On the other side of their first NAPLAN test - a creative writing assignment in which they had to create a story from an image of a boat at sea - six of Newcastle East Public School's best and brightest were feeling quietly confident.
Most of the estimated 400,000 NSW students who began the series of standardised basic skills tests on Wednesday, March 13, sat the exam digitally, doing away with the traditional pen-and-paper method that their parents likely remember. But the digital revolution is par for the course in the modern classroom.
