{"id":47716,"date":"2026-10-23T15:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=47716"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:18:46","slug":"year-2-a-message-for-parents-and-carers","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/year-2-a-message-for-parents-and-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 2 \u2013 A Message for Parents and Carers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">As part of our ongoing commitment to improving learning and teaching opportunities for students, MLC School engages Academic Assessment Services to conduct a series of diagnostic assessment tasks as students progress through their schooling. Analysed in conjunction with other assessment data, the results are a valuable resource for us in preparing teaching strategies and materials, and in gaining more information about how students are progressing with their learning and how we can support them into the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">These assessments usually occur when students are in Year 2, Year 4, Year 6, Year 8 and Year 10. <strong>Students who are currently in Year 2\u00a0will complete the assessments on Monday 26 October 2026.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The assessments are designed for Year 2\u00a0students and are of suitable duration and structure. Your daughter does not need to prepare for the tests. The best way to support her is by ensuring she arrives to school on time, relaxed and refreshed after a good night\u2019s sleep.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please note that there is no additional cost to you for this assessment service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"mailto:jsreception@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><em><strong>\u2013 Natalie Hird<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nDeputy Head of Junior School \u2013 Operations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our ongoing commitment to improving learning and teaching opportunities for students, MLC School engages Academic Assessment Services to conduct a series of diagnostic assessment tasks as students progress through their schooling. Analysed in conjunction with other assessment data, the results are a valuable resource for us in preparing teaching strategies and materials, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[5],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-47716","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-junior-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/47716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=47716"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=47716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}