, we have fewer in the top bands and more in the middle bands
  • compared to similar and neighbouring schools, results are largely on par (within 1-2 percentage points).

For our Year 9 students, we can see: 

  • numeracy results similar to previous years
  • gains we saw 2021 cohort for Reading are not reflected in 2022 Year 9s; results are similar to 2018/19
  • some improvements in Writing results compared to previous years
  • compared to similar and neighbouring schools, results are largely on par; Numeracy results are slightly stronger, Writing results very similar, and Reading results are comparable.

Along with individual student results and other general testing, NAPLAN information helps inform how teachers support this cohort and how school leadership plans and invests for the future. We always knew this data would be revealing for these students, who lost two critical years of in-person schooling due to the pandemic. We can’t measure student improvement as we normally do, because we don’t have previous data for these students’ year levels (for this Year 9 cohort, there was no Year 7 NAPLAN in 2020). So school teaching staff are working extra hard to interpret results and plan in response. 

 

At Chelt.Sec there are a number of strategies underway to continually improve teaching and learning: 

  • Project 22 - continue to work on numeracy across the Year 7-8 curriculum
  • NAPLAN item analysis breakdown 
  • Teaching how to learn project - looking at strategies that we do that help students learn more
  • Quality teaching rounds professional development - small team involvement in teacher development and self-reflection launches 2023
  • Pivot - timely feedback for teachers with student input
  • On-Demand Testing - Year 7-9 students, week 8 Term 4.

At the moment most of our Year 12s are wrapping up their exams and school journey. Last year’s VCE median study score was a little over 30, placing Chelt’s results adjacent to and higher than our neighbouring schools. While it was rewarding to see everyone’s hard work reflected in such a strong result, we all know our students are so much more than their VCE exam scores. Whatever results we see from the 2022 group, we will be proud and excited for them as they embark on the next stage.

 

About School Council

Every government school has a council. School Council participates in the development and monitoring of the school’s strategic plan and school policy and plays an important role in overseeing the school’s financial operations and budget. School Council members are drawn from students, parents, the Department of Education and the community. Chelt.Sec’s School Council includes sub-committees Student Services, Education Policy, Engagement and Communication, Building and Grounds, and Finance.

 

Your Council members are

Students: Tobias Swales; Hassan Al Manea

Parents: Susannah Bowen-Wheatley (President); Rory Hall (Vice President); Andrew Hall; Ester Yefet; Bridget Geers

Staff: Karl Russell; Brooke Matthews; Emily Nicholls, Peter Allen

 

How to get involved

To find out more or get involved with School Council, contact Susannah (President): cheltpresident@gmail.com

 

Support your school by getting involved with the Parents and Friends Association, contact Sharon:  pfcheltsec@gmail.com

 

Join the family community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheltsecfamily