NAPLAN / Year 3
Most Australian students sit NAPLAN in Year 3 — typically eight or nine years old — as the first national literacy and numeracy checkpoint.
Students read magazine-style texts and answer questions on literal meaning, inference, and how language is used.
Year 3 Reading →
One prompt. Students plan and write a persuasive or narrative response under timed conditions.
Year 3 Writing →
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Early items are often spelling; later items are multiple-choice conventions.
Year 3 Language Conventions →
Number, algebra, measurement, geometry, statistics, and probability. Years 7 and 9 split calculator and non-calculator papers.
Year 3 Numeracy →
Times below are the usual NAPLAN lengths for this year. Each OZ Test Hub paper uses the clock printed on that past test.