Victorian Curriculum- NEW Mathematics 2.0
In our last newsletter we informed you of the new Mathematics 2.0 curriculum. Now we are letting you know about the changes to student reporting for mathematics in Victorian government schools.
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) recently published its revised mathematics curriculum (Mathematics curriculum 2.0). All Victorian government schools will start using the Mathematics curriculum 2.0 in 2024 or 2025. At Malvern Valley Primary we are using the revised mathematics curriculum for school reporting from Semester 1 2024.
On your child's previous report, the teacher reported against the 3 strands of the achievement standard for mathematics (Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability). Under the Mathematics curriculum 2.0, your child’s teacher will report against the achievement standard as a whole, providing a single, aggregated score.
As the achievement standards reported on have changed, the first time you receive a report under the Mathematics 2.0 curriculum, it will only show achievement and not progress. For all reports after this, progress will be shown against the single achievement standard.
The VCAA made these changes to help teachers plan their teaching and learning programs in mathematics, giving them more flexibility to support students to link ideas within mathematics and also with other curriculum areas.
For further information, refer to the department’s policy on Reporting Student Achievement and Progress Foundation to 10.
On Wednesday 19th June at 7:30pm, we will be holding a short reporting information session about how to read a Compass report and to unpack the new Maths curriculum. A webex link for this session will be sent out in the week prior via Compass.
This session will also help you to prepare questions you can ask at your child’s Parent Teacher Interview on Monday 24th June.
Open Afternoon- Wednesday 5th June
The next Open Afternoon will be on Wednesday 5th June at 2:40pm. This is an opportunity for you to come and visit your child/rens classroom and see all of the learning that they have been doing this term and celebrate all of the learning growth they have had. We love having our parents and family members come and see how amazing our students and teachers are!
2025 Prep Enrolments and siblings
A reminder to our current families that if you have a child starting Prep in 2025 that you must submit an enrolment application. All families must submit an application form for their child by 26th July. If you do not submit your application form, then you may miss out on an enrolment place for prep 2025. The application process allows us to plan the prep grades for 2025 as well as if we accept enrolments from out of the zone. Enrolment applications submitted after 26 July 2024 will be processed by the school as they are received, in accordance with the Department of Education's Placement Policy.
Assembly
We look forward to seeing you all at our next Assembly on Friday 7th June at 2:45pm. Our choir will be on stage to present an item to the MVPS community.
Amy Tinetti
Principal
Casey Gould
Assistant Principal