Kto10 Circulars

July 2018

General Information, SIRS and Enrolments

OLNA 2018 Round 2 – Preparations

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

Schools with Years 10 to 12 students are reminded about the following important dates and information.

OLNA 2018 Round 2 testing window

Component

Dates

Writing

Monday, 27 August to Friday, 30 August

Numeracy and Reading

Monday, 27 August to Friday, 21 September

Student and Staff preparations

Principals are reminded to complete the tasks in the Checklist for principals on page 23 of the OLNA Handbook. This includes:

Coordinators are reminded to complete the tasks in the Checklist for OLNA coordinators checklist on page 25 of the OLNA Handbook. This includes:

The OLNA Handbook is available via https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/assessment/olna/schools.

Technical preparations

IT staff/Coordinators are reminded to conduct system and network checks as contained in the OLNA Test-delivery website user guide available via https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/assessment/olna/schoolsunder OLNA Test-Delivery Website User Guide.

OLNA publications and forms
All OLNA publications and forms are available from the Authority website at

https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/assessment/olna/schools.


Teaching and Assessment

Publication of Early Childhood Teacher Support Materials

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

Teachers of Early Childhood are advised that a range of teacher support materials, including sample teaching and learning outlines, sample assessment tasks and Judging Standards resources have been published on the Authority’s website in the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline. These support materials are across Pre-primary to Year 2 and a range of learning areas and can be accessed through the links below.

Sample Teaching and Learning Outlines

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/teaching-support-materials

Humanities and Social Sciences

Pre-primary

Geography

Year 1

Geography

Year 2

History

The Arts

Year 2

Drama

Sample Assessment Tasks

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/assessment-activities

Humanities and Social Sciences

Pre-primary

Geography and History

We are family

Year 1

Geography

Weather and seasons

Year 2

Geography

Here, there and everywhere

Year 2

Geography

It’s a small, small world

Year 2

Geography

Scale circles

Year 2

History

Now and then

Year 2

History

Get with it

The Arts

Year 2

Drama

Jack and the beanstalk

Judging Standards Materials (requires an extranet login)

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/judgingstandards

Languages

Pre-primary

Chinese: Second Language

Hello (AV)

Pre-primary

French: Second Language

Bonjour mes amis (AV)

Year 2

Chinese: Second Language

Alien (AV)

Year 2

Indonesian: Second Language

Berapa rebutan merah (AV)

The Arts

Pre-primary

Media Arts

Wash your hands


Publication of Languages Teacher Support Materials

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

Adriana Douglas (08) 9273 6784
adriana.douglas@scsa.wa.edu.au

Teachers of Languages are advised that a range of teacher support materials, including sample teaching and learning outlines, sample assessment tasks and Judging Standards resources have been published on the Authority’s website for the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline. These support materials are across a range of years and can be accessed through the links below.

Sample Teaching and Learning Outlines

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/teaching-support-materials

Year 3

Chinese: Second Language

French: Second Language

German: Second Language

Indonesian: Second Language

Italian: Second Language

Japanese: Second Language

Sample Assessment Tasks

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/assessment-activities

Year 7

Chinese: Second Language

New school

School life

French: Second Language

Une journee abominable

Youpie, la derniere cloche de la journee a sonne!

German: Second Language

Welche Facher magst du?

Was schauen wir heute Abend im Kino?

Indonesian: Second Language

Sekolah saya di Australia

Selamat dating di Kelas Tujuh

Italian: Second Language

Benvenuti all anno sette!

Che cosa succede a scuola

Japanese: Second Language

Resutoran ni ikimasenka

Youkoso

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/assessment-activities

Year 8

Chinese: Second Language

My family holiday

Festivals

French: Second Language

Venez feter avec nous!

Le poisson d avril

German: Second Language

Wo warst du in den Ferien

Weihnachten in Deutschland

Indonesian: Second Language

Mau ke mana liburan ini

Ayo- tur ke Perth!

Italian: Second Language

Feste e eventi culturali

Saluti da Orvieto

Japanese: Second Language

Barentaindei ga daisuki

Oiwai

Judging Standards Materials (requires an extranet login)

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/judgingstandards

Year 7

Italian: Second Language

Giochiamo

French: Second Language

Youpie, la derniere cloche de la journee a sonne!

German: Second Language

Was schauen wir heute Abend im Kino?

Indonesian: Second Language

Sekolah saya di Australia

Japanese: Second Language

Resutoran ni ikimasenka


Publication of Science Years 7 to 10 Sample Assessment Tasks

Contact
Joy Cicchini 
(08) 9273 6788
joy.cicchini@scsa.wa.edu.au

Teachers are advised that sample assessment tasks with marking keys have been published on the Authority’s website under Assessment Activities, Science, for the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline. These tasks are examples of what teachers may use or modify when assessing Science in Years 7 to 10. The following sample assessment tasks can be located through the link below.

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/assessment-activities

Year 7

Biological Sciences

Classification activity

Year 7

Chemical Sciences

Cleaning water investigation

Year 8

Chemical Sciences

States of matter

Year 8

Earth and Space Sciences

Soil activity and rock formation

Year 9

Earth and Space Sciences

Plate tectonics

Year 9

Physical Sciences

Camping scenario and heat

Year 10

Chemical Sciences

Investigating rates of chemical reactions

Year 10

Earth and Space Sciences

Global systems

Year 10

Physical Sciences

Motion of a soccer ball


Publication of The Arts Teacher Support Materials

Primary Contact
Melinda Clifford 
(08) 9273 6743
melinda.clifford@scsa.wa.edu.au

Secondary Contact
Lisa Honczarenko (08) 9273 6763
lisa.honczarenko@scsa.wa.edu.au

Teachers are advised that a range of teacher support materials, including sample teaching and learning outlines, sample assessment tasks and Judging Standards resources have been published on the Authority’s website for the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline. These support materials are across a range of years and can be accessed through the links below.

Sample Teaching and Learning Outlines

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/teaching-support-materials

Drama

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Dance

Year 8

Year 10

Sample Assessment Tasks

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/assessment-activities

Year 3 Drama

Mystery box

Year 4 Drama

Rock the sock

Year 5 Drama

Read between the lines

Year 6 Drama

Spy school

Judging Standards Materials (requires an extranet login)

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/judgingstandards

Year 8

Visual Arts

The Big Catch

Year 8

Visual Arts

In-class unseen analysis



Publication of Humanities and Social Sciences Teacher Support Materials

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

Teachers are advised that a range of teacher support materials, including sample teaching and learning outlines and sample assessment tasks have been published on the Authority’s website for the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline. These support materials are across a range of years and can be accessed through the links below.

Sample Teaching and Learning Outlines

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/teaching-support-materials

Year 3

Civics and Citizenship

Geography

History

Sample Assessment Tasks

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/assessment-activities

Year 4 History

Journeys of long ago

Year 6 Geography

Cultural diversity

Year 6 History

Federation, the Constitution and how it happened



Publication of English Years 7 to 10 Sample Assessment Tasks

Contact
Paula Beck 
(08) 9273 6782
paula.beck@scsa.wa.edu.au

Teachers of English are advised that sample assessment tasks with marking keys have been published on the Authority’s website under Assessment Activities, English, for the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline. These tasks are across a range of years and can be accessed through the link below.

Sample Assessment Tasks

https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/assessment-activities

Year 7

Writing

Persuasive letter/email

Year 8

Reading

Response to a news article

Viewing

Designing a website

Year 9

Reading

Analytical essay

Viewing

Scripting a one act play

Viewing

Film poster analysis

Writing

Creating writing: exposition and conflict

Year 10

Viewing

Vote for me! Creating a visual political campaign

Viewing

Film analysis

Writing

Narrative writing