The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) recently published its revised mathematics curriculum (Mathematics curriculum 2.0).

Newlands Primary School has started using the Mathematics curriculum 2.0 in 2024 Semester 1.

On your child's previous report, the teacher reported against the 3 strands of the achievement standard for mathematics (Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability). Under the Mathematics curriculum 2.0, your child’s teacher will report against the achievement standard as a whole, providing a single, aggregated score.

As the achievement standards reported on have changed, reports this semester for Mathematics will only show achievement and not progress. For all reports after this, progress will be shown against the single achievement standard.

Newlands Primary School is in the process of developing a new Mathematics Continuum that is aligned with Mathematics 2.0. As this is still a work in progress, this semester's reports will not include a Mathematics continuum. Your child's teacher will provide individual achievements during Parent Teacher Interviews.

The VCAA made these changes to help teachers plan their teaching and learning programs in mathematics, giving them more flexibility to support students to link ideas within mathematics and also with other curriculum areas.

For further information, refer to the department’s policy on Reporting Student Achievement and Progress Foundation to 10.

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