Contact

Languages
Kimberley Paton (08) 9273 6372
Kimberley.Paton@scsa.wa.edu.au

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) is offering an online briefing to support schools and teachers using the Australian Curriculum Languages for their Pre‑Primary to Year 10 Languages students.

The Australian Curriculum Languages provided by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) are:

• Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages Framework
• Arabic
• Auslan
• Chinese
• Classical Greek
• Classical Languages Framework
• Latin
• Modern Greek
• Spanish
• Turkish
• Vietnamese

All Australian Curriculum Languages are available on the K–10 page of the Authority website at https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/languages.

The purpose of this briefing is to familiarise teachers with the relationship between the Australian Curriculum Languages and the revised Western Australian curriculum: Languages. It will cover:

• the key similarities and differences between the curriculum structures
• the implications for planning, teaching and assessing
• practical approaches for implementing the Australian Curriculum while meeting Western Australian curriculum and reporting requirements.

The briefing will be held on Thursday, 22 October 2026 from 3.30–4.30 pm. It is not compulsory and is free to attend.

Register for the briefing on the Authority's Events page at https://scsa.wa.edu.au/news-and-events/all-events.

Auslan

A separate briefing will be offered on Monday, 23 November 2026 for teachers who are using the Australian Curriculum: Auslan. Details of this briefing will be provided in an upcoming edition of this Circular.

Note: the Authority uses Webex as the delivery platform for all online events. Registrants will need to have downloaded the application prior to the event to participate.

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