DIRECTOR OF LEARNING & TEACHING

NAPLAN REPORTS AVAILABLE

Individual NAPLAN reports have been available for collection by parents and caregivers from the Enright Campus office since the beginning of Term 3. Individual reports not collected by 18 September will be mailed home to families in the Term 3 holiday break. NAPLAN is a valuable instrument for gaining an insight into a student’s progress at a point in time however, these results should not be viewed in isolation. Please ensure that when you are looking at these results as parents and students, you are also taking the time to reflect on feedback provided by your child’s work in their assessment tasks available on the Parent Access Module.

ASSESSMENT EXPECTATIONS – TERM 3

Parents have access to real-time reporting and feedback for student assessment tasks via the Parent Access Module (PAM). The information available to parents via PAM is designed to provide students a chance to reflect on the work completed in class and provide suggestions for improvement. A general rule of thumb for the feedback provided by subject teachers to students is that feedback should include the following:

• One comment on what has been achieved in the assessment task
• One comment on the student's effort throughout the assessment task
• One comment on where the student can improve in future classwork

The general expectation is that students and parents will have at least one assessment task available for review and to reflect on for each subject that has been completed this term before having between three and five assessments available by the end of the semester. This might not sound like a lot, but by the time our typical Year 7 and 8 students completes eight subjects, this can amount to over 30 pieces of formal assessment for an 18-week semester.

Please take the time to review your child’s progress with them as assessment tasks are completed over coming weeks and set some goals for the end Term 4.

ICAS TESTING – TERM 3

During Weeks 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this term, over 50 students completed a range of tests in the field of Digital Technology, Writing, English, Mathematics and Science. These tests are conducted by an independent organisation and are developed to challenge students at a higher level than they may otherwise experience in a typical classroom environment. We have started to receive results for the early tests and it has been pleasing to see several students receive Merits and Credits for their efforts in these tests. These efforts will be recognised during future College assemblies.

Mr Marcus Parker

Director of Learning and Teaching