Teaching and Learning 

Student reporting update

This is an important message about the changes to student reporting for mathematics in Victorian government schools.

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

All Victorian government schools are mandated to start using the mathematics curriculum 2.0 by 2025. At Buninyong Primary School, we are using the revised mathematics curriculum for school reporting from Semester 1 2025.

In 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, the first time you receive a report under the mathematics 2.0 curriculum, it will only show achievement and not progress. For all reports after this, progress will be shown against the single achievement standard.

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.

We’ll continue to provide further updates and information via Compass and in future editions of the school newsletter.

Report timeline:

• Reports available on Compass - June 27th
• Parent-Teacher Interviews- June 30th:4-6pm & July 2nd: 1:30-5pm (students dismissed 1pm)

VICTORIAN HIGH ABILITIES PROGRAM

We have a number of Year 5/6 students who have been selected for this term’s VHAP. The students below will meet weekly and participate in the program throughout the term, along with other like minded students from across Victoria. 

Congratulations to the following students who will participate in the English Program:

• Scarlett D
• Emir E
• Coco H
• Jake M
• Archie M
• Talia T
• Josephine W

Congratulations to the following student who will participate in the Maths Program:

• Lachy B
• Reuben C
• Otto S
• Yolandie V

A reminder to sign up for the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge if you haven’t already done so. The Challenge will remain open until September 5th.

How to sign up:

Logging in with a Challenge passcode:

Teachers have provided students with their log-in details on a sticker that has been stuck in the home reading diary/student diary. Please see your child’s classroom teacher if you have any queries about logging in, or you can’t find the log in details.

Go to the Challenge application.

1. Select the School/Student button.
2. Select the VPRC login option.
3. Enter your username and password.
4. Select Login.

Students can log books read and also post reviews of books read.  All students who participate and complete the Premiers’ Reading Challenge will receive a certificate in Term 4 to recognise their achievement.