Welcome back to a new school year
A word from Allan Blagaich, CEO
The Authority’s vision statement is ‘to provide quality curriculum, assessment and reporting of standards of achievement of all students studying the Western Australian curriculum, so that they become confident, creative learners and active, informed citizens who contribute positively to society.’ In 2017 we will be continuing to work with schools and teachers to act on and realise this vision.
The Authority’s vision statement is ‘to provide quality curriculum, assessment and reporting of standards of achievement of all students studying the Western Australian curriculum, so that they become confident, creative learners and active, informed citizens who contribute positively to society.’ In 2017 we will be continuing to work with schools and teachers to act on and realise this vision.
Our emphasis in 2017
Earlier this week the Chair of the Board and I wrote to school principals about the areas the Authority will be focusing on this year for Pre-primary to Year 12 curriculum, assessment and reporting.
Our core focus is on supporting schools in their implementation of the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline (the Outline – Pre-primary to Year 10) and the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE – Year 11 and 12).
Schools and their teachers have done a fantastic job implementing the Outline –Pre-primary to Year 10. We thank you all for your efforts so far and look forward to building on the progress made in recent years.
The Outline
The P–10 curriculum for English, Mathematics and Science has already been implemented and these learning areas will be joined in 2017 by Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) and Health and Physical Education (HPE). The curriculum for HASS and HPE will be implemented with reporting to parents on student achievement by the end of Semester 1 this year.
The remaining learning areas of Technologies, The Arts and Languages are expected to be in place in 2018, with reporting to parents on student achievement by the end of Semester 1 next year in Technologies and the Arts and in Year 3 Languages.
The Authority is continuing to work with schools and teachers to develop a range of materials that support the delivery of the curriculum and teacher judgements.
WACE
Can I particularly thank all teachers for the phenomenal effort that has been put into all of the WACE reforms. Developing new programs for ATAR, General, Foundation and Preliminary courses, implementing the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA) and managing the Externally Set Tasks (ESTs) were all responsibilities that teachers and schools have embraced. At the end of 2016, 21 473 students received a WACE and 25 338 students received the Western Australian Statement of Student Achievement (WASSA).
2017 will be a year of consolidation with a focus on gaining insights into the standards particularly in the General and Foundation courses. Plans are underway to explore ways of working with teachers delivering Preliminary courses to build a common understanding of Unit Completion.
Parent website
In addition to our work with teachers and schools, we will soon be launching a website for parents. The website will support parents and carers of students from Kindergarten through to Year 12 with information about curriculum, assessment and reporting.
Contact:
Phone:
Email: