Calm, targeted preparation for the Reading, Writing, Conventions of Language and Numeracy tests, built on a diagnostic rather than endless practice tests. Online for Melton families, or 25 minutes away at our Truganina centre.
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Melton families ask us the same two questions about NAPLAN: is my child actually behind, and what will you do about it? The first is answered by our free Skills Check, the second by this page. We are a local centre at 17/47 Apex Drive, Truganina VIC 3029, rated 5.0 on Google, tutoring Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in person and online.
Melton is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in the country, and it is the furthest suburb we list: about twenty-five minutes from our Truganina centre. For most Melton families the practical option is online tutoring, which runs with exactly the same tutors, the same Skills Check and the same progress notes as our in-person sessions. Melton students are welcome at the centre for holiday programs and exam revision.
The drive from Melton (3337) to our centre at 17/47 Apex Drive, Truganina VIC 3029 takes about 25 minutes, via the Western Freeway and Leakes Road. For Melton we usually suggest online tutoring for weekly sessions, with in-person blocks at the centre in the holidays.
Students from Melton Secondary College, Staughton College, Kurunjang Secondary College, Melton Primary School and Melton West Primary School come to us for NAPLAN, which means the tutor usually recognises the school's sequence and the way it tests.
Families from Melton West, Melton South, Kurunjang and Brookfield use the same sessions, and small groups are formed by level, not by suburb.
NAPLAN is sat in March by every student in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9, and since 2023 results are reported in four proficiency levels: Exceeding, Strong, Developing and Needs additional support. The test is online and adaptive, which means the questions get harder as a student answers correctly. Parents in Melbourne's west often tell us the results came as a surprise, in both directions. Our approach is to remove the surprise: a free Skills Check in Term 4 or early Term 1 shows exactly which NAPLAN domain, and which skills within it, need work.
We do not run NAPLAN as a practice-test factory. Practice tests tell you what a child got wrong; they do not teach the skill. Instead, we use the Skills Check result to build a short program (usually six to ten weeks) that teaches the missing skills directly, then uses NAPLAN-style questions to check they have stuck. For Numeracy that is typically place value, fractions, measurement conversions and reading graphs; for Reading it is inference and vocabulary-in-context; for Conventions it is apostrophes, commas, homophones and subject-verb agreement.
Writing is the domain with the most marks riding on a single task, and the one where teaching makes the biggest difference. Students are given either a persuasive or a narrative prompt and do not know which until the day. We teach a plan for each: for persuasive, a clear contention, three developed arguments with evidence and a rebuttal; for narrative, a short orientation, one complication handled well, and a resolution with a change in the character. We mark to the ten NAPLAN writing criteria so students learn where the marks actually are.
For Year 7 and Year 9 students, NAPLAN Numeracy includes a calculator section and questions that assume algebra and geometry from the previous two years. Year 9 results also matter for some students because a strong result can meet the literacy and numeracy standard required for the VCE. We treat Year 9 NAPLAN preparation as a general secondary maths and English health check rather than a one-off.
NAPLAN preparation is available in small groups by year level from Term 4 through to the March test window, and one-to-one all year. Sessions run at our Truganina centre and online. Whichever you choose, the aim is a child who walks into the test knowing the format, having practised on a screen, and confident that the skills are there.
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The list below is what the free Skills Check assesses for NAPLAN, by year level, and therefore what a Melton student's sessions are planned from. A tutor will always step back a year when a foundation topic is missing.
One-to-one tutoring is $35–$45 an hour depending on the year level; small groups of up to five are from $25 an hour. Plans are monthly, you choose how many sessions a week, and you can cancel any time. The Skills Check and the consultation are free. Online and in-person sessions cost the same.
Term 4 of the previous year is ideal, which gives ten to twelve weeks before the March test window. Starting in February still helps, mainly with format familiarity and the writing task, but there is less time to fix underlying gaps.
No. We use NAPLAN-style questions, but the program is built from your child's Skills Check result and teaches the specific skills that are missing. A practice test on its own does not improve a result.
It should make it better. Most anxiety comes from not knowing what the test looks like. Once a student has seen the format, practised on a screen, and has a plan for the writing task, the fear usually drops noticeably.
Not directly; those exams have their own tests. But the skills overlap heavily, and a strong Year 5 NAPLAN result is a good indicator that a student is ready to prepare for scholarship or selective-entry exams.
Yes. Groups by year level (3, 5, 7, 9) run from Term 4 to March, at the Truganina centre and online, from $25 an hour. One-to-one is available all year.
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