Leader of Pedagogy

Welcome to 2026! We have so many exciting things planned for the year ahead, and we look forward to seeing the growth in all of our students.

NAPLAN begins on Wednesday 11th of March and concludes on Monday 23rd of March. There are four NAPLAN tests: Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language and Mathematics. We will share our school NAPLAN timetable soon.

Why do students do NAPLAN?

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3 and 5 sit each year. It is the only national assessment all Australian students have the opportunity to undertake.

As students progress through their school years, it is important to check how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and numeracy.

NAPLAN assesses the literacy and numeracy skills that students are learning through the school curriculum and allows parents and carers to see how their child is progressing against national proficiency standards.

NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process. It does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance, but it can provide teachers with additional information about students’ educational progress.

NAPLAN also provides schools, education authorities and governments with information about how education programs are working and whether young Australians are achieving important educational outcomes in literacy and numeracy. 

Your child will do the NAPLAN tests online

Online NAPLAN tests are designed to provide precise results and be engaging for students. The tests are tailored (or adaptive), which means that each test presents questions that may be more or less difficult depending on a student’s responses. This helps students remain engaged with the assessment. 

Tailored testing allows a wide range of student abilities to be assessed and measures student achievement more precisely. A student’s overall NAPLAN result is based on both the number and complexity of questions they answer correctly. Your child should not be concerned if they find questions challenging; they may be taking a more complex test pathway. 

All Year 3 students will continue to complete the writing assessment on paper.

(https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/for-parents-carers)

Lucy Suttor

Leader of Pedagogy