NSW education audit: staged learning, composite classes are the new classroom

By Alexandra Smith
Updated May 12 2015 - 5:14pm, first published May 4 2015 - 1:14pm
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New-age learning: St Monica's Primary School students Nazanin Abdolllahihagh, Lachlan Roberts, Jackson Basha, and Salama Kunambi working together in a composite class and open study area. Photo: James Alcock
New-age learning: St Monica's Primary School students Nazanin Abdolllahihagh, Lachlan Roberts, Jackson Basha, and Salama Kunambi working together in a composite class and open study area. Photo: James Alcock

One-in-three public primary school students in NSW are taught in a composite class, with Catholic schools increasingly abandoning single year classes in favour of group learning.

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