Numeracy results surpass literacy

Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina campus numeracy results have surpassed its literacy results earlier in the year.

Earlier this year, Year 7 and 8 Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina campus students showed a rate of improvement in the literacy tests such that the percentage of its students in the highest band of performance in reading went from 27 per cent in Year 7 last year to 49 per cent in Year 8 this year.

Principal Mr Frank Gasper said the numeracy results were by far the best ever achieved by the school.

The rate of improvement from Year 7 to Year 8 exceeded the rate of growth for all schools in the Hunter and Central Coast region and even the rate of growth for the state, according to Mr Gasper.

"This placed us among the highest performing schools in terms of growth from Year 7 to Year 8," Mr Gasper said.

"A lot of work has gone into achieving this result.

"Our teaching teams and the maths faculty led by Mr Gilchrist of Year 7 in 2004 designed programs that would address any weaknesses that were identified.

"It is great to see the rewards so clearly demonstrated in 2005."

Newsletter, September 19 Frank Gasper, Brisbane Water Secondary College