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| | School Comment | | W B Yeats declared: 'Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.' Blue Gum seeks to ignite each student's passion, creative thinking and initiative rather than force-feeding facts, figures and 'the right answer' into their limited/e... more |
| Student Assessment | | Reading | Writing | Spelling | Grammar | Numeracy | Rank | | Year 3 | 498 | 349 | 398 | 483 | 452 | 22 | | Year 5 | 557 | 436 | 512 | 595 | 530 | 16 | | Year 7 | 543 | 523 | 566 | 622 | 539 | 13 |
| | Student assessment is based on he National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy(NAPLAN) results in 2011. |
| Reviews | | By Parent - 08 Sep 2019, Rate: good | | I wrote a previous review & wish to change it to say that this school has many wonderful attributes. It offers a different & valuable way to learn, & for some secondary students a really good fit. My honest opinion expressed in the previous review was simply to invite reflection on what one considers valuable at school - if you are interested in more traditional academic-only focussed place of learning then you might feel frustrated but if you are looking for a broader approach then the school could really work for you. There was no intention to discourage anyone from considering the school - it can & does produce lovely students. | | | By Parent - 08 Sep 2019, Rate: bad | | Be careful to check adherence to curriculum especially in the secondary school (language and IT are often neglected). Check that students are learning the specific skills needed for different disciplines as the inter-disciplinary approach can skim over this, as can the multi-aged classes. Some ‘building block’ skills risk being skipped - where students build on previous years learning in a subject - when all subjects across three year levels at secondary are ‘covered’ via a few year topic foci (or ‘learning journies’). | | | By Parent - 06 Mar 2019, Rate: excellent | | The school’s strength-based approach and focus social and emotional development is an excellent alternative that is right for some children. NAPLAN scores show a very narrow picture of what Blue Gum does. The students who graduate are independent, lifelong learners with responsible habits and a strong sense of self. THAT is why we chose Blue Gum. Test scores are not the only data points and in such a small school with an unusually high percentage of students with learning difficulties, they are not representative of the bigger picture. It is absolutely NOT true that they do nothing but hike and explore nature. This experiential learning forms the starting point around which the subjects are taught. Blue Gum does use direct instruction when appropriate and necessary, but there is much deeper and more rigorous learning happening in the classroom than what I have ever seen in other schools. It may not be a fit for everyone, but it is a fit for us and we have seen the results for ourselves. | | | >>More reviews... | |
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