Auburn North Public School top state in numeracy results for NAPLAN
Auburn North has been named as one of the most improved for NAPLAN results in numeracy after recording state-high marks.
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A FOCUS on parental involvement and fostering a love of learning has helped Auburn North Public School make the list of the state’s most-improved schools.
The school was named among the 39 most-improved NSW schools in the 2017 NAPLAN test.
The test, sat by Year 3 and Year 5, saw Auburn North pupils excel in numeracy, which principal Mark Harris said was due to the school’s relationship with the surrounding community.
“It’s very harmonious,” Mr Harris said. “We want the child to love school and love to learn. Research shows the greatest impact on a student’s learning is the teacher, leadership and parents.”
Mr Harris said the school capitalised on this with its Harmony House project, which encouraged increased parental engagement in their child’s learning by offering workshops in literacy and numeracy.
“By assisting parents to become active participants in their kid’s learning ensures each child’s abilities and interests are met,” he said. “The best thing about (this) is it lets students see their mums and dads learning.
“It shows the importance of learning because their parents are putting effort in and when we see generations of exceptionally bright, beautifully happy people succeeding and leading the community, that gives us an enormous amount of pride.”
Auburn North and Merrylands East public schools ranked substantially above average in student reading and numeracy achievement, as pupils progressed from Year 3 to Year 5 and from Year 7 to Year 9 between 2015 and 2017.
The schools are among 39 NSW public schools — 17 in regional, rural and remote areas and 22 in the greater Sydney metropolitan region — identified as having significant student learning growth by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.
Education Department secretary Mark Scott congratulated the schools, saying a lot could be learnt from their models.