NSW NAPLAN Teaching Resources

This NSW NAPLAN collection brings together 21 resources published on EduSellers by verified Australian educators. They span Year 3, Year 5 and Year 12, so you can plan a whole stage without leaving the page. The mix is mostly lesson plans (7), worksheets (4) and assessments (2). 4 of them are free; the rest are priced between $2.99 and $24.00.

NSW NAPLAN resources

What is NAPLAN?

NAPLAN (the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) is sat by students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 across Australia. It assesses four areas: reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.

Since 2023 the tests have been held in March and completed online, except Year 3 writing, which is done on paper. Results are reported against four proficiency levels: Exceeding, Strong, Developing and Needs additional support.

How to prepare for NAPLAN

The preparation that helps most is regular practice of the skills each area assesses, rather than cramming whole tests: short reading-comprehension tasks with inference questions, timed narrative or persuasive writing checked against the marking criteria, spelling and grammar in context, and multi-step numeracy problems.

A practice test in a format close to the real one, a few weeks before testing, helps students know what to expect — especially with the online format. The NAPLAN resources on EduSellers cover Year 3 and Year 5.

Browse NAPLAN preparation by year: Year 3 NAPLAN resources · Year 5 NAPLAN resources.

How these resources align to the NSW curriculum

New South Wales runs its own syllabus through NESA, so NSW editions on EduSellers are written against it rather than being a relabelled national file.

NAPLAN assesses reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Since the 2023 move to March testing and the four-level proficiency scale, preparation works best as familiarisation with question formats rather than drilling.

What's inside

Popular downloads in this collection include NAPLAN Numeracy Strategy Toolkit - Classroom Poster (NSW) and NAPLAN Year 3 Reading - Practice Test (NSW).

Year levels covered

Using these in your classroom

Resources are sold under a personal classroom licence, which covers your own students. Whole-school use needs the seller's extended licence.

Frequently asked questions

When is NAPLAN held?

NAPLAN is held in March each year for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9, within a national testing window. Your school or state education authority confirms the exact dates.

What does NAPLAN test?

Four areas: reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. Results are reported as Exceeding, Strong, Developing or Needs additional support.

Which year levels do these NAPLAN resources cover?

The NAPLAN preparation resources on EduSellers currently cover Year 3 and Year 5, including practice tests, worksheets and strategy activities.

How many NAPLAN resources for classrooms in New South Wales are there on EduSellers?

There are 21 published NAPLAN preparation resources in this collection, covering Year 3, Year 5 and Year 12, including 7 lesson plans, 4 worksheets and 2 assessments.

Are any of these NAPLAN preparation resources free?

Yes. 4 of the 21 resources here are free to download. The paid ones range from $2.99 to $24.00, with no subscription.

Are these resources aligned to the NSW curriculum?

Yes. New South Wales teaches its own syllabus through NESA, and these are NSW editions written against it rather than generic national files.

Which year levels do these NAPLAN preparation resources cover?

Year 3 (6), Year 5 (12) and Year 12 (1).

What file formats do I get, and can I edit them?

Each purchase includes a print-ready PDF plus an editable file — DOCX for documents and PPTX for slide-based resources — so you can adapt names, numbers and contexts for your class before printing.

Who writes these resources?

Verified Australian educators. Every seller on EduSellers is checked before publishing, and resources are classroom-tested rather than scraped or auto-listed.

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