Middle school

Towards Year 7 NAPLAN: Are our upper primary students being forgotten?

Last month we discussed the recent findings showing that students are failing to do well in the later years’ NAPLAN

Tips for tackling NAPLAN

The NAPLAN tests are designed to measure students’ knowledge and skills across Australia. However, because of varying factors such as

After NAPLAN

The NAPLAN tests are over for another year and after all the stress leading up to them, you may be

creative writing

Why is my child’s writing taking so long to improve?

A common question parents ask is, ‘Why is my child’s writing taking so long to improve?’   This can be

catering for advanced learners

Q&A with Rachel 2: What options are there to extend advanced learners at school?

In November last year, we published ‘Our director answers YOUR questions about your child’s education’.  In it, we covered common

common parents questions

Our director answers YOUR questions about your child’s education

We asked our director, Rachel Dreier, to shine a light on some of the most common questions parents ask. Stay

learning ability

Are we underestimating what our kids can do?

One of our past staff members at My Academy recently shared a story about substitute-teaching a Year 3 class for

curriculum

Low literacy standards and technology… what’s the link?

In the online, technology-dominated world we now live in, and with Australian Literacy Standards slipping and NAPLAN just around the