From Principal Steve - Naplan 2022

Dear Parents/Carers,

Next week, our students in Grade 3 and Grade 5 will sit the NAPLAN test. Please see below for some general information that was also shared in Term 1.

Overview

This year, NAPLAN moves to online testing 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 have been 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 also conducted practice tests in Term 1 which supported students and teachers to understand the look and feel of the test, question types and how to login and complete the test.

Schedule

Please see below our schedule for

BPS Naplan Testing Schedule
	Morning Between 9:00 - 10:40	Middle Between 11:10 - 12:50
Tuesday 10th May	Grade 3 Writing	Grade 5 Writing
Wednesday 11th May	Grade 3 Reading	Grade 5 Reading
Thursday 12th May	G3 Conventions of Language	G5 Conventions of Language
Friday 13th May	G 3 Numeracy	G5 Numeracy

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.

Further information on NAPLAN can be found under the 'Important Notices' in this newsletter.

Steve Meade

Principal

Joel Snowdon

Assistant Principal & NAPLAN Coordinator