K to 6 Circulars – Edition 8, September 2025
Teaching and Learning
Consultation 2025 – Pre-primary to Year 10 Languages
Contact
Nadia Civa (08) 9273 6355
Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au
Teachers and stakeholders of Languages are invited to participate in public consultation for the proposed revisions of the Pre‑primary to Year 10 Languages curriculum.
The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) is currently adopting and adapting the Australian Curriculum – Languages version 9 for the Pre‑primary to Year 10 Western Australian Curriculum: Languages.
Teachers and other stakeholders can participate in the consultation by reviewing the proposed revisions to the curriculum for Languages and completing the survey on the Authority website at https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/Consultation-Proposed-changes-to-P-10-Languages-curriculum from Thursday, 18 September to Wednesday, 15 October 2025.
The revised Languages curriculum will be available for familiarisation in 2026 and for implementation in 2027. The current Pre‑primary to Year 10 Western Australian Curriculum: Languages is the mandated curriculum for teaching in 2025 and 2026.
Kindergarten to Year 2 – Early Years Learning Framework Online Learning Module
Contact
Leanne Santaromita (08) 9273 6745
Leanne.Santaromita@scsa.wa.edu.au
A self-paced professional learning module to support understanding of the mandated principles and practices in the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) is available on the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) website.
Effective implementation of the EYLF supports high-quality delivery of the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline and the Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines.
Reflective questions are included within the module to support schools in reflecting on their implementation of selected Principles and Practices. These questions may be used by individuals, phase of learning groups or across the whole staff.
Reflective questions are currently available for:
- Practices:
- Play-based learning with intentionality
- Holistic, integrated and interconnected approaches
- Responsiveness to children.
- Principles:
- Partnerships
- Critical reflection and ongoing professional learning
- Collaborate leadership and teamwork.
The self-paced online professional learning module is available at https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/early-years/early-years-learning-framework.
Pre-primary to Year 10: Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies curriculum familiarisation online focus meetings
Contact
Chris Kelley (08) 9273 6750
Chris.Kelley@scsa.wa.edu.au
The School Curriculum and Standards Authority is offering online learning area focus meetings during October and November to support schools with familiarisation with the Western Australian curriculum for Pre-primary to Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies. These meetings will be an opportunity for teachers and curriculum leaders to gain a deeper understanding of specific aspects of the revised curriculum.
The focus areas for each session have been chosen from teacher feedback in the curriculum familiarisation workshops earlier in the year.
More information regarding curriculum familiarisation professional learning opportunities is available at https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/resources/revised-western-australian-curriculum-familiarisation.
SIRS
Western Australian student number requests for 2026
Contact
Data Services (08) 9273 6352
numbers@scsa.wa.edu.au
dataservices@scsa.wa.edu.au
All current students in Western Australia should be registered with the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) and should have an allocated Western Australian student number (WASN). 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.
Kindergarten students
From Monday 20 October 2025, schools will only be able to request WASNs through the Student Information Record System (SIRS) for Kindergarten students commencing in 2026.
Note: we do not issue numbers for pre-Kindergarten students.
Pre‑primary onwards
If a student other than Kindergarten arrives at your school from another WA school, check to see if they have a WASN first. Instructions on how to search for a WASN are available in Section 4.3 of The Data Procedures Manual 2025 available at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual.
For new students commencing in 2026 who do not have a WASN, schools should request a new number beginning in January 2026.
Help with WASNs
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 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. Also 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.
Further information is available in Section 4.3 of the Data Procedures Manual 2025 available at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual with links to assist schools using Integris/Reporting to Parents (RTP), Civica Maze, SEQTA, Synergetic, Administration of Schools (AoS) and Excel.
Troubleshooting
Additional information to support SIRS users with troubleshooting is available in Section 4.9 of the Data Procedures Manual 2025 available at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual.
General Information
Supporting curriculum delivery through professional association contacts
Contact
Lisa Griffin (08) 9273 6779
Lisa.Griffin@scsa.wa.edu.au
The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) recognises the significance of its relationships with professional associations across Western Australia. These associations play an important role in supporting schools and teachers in the delivery of high-quality curriculum and assessment.
Professional associations contribute by:
- providing subject-specific professional learning opportunities
- offering practical resources and teaching ideas aligned to the curriculum
- creating networks for teachers to share expertise and collaborate
- keeping schools informed of current developments in their subject areas.
The Authority encourages schools to connect with relevant professional association/s, as they offer valuable guidance and support that complement the Authority’s work with schools.