Naplan

Next week Students in Years 7 and 9 will sit their NAPLAN tests. Tests will begin on Wednesday 13th (Week 7) and finish on Monday 18th (Week 8). The remainder of Week 8 will be used to run catch up tests for any students who miss any of the tests on the scheduled days.

A few reminders about the tests:

Firstly, there is no need to stress about NAPLAN. The tests simply provide a measure of student’s current level of performance in each of the testing areas. This information is used to determine how much growth students have made since their previous NAPLAN tests as well as to provide an insight into their areas of strength as well as areas that may need further work.

For this reason, we ask that students take the tests seriously so that the information we receive with their results is as accurate as possible so we can understand where students are at and help them progress as much as possible.

Please make sure student’s devices have been checked by the IT Department to ensure the most recent LDB version is installed so they can access the online testing platform.

Students will need to ensure they have earphones/earbuds etc linked to their device to access any audio files that may be linked to questions across all the tests.

Devices and EarPods etc need to be fully charged each night before each exam.

I strongly suggest students take time to access the online practice tests. (They take about 10 mins each). This will help students to understand how to navigate the online test platform, access the resources such as audio files, calculator, ruler etc as well as the types of questions they can expect to do as part of the tests. The practice tests can be accessed from the NAP Public Demonstration Site 

Further information regarding NAPLAN including the exam schedule can be found on the school NAPLAN website.

If you have any questions or issues regarding NAPLAN please email or call at any time.

Minimum Standards Tests

To receive a HSC, students must complete NESA’s HSC Minimum Standards Tests. Students need to achieve Level 3 or 4 in short online numeracy, reading and writing tests of skills for everyday life to meet the HSC minimum standard.

This means that students who demonstrate the standard have the skills to do things like:

• follow safety instructions in equipment manuals
• understand a mobile phone plan
• write a job application
• create a personal weekly budget

Further information can be found on the NESA Website. Students begin sitting the tests in Year 10 and get multiple opportunities to complete the test and reach the minimum standard each year.

This term we will run the first round of tests for Year 10 students as well as those in Year 11 and 12 who still need to complete any tests in Weeks 10 and 11. Dates will be provided for each test in coming weeks. We ask that students ensure they are present on the day of the scheduled tests to help ensure they meet this NESA requirement.

As always if there are any issues with anything related to Curriculum feel free to email or call the Curriculum office at any time.

Mr Brett Moran

Curriculum Coordinator