Teaching and Learning
Ms Nicholls
NAPLAN
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a literacy and numeracy assessment that our students in Years 3 and 5 will sit this year. Students will complete the 2026 NAPLAN tests between the 11th and 23rd of March. All testing will be completed online except for Year 3 students who will continue to complete the writing assessment on paper.
The dates for testing at our school are as follows:
- Wednesday, March 11 - Writing
- Thursday, March 12 - Reading
- Friday, March 13 - Convensions of Language
- Monday, March 16 - catch up testing
- Tuesday, March 17 - Numeracy
- Wednesday, March 18 - catch up testing
- Thursday, March 19- catch up testing
- Friday, March 20 - catch up testing
- Monday, March 23 - catch up testing
Please view the NAPLAN Information for Parents & Carers brochures attached below, and see here for translated versions <https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/for-parents-carers>. For more information on NAPLAN, visit www.nap.edu.au.
If you have any questions or would like more information about NAPLAN, please get in contact with your child's classroom teacher or myself.
Book Club
Scholastic Book Club is a service offered to students, parents, and teachers. Brochures advertising a variety of books and computer software are sent home with each student, approximately twice a term.
Purchase of the books is not compulsory and there is no obligation. If you do wish to purchase any goods, simply log into the Book Club site www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and follow the prompts. All Book Club orders must be ordered and paid for via LOOP. Do not send order forms and cash to school. When the order arrives at school, books are sent home with students.
The School earns “Bonus Points” for each order which can be used to purchase new resources for classroom libraries.
Orders for Issue 1 close on Monday, February 16.
Click here for the Scholastic Book Club Parent Log in page or to register for new users.
How to order
Click on ORDER in the top menu or REGISTER first to save your details for the first time. Select Ballan PS and your child’s class. Add your child’s name and last initial. Enter the item number from the brochure.
You can order for multiple children at once. All orders are linked directly to the school.
Our school receives bonus points, which are redeemed for a variety of books for the children; therefore, we thank you for your continued support.
If parents wish to collect orders personally, please let the school know.
Please go to www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and find Ballan Primary School to order or alternatively you can download the LOOP app via the App Store or Google Play.
Happy learning,
Ms Nicholls