Next term, all students in Years 7 and 9 will be sitting NAPLAN tests for the following areas:   

  • Reading  
  • Writing 
  • Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation)  
  • Numeracy.  

The scheduled dates for the tests are Tuesday 10 May, Wednesday 11 May, Thursday 12 May and Friday 13 May. Catch up tests for absent students will continue through to Friday 20 May. 

NAPLAN assesses literacy and numeracy skills that students are already learning through the school curriculum. Teachers will ensure that students are familiar with the test formats and will provide appropriate support and guidance prior to the tests.  

NAPLAN tests are constructed to give students an opportunity to demonstrate skills they have learned over time through the school curriculum, and NAPLAN test days should be treated as just another routine event on the school calendar. The best way you can help your child prepare for NAPLAN is to reassure them that NAPLAN tests are just one part of their school program, and to urge them to complete the tests to the best of their ability on the day. 

Practice tests for each Year level are available at: https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site  

 2022 Year 9 NAPLAN Term 2 Week 2 (and week 3 for catch up tests) 

  • Will be held in the Year 10 classrooms upstairs – Marian Centre 
  • All tests will be completed on the student’s laptop. Please bring it fully charged AND with your own headphones. 
  • Tests will be held in pastoral care groups:  
  • 9A  Room 924 
  • 9B  Room 926  
  • 9C  Room 930 
  • 9D  Room 932 
  • 9E  Room 934 
  • 9F Room 936 
  • You will need to bring a pencil or pen to use on working out paper. You do not need a calculator.   
Tues 10 May  Reading test – 75 minutes  Period 3 and part of period 4 
Wed 11 May    Writing test – 50 minutes  Pastoral Care (8.50am) and Period 1  
Thurs 12 May  Language Conventions test – 55 minutes  Period 1 and part of period 2 
Fri 13 May  Numeracy – 75 minutes  Period 1 and part of period 2 

  The rest of the day will be normal class lessons.  

  2022 Year 7 NAPLAN Term 2 Week 2 (and week 3 for catch up tests)  

  • Held in your normal Pastoral Care classroom 
  • All tests will be completed on your laptop. Please bring it fully charged AND with your own headphones. 
  • You will need to bring a pencil or pen to use on working out paper. No calculators required.  
Tues 10 May  Reading test – 75 minutes   Period 1 and part of period 2 
Wed 11 May    Writing test – 50 minutes  Period 3 and part of period 4 
Thurs 12 May  Language Conventions test – 55 minutes  Period 3 and part of period 4 
Fri 13 May  Numeracy – 75 minutes  Period 3 and part of period 4 

 The rest of the day will be normal class lessons. 

 Mrs Lyn Saint-John 

NAPLAN Coordinator