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Early childhood education
Early childhood education

The Early Childhood Education Directorate monitors, supports and regulates early childhood education services in NSW.
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Everything parents and carers need to know about NSW public education, finding schools, understanding enrolment and accessing support.
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Teaching and learning

Information on curriculum taught in schools, Aboriginal education and communities, personalised support and professional learning and assessment.
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Student wellbeing

The Wellbeing Framework supports schools to create learning environments that enable students to be healthy, happy, engaged and successful.
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We're working to enhance outcomes for all students, to improve teaching quality, to innovate for the future and to work more effectively.
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About us
About us

We ensure young children get the best start in life by supporting and regulating the early childhood education and care sector. We are the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.

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Student assessment resources and teaching strategies.

NAPLAN Online

Provides information on the transition to NAPLAN Online for NSW schools.

Teaching strategies

Contains literacy and numeracy teaching resources mapped to New South Wales stage based skills.

VALID

Online diagnostic science assessments for students in Years 6, 8 and 10.

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NAPLAN Online

Schools will be provided with training and support.

Learn about the department's policies, guidelines, and procedures to create a safe, inclusive, and effective learning environment.

Topics include:

Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K-12

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Eastern NSW

NowTerm 4
Mon 15 Oct – Fri 21 Dec

Coming up
School holidays
Sat 22 Dec – Mon 28 Jan
Western NSW

NowTerm 4
Mon 15 Oct – Fri 21 Dec

Coming up
School holidays
Fri 21 Dec – Mon 04 Feb

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This information is current as at 12/12/2018 06:46am, AEDT. For the most up-to-date information, go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/student-assessment/home.

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