7.30 - 8.30pm AEST Wednesday 28 April

We recently wrote to you to introduce ourselves and to let you know about some of the things we do that might be useful to you in your P&F role and to your school community.

So we'd like to take this opportunity to let you know about one of the biggest parent events we are hosting this year, which you are welcome to share with your school community.

Our parent Q&A on April 28 is a chance for parents to put questions directly to the person in charge of NAPLAN 2021 and the Australian Curriculum. David de Carvalho, CEO of the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), will be joining us live for the session, along with other senior members of his team.

NAPLAN is back this year and is being re-examined by the Education Council (which is made up of State and Federal Government Ministers), and ACARA is currently conducting it's own review of the Australian Curriculum. In fact, public consultation on the curriculum review starts the morning after our Q&A, so it is a real opportunity for parents to kick things off with their feedback on what kids are or should be learning in school.

We know parents have lots of questions:

• on NAPLAN - What's the point of NAPLAN...What difference does going online make for students...What special provisions can my child get...Why do results take so long to get to parents???
• about the curriculum - How is consent covered...Are we teaching the right kind and level of Maths...Is there too much emphasis on spelling and punctuation in an age of auto correct...Should teachers have more flexibility to design their own classes...How can parents and students give feedback on the curriculum???

The Q&A event is being hosted by APC, is free and open to all parents and carers.

David de Carvalho has promised to try and answer any and all questions. Parents can submit their questions ahead of the event to media@austparents.edu.au.

We will send you details of how to join the Q&A session once you register.

For up to date info  for parents and carers you can also visit the ACARA website:

• NAPLAN www.nap.edu.au/naplan/parent-carer-support
• The Australian Curriculum www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/parent-information/

We hope you can join us.

kind regards,
Jenni Rickard, APC President