NAPLAN Teaching Resources
Teaching year 3 or year 5? Then you know NAPLAN 2026 is on the horizon. If you're looking for curriculum-aligned resources for your NAPLAN preparation, you've landed in the right place!
The Teach Starter teacher team has you covered with reading, writing, conventions of language and numeracy resources all created with your teaching needs in mind.
Explore writing prompts, assessment rubrics, persuasive writing and narrative writing worksheets and activities, resources designed to help students learn to make inferences while reading, and more ways to build literacy skills. You'll also find a host of maths resources that boost students' ability to understand patterns, recognise equivalences, work mathematically and more numeracy skills.
If you're new to teaching a NAPLAN testing year or just want to get prepared, read on for a look at important ACARA testing dates for 2026, plus a look at the history of NAPLAN.
When Is NAPLAN 2026?
The 9-day NAPLAN testing window in 2026 will be Wednesday 11 March to Monday 23 March 2026.
To help you get ready, our teacher team has put together a list of the important dates for year 3 and year 5 teachers to prepare for NAPLAN testing in 2026.
- Beginning of Term 4, 2025 — Practice testing in the NAPLAN training environment open to all schools
- Wednesday 11 March — Monday 23 March 2026 — NAPLAN 2026 test window
- Wednesday 11 March 2026 — Year 3 and Year 5 will commence reading and writing tests on day 1 of the NAPLAN test window
- Thursday 12 March — Year 3 and Year 5 will commence conventions of language and numeracy testing on day 2 of the NAPLAN test window. This day will also be used for writing for Year 5 if there are technical or logistical limitations.
- Thursday 12 March — Monday 16 March 2026 — Year 3 writing catch-up tests will be offered
- Thursday 12 March — Monday 23 March 2026 — Other catch-up tests will be offered for year 3 and year 5
- May 2026 — NAP Opt-in assessment in science literacy for year 6
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NAPLAN Reading Magazine – Year 5 - PowerPoint
5 reading texts with multiple choice questions for NAPLAN Reading Year 5 on PowerPoint.
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Exaggeration and Hyperbole Sorting Activity
Explore examples of hyperbole with your students using this set of 24 sorting cards perfect for your collaborative group work.
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NAPLAN - Language Conventions - Spelling PowerPoint (Year 5)
A 44 slide PowerPoint presentation displaying NAPLAN style spelling questions.
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Persuasive Letter Prompts Task Cards
Use these persuasive letter prompts to get your students writing convincing persuasive letters on a variety of topics.
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Testing in Progress Sign Bundle
Use these printable Testing in Progress signs to alert those outside your classroom to keep their voices down while your students are testing.
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Persuasive Writing Planning Flipbook
Explore the persuasive writing structure in this engaging persuasive writing flipbook.
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric – Biographical Texts
Use this NAPLAN-style rubric to assess students’ biography writing as you prepare students for Year 5 tests.
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NAPLAN Reading Magazine – Year 3 - PowerPoint
5 reading texts with multiple choice questions for NAPLAN Reading Year 3 on PowerPoint.
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric for Poetry
A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess student's poetry.
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Bare Assertions Worksheet Pack
Strengthen student writing by helping them turn bare assertions into well-supported opinions using these engaging and practical worksheets.
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Testing Gift Tags for Students
Give a confidence boost to your students before heading into a test or exam with these testing gift tags.
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What Is NAPLAN? The Ultimate Teacher Guide to Preparing Students to Sit the Tests
What is NAPLAN and how can you prepare your students? Explore this teacher-created guide to the big year 3 and year 5 tests!