Planning and assessing with the Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines

Contact
Kristy Howson (08) 9273 6387
Kristy.Howson@scsa.wa.edu.au

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) invites school leaders and early childhood teachers to participate in a workshop to support their planning and assessment with the Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines (the Guidelines). Teachers will be supported to develop planning documents that reflect and complement their specific context. The full day session will also explore monitoring and assessment practices. School leaders are encouraged to attend with teachers from their school.

• Wednesday, 27 November 2024
• 8.45 am–3.00 pm
• The Hub, Bentley Technology Park , 2 Brodie Hall Drive, Bentley

The full day session will include:

• an overview of the Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines, including the Vision, Principles and Practices of the Early Years Learning Framework (the EYLF)
• a reflection on context and practice using the Guidelines
• collaboration and discussion with colleagues
• time to develop own documents for planning a program
• time to develop own documents for planning a learning environment
• review of the EYLF Principle: Assessment and evaluation for learning, development and wellbeing.

Participants are advised to bring a printed or digital copy of the Guidelines and a device to take photos (such as a phone or an electronic device).

The workshop is not compulsory and is free to attend.

Note: This event is not catered. Participants will need to bring their water bottle, morning tea and lunch.

Register for this workshop on the Authority website:
https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/events/planning-with-the-kindergarten-curriculum-guidelines.

Search for a WASN in SIRS

Contact
Data Services (08) 9273 6352
numbers@scsa.wa.edu.au
dataservices@scsa.wa.edu.au

Schools are advised that if a student arrives at your school from another school in Western Australia, or from overseas/interstate, you have the ability to search in the Student Information Records System (SIRS) for that student’s Western Australian student number (WASN) using a family name, given name and date of birth.

All student registrations are recorded in SIRS by the end of Term 1. After this time, you will be able to search for students including the student’s previous school/s. You will know where to send a transfer note, if required.

1. Hover over Enrolments in the menu bar.
2. Click on Student Enrolment > Student Maintenance > Find Student Number (see image below).

The Find Student Number directory will appear (see image below). Enter the student’s Family Name, Given Name and Date of Birth.

3. Click Search.If the information you have entered exactly matches the information in SIRS, you will find a result even if the student is not at your school (see image below).

If the details you have requested are different from the information in SIRS (e.g. date of birth is different, Jackie is spelt as Jacky), no information will be found. If you are unable to locate a student number, please email numbers@scsa.wa.edu.au and provide the student’s:

• Family Name (Surname)
• Given Name (First Name)
• Date of Birth
• Academic Year
• Previous School (if known).

Please include your provider code in the email.

Troubleshooting: Search WASN

1. What happens if the requested information does not show?

   Email numbers@scsa.wa.edu.au and provide the student name, academic year and date of birth.

2. What happens when a single year (e.g. 2022 to 2022) is entered in the date range?

   Only a result for that year will be returned.

3. What does it mean when the Department of Education is shown as the student’s main provider?
   It means the student is likely to be under a Notice of Arrangements or may have been on the Whereabouts Unknown List (more likely with Years K–10).

Western Australian student number requests for 2025

Contact
Data Services (08) 9273 6352
numbers@scsa.wa.edu.au
dataservices@scsa.wa.edu.au

Schools are advised that all current students in Western Australia should have been allocated a Western Australian student number (WASN) and be registered with the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority). This number remains with the student throughout their school life. Schools need to recognise the importance of the WASN to avoid duplication of records and maintain the continuity of student data.

From Monday 21 October 2024, schools will only be able to request WASNs through the Student Information Record System (SIRS) for Kindergarten students commencing in 2025.

If a student other than Kindergarten arrives at your school from another WA school, please check to see if they have a WASN first using the ‘Search for WASN’ process – this is explained in ‘How to Search for WA student numbers in SIRS’ in this circular.  For new students commencing in 2025 who do not have a WASN, schools should request a new number beginning in January 2025.

Please note we do not issue numbers for pre-Kindergarten students.

If you cannot locate a number, contact numbers@scsa.wa.edu.au and give details of the student’s legal family name, legal given name, date of birth and academic year. It is also useful to include your school code in any correspondence. If schools request a WASN for a student who already has a number, the correct WASN will be sent to schools.

All secondary schools with a Year 7 intake can send a complete list (spreadsheet) of Year 7 students entering their school in 2025, including the student’s legal family name, legal given name and date of birth and the Authority will look up the WASNs on their behalf.

A reminder that instructions about how to register students can be found in the Data Procedures Manual 2024 (Data Procedures Manual) with links to assist schools using Integris/Reporting to Parents (RTP), Civica Maze, SEQTA, Synergetic, Administration of Schools (AoS) and Excel.

Application for recording of enrolment and achievement in ATAR Units 1 and 2 for students in Year 10 in 2026 (Year 8, 2024)

Contact
Buddhini Daluwatta (08) 9273 6315
Buddhini.Daluwatta@scsa.wa.edu.au

Principals are reminded that the Application for recording of enrolment and achievement in ATAR Units 1 and 2 for students in Year 10 in 2026 (Year 8, 2024) must be received by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) no later than Thursday, 14 November 2024. The completed application form is to be emailed to certification@scsa.wa.edu.au.

An application form can be downloaded from the Authority website https://scsa.wa.edu.au/forms/forms under the Enrolments tab.

Schools should only apply if the studies are part of a longer-term program for students who are:

• gifted and talented, or
• accelerated language students.

For further information, please refer to Section 7 in the WACE Manual 2024. This publication is available on the Authority website
https://scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/wace-manual.

Collection of other than Year 12 students’ achievement data – 2024

Contact
Buddhini Daluwatta (08) 9273 6315
Buddhini.Daluwatta@scsa.wa.edu.au

Schools are advised that the achievement data for students other than those in Year 12 is due to the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) by Thursday, 5 December 2024 as per the 2024 Activities Schedule.

Information about collecting achievement data will be emailed to schools on
Wednesday, 23 October 2024.

Schools will need to provide the achievement data for:

• Year 11 students enrolled in ATAR, General, Foundation, Preliminary and vocational education and training (VET) Industry specific courses
• Year 11 students studying VET qualifications, VET units of competency, VET skill sets and endorsed programs
• Year 10 students studying VET qualifications, VET units of competency and endorsed programs.

Please check you have no missing achievements by running the CSE009 – Missing achievements by provider report in the Student Information Records System (SIRS). This report lists students and their enrolments in course units, endorsed programs and units of competency for which no results have been submitted.

The pathway to this report in SIRS is: Reports > Other reports > Report type: Missing achievements > Report: CSE009 – Missing achievements by provider.

The due date for Year 12 student achievement to the Authority is Thursday, 24 October 2024 as per the 2024 Activities Schedule.