CEDoW Primary Curriculum Reform News

Primary Curriculum Implementation Support: English K-6 English Professional Learning Day 3

Targeting instructional leaders supporting teachers in planning and programming (including principals, assistant principals, middle leaders and/or instructional coaches).

Date: Week 5, Term 3 – Friday 22 August 2025
Time: 9.00 am – 3.00 pm
Venue: Emmaus Centre, Level 3, 4 Hyde Parade, Campbelltown NSW 2560

This professional learning day will deepen curriculum and pedagogical knowledge through moderation and the analysis of essential knowledge, skills and understanding required for skilled writing.

During this professional learning, participants will engage in a cross-school moderation task. As such, we ask that all participants bring a Tier 1 student writing sample to share that meets the following criteria:

• Writing sample completed independently at any stage during Weeks 1-4, Term 3, photocopied onto A3 paper.
• Sample must be a draft, not a published piece of work. 
• Basic details to provide context for the piece of writing, including the learning intention, success criteria, time allocated for writing, and/or student instructions.

Feel free to bring more than one sample for you to refer to during discussions!

Click here for an example.

Note: If you are a leader who is not on class, please bring a writing sample that meets the criteria, from a grade you are working with. 

*Additional participants to be funded by the school

Click here to register your attendance.

Registrations close on Thursday 15 August 2025.

Facilitators: Alexandra (Lexie) Hingston at hingstona01@dow.catholic.edu.au and Sharyn Stafford at staffords01@dow.catholic.edu.au. 

Final Reminder: CEDoW Year 1 Phonics Screening Check Registration

The CEDoW Year 1 Phonics Check assesses essential phonic knowledge and word recognition skills that form the foundation of reading proficiency and long-term literacy success. This is a curriculum-aligned, Tier 1 screening assessment that purposefully gathers data to inform future teaching and learning, while also providing insight into the observable strategies and behaviours students use when decoding both real and pseudo-words.

The assessment takes 5-7 minutes and is carried out by classroom teachers with each student individually. All resources will be provided digitally to participating schools at the beginning of Term 3.

The assessment window for 2025 is from Week 4, Monday 11 August to Week 6, Friday 29 August 2025, Term 3.

Participating schools will be able to access 0.5 day release per class to complete the check using Code F03.

Schools can register via the linked Google Form. Registration closes: Friday 4 July 2025.

Please contact Jo Treffone at treffonej01@dow.catholic.edu.au or Lexie Hingston at hingstona01@dow.catholic.edu.au if you have any questions.