NAPLAN testing will be conducted over three days for students in Years 5, 7 and 9
Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit for the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) test in May each year. The assessments are an opportunity for students to demonstrate what they have learned in class.
For students in Years 3 and 5, there are four tests covering numeracy, reading, writing and language conventions (spelling, punctuation and grammar). For students in Years 7 and 9, there are five tests including two tests in numeracy – a calculator allowed test and a non-calculator test.
Tuesday 9th May : Language Conventions (40 minutes); Writing (40 minutes)
Wednesday 10th May : Reading (50 minutes)
Thursday 11th May: Numeracy (50 minutes)
Tuesday 9th May : Periods 1 and 2 – Language Test (45 minutes); Writing Test (40 minutes)
Wednesday 10th May : Periods 1 and 2 – Reading Test (65 minutes)
Thursday 11th May: Periods 1 and 2 – Numeracy Test I (50 minutes); Numeracy Test II (10 minutes)
(Please remember to bring your calculator for Numeracy tests)
Tuesday 9th May : Periods 3 and 4 – Language Test (45 minutes); Writing Test (40 minutes)
Wednesday 10th May : Periods 3 and 4 – Reading Test (65 minutes)
Thursday 11th May: Periods 3 and 4 – Numeracy Test I (50 minutes); Numeracy Test II (10 minutes)
(Please remember to bring your calculator for Numeracy tests)
The NAPLAN test results and the student reports are released in August.
More detail for parents can be found on the NSW Education Standards Authority. To access that website, please click here.
We would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation who are the traditional Custodians of the land on which Waverley College is located. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We are committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual connections to the land, waters, seas and sky and their rich contribution to society.
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