Contact
Andrew Sinfield (08) 9273 6738
andrew.sinfield@scsa.wa.edu.au

OLNA helpdesk (08) 9273 6726
olna@scsa.wa.edu.au

Schools are asked to note the following important dates and information.

https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/assessment/olna
https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/testing/olna

The March 2018 OLNA testing window
Writing – Tuesday 6 March to Friday 9 March
Numeracy and reading – Tuesday 6 March to Thursday 29 March
Alternative test dates are not available for schools or individuals who make arrangements to undertake camps, travel, work experience or other activities that prevent completion of the OLNA during the testing window.

Student Information Records System (SIRS) reports: LAN001 and LAN002
LAN001 – Registration of all 2018 Year 10, 11 and 12 students must be completed before they appear in the OLNA student list.
LAN002 ­­– Student usernames and passwords will be available from SIRS on Monday 26 February 2018.  

EAL/D eligibility               
To be granted an extra ten minutes to complete the OLNA reading, writing and numeracy tests students must be registered as eligible to be enrolled in a Year 12 EAL/D course.
Forms and deadlines are available under Extra time for OLNAvia https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/syllabus-and-support-materials/english/english-as-an-additional-language-or-dialect.

Disability adjustment requests 
Schools will only need to request disability adjustment for students once each year.  The following will apply:

• All disability adjustments provided to students in the March 2018 round will be automatically provided to students in the September 2018 round.
• For students with a newly diagnosed disability or a change in the severity of their disability, schools will need to make a new request for adjustment before the September deadline.
• Adjustment for March 2018 must be entered into the OLNA Dashboard by 15 February 2018. Due to processing requirements late requests will not be accepted.

For more information, visit the following links: https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/assessment/olna/disability-adjustments and https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/assessment/disability-adjustment-guidelines

Sitting OLNA at TAFE Admissions (for entry into TAFE) while of compulsory school age
Students will only be able to sit the OLNA at TAFE Admissions if they have not sat in the previous OLNA round. If a student sits an OLNA test with TAFE Admissions this sit will count as one of the six opportunities for each component available to students of compulsory school age.

OLNA publications and forms
All OLNA publications and forms are now available from the Authority website at https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/assessment/olna/schools.

Contact
Patricia Dunnett (08) 9273 6794
patricia.dunnett@scsa.wa.edu.au

Primary school principals, deputy principals and up to two teachers per school are invited to register to attend a briefing about the School Curriculum and Standards Authority's 2018 Key Messages and a workshop.

The briefing will provide an update on the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline for Years K – 6.

Following the briefing, the workshop will unpack the Authority’s mandated policy requirements to highlight the relationship between the planning, teaching and assessment and reporting process. Participants will engage with the Authority’s assessment support materials to them to make consistent judgments on student achievement, provide valid feedback and engage in reflective practice. The workshop will also explore the challenges and opportunities in planning, teaching and assessing in a multi age group classroom.

The briefings will be presented across the State, in February and March, by the Authority's Executive Director Allan Blagaich and senior members of his executive team.

Register now at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/events/2018-briefings.

Contact
Jo Merrey (08) 9273 6348
jo.merrey@scsa.wa.edu.au

The Chair of the School Curriculum and Standards Authority Board, Patrick Garnett, outlined to all school principals activities planned to meet specific goal in relation to the current Strategic Plan.

In particular, Professor Garnett outlined

• Kindergarten to Year 10 Languages, the Arts, Technologies, NAPLAN Online and moderation trial
  • implementation of the Arts P-10, Technologies P-10 and Languages Year 3 commence this year for all schools
  • trial planned for schools to participate in NAPLAN Online
  • publication of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Framework
  • Year 6/7 moderation process in 2017 for English, Mathematics and Science will be continued in 2018, and extended to include Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Year 11 and Year 12 curriculum and standards
  • syllabus delivery audit for all ATAR Year 12 courses
  • consensus moderation processes for selected courses
  • non-approval of grades processes.
• P–12 school information briefings
  • details about upcoming briefings for secondary school principals and deputy principals
  • details about upcoming briefings and optional workshops for primary principals, deputy principals and up to two classroom teachers per school.

A copy of the letter sent to principals may be viewed here under News: https://scsa.wa.edu.au/ and https://scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/communication-to-schools.

Contact
Mandy Hudson (08) 9273 6755
mandy.husdon@scsa.wa.edu.au

John Newman (08) 9273 6757
john.newman@scsa.wa.edu.au

Graeme Quelch (08) 9273 6758
graeme.quelch@scsa.wa.edu.au

Schools are now able to access a range of support materials relevant to all eight learning areas via the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline. Users should note that support materials related to judging standards are stored behind the Extranet and require a log in. For more information, please see this link: https://scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.