Social Off Topic Thread - House of Dastardly Crax

[Shell]

Dunno, but there's a lot of organisation stuff that goes on behind the scenes for it. I know, cause I do that organising.

I shouldn't complain tho, my month of June coming up is looking quite good for me. Includes: A PD, 3 days of exams, Queens Birthday, Report Writing day, another day off for a medical appointment, and another PD Day.

I don't have one "full week" of work in June at all.

 

[Shell]

Lol I see JUBJUB name's in red. What's he done now?

 

[BotsMaster]

Been that way for a few days now. No idea what he did.

 

[BotsMaster]

Also another question: What is NAPLAN?

 

[Shell]

Literacy and Numeracy testing.

 

[Shell]

Done in Grade 5, Year 7 and 9.

 

[Teriyakicat]

What is the point of NAPLAN?

NAPLAN is a national testing program aimed at ranking the schools of Australia against each other, making sure kids are above a particular benchmark for the 4 tested areas in reading, writing, comprehension and numeracy.
The problem is now the government started talking about paying teachers according to the results of NAPLAN and all the schools are scared of having a poor ranking, so the teachers feverishly teach to the NAPLAN testing curriculum until the tests are done and dusted, then revert back to things they should be teaching.

I don't mind the concept- it's the way it's implemented and the way the results are used that I don't like.

Results are publicly available for all schools- or they used to be- which means everyone can see how poorly your school did. If your school's in a low socio-economic area, or an area with a high migrant population, your overall results will be poor (though, to be fair, I think the schools are ranked against schools in similar conditions but the info on these markers is sometimes outdated).

 

[Teriyakicat]

Done in Grade 5, Year 7 and 9.

Do they not do Year 3 anymore?

And do you also have a science testing program (I think it also had a maths component)? I can't remember what ours is called- similar to NAPLAN but done in secondary school- maybe just the one time, perhaps 2. I'll see if I can dig up what my kids did. used to be called WAMSE or something, which was WA only.

 

[BotsMaster]

That was more than what I wanted to know Teri

 

[Teriyakicat]

That was more than what I wanted to know Teri

I thought you might be wanting to study for it, Turts

 

[Teriyakicat]

And I know CatMarie would love to absorb more knowledge today

 

[Shell]

Do they not do Year 3 anymore?

And do you also have a science testing program (I think it also had a maths component)? I can't remember what ours is called- similar to NAPLAN but done in secondary school- maybe just the one time, perhaps 2. I'll see if I can dig up what my kids did. used to be called WAMSE or something, which was WA only.

Nah was just in a rush typing that post

 

[Teriyakicat]

Just curious- was that parent Asian by any chance? Can't see an Aussie being too fussed about NAPLAN results.

Amirite

TheFreshBanana

Stratton_Gun

She was Indian- close enough It was her eldest daughter as well - I guess by the time you go through 5 kids, you lose all your expectations, particularly if your eldest child is a boy and just cbf'ed.
The Uni near our school has a high proportion of Asian students and there are a lot of parents in nearby schools who flog their kids- sending them to Kumon (do you have that in Vic?) to bring their grades up from an A to and A+

A bit like this dad

 

[BotsMaster]

I thought you might be wanting to study for it, Turts

Pfft no way. I have to do enough study in my line of work as it is.

Think I only did one literacy and numeracy test during high school which was Year 7 I think.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Pfft no way. I have to do enough study in my line of work as it is.

Think I only did one literacy and numeracy test during high school which was Year 7 I think.

hope you got B+, Turts!

 

[Strangled Cat]

-sigh- maybe I should put it in my sig "INTEGRATION AIDE".

 

[CatMarie]

And I know CatMarie would love to absorb more knowledge today

I'm good thanks

 

[Teriyakicat]

I'm good thanks

what? Full already?

But it's only 12.30pm!! The day is young!

 

[CatMarie]

Pfft no way. I have to do enough study in my line of work as it is.

.

Sighhhh If I asked what line of work is that, I know you would say "Not telling " ....................

 

[CatMarie]

what? Full already?

But it's only 12.30pm!! The day is young!

sez you . Have been awake for hours

 

[Teriyakicat]

sez you . Have been awake for hours

So your brain is full up? You didn't answer my question
My brain doesn't get full until much later at night, once it stops freewheeling and all the cogs finally engage

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Just curious- was that parent Asian by any chance? Can't see an Aussie being too fussed about NAPLAN results.

Amirite

TheFreshBanana

Stratton_Gun

I wasn't allowed to leave the house for a week when studying for Naplan.

 

[BotsMaster]

Sighhhh If I asked what line of work is that, I know you would say "Not telling " ....................

Yes

 

[Teriyakicat]

I wasn't allowed to leave the house for a week when studying for Naplan.

Only a week??
Gee, SG, your parents are soft!!

 

[CatMarie]

So your brain is full up? You didn't answer my question
My brain doesn't get full until much later at night, once it stops freewheeling and all the cogs finally engage

Yes but but I have a magic bed. As soon as I get in it and shut my eyes it starts churning around all the stuff I learnt the past few weeks
And did you hear that a new medical thingy has been found ? That instead of human blood they have found chicken blood is better for transfusing to humans?