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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.
Public schools
Public schools

Everything you need to know about NSW public education, finding schools, understanding enrolment and accessing support.
Teaching and learning
Teaching and learning

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

Stage 6

Stage 6 assessment and reporting support for schools

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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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November calendar

14 October - 20 December Term 4 2019
19 December - 20 December School development days*
23 December - 27 January Summer school vacation
28 January - 03 February Additional vacation days – Western division

Check with your local school as some dates may change.

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This information is current as at 22/11/2019 11:51pm, AEDT. For the most up-to-date information, go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/school-excellence-and-accountability/home.

© State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2019. For more information go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/copyright.