From Learning Enrichment Co-Ordinator Primary

 Primary NAPLAN Information ....

Parents who have students in Years 3 and 5 will have recently received their child’s NAPLAN results. Each year the students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit tests that cover Reading Comprehension, Writing, Mathematics, Spelling and Language Conventions. 

While these tests are standardised tests that all students across Australia undertake, and can be a useful tool and provide a snapshot of some of a child's ability, they are only one of the many tools that schools and teachers use to monitor student progress and plan for teaching and learning. 

More important to the day by day teaching and learning cycle is the ongoing monitoring observation of students in the classroom and regular feedback and assessment cycle. This can range from the quick observation and correction of an error in class to targeted support in a specific area of the curriculum, area of learning or skill. Teachers are constantly making decisions about how students are learning and making adjustments to the planning and implementing lessons, both in real time and when planning for future classes.

This is not to say that the data from NAPLAN is not important to the cycle of teaching and learning. As a school we are able to analyse trends in achievement. We can look at patterns of successful learning and growth and reflect on the reasons for this as well as identify areas that we can target for whole school improvement. Most importantly it is one of the ways we can measure growth over time and this allows us to ensure that all our students are able to develop to their full potential. 

There is a lot of information online for parents about the NAPLAN tests. Here is the link to the parent information page from ACARA. https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/for-parents-carers

As always if you have any questions about your child’s learning please get in touch with their class teacher to organise a time to discuss it with them.