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Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to Term 2!

One of the major events taking place this term is NAPLAN.  As you may be aware NAPLAN takes place in primary schools for students in Years 3 and 5.  

NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents and carers to see how your child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress and also helps to inform furture learning.

In 2022, NAPLAN will take place in Week 4 of Term 2.  Please see the exact dates below:

Catch-up tests will take place in the following week for those students who are away on these dates.

All tests will take place online, apart from Year 3 writing which will be paper based.  Year 3 students will use iPads supplied by the school and Year 5 students will use their personal Surface Go device.  It is important that all students have their own headphones (as per the booklist) available to them on these days.

For more information on NAPLAN online, please visit the following webiste https://nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/naplan-information-brochure-for-parents-and-carers.pdf 

All students in Years 3 & 5 have completed a practice test which helps them to understand how the NAPLAN platform works and how questions can be answered.  If you would like to have a go with your child at home, some sample questions are provided on the following website https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site 

If you have any further questions regarding NAPLAN or you are considering withdrawing your child, feel free to contact your child's teacher or myself for advice.

Sam Hannant

APA