CEDoW Curriculum Reform News – Primary
K-6 Curriculum Support
The K-6 Curriculum Support page contains:
- Important links to external and internal sites
- Professional learning
- Planning and programming support
- Assessment and reporting
- Professional reading
For enquiries please contact learningk-12support@dow.catholic.edu.au.
K-6 Curriculum Implementation Frequently Asked Questions
Primary educators are now deeply engaged in embedding the reformed English and Mathematics syllabuses. As K-6 teachers implement these syllabuses, questions naturally arise about the curriculum’s practical application. To support teachers and leaders, a Frequently Asked Questions guide has been developed to facilitate effective implementation.
Some questions that have been answered include:
- What is mandatory to teach in each KLA syllabus?
- What is essential content?
- NESA vs Department of Education. What is the difference?
- Are the units of work mandatory to teach?
- What are the CHPS?
- How is CEDoW supporting schools to prepare and engage with the new CHPS syllabuses?
- Can I start teaching the new K-6 PDHPE syllabus and / or K-6 Science and Technology syllabus?
The K-6 Curriculum Implementation Frequently Asked Questions guide can be found here.
If you have a question you'd like answered, please complete this Google Form.
For additional inquiries, teachers and leaders are encouraged to contact the K-12 Learning Team at learningk-12support@dow.catholic.edu.au.
CSNSW Professional Learning
Catholic Schools NSW (CSNSW) continues to develop and provide up to date, high quality professional learning developed using in the latest evidence-based research to enhance educators knowledge, skills and professional practice to support the implementation of the reformed NSW curriculum.
The professional learning catalogue includes:
- K-6 English
- Reading series with Pamela Snow and Tanya Serry
- Writing in the middle Years 3-6
- Writing across the curriculum in secondary schools
- K-6 Mathematics
These formal and informal learning opportunities are available on the CSNSW Professional learning platform through the CSNSW portal. Login with your NETiD account.
WriteOn Competition
The annual WriteOn competition provides an exciting opportunity for schools, teachers, and students to engage with writing. Through participation, students develop their ability to express ideas creatively and may even become published authors. Open to students in Years 1 to 6, the competition invites students to craft an imaginative text of up to 500 words based on a provided stimulus.
Students use the stimulus quote below to create an imaginative text of up to 500 words: “Could they be changing?”
Additional teaching and learning resources, aligned to the English K-10 Syllabus are available to support teachers and students.
The competition closes on Friday 20 June 2025.
What’s new on the Numeracy Teaching Toolbox?
K-6 Mathematics Sample Units of Work - TERM 2
These units of work align to the sample scope of sequences of learning developed by Dr Christine Mae. They have been designed as a scaffold to support teachers to program clear sequences of learning aligned to the syllabus. The intent is for teachers to use the sample units alongside the teaching advice and examples in the NSW K-10 Mathematics Syllabus to contextualise the learning for their students.
This page has been updated to support schools in developing school-based scope and sequences of learning for Mathematics. The page includes guidelines for developing a scope and sequence and a number of sample scope and sequences K-6. The Scope & Sequence documents are an optional resource for schools. These can be contextualised and implemented at your school, or they can be used to ensure all outcomes and content are taught across each year of learning.