What’s New?
Competition
The Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society is holding an art competition for primary and secondary students. Entries are due 5th November, 2010.
- Short story/Poem
- Painting//Drawing
- Song
- Textile
See details at : www.amos.org.au/education
My Place for teachers
Education Services and the Australian Children’s Television Services have developed this new series which is based on the much loved book by Nadia Wheatley. This is a truly fabulous resource for teachers with much support material including the Learning Federation incorporated. It provides a cross disciplinary perspective.
http://www.myplace.edu.au/default.asp
Pacific Neighbours Resources
AUSAID, Global Education Project, Curriculum Corporation and Asia Education foundation have worked together to produce a resources to assist us better understand our Pacific neighbours. It is aimed at junior and middle secondary school but it is also a good read for us as teachers to improve our knowledge. There is a hard copy book and a CD but material is also available online for downloading. Also from the website indicated there is a professional training package to help you better understand the ways in which the material can be used and addresses by Professor Stuart Firth on Australia's historical ties with the Pacific and Dr Max Qanchie on Human rights issues associated with the Pacific. This is a great website.
http://www.ozprojects.edu.au/course/view.php?id=138
The Pacific resources are also now available from the Global Education website in a number of ways.
Home Page - click on 'People of the Pacific' in the Global Projects online section (dark blue):
Country Profiles:
Publications (scroll down as it is in alphabetical order):
Professional Learning:
AIA/SEAA Unit Writing Competition
Background :
In 2009 SEAA and AIA jointly sponsored a unit writing competition for Australian tertiary students undertaking education courses. The focus of units was Human Rights and in particular the rights of indigenous people in Australia. It was felt that this topic was central to the goals of both organisations while at the same time offering student teachers the opportunity to construct a unit that had practical value in their classrooms.
Prizes were awarded for the best entries in the following categories :
- National Winner – Primary (1)
- National Winner – Secondary (1)
- State Winners – Primary or Secondary (3)
The over standard of entries was very high. It was pleasing to note both the students’ commitment to human rights and their skills in framing their ideas into school based units of work. The two national winning entries will be published on both the SEAA and AIA websites.
It is with much pleasure that we announce the following winners of our competition :
| 1. National winner (Primary) : | Amy Byrne (University of Canberra) |
| 2. National winner (Secondary) : | Genine Hook (Monash University) |
| 3. State winners : | Joanne Cameron (UNE) NSW |
| Danielle Templar (USA) SA | |
| Jan Bashford (Monash) VIC | |
| Krista Seddon (Monash) VIC | |
| Skanda CalfieldFeith (Monash) VIC |
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Amy Byrne, national primary winner being congratulated by Kate Cooper, (Photo:Clive West) |
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Danielle Templar , South Australian winner with Ruth Reynolds, SEAA (Photo:Clive West) |
Prize Winning Units
Amy Byrne - University of Canberra - See Unit here
Genine Hook- Monash University - See Unit here
Danielle Templar - University of South Australia - See Unit here
Joanne Cameron - University of New England, Armidale - See Unit here
