NAPLAN Year 3: A Summary

Year 3 NAPLAN: The Key Takeaways

Year 3 NAPLAN is the first time your child must formally undergo a standardised assessment. So, without the right information, it can feel daunting. The important thing to remember is that NAPLAN isn’t designed to measure your child’s intelligence or academic potential. It isn’t a “be-all and end-all” kind of test, and it doesn’t end up on any kind of permanent record. Instead, NAPLAN in Year 3 is designed to test the effectiveness of Australia’s schools and educators. It is designed to inform policy, and to safeguard Australia’s national standards for literacy and numeracy. Moreover, it is there to help educators better understand your child’s academic weak spots, so they can help improve them!

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For some, it might feel important that their child performs well in NAPLAN. If you are hoping to enrol your child in a selective school, this might be you! Thankfully, in this Year 3 NAPLAN guide, we’ve gone over some excellent ways to prepare:

1. Encourage your child to be diligent and complete all their school work and homework.
2. Support your child’s literacy by encouraging them to read widely from appropriate Year 3 Reading Lists.
3. Improve your child’s grammar and spelling using exercise books and word lists.
4. Have your child complete practice NAPLAN papers.
5. Consider enrolling your child in a NAPLAN preparation course.

At the end of the day, for parents and students, NAPLAN is a friend. It is there to help you understand how your child is performing in comparison to their peers, so you can get them the help they need early. Ultimately, the most important thing you can do to support your child’s learning is to encourage them. This doesn’t mean conditionally praising them for good grades. Instead, always reward the effort they put in, regardless of their results. Academic achievement comes with practice, persistence and hard work, so this is the behaviour you want to encourage. If you have any other questions about Year 3 NAPLAN, visit the official NAPLAN FAQs page. There, you can access useful information about NAPLAN, as well as handy NAPLAN past papers and solutions sheets!