K to 6 Circulars – Edition 7, August 2025
Teaching and Learning
Consultation – Proposed changes to The Arts Pre-primary to Year 10 curriculum
Contact
Antoniett Halden (08) 9273 6791
Antoniett.Halden@scsa.wa.edu.au
The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) is currently adopting and adapting the Australian Curriculum – The Arts version 9 for the Pre-primary to Year 10 Western Australian Curriculum: The Arts.
Teachers and other stakeholders are invited to review the proposed revisions to the curriculum for The Arts and complete the survey on the Authority website at https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/consultation from Monday, 25 August to Monday, 15 September 2025.
Online consultation sessions will be held to give teachers the opportunity to provide feedback directly. Details of these sessions and registration will be available from Monday, 25 August 2025 on the Authority Events page at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/news-and-events/all-events.
These sessions will use Webex as the delivery platform and registrants will need to have downloaded the application prior to the meeting to participate.
Feedback may also be submitted directly to the Authority at WACAO@scsa.wa.edu.au.
The Arts curriculum will be available for familiarisation in 2026 and for implementation in 2027. The current Pre-primary to Year 10 Western Australian Curriculum: The Arts is the mandated curriculum for teaching in 2025 and in 2026.
The Australian Curriculum: Languages version 9 for Aboriginal Languages, Arabic, Auslan, Classical Languages, Chinese, Modern Greek, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese
Contact
Nadia Civa (08) 9273 6355
Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au
The Australian Curriculum: Languages version 9 for Aboriginal Languages, Arabic, Auslan, Classical Languages, Chinese, Modern Greek, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese is now available to schools.
The Australian Curriculum: Languages version 9 for the listed languages is available on the School Curriculum and Standards Authority website at https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/wa-curriculum/learning-areas/languages-v1/australian-curriculum-languages.
Language | Language type and learning phase |
|---|---|
Aboriginal Languages | First language, Second Language |
Arabic | Foundation to Year 10, Years 7–10 |
Auslan | First Language (Foundation to Year 10), First Language (Years 7–10), Second Language (Foundation to Year 10), Second Language (Years 7–10) |
Classical Languages | Years 7–10 |
Chinese | Background Language F–10, Background Language 7–10, First Language 7–10 |
Modern Greek | Foundation to Year 10, Years 7–10 |
Spanish | Foundation to Year 10, Years 7–10 |
Turkish | Foundation to Year 10, Years 7–10 |
Vietnamese | Foundation to Year 10, Years 7–10 |
The Years 7–10 curriculum sequence for each Language subject is provided to accommodate students who attend a secondary school that does not offer the language they studied in primary school.
For the remainder of 2025, those schools that have yet to implement version 9 of the curriculum may continue to use the Australian Curriculum version 8.4. In 2026, schools must implement the Australian Curriculum version 9 for the Languages subjects and sequences listed.
Pre-primary to Year 6: Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies online curriculum familiarisation workshops for regional and remote schools
Contact
Chris Kelley (08) 9273 6750
Chris.Kelley@scsa.wa.edu.au
The School Curriculum and Standards Authority is offering online workshops to support regional and remote schools with familiarisation of the revised Western Australian Curriculum for Pre‑primary to Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies.
More information on these professional learning opportunities, including teacher relief, is available in the July Edition of the Circular at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/kto6-circulars/edition-6-july-2025.
Register at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/news-and-events/all-events/curriculum-familiarisation-2025-online-webex-workshops.
Pre primary to Year 6: Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies additional curriculum familiarisation professional learning opportunities
Contact
Chris Kelley (08) 9273 6750
Chris.Kelley@scsa.wa.edu.au
The School Curriculum and Standards Authority is offering additional in-person workshops and online meetings to support schools with familiarisation of the revised Western Australian Curriculum for Pre-primary to Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technologies.
More information on these professional learning opportunities, including teacher relief is available in the July Edition of the Circular at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/kto6-circulars/edition-6-july-2025.