By Tate Papworth
Monmia Primary School is celebrating high achievement in this year’s NAPLAN tests.
The Keilor Downs school recently received its results, with grade 3 teacher Michelle Rinaldi saying the school was thrilled with its performance.
“The school’s done well – the past five years we’ve seen our results really grow,” she said.
“Our year 3 data, when compared to like schools, has exceeded expectations. We’re really pleased with the results.”
The school’s strong performance was highlighted by grade 3 pupil Lily.
Lily received a perfect score, across all assessment criteria, which included writing, reading, numeracy and language conventions.
“Lily’s results showed that she is well above the expected level for her age,” Ms Rinaldi said.
“She’s well above the national average in all curriculum areas. She’s exceeded what they’re assessing for essentially.”
Lily said her results came as a big surprise.
“I thought I’d done well, but I was very surprised I got such high results,” she said.
“I thought I did well in the writing category, but thought my maths wasn’t as high.
“I didn’t really do lots of study before – I just went in and did the best I could.”
Lily’s mum Kim said it was a proud moment for the family.
“We knew Lily would do well, but we were incredibly proud to see her get the score she did,” Kim said.
“She’s a very self-motivated girl, she’s always Googling things and writing reports at home – she actually teaches my husband and I a lot of the time.”
