"Naplan Wall of Books - Scholarly Prep" provides resources to help students prepare for the NAPLAN test, focusing on writing and numeracy skills. The site offers various books and study materials designed to improve performance in these areas.
Full list of books can also be found here
https://scholarlytraining.com/book-sitemap.xml
Should be visible directly from the main link.
examples
https://scholarlytraining.com/book/naplan-mental-maths-10-mi…
https://scholarlytraining.com/book/naplan-poem-prose-pack-wi…
Free advertisement in your own home. Nice.
Looks like it's all chatgpt generated.
Would be great to have a bot to download and pdf these books for us ☺️
Run this python script:
import re, requests, os, xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
sitemap = "https://scholarlytraining.com/book-sitemap.xml"
pdf_rx = re.compile(r"https://.*?.pdf", re.I)
s = requests.Session()
s.headers['User-Agent'] = 'Mozilla/5.0'
urls = [loc.text for loc in ET.fromstring(s.get(sitemap).text).findall('.//{*}loc')]
for url in urls:
try:
r = s.get(url, timeout=30); r.raise_for_status()
pdfs = set(pdf_rx.findall(r.text))
for p in pdfs:
name = p.split('/')[-1].split('?')[0]
if not os.path.exists(name):
with s.get(p, stream=True) as f, open(name, 'wb') as out:
for chunk in f.iter_content(8192):
if chunk: out.write(chunk)
print(f"Downloaded {name}")
except Exception as e:
print(f"Failed {url}: {e}")
Worked like a charm! Thank you.
Ironic that if kids do less well in Naplan they get extra resources, so if everyone tiger-moms little Tarquin there will be less on offer.
I don't understand why you would study for Naplan. Does some private school use it as an entrance credential for yr7 or something?
NAPLAN soaks up a lot of time and resources, slaps a number on both the student and the school, and whether they admit it or not, can feed into how semester grades are decided. The problem is it’s a narrow snapshot. It tests a small slice of skills under artificial conditions, so it can’t capture creativity, critical thinking, or real-world ability. We know such tests are flawed, but rethinking deeply ingrained ways of “measuring” education is a mountain no one seems ready to climb, here or anywhere else.
and whether they admit it or not, can feed into how semester grades are decided.
I'm not sure I believe there are teachers using Naplan scores for grading. Why would they?
But I agree the tests are problematic for all the reasons you said. I do get the counter argument that we need objective data to allocate resources and identify problems. It's a hard problem.
Making kids and parents anxious about these tests doesn't help.
There’s no doubt in my mind some teachers use NAPLAN results to help back up their grades. It’s solid data, and if it makes it easier to justify marks, why not? Teachers are always pressed for time and trying to juggle an ever-growing, pretty wide curriculum. It’s way harder to really engage students and provide individual written feedback than just evaluate them with a number/letter. I reckon most good teachers aren’t keen on relying on NAPLAN, but they’re stuck in a system that makes them feel constantly accountable, and grading’s how that accountability gets pushed. Even if they don’t use NAPLAN alone, those scores still end up playing a part. Yeah, the tests cause unnecessary stress, and while having objective data can help with resources and spotting problems, it’s definitely a tough balance to find. It’s a bit ironic though that we make kids prepare for these tests, I mean, what’s the real goal we’re trying to reach here?
Pointless AI slop
Sat in the staffroom right now looking at this in amusement and disbelief. E.g
Naplan in 15 minutes a day.
Week 6 - grammar and punctuation
Day 5 - verb tenses
"Include all verb tense forms with consistent usage."
Sure, yeah, okay. 15 minutes, no problem.
Sat in the staffroom right now
You have mixed past tense with present tense. It looks like you could benefit from a 15-minute lesson…unless you were being ironic.
Misread this as Free Napalm Prep Books. Back to school for me.
Hopefully not after learning how to prep napalm.
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Sorry I can not find any free resources/books.. Can you please tell where it is?