Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Assessment Schedule

Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Assessment Schedule

Year Level: Years 3 to 6

The following Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 full year assessment schedule and scope and sequence have been extracted from the Year 3, 4, 5ย  & 6 Screening & Tracking Manual. Within this download, outlines have been provided as a general term-by-term guide from which schools can adapt their scheduling. While some students will progress faster and some slower, these plans should be considered for the bulk of students.

Screening and tracking is an essential part of the PLD process, click here for tips onย establishing a consistent screening and tracking process in middle and upper primary.

This download is for Year 3, 4, 5 & 6, access the other assessment schedules below:

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  • Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Screening & Tracking Manual

    The Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Screening & Tracking Manual outlines step-by-step instructions including what and when to screen, the materials required, time allocations and discontinue rules. We recommended that the screens are administered following a solid period of repeated targeted instruction as outlined in the Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Teaching Sequence […]

    The Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Screening & Tracking Manual outlines step-by-step instructions including what and when to screen, the materials required, time allocations

  • Assessments for Students Experiencing Difficulty Within Stage 1 Targets 1, 2 & 3

    PLD recommends the presentation of these short assessments to determine why students may not be progressing through Stage 1 at a pleasing rate.ย 

    These screens have been designed to identify why students are not progressing, or why they are experiencing difficulties acquiring skills within Stage 1. The screens

  • Private: Whole School Phonic Placement Screen

    The Phonic Placement Screen is designed to quickly establish the range in ability within a class, and provide the stages for which explicit, structured teaching is required.

    The Phonic Placement Screens are designed to track the development of single-word spelling based upon PLDโ€™s Structured Synthetic Phonics sequence. The information gained will highlight

  • PLD’s Whole School Literacy Plan

    The document outlines how to implement PLD’s literacy, Movement and Motor and Oral Language resources during the Early Years, Foundation, Year 1 & 2 and across Years 3 to 6. Each page provides suggested time frames and implementation recommendations.

    The purpose of this document is to provide an implementation outline to assist schools in scheduling the PLD programs within a broad school-based strategy. When

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