From Principal Steve - Naplan 2022
Dear Parents and carers,
This flyer was sent home with all Grade 3 and Grade 5 students earlier this month in relation to NAPLAN 2022. We are including it here in case your child is absent or you did not receive a copy. Please ensure you read it carefully.
Overview
NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Grades 3, 5, 7 & 9 sit in May each year. This year, NAPLAN moves online for all students. The only paper-based test will be the Grade 3 writing test.
While we don’t want students to stress & lose sleep over NAPLAN testing, we do want students to do their best and take the assessment seriously. The NAPLAN results are used to:
- strengthen individual student & grade-level learning
- strengthen our curriculum across the school
- compare our school performance with other schools
This video provides a 2-minute overview of the new online format. It is worth noting that the new tests are semi-adaptive which means they respond to your child’s ability, enabling them to do their best.
Practice and Preparation
It is important students are prepared to answer questions in the way they are presented in the test. For example, being familiar with multiple-choice questions. This website is a public demonstration site and contains sample tests for students in both Grade 3 and Grade 5. Our teachers will be using this site to help students become familiar with the question formats and online look and feel of the test. We encourage parents to also do the same with their children.
We are also required to conduct technical checks and practice tests.
Key dates include:
Thursday 17th March - School technical practice test for Grade 3 and 5 students
Thursday 24th March - Statewide practice test (writing) for Grade 3 and 5 students
Schedule
Please see below our tentative schedule for May, 2022.
BPS Naplan Testing Schedule - Term 2, 2022
Tuesday 10th May, 2022
G3 Writing (Between 9:00 - 10:40)
G5 Writing (Between 11:10 - 12:50)
Wednesday 11th May, 2022
G3 Reading (Between 9:00 - 10:40)
G5 Reading (Between 11:10 - 12:50)
Thursday 12th May, 2022
G3 Conventions of Language (Between 9:00 - 10:40)
G5 Conventions of Language (Between 11:10 - 12:50)
Friday 13th May, 2022
G3 Numeracy (Between 9:00 - 10:40)
G5 Numeracy (Between 11:10 - 12:50)
Catch-up tests are scheduled later in the day and the week of 16th - 20th May for students who are absent.
Devices
Grade 5 students will use their own devices from the BYOD program.
Grade 3 students will use school-owned devices.
Updates
Keep reading the Fortnightly Snapshots for any updates posted from classroom teachers. Do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher if you have any further questions.
With best wishes,
Steve Meade Joel Snowden
Principal Assistant Principal & NAPLAN Coordinator