FROM THE DIRECTOR OF LEARNING & CURRICULUM
Dear Parents and Carers,
NAPLAN 2025 is now over and I would like to congratulate all our Year 7 & 9 students who approached all tests with diligence and focus. All students who participated in NAPLAN will receive an individual report of their results.
Since 2023, NAPLAN individual student results are reported against proficiency standards to provide parents and carers clear information on student achievement.
The NAPLAN proficiency standards include 4 proficiency levels for each assessment area at each year level:
- Exceeding: the student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing.
- Strong: the student’s result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing.
- Developing: the student’s result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.
- Needs additional support: the student’s result indicates that they are not achieving the learning outcomes expected at the time of testing. They are likely to need additional support to progress satisfactorily.
Each of the standards represents increasingly challenging skills and understandings as students move through the years of schooling.
Watch ACARA’s video on reading NAPLAN ISRs (3:15) | transcript (PDF 130 KB)
Assessments
Many of our students are completing their end of Term assessments. These were communicated to all students and their parents and carers at the beginning of Academic Year the Curriculum Guides and Assessment Schedules for Stage 6 students and via Assessment Notifications in Week 2.
These documents can also be found on our Assessment Tasks website accessed via Compass and the star icon and via your son’s Year group google classroom.
Curriculum Guides
Assessment Process
At Holy Cross College our assessment processes apply to all students 7-12. Below is a visual presentation of our processes.
Stage 4
All assessment and submission instructions can be found on our assessment notifications. This includes our examination rules, academic integrity and malpractice policies. Class teachers also remind students of assessment requirements when notifications are issued and provide reminders as the assessment due date approaches.
It is important that students are familiar with our processes to maximise their performance.
Year 9
A reminder that course preferences offered in Term I of Year 10 is based on a student’s Year 9 performance as well as standardised testing like NAPLAN, PAT-R, PAT-M and AGAT.
Additionally, work covered in Stage 5 Mathematics and Science is foundational for success in their Stage 6 counterparts. Students are encouraged to maintain their strong work ethic and diligent application throughout the entire year.
Year 10
Year 10 students are working conscientiously towards their subject preferences. Here is how you can support your son in their journey to Stage 6 in each term this year.
Cecilia Batista