1. Norville Parent Information Session Lynley Debney –Head of Curriculum
NAPLAN 2018
Norville Parent Information Session
Lynley Debney –Head of Curriculum

2. Overview of session. What is NAPLAN measuring? What is its purpose?
What do the tests look like?
Who will sit the tests?
What does Norville do to support students?

3. What is NAPLAN measuring?
Essential literacy and numeracy skills.
Aligned to Australian Curriculum.
Spelling
Grammar
Writing
Reading
Numeracy
Day 1
Language Conventions
Narrative or Persuasive or Informative??
Day 2
NAPLAN stands for National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy.
It tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life.
Day 3

4. What is its purpose?
Provide parents and schools with an understanding of how individual students are performing at the time of the tests.
Provide schools, states and territories with information about how education programs are working and which areas need to be prioritised for improvement.
One aspect of school’s assessment and reporting process, and do not replace the extensive, ongoing assessments made by teachers about each student’s performance.
Point in time test –students sit test in May and results received mid August. Do not inform student report cards.

5. What do NAPLAN tests look like?
Language conventions
Spelling
Incorrect word identified
Incorrect word not identified

6. What do NAPLAN tests look like?
Language conventions
Grammar
Choose the correct word
Locate punctuation
Identify correctly constructed sentence

7. What do NAPLAN tests look like?
Persuasive prompt
40 minutes
Planning -5 min
Writing -30 min
Editing -5 min

8. What do NAPLAN Tests look like?
Narrative prompt
40 minutes
Planning -5 min
Writing -30 min
Editing -5 min

9. What do NAPLAN tests look like?
Magazine format
Range of text types
Six texts
Easier to harder
Questions
Multiple choice
Identify order of events
Short answer
Students need perseverance; refer back to the text, make use of whole text titles , pictures, diagrams etc; Right there, Think and Search, Author and Me, On my ownQAR
45 minutes

10. What do NAPLAN Tests look like?
Problem solving
Real world
Interpret
See
Plan Do
Check
Colour a bubble
Short answer
Year mins
Year mins

11. Who sits the test?
All students in Years 3, 5 7 and 9 in all Australian States and Territories.
However, there are some instances where students may be exempted
Exemptions
ESL
Students with intellectual disability or significant co-existing conditions which severely limit ability to participate.
Adjustments for Students with disability
Support access to the tests and encourage maximum participation. 
Withdrawals (by parents)
Religious beliefs or philosophical objections to testing.
Requires formal notification prior to test period.
Absences
Make up days

12. What does Norville do to support students?
Late November early December 2017 Years 2 and 4 sit 2014 test.
Results analysed to identify needs and strengths.
Analysis used to target teaching and support students learning in 2018.
Teachers released for collaborative planning – identifying key knowledges and understandings associated with NAPLAN –targeted teaching strategies
Year 3 and Year 5 IMPACT online writing project
NAPLAN PowerPoints –whole class modelling
Explicit teaching of Australian Curriculum

13. Something extra
Norville will provide a fresh piece of fruit and a small muffin prior to each day’s testing.

14. How can parents help?
Encourage your child to read regularly and talk to your child about what they are reading.
Read a range of texts (advertisements, web pages, instructions etc) at home for real purposes.
Ensure your child has had a good sleep and breakfast.
KEEP CALM –NAPLAN is not a life-determining experience.

15. When will NAPLAN occur in 2017?
Term 2 Week 5
Tuesday 15th May
Wednesday 116th May
Thursday 17th May
Friday 18th May
Language Conventions
-40 minutes
Writing
Reading
Yr minutes
Yr minutes
Numeracy
Catch-up
Day

16. Thanks for attending. I hope this short information session has been useful.
Examples of previous tests are available if you would like to have a closer look through.
If you have any further questions I’m happy to try and answer them.
Lynley Debney
Head of Curriculum