Our teachers use a variety of strategies to assess student learning. These include observing work in class and looking closely at tasks throughout the year.
Twice a year, teachers formally assess a student’s achievement based on the outcomes described in the syllabus of each subject. A written report using the common grade scale is sent home in the first half of the year, usually near the end of Term 2, and again in Term 4. This gives a clear picture of your child’s learning.
We provide detailed information to students about what we expect from them throughout the year and how their work will be assessed. Students have a number of formal assessments throughout their schooling.
Best Start – a mandatory, one-to-one assessment that identifies a student’s literacy and numeracy skills at the beginning of Kindergarten.
National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) – reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and numeracy tests for students in Years 3 and 5. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) holds the tests in May each year. Results and student reports are released in August.
The students and teachers of LPPS would like to acknowledge the Dharawal speaking people who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet today. This is a time to remember that families of Aboriginal People occupied this country before we did. Even on the grounds of LPPS we see midden shells that tell us that local families gathered together and shared food. Nearby lies an important crossing point from Maianbar to Shiprock Point where Aboriginal People from further south visited this area. We pay our respects to the Dharawal People, their families, their children and their Elders past, present and future. We promise to try and keep their stories and memories alive.
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