Skills above average

Students at Pretty Beach Public School recently achieved above state average results in the Basic Skills Test.

Sixty-three per cent of Year 3 students achieved bands four and five in overall literacy compared to 47 per cent of the state.

In numeracy, 43 per cent of Year 3 students received bands 4 and 5.

Fifty-nine per cent of Year 5 students achieved band five and six results compared with 53 per cent of the state in literacy.

Fifty per cent of Year 5 students gained bands five and six in numeracy.

"Once again our school has produced some excellent results," Pretty Beach Public School principal Ms Vicki Redrup said.

"It is a great credit to the teaching and learning programs within the school to achieve these results."

Newsletter, 8 Nov 2007 Vicki Redrup, Pretty Beach Public School