NAPLAN 2026 Testing Window
2026-03-23 08:45 - 15:00 (Australia/Perth) | Forest Crescent Primary School, 83 Forest Crescent, Thornlie, WA, 6108, Australia
The following information is for parents/guardians with a child in Year 3 or Year 5. Students will be sitting NAPLAN 2026 starting in Term 1- Week 6, Wednesday, 11th March, with the NAPLAN window open until Week 8, Monday, 23rd March. In consultation with the school, students whose parents have applied for withdrawal will not be sitting for all or some of the NAPLAN assessments. Confirmation of your child’s withdrawal will be sent to the parent’s email address or made by phone.
NAPLAN assessments are scheduled in a specific order and held in the Library with a dedicated LAN network.
More information for parents about NAPLAN is below. However, all parents should have received a hard copy of “NAPLAN Online: Information for parents and carers” by Week 3. You can download it here if you didn’t receive it or misplaced your document. In addition, please take the time to read the information below, most of which is taken from the NAPLAN website. You can also access these documents via the following links.
NAPLAN 2026 Parent Information Brochure
Below is the mandated NAPLAN assessment sequence. The school’s NAPLAN schedule for individual classes will be posted closer to NAPLAN week.

Download the above test window infographic.
NAPLAN Online test window
The NAPLAN Online test window is nine days. Day 1 is a Wednesday (11th March), and Day 9 is the Monday of the third week of NAPLAN (23rd March)
The Year 3 writing test must be completed within four days, the Year 5 writing test within two days, and schools must schedule writing from the first day of the appropriate two-day test window. For Year 5, the writing window is Days 1 and 2.
The tests need to be taken in a specific order.
For Years 3 and 5, the online test sequence is as follows:

Writing (paper for Year 3 only)
Reading
Conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
Numeracy.

Interschool Summer Cup 2026
2026-03-24
Students will be selected to represent the school at the Vale Sports Association Summer Cup Carnival. It will be held on Tuesday, 24th March 2026.
The venues, still to be confirmed, are;

Basketball – Willetton Basketball Centre (Burrendah Blvd Willetton)
Volleyball – Burrendah Park, Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton
Cricket – Burrendah Park, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton
Sofcrosse – Burrendah Park, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton
Frisbee – Burrendah Park, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton

There will be three buses providing transport for the carnival.

The volleyball team will leave at 8:20am.
The two buses for basketball, frisbee, cricket and sof-crosse will be leaving Forest Crescent at approximately 8:20am, and all will return before the end of the school day.

Your child must wear the school uniform shorts/ skorts/skirts (no black shorts), bring a drink, a hat, sunscreen, suitable footwear, and lunch and morning recess. Students will be provided with an interschool shirt or singlet (Basketball). It is essential that your child is at school by 8:00am to get their shirt signed out. They must also be returned at the end of the day, as they are not to be taken home by students. Each family signing out shirts is responsible for their safe return, or is required to cover the replacement costs of $40. Students are not permitted to use coloured zinc.
All venues plan to start by 9:20 am. There is a code of conduct for students and parents. To ensure you are familiar with both documents, please visit the school website homepage, click the INFORMATION tab, then select Qkr App/VSSA Code of Conduct.

A Stitch In Time Health & Well-Being Sessions
2026-03-25, 2026-04-01
Year 6 sessions. More information from Year 6 teachers.

School Board Meetings 2026
2026-03-25 19:00 - 20:30
The FCPS School Board Meeting will be held in the staffroom.

Uniform Shop Open
2026-03-26 08:15 - 09:15, 2026-04-02 08:15 - 09:15, 2026-04-23 08:15 - 09:15, 2026-04-30 08:15 - 09:15, 2026-05-07 08:15 - 09:15
The Uniform Shop offers a comprehensive range of new and second-hand clothing. The Uniform Shop is open from 8:15 am to 9:15 am.
Block 5 (see school map -click on INFORMATION tab)
Please remember the uniform shop is voluntarily run by parents (from the P&C). Order forms can be obtained from the office or downloaded from the school website (Click Here). Completed orders may be paid in the office and distributed to classrooms on a fortnightly basis. Parents can also order online through Flexischool. If you order via Flexischools online by noon on the Wednesday before these dates, your order will be sent to your child’s classroom for pickup and taken home the following Thursday morning. You do not need to come in and collect online orders. Click on the link for more information about Flexischools online ordering.
SECOND-HAND UNIFORMS
Various items and sizes are available for $2 to $5 each. All proceeds benefit the P&C. Please visit the Uniform Shop when it is open to view items or drop off any uniform donations at the front office.

R14 Senior Assembly
2026-03-26 08:45 - 09:45
Room 14 presents their item, and Honour Certificates are awarded. All honour certificate recipients would have had an email, teacher, or SMS message sent to their parents beforehand.

Teacher Staff Meetings 2026
2026-03-26 15:15 - 17:15
Term 1, (Week 3, 8)

Staff Meeting: 3:15-3:45pm
Curriculum Meeting: 3:45-5:15pm

Term 1 (Week 5)

Staff Meeting: 3:15-4:15pm

R11 Junior Assembly
2026-04-02 08:45 - 09:45
Room 11 presents their item, and Honour Certificates are awarded. All honour certificate recipients would have had an email, teacher, or SMS message sent to their parents beforehand.

Good Friday Public Holiday
2026-04-03

Term 1 Holidays 2026
2026-04-03 - 2026-04-19

Easter Monday Public Holiday
2026-04-06

School Development Days 2026-Students Do Not Attend
2026-04-20 | Forest Crescent Primary School, 83 Forest Crescent, Thornlie, WA, 6108, Australia
School staff participate in six professional development days for up-skilling on school priorities, data review and planning each year. Students do not attend these days. Two of these days are before the school year starts for students, and one day is after the school year ends for students. A Department term dates calendar can not be provided, as each public school develops its own calendar.

There are six school development days that students do not attend:

Two of these days are before the school year starts for students, and one day is after the school year ends for students.
Each school schedules another three days throughout the year in consultation with its school council/board and school community.
Please view the Forest Crescent Primary Website Calendar or contact your school directly for more information about its specific dates, including school development days.
Students start the school year on Monday, 2nd February and end the school year on Thursday, 17th December 2026.

Edudance 2026
2026-04-21, 2026-04-22, 2026-04-24, 2026-04-28, 2026-04-29, 2026-05-01, 2026-05-05, 2026-05-06
Proposed Edudance 2026
Weeks 1 to 9 with concert in Week 9 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons

Tuesday (half day)
Wednesday, Friday (full day)

ANZAC Assembly 2026
2026-04-24 14:00 - 15:00
We will hold our Anzac Ceremony on Friday, April 24th, commencing at 2 p.m. on our grassed quadrangle. Students who are members of service organisations (e.g., Scouts or Girl Guides) can wear their organisation’s uniform. Parents are encouraged to attend. At the conclusion of the Service, students will return to their classrooms.

Anzac Day 2026 & Public Holiday
2026-04-25, 2026-04-27
Anzac Day is the solemn day of remembrance of those Australian and New Zealand Army Corps soldiers who have fought and died for their country and is marked annually on the anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.
ANZAC Public Holiday- Monday 27 April

Senior Assembly
2026-04-30 08:45 - 09:45
No class item, and Honour Certificates are awarded. All honour certificate recipients would have had an email, teacher, or SMS message sent to their parents beforehand.

P&C Association Meeting
2026-05-06 19:00 - 20:30
The Parents & Citizens’ Meeting is held in the staffroom.

18th February – P& C Meeting
18th March – P & C AGM
6th May – P& C Meeting
3rd June – P& C Meeting
5th August – P& C Meeting
2nd September – P& C Meeting
28th October – P& C Meeting
25th November – P& C Meeting
