K to 6 Circulars – Edition 10, November 2025

Teaching and Learning

Kindergarten to Year 2 – Early Years Learning Framework Support Materials

Contact
Leanne Santaromita (08) 9273 6745
Leanne.Santaromita@scsa.wa.edu.au

Additional materials to support understanding and implementation of the mandated Principles and Practices in the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) are available on the School Curriculum and Standards Authority website.

These materials have been added to the EYLF self‑paced professional learning module. Details of this module are available in the September edition of this Circular at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/kto6-circulars/edition-8-september-2025.

Reflective questions are incorporated throughout the EYLF self-paced professional learning module. Responses to these questions have been collected to support teacher understanding of the Principles and Practices in the context of schools.

Reflective question responses recently added are:

  • Principles
    • Partnerships
  • Practices
    • Responsiveness to children.

Downloadable posters related to the reflective questions are also available for:

  • Principles
    • Collaborative leadership and teamwork
    • Critical reflection and ongoing professional learning
    • Partnerships
  • Practices
    • Adopting holistic, integrated and interconnected approaches
    • Play‑based learning and intentionality
    • Responsiveness to children.

The self-paced learning module and additional support materials are available at https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/early-years/early-years-learning-framework.

Pre-primary to Year 10: Languages curriculum – planning for familiarisation – Survey

Contact
Chris Kelley (08) 9273 6750
Chris.Kelley@scsa.wa.edu.au

Teachers and school leaders are invited to participate in a brief survey to inform the School Curriculum and Standards Authority’s (the Authority) planning ahead of the familiarisation year for the revised Pre‑primary to Year 10 curriculum for Languages.

Teacher input is greatly appreciated, and the survey can be accessed at https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8568338/Languages-Curriculum-Familiarisation-survey. It will remain open until 4.00 pm on Thursday, 18 December 2025.

The Authority is continuing its phased approach in adopting and adapting the Australian Curriculum version 9 to the Western Australian context. As part of this process, the Languages learning area will enter the curriculum familiarisation phase in 2026. During this period, schools will have the opportunity to review the revised curriculum and adjust planning documents and resources.

The Authority will provide professional learning opportunities to support schools with curriculum familiarisation in 2026.

Schools must continue to teach the current Western Australian Curriculum during the familiarisation phase. The revised Pre-primary to Year 10 Languages curriculum will be implemented in 2027.

Pre-primary to Year 10: The Arts curriculum – planning for familiarisation – Survey

Contact
Chris Kelley (08) 9273 6750
Chris.Kelley@scsa.wa.edu.au

Teachers and school leaders are invited to participate in a brief survey to inform the School Curriculum and Standards Authority’s (the Authority) planning ahead of the familiarisation year for the revised Pre‑primary to Year 10 curriculum for The Arts.

Teacher input is greatly appreciated, and the survey can be accessed at https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8568260/The-Arts-Curriculum-Familiarisation-survey. It will remain open until 4.00 pm on Thursday, 18 December 2025.

The Authority is continuing its phased approach in adopting and adapting the Australian Curriculum version 9 to the Western Australian context. As part of this process, The Arts learning area will enter the curriculum familiarisation phase in 2026. During this period, schools will have the opportunity to review the revised curriculum and adjust planning documents and resources.

The Authority will provide professional learning opportunities to support schools with curriculum familiarisation in 2026.

Schools must continue to teach the current Western Australian Curriculum during the familiarisation phase. The revised Pre-primary to Year 10 The Arts curriculum will be implemented in 2027.

SIRS

Registration of students in SIRS in 2026

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

Student registrations for Years 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 12 in 2026 are due on Thursday, 12 February 2026.

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests will be conducted from Wednesday, 11 March to Monday, 23 March 2026. To ensure there are no delays in processing student data for NAPLAN, Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA) or Brightpath, please note the following important dates for the upload of Student Registration and Demographic (SRGDG) files to the Student Information Records System (SIRS) in 2026.

Thursday, 12 February 2026

  • 2026 registration and demographic information for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 (required for NAPLAN) (via SRGDG file)
  • 2026 registration and demographic information for Years 11 and 12 students (required for OLNA) student lists and password generation (via SRGDG file)
  • 2026 registration information for all teachers where students attend schools using Brightpath (via THREG file).

Note: after Thursday, 12 February 2026, it may not be possible for school data to be transferred to the NAPLAN platform in bulk, and schools may need to enter students into the NAPLAN platform manually.

Monday, 23 February 2026

  • OLNA student login details (Years 11 and 12 students) will be available to schools/providers.

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

Thursday, 26 March 2026

  • Registration and demographic information for all remaining students in Kindergarten, Pre‑primary and Years 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 to be uploaded by this date (via SRGDG file).

Note: the Authority does not issue numbers 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 available at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual.

For all schools that have students participating in the Brightpath Program, refer to Section 5 of the Data Procedures Manual available at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual for assistance with uploading the Teacher Registration File (THREG).

Information on requesting a Western Australian student number (WASN) is available in the Data Procedures Manual available at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual.

General Information

2026 Activities Schedule availability

Contact
Perpetua Joseph (08) 9273 6771
Perpetua.Joseph@scsa.wa.edu.au

The 2026 Activities Schedule is now available on the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) website.

An explanation of the changes to the 2026 Activities Schedule is also available as an accompanying document. Both of these documents are available in three locations:

The 2026 Term Calendar will be made available during Term 4, 2025. The electronic calendar will be available to download on a term-by-term basis, with Term 1, 2026 becoming available in January.

The dates in the 2026 Activities Schedule and Term Calendar are coded by coloured icons:

  • Pink activity relates to or includes primary schools
  • Orange  dates are for items to be received by the Authority
  • Blue  dates are for items to be available to or received by schools/providers
  • Green  dates are significant to schools and the Authority.

Any updates to the 2026 Schedule and 2026 Term Calendar will be noted in the Kto6 and 7to12 Circulars.