Kindergarten to Year 2 – Early Years Learning Framework

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

In 2025, the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (the Authority) is highlighting the effective implementation of the mandated Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) from Kindergarten to Year 2. This provides an opportunity to support high-quality delivery of the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline (the Outline).

Authority circulars will contain information regarding the highlighted Principle and Practice each term and provide a link to the Authority website where an online, self-paced learning module will be available to support understanding and application of the EYLF.

The highlighted Principle for Term 1 will be Collaborative leadership and teamwork and the highlighted Practice will be Holistic, integrated and interconnected approaches. Further details will be provided in forthcoming Circulars.

Pre-primary to Year 10: English and Health and Physical Education curriculum implementation from 2025

Contact

English:
Alison Aldersea (Monday to Wednesday) (08) 9273 6733
Alison.Aldersea@scsa.wa.edu.au

Leanne Bondin (08) 9273 6374
Leanne.Bondin@scsa.wa.edu.au

Health and Physical Education:
Dino Manalis (08) 9273 6356
Dino.Manalis@scsa.wa.edu.au

The mandated Western Australian curriculum for Pre-primary to Year 10: English and Health and Physical Education is available for implementation from 2025.

Pre-primary to Year 10 English and Health and Physical Education are the first two learning areas of the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline (the Outline) to be revised as part of adopting and adapting the Australian Curriculum version 9 to the Western Australian context. Schools are required to teach the mandated year level curriculum for English and Health and Physical Education in 2025.

The following documents are available for English and for Health and Physical Education on the curriculum pages of the School Curriculum and Standards Authority website:

• P–10 Scope and sequence
• P–10 Year level descriptions
• P–10 Provisional Achievement standards.

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/wa-curriculum/learning-areas/english/p-10-english-curriculum

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/wa-curriculum/learning-areas/health-and-physical-education/p-10-hpe-curriculum

The Draft Curriculum Support Materials for English and Health and Physical Education are currently being updated to align with the revised curriculum.

All other aspects of the Western Australian curriculum, as published in the Outline (https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/) remain unchanged as the mandated curriculum for Western Australia and must continue to be implemented in all schools until advised otherwise.

Pre-primary to Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies curriculum familiarisation in 2025

Contact

Humanities and Social Sciences:
Carolyn Fleischer (08) 9273 6735
Carolyn.Fleischer@scsa.wa.edu.au

Mathematics:
Nadene Coupar (08) 9273 6161
Nadene.Coupar@scsa.wa.edu.au

Lisa Griffin (08) 9273 6160
Lisa.Griffin@scsa.wa.edu.au

Science:
Julie Weber (08) 9273 6381
Julie.Weber@scsa.wa.edu.au

Technologies:
Jennifer Wheatley (08) 9273 6335
Jennifer.Wheatley@scsa.wa.edu.au

David Donnelly (08) 9273 6350
David.Donnelly@scsa.wa.edu.au

The Western Australian curriculum for Pre-primary to Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies is available for familiarisation in 2025.

Pre-primary to Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies are the second group of learning areas within the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline (the Outline) to be revised as part of adopting and adapting the Australian Curriculum version 9 to the Western Australian context.

The following documents are available for Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies on the curriculum pages of the School Curriculum and Standards Authority website:

• P–10 Scope and sequence
• Year level descriptions
• Provisional Achievement standards
• Summary of changes.

Humanities and Social Sciences:
https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/humanities-and-social-sciences

Mathematics: https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/mathematics-v8

Science: https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/science-v8

Technologies: https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/technologies

Schools are reminded to continue to teach the current Western Australian curriculum for these learning areas in 2025. The revised curriculum is available for familiarisation this year and implementation in 2026. The scope and sequence of the revised curriculum is available in PDF form for familiarisation at the top of the relevant learning area page in the Outline.

All other aspects of the Western Australian curriculum, as published in the Outline (https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/) remain unchanged as the mandated curriculum for Western Australia and must continue to be implemented in all schools until advised otherwise.

The Draft Curriculum Support Materials for Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies will be updated to align with the revised curriculum.

Pre-primary to Year 10 consultation for Languages and The Arts curriculum in 2025

Contact

The Arts:
Antoniett Halden (08) 9273 6791
Antoniett.Halden@scsa.wa.edu.au

Languages:
Nadia Civa (08) 9273 6355
Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au

Teachers are advised that the Western Australian curriculum for Pre-primary to Year 10: Languages and The Arts and will be revised as part of adopting and adapting the Australian Curriculum version 9 to the Western Australian context.

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) will provide updates on the progress of these revisions throughout the year. Schools are encouraged to subscribe to the Authority’s circulars for updates.

Schools are reminded to continue to teach the current Western Australian curriculum for these learning areas until advised otherwise. The 2025 school year will focus on consultation for the revised Languages and The Arts curriculum. The revised curriculum will be available for familiarisation in 2026 and implementation in 2027.

All other aspects of the Western Australian curriculum, as published in the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline (https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/) remain unchanged as the mandated curriculum for Western Australia and must continue to be implemented in all schools until advised otherwise.

Revised Pre-primary to Year 10: Teaching, Assessing and Reporting Policy and Policy Standards for Pre-primary to Year 10: Teaching, Assessing and Reporting

Contact
Mandy Hudson (08) 9273 6310
Mandy.Hudson@scsa.wa.edu.au

Minor revisions have been made to the Pre-primary to Year 10: Teaching, Assessing and Reporting Policy and Policy Standards for Pre-primary to Year 10: Teaching, Assessing and Reporting (the Policy) .

The implementation timeline for each learning areas has been updated to reflect the phased approach of adopting and adapting the Australian Curriculum version 9 within the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline.

The Policy can be accessed on the Authority website at https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/policy/policy-standards.

Western Australian student number requests and searches

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

All current students in Western Australia (WA) must be allocated a Western Australian student number (WASN) and be registered with the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority). The WASN remains with the student throughout their school life. The WASN is important in avoiding duplication of records and maintaining the continuity of student data.

If a student arrives at your school from another WA school – other than for Kindergarten – or from overseas/interstate, check to see if they have a WASN. Search for the student’s WASN using a family name, given name and date of birth in the Student Information Records System (SIRS).

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.

Refer to section 4.3 of the Data Procedures Manual 2025 for more information (https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual).

For new students commencing in 2025 who do not have a WASN, schools should request a new number beginning in January 2025.

If you cannot locate a WASN, 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 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 provided.

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.

Instructions about how to register students can be found in the Data Procedures Manual 2025 (Data Procedures Manual) with links to assist schools using Integris/Reporting to Parents (RTP), Civica Maze, SEQTA, Synergetic, Administration of Schools (AoS) and Excel.

Note: the Authority does not issue a WASN for Pre-Kindergarten students.

Uploading data files to SIRS

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

When schools upload data files to the Student Information Records System (SIRS), the person who has uploaded the files will receive emails to confirm whether a file has been successfully processed or has errors/warnings to be addressed.

It is important to note the difference between an email that informs Successful verification of the <Name of the file>.csv and Successful processing of the <Name of the file>.csv.

To have a successful upload of a data file to SIRS, schools must receive the following two emails:

• Successful verification of the <Name of the file>.csv
• Successful processing of the <Name of the file>.csv.

If you receive any of the following emails, you must follow up on the errors to ensure the corrected data file can be uploaded again to SIRS:

• The <Name of the file>.csv has failed verification due to the following errors
• The <Name of the file>.csv has failed processing due to the following errors.

Emails that state ‘The <Name of the file>.csv has been successfully processed but has recorded the following warnings’ should be reviewed.

Some warnings are informative and draw your attention to a particular matter that requires no action. However, other warnings will prevent the record from being successfully uploaded to SIRS and must be addressed.

Any email detailing the errors and/or warnings should be reviewed by the school to determine whether any action is required. If assistance is needed, forward the email with the errors/warnings to dataservices@scsa.wa.edu.au. Failure to follow up on these errors and/or warnings may result in the necessary information not being recorded in SIRS.

Registration of students in SIRS in 2025

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

All students need to be registered in the Student Information Records System (SIRS). Students participating in National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA) or Brightpath and students enrolled in Years 11 and 12 need to be registered as soon as possible.

To ensure there are no delays in processing student data for NAPLAN, OLNA or Brightpath, please note the following important dates for the upload of Student Registration and Demographic (SRGDG) and the Teacher Registration files (THREG) to the SIRS in 2025.

This year’s NAPLAN tests will be conducted from Wednesday, 12 March to Monday, 24 March 2025.

Thursday, 13 February 2025 is the due date for student registrations in 2025 for Years 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12:

• 2025 registration and demographic information for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 (required for NAPLAN) (via the SRGDG file)
• 2025 registration and demographic information for Years 10–12 students (required for OLNA) student lists and password generation (via the SRGDG file)
• 2025 registration information for all teachers where students attend schools using Brightpath (via the THREG file).

After Thursday, 13 February 2025, only new school enrolments for NAPLAN can be registered in SIRS until Thursday, 20 February 2025.

After Thursday, 20 February 2025, it will not be possible for school data to be transferred to the NAPLAN platform in bulk and schools will need to enter students into the NAPLAN platform manually.

Monday, 24 February 2025

• OLNA student login details (Years 10–12 students) will be available to schools/providers.

Students not registered in SIRS and participating in OLNA may have a delay in receiving their user login and password details.

Thursday, 3 April 2025

• Registration and demographic information for all remaining students in Kindergarten, Pre‑primary and Years 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 to be uploaded by this date (via SRGDG file).

Note: the Authority does not issue a Western Australian student number (WASN) for Pre‑Kindergarten students.

The SRGDG should be updated and uploaded regularly throughout the year. At a minimum, it is recommended that schools upload their student registration file at the beginning of each term. This will ensure any new students to the school are recorded in SIRS as well as update the status of any students who have left the school.

Details of how to register students via the SRGDG file may be found in Section 4 of the Data Procedures Manual 2025, Data Procedures Manual 2025.

For all schools that have students participating in the Brightpath Program, see Section 5 of the Data Procedures Manual 2025, Data Procedures Manual 2025, for assistance with uploading the Teacher Registration File (THREG).

If you cannot locate a student’s WASN, contact numbers@scsa.wa.ed.au.

Schools are requested to include their school code in any correspondence.

Curriculum Advisory Committees – Nominations 2025

Contact
Maureen Lorimer (08) 9273 6397 [Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday]
Maureen.Lorimer@scsa.wa.edu.au

Practising teachers, and representatives of the following organisations: professional associations, universities, training, industry and community, are invited to nominate for a range of positions for the Curriculum Advisory Committees (CACs) that are currently available or may become available in the near future. The CACs cover the following phases of learning:

• Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood (Years 11 and 12)
• Early and Middle Adolescence (Years 7–10)
• Middle and Late Childhood (Years 3–6)
• Early Childhood (Years K–2).

The Nomination Form is accessible via the following link:
https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8176007/Curriculum-Advisory-Committee-Nomination-Form-2025.

As part of the nomination process you will be required to attach a three-page curriculum vitae and an endorsement form (available to download from the first page of the Nomination Form).

Applications close on Monday, 24 February 2025.

Please note that not all committees require new members in this round of nominations.

Typically, each committee will have up to 12 members and generally reflect enrolment patterns across the education systems/sector with a 2:1:1 ratio (Department of Education: Catholic Education Western Australia: Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia), together with representation from systems/sector offices, professional associations, university, training, industry and community.

Current membership, which is an indicator of positions available, can be viewed at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/about-us/curriculum-advisory-committees. The Terms of Reference which describe the role, structure and composition of the committees are also available via this link.

Please contact Ms Maureen Lorimer, Principal Consultant – Strategic Projects, by email (Maureen.Lorimer@scsa.wa.edu.au) for further information.