NAPLAN 20

Year 3 NAPLAN 

Term 1 has been busy for all communities across our college and on Wednesday 12 March, many of our students were busy completing the NAPLAN testing for 2025. For our Year 3 students, this was the first time they could participate in the NAPLAN Process.

NAPLAN is a nationwide measure through which parents, teachers, schools, education authorities, governments and the broader community can determine whether or not young Australians are developing the literacy and numeracy skills that provide the critical foundation for other learning and their productive and rewarding participation in the community. 

NAPLAN results allow parents/ carers and educators to see how students’ progress in literacy and numeracy over time – individually, as part of their school community, and against national standards.

The testing began like all students across the state, with the NAPLAN Writing test. All Year 3 students completed a paper-based writing test.

Students began with a 'writing stimulus' (sometimes called a 'prompt'—an idea or topic) and their own writing booklet. Every student completed the test to the best of their ability and were asked to write a response in a particular genre for 2025. Our topic for 2025 was based on a narrative stimulus.

Our students were given a stimulus which looked similar to this: 

Our students are very familiar with writing assessments similar to this, as they complete four Cold Writes during a year in school. The stimuli for our Cold Writes and Naplan are very similar. During the NAPLAN, our students appeared confident and comfortable and took the process in their stride.

After the writing test, they were able to complete three more tests on the following days: a Reading test, a Language Conventions test, and finally, the Numeracy test. 

Our teachers were delighted to see the students work at their best and were pleased at how well they have settled into Year 3. Each day, they quickly adapted to the NAPLAN testing environment and seemed settled and relaxed. 

We are thrilled with their efforts and are very proud of our student's achievements and positive attitudes toward the assessments. 

NAPLAN data is then used to track students' growth from Years 3 to 5, examine trends to inform professional learning for our staff, and examine research-based practices that impact student learning.