Welcome to the latest issue of the P–10 Australian Curriculum news.
In this issue, discover what’s planned for the January student-free days, find out how we’re helping teachers design assessment in Mathematics and learn how we’re supporting children’s transitions to Prep.
Creating questions in Mathematics — new resources
Our new suite of P–10 resources can help teachers to design quality questions for supervised assessments and examinations in Mathematics.
The suite includes:
- sample questions with different levels of complexity and familiarity
- a question design template for teachers to develop their own assessment items.
You’ll find the resources on the P–10 Mathematics assessment resources page under ‘Designing quality assessment’.
January 2026 student-free days — professional learning
To welcome teachers to the 2026 school year, the QCAA is offering a wide range of free webinars on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 January.
These sessions focus on planning and assessment across P–10, including repeats of our most popular webinars from 2025. Themes include:
- Using the P–10 Planning app for:
- Designing quality assessment
- Understanding the assessment literacy courses: P–6 and 7–10
- Prep: Using kindergarten transition statements.
See the list of free webinars for details and to register.
Term 4 professional learning — practical ways to enhance your teaching
Designing quality assessment in HASS, Languages and The Arts — key messages
If you missed our recent workshops on assessment in P–6 HASS, Languages and The Arts — or would like a refresher — our November webinars are for you. We’ll be sharing the key messages from each workshop to support your assessment practice.
You’ll explore how to:
- plan an assessment program aligned to the achievement standards
- apply the principles and attributes of quality assessment
- design marking guides using standards elaborations
- use QCAA resources to enhance your practice.
See P–10 Australian Curriculum professional development to find out more and register.
Transition to Prep webinars — updated transition statement
We invite school leaders and Prep teachers to attend one of three webinars in November to explore the redesigned transition statement.
These sessions will:
- explore the information in transition statements
- show how to use this information to support children’s transition and continuity of learning.
Visit the event page for details and to register.
New this term — webinars to enhance your practice
Explore the wide variety of P–10 webinars on offer in Term 4 this year. Register now to secure your place.
Remember, you can download our latest Prep–Year 6 and Years 7–10 professional development posters to map out opportunities in the term ahead.
Job opportunities — work with us
We’re looking for suitably experienced individuals to take up two exciting temporary full-time roles in our K–10 Curriculum and Assessment Branch.
Visit the SmartJobs website to learn more and apply for the following positions:
- Principal Project Officer — Primary (AO7)
- Principal Project Officer — Humanities and Social Sciences (AO7).
- Last updated:
- 24 October 2025
