Welcome to the first issue of P–10 Australian Curriculum news for 2025!
Give yourself the best start to the year by accessing our comprehensive series of free Australian Curriculum v9.0 in Queensland* webinars and in-person events coming in Term 1. Educators and leaders will find sessions relevant to them, across all learning areas from Prep–Year 10.
You’ll also find out about new resources to help you plan curriculum and assessment effectively for your students.
*Australian Curriculum v9.0 in Queensland (ACiQ) refers to QCAA-developed professional learning and resources that support Queensland schools to implement the P–10 Australian Curriculum v9.0.
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Primary leaders in learning — free workshops
We’re looking forward to meeting Prep–Year 6 principals and curriculum leaders around Queensland at our free Primary leaders in learning workshops this term.
Leaders will explore opportunities to strengthen student outcomes by hearing the perspectives of colleagues from across sectors, and considering strategies using QCAA resources to lead curriculum and assessment literacy.
There’s still time to register for a workshop near you:
Free webinars in Term 1
Plan out your approach to upskilling in Term 1 with our PD posters for Prep–Year 6 (PDF, 235 KB) and Years 7–10 (PDF, 236 KB).
Our free webinars for teachers and leaders focus on subject-specific topics and broad curriculum support across
Prep–Year 6, Years 7–10 and Prep–Year 10.
Ready to jump in and take your school’s curriculum implementation to the next level? Register via the P–10 Australian Curriculum PD page, with easy search and filtering functionality to find the webinars relevant to you.
Prep–Year 6 The Arts, HASS and Languages self-paced PD
We’ve just launched a series of videos and accompanying worksheets for Prep–Year 6 The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) and Languages learning areas.
These self-paced resources will help teachers with familiarisation and planning for implementing the Australian Curriculum v9.0.
You’ll find them in the PD resources tab in The Arts, HASS and Languages learning area pages.
Upon completion, teachers will be well prepared for our in-person Designing quality assessment workshops in Semester 2.
Keep an eye on future issues of Australian Curriculum news where we will announce dates and locations.
English & Maths: Multi-age planning
New sample multi-age curriculum and assessment plans (CAPs) are now available on the QCAA website for:
- English: Prep–Year 2 and Years 3–6
- Mathematics: Prep–Year 6 and Years 3–4.
The CAPs are published both as PDFs and Word documents, making it easy for you to download and adapt the plans to suit your school context.
You can download the CAPs from the Planning tab, under the Multi-age samples heading, on the English and Mathematics learning area pages.
New Curriculum and assessment plans
Several new resources are available on the QCAA website to support your work creating curriculum and assessment plans (CAPs). These include:
- a quality assurance tool to help teachers and leaders strengthen the quality of a CAP before implementing it with students
- Science Year 4: sample CAP
- Mathematics Prep–Year 9: revised sample CAPs
All of the above can be downloaded from the Planning tab, under the Curriculum and assessment plans section, on the relevant learning area page.
Years 7–10 HASS: Understanding the learning area
We’ve just released familiarisation and planning presentations for the Years 7–10 Australian Curriculum v9.0 HASS subjects:
- Civics and Citizenship
- Economics and Business
- Geography
- History
Teachers and leaders can use the presentations to build an understanding of the changes introduced in the curriculum and identify actions for effective planning.
You can download them from the PD resources tab within the relevant page of the HASS learning area.
General capabilities: identify & understand the changes
Two new presentations are available on the QCAA website to support schools to embed general capabilities in their teaching, learning and assessment programs.
You can download these presentations from the Advice and resources page:
- Australian Curriculum v9.0 general capabilities: Identifying the changes (under the Advice section)
- Understanding the P–10 Digital literacy general capability AC v9.0 (under the PD Resources section).
Years 7–8 The Arts: Respectful approaches
A new presentation can be downloaded from the QCAA website, covering all the key points from our Semester 2, 2024 webinar about respectful approaches to creating, performing and responding in the Australian Curriculum v9.0: The Arts for Years 7–8.
Download it from the PD resources tab, under the
Years 7–10 heading, on The Arts learning area pages.
Positive transitions to school
There’s still time to download kindergarten transition statements for 2025 Prep students from the Kindergarten Transition Statement (KTS) app in the QCAA Portal.
The QCAA website has many resources to help you access statements and interpret the strengths-based information to support positive transitions to school, including FAQs and a full resource list.
P–10 Planning app
planning? The P–10 Planning app has you covered with many features designed to align your planning and assessment using the P–10 Australian Curriculum v9.0.
All year levels and learning areas are supported, giving you access to easily create:
- year level/band curriculum and assessment plans, including for multi-age classes
- assessment tasks and exam templates
- marking guides
- data summaries (for school leaders).
If you’re a new user, join our free webinar on 20 February where we’ll walk you through all the key features of the app.
Advice for parents and carers of P–10 students
The QCAA is excited to announce the launch of a new video series featuring clinical psychologist and registered teacher Dr Judith Locke.
These short videos are designed to help parents and carers support their child’s learning and wellbeing throughout their schooling journey.
The topics covered include:
- starting primary school
- establishing homework routines
- starting high school
- building independence and resilience
- managing study habits and exam stress
- maintaining study-life balance and wellbeing.
Visit the QCAA website to explore the full series. If you wish to promote the series to your school community, please access the communications kit here.
QCAA career opportunity
Are you a Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) educator looking to step up your career?
The QCAA is looking for a Principal Project Officer, HASS (AO7) to join the K–10 Curriculum and Assessment Branch.
In this role, you'll:
- lead curriculum and assessment projects to support Queensland schools
- develop policy advice, resources, and professional learning
- engage with stakeholders and present professional development.
Conferences
Prep–Year 6 Mathematics & Science
If you’re a Prep–Year 6 mathematics or science teacher, you may be interested in the Early Years & Primary Conference on 2 March 2025, co-hosted by the Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers (QAMT) and Science Teachers Association of Queensland (STAQ).
The QCAA’s Principal Project Officer for Mathematics, Libby Foley, and Principal Project Officer for Science, Cath Menzler, will be presenting sessions on Mathematical modelling in the Australian Curriculum v9.0: Mathematics and Planning for Primary Science using the Australian Curriculum v9.0.
Find out more and register via the QAMT website or the STAQ website.
SLQ: 2025 Curriculum Connect Symposium
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) is hosting a full-day symposium on 6 March 2025, exploring the theme of Building critical thinking skills in an age of misinformation and artificial intelligence.
You’ll hear from experts as they explore the complexities of education in the digital age, and gain tools for fostering your students critical thinking skills and resilience.
Find out more and register via the SLQ website.
- Last updated:
- 5 February 2025
