Year 3 and 5 NAPLAN 2025

The Year 3 and 5 National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will be taking place in Term 1 beginning with Writing on Wednesday 12th March to Monday 24th March, 2025.

NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment undertaken by our Year 3 and 5 students annually in order to gain a sense of how the individual students are tracking with their learning. These assessments include: Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language, Numeracy.

The proposed dates for NAPLAN at Mount View are:

Wednesday 12th March

Thursday 13th March

Monday 17th March

Tuesday 18th

Wednesday 19th - Monday 24th March

Writing

Reading

Conventions of Language

Numeracy

Catch-up sessions (as required)

Please note: Mount View have no flexibility in the timeframe of the NAPLAN Assessments. The window has a strict closing date. If your child/ren are absent we can endeavour to undertake make-up sessions where appropriate, but cannot extend the timeframe beyond Monday 24th of March. The window is set by the National and State Education bodies.

Parents and Carers are encouraged to view the NAPLAN on https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/for-parents-carers. Translated Parent and Carer Information brochures are available on this website also.

Device requirements for students

Every student in Year 3 and 5 will be using an individual iPad in order to partake in NAPLAN Online in 2025.

Year 3 students will be provided with a school owned iPad for use during the NAPLAN window. This will be set up for the children by our school technician.

Students in Year 5 will be using their BYOD (personal iPad) and will need to bring this fully charged to school each day.

In preparation of NAPLAN, and to support the classroom program, we ask families to please bring the following to school at their earliest convenience:

Working and accessible Headphones (Named / Labelled)

These can be left at school in a zipped locked bag safety with the student tubs and locked in the classroom every night.

Please ensure to test the headphones prior to your child’s bringing them to school.

*Facility Students - please ensure your child has access to their FM transmitter / Personal Roger Device over this period.

Year 5 only -

Functional and pre-connected Keyboard

A keyboard is essential for each Year 5 student to access the Writing component of NAPLAN.These can be left within the classroom. Please make sure they connect to your child’s iPad, have working keys, have batteries and/or are fully charged prior to bringing them to school.

Year 5 only - Ensure the NAP Lockdown browser 2025 is installed on your child/ren’s device.

This can be downloaded for free from the online Apple Store. It’s important that you have the new app installed. Older versions of the app will not connect. Please download the app here → https://apps.apple.com/au/app/nap-locked-down-browser/id1086807255

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