NAPLAN

Year 3 and 5 students will participate in NAPLAN during the time window of Wednesday 13th March to  Friday 22nd March (Week 7 and Week 8, Term 1). Students will also participate in a practice test over the next couple of weeks. If you would like your child to be withdrawn from or discuss appropriate adjustments for NAPLAN testing, please contact me directly at rebekah.brown@cg.catholic.edu.au 

There is a public demonstration site that can be accessed by students and their parents. The demonstration site has tests which can be used by students to familiarise themselves with the types of questions and related functionalities available in the online NAPLAN assessment. You can access the public demonstration site at the following link:

https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site

What is NAPLAN?

NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit in May each year. It is the only national assessment all Australian students do. As students progress through their school years, it’s 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/carers to see how their child is progressing against national standards and over time. 

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

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions about NAPLAN. 

Rebekah Brown

Assistant Principal and Inclusion Coordinator