Competitions and opportunities for teachers
BEYOND BELIEFS! is is a powerful new curriculum resource for secondary students exploring the relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims living in Australia. The Australian Curriculum Studies Assocation will be hosting free one day workshop on Monday 2 November in the Hilton Hotel, Sydney. This is an exciting opportunity to learn how to teach your students about this and other issues in our community.
For information about History Week, the Minister's History Week School Awards and how students can get active in History - teachers are encouraged to visit the History Council NSW website www.historycouncilnsw.org.au or contact the Council on (02) 9252 8715
Information about the Geography Challenge run by The Parklands Foundation at Sydney Olympic Park. The Geography Challenge is an innovative education program that integrates schoolwork, geography fieldwork at Sydney Olympic Park and on-line delivery in classrooms. The program has been designed to engage students in adopting a problem solving approach for decision - making and to assist teachers delivering Geography outcomes.
Information for teachers about opportunities provided by the Powerhouse Discovery Centre Castle Hill
Information on Australian Bureau of Statistics Workshops for teachers of Economics, Business Management and Commerce
Information for teachers and the opportunity to register your interest below for the 2009 Know the Deal video competition
The NSW Office of Industrial Relations ran its inaugural Know the Deal video competition in 2008. The competition aimed to teach students in years 7-10 about their rights and responsibilities in the workplace.
Students were asked to produce a video, no more than two minutes in length, which would appeal to their peers, while promoting the availability of the Young People at Work website together with an important workplace message.
The task was developed with assistance and support from the DET Curriculum K-12 Directorate who provided guidance on its alignment with appropriate school curricula.
Twenty students and their teachers from the six winning NSW schools attended Parliament House in October to receive their prizes.
John Skillington from James Fallon High School, first prize winners in the regional school category, said that the whole experience with Office of Industrial Relations has been exceptional and worthwhile.
“We enter a couple of competitions a year, mainly those that are relevant to the syllabus and reward the students for their efforts and the Know the Deal competition fully achieved these aims. Our students really enjoyed the project.
Karl Pico from Normanhurst Boys High School, that achieved second prize in the metropolitan school category, added that all his students enjoyed the activity, as it gave them an opportunity to integrate technology, creativity and knowledge of the workplace issues and confirmed that they will definitely be doing this activity again.
The two winning entries from 2008 can be viewed at www.youngpeopleatwork.nsw.gov.au.
The Office of Industrial Relations is planning to run the competition again in 2009 and schools are encouraged to think about entering their students in this fun learning activity.
If you are interested in taking part in 2009, please register your interest by emailing Anna Flynn at anna.flynn@oir.commerce.nsw.gov.au
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