The National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assess pupils using common national tests in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions and Numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9. These tests broadly reflect aspects of literacy and numeracy common to curricula in all States and Territories.
2009 is the second time NAPLAN testing has occurred across the nation and overall Pittwater House pupils achieved results above the state average in Literacy and Numeracy. This reflects the excellent work of the teaching staff and I congratulate the individual pupils on their results, especially those who have shown improvement in achievement between their previous testing (BST, SNAP and ELLA) and this year’s tests.
P3 has demonstrated strengths in numeracy, with 57% of candidates obtaining Band 5 compared to 23% of the State.
J3 overall literacy and numeracy results were higher than the State mean, with 58% of candidates obtaining Band 6 compared to 23% of the State.
P5 overall literacy and numeracy results were higher than the State mean. 40% of candidates obtained Band 7 compared to 23% of the State. Numeracy results were also significantly higher than the State average with 40% of candidates obtaining Band 8 compared to 16% of the State.
J5 overall literacy and numeracy results were significantly higher than the State mean. 38% of candidates obtained Band 8 compared to 11% of the State. Numeracy results were also significantly higher than the State average with 43% of candidates obtaining Band 8 compared to 16% of the State.
G7 overall literacy and numeracy results were higher than the State mean. 33% of candidates obtained Band 8 compared to 19% of the State. Numeracy yielded a similar result with candidates more than doubling the State average in the Band 9 [33% vs 14%].
C7 overall literacy and numeracy were above the State mean. For both literacy and numeracy, 33% of candidates obtained Band 8 compared with 19% of the State.
G9 overall literacy and numeracy were above the State mean. An outstanding 39% of candidates obtained Band 9 for literacy compared with 15% of the State. Similarly, 34% of candidates obtained Band 10 for numeracy compared with 12% of the State.
C9 overall literacy and numeracy are more than double the State mean. 24% of candidates obtained the top band, Band 10 for literacy compared with 6% for the State. Numeracy results were also good with 43% of candidates obtaining Band 9 compared with 18% of the State.
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Pittwater House has an enviable academic reputation on Sydney's Northern Beaches by consistently being ranked as one of the top schools on the peninsula. On average each year 85% of the HSC candidates gain entry into the university of tertiary programme of their first choice and the School has a record of outstanding individual results.
The activities and achievements of the pupils of Pittwater House are wide and varied. The weekly HouseNews publication reposrts results and events in both the Junior and Secondary Schools. This is circulated to all School parents and is also available on this website.
View 2009 Academic Achievements.
