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Dear Parents and Caregivers, Benjamin Franklin once said that “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” There was none of that negativity in the Primary School this past week, however, as the Year 3-6 stu-dents put their many weeks of preparation in-to practice while writing their end of year ex-ams. It was evident by their calm composure and focus that the preparation made all the difference, as they could approach each ex-am with confidence and show off all that they have learned in recent months. The teachers were enormously impressed with their efforts, especially with the Year 3s, for whom exam writing is still a new experience. They took on board all that had been dis-cussed about exam writing techniques and ensured that their desks were neatly arranged with all that was required to do their very best in their exams. The balance between ongoing formative assessments and then the final summative
assessments, such as these in the exams, is an important one. Assessments should never be done merely because they are traditionally part of any school system. Rather, they must fulfil a specific task, all for the benefit of the students who are writing them. As such, assessments must be seen as part of a process. Work is covered throughout the year and various forms of assessment are designed to check whether that work has been understood and internalised. The loop is then completed once the assessments are analysed and feedback is given to the students, so they can see areas of strength and others where more work is required, or greater clarity needs to be sought. This is why next week is so important for the students. Although it is the end of the year, and the syllabus has been completed for each year group, many of the skills which have
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