NAPLAN Summary for Junior School

The Junior School performed well in the 2019 NAPLAN testing regime. We are pleased to confirm that our Year 3 and Year 5 students achieved results above the national average in Numeracy, Reading, Spelling and Grammar & Punctuation and at the national average for Writing.

Standout areas are Numeracy and Reading where Years 3 and 5 also achieved above State and SCEA average.

We have seen improvements in Writing since 2018 and this continues to be a key focus area in the Junior School. Recent innovations include the introduction of Brightpath as a means of assessing and directing teaching. This year, the Year 3 and 4 classes introduced Talk for Writing approaches and we are excited to be able to extend this to all year groups for 2020.

The introduction of a cyclic Math program in 2018 for Years 1-4, in addition to mastery programs, continues to translate into improvements in NAPLAN Numeracy results.

There have also been changes made in terms of increasing the amount of time allocated to Literacy subjects in Years 1-6 which has shown positively in our results.

It is also worth noting the significant intake of new students in Year 5 who have been in the Junior School for a relatively short time when they sit NAPLAN. Despite the changes of school and stress of settling into a new environment we are very pleased to see our Year 5 cohort still performed strongly.

Mr Scott Puzey

Head of Junior School