To support our students, St Patrick’s College has some resources and information which might be useful to families. To help students prepare and achieve their best results, we have a Canvas page in the Literacy course which contains a lot of very useful links. An announcement was sent to students late in Term 1 reminding them about this resource.

The pages are set up under three main headings, so students can prepare for their tests in a way that suits their needs. 

NAPLAN Online Sample Literacy Tests contains sample tests to ensure that their device is set up for the exams and will help them assess if their device is ready for NAPLAN. (While they have completed the NAPLAN readiness tests at school, this can still be a useful backup tool). These tests also allow students to have a look at the format and prepare for how the test will look on the day. This page is great for relieving the stress surrounding the test because it shows students what the test will be like. This page also contains practice writing prompts and a self-marking Language Conventions test. The features on this page can be explored in a few minutes, or a few hours, depending on the time they have.

Writing, spelling and language conventions has lots of great links and ideas to help develop their skills in writing, spelling and language conventions. This is great to help build their skills for the tests and for learning at school in general.  

Reading is full of programs and supports that can help prepare students for the reading paper, including information about our DEARS cup and information about PEEL and CUBES. 

Finally, students have access to Read Theory https://readtheory.org/auth/login to help complete some multiple choice reading tests. These only take a few minutes and are marked immediately to help students recognise their strengths and weaknesses. They should have all accessed this resource in school time, but if they have lost or forgotten their logins, they can see their English Teacher or contact Sarah Hilder shilder@saintpatricks.nsw.ed.au .

Thank you for your time and support as we prepare our students for NAPLAN.

Sarah Hilder - English Teacher