NAPLAN WRITING SUCCESS: Marker Insights & Strategies

Are your students prepared for the 2026 NAPLAN writing test?  Are you ready to support them to succeed?

Recent NAPLAN results show that one in three students is not meeting literacy expectations.  Scary.  The good news is, as Writer’s Toolbox users, you already have the tools your students need to smash their NAPLAN writing test out of the park.  In fact, we’ve been lifting student NAPLAN writing results for years. 

To support our Writer's Toolbox teachers, we’ve created exclusive professional development content so you can instruct your students on exactly the areas they need to succeed and enter the NAPLAN testing period with confidence. 

Using NAPLAN marker insights, you’ll learn how to best use Writer’s Toolbox to make sure students are up to speed and writing confidently in all aspects of the writing assessment.  The strategies you learn will upskill your teaching, not only for NAPLAN, but for any time you teach narrative or persuasive writing.

In this session, you’ll:

• Explore key Writer’s Toolbox strategies to prepare students for both narrative and persuasive writing tasks
• Unpack planning structures that maximise writing time and student success
• Learn how to use Toolbox in a focused, engaging way to target the skills NAPLAN assesses
• See sample student responses mapped to the NAPLAN Marking Criteria
• Get the chance to ask questions tailored to your school’s preparation context

The NAPLAN Writing Preparation Session includes:

• a 60-minute training 
• a live, 15-minute Q&A with one of our expert coaches
• a downloadable, step-by-step, 6-week NAPLAN Readiness Plan. 

Exclusively for Writer’s Toolbox-licensed teachers.