by Sandy Phillips | May 5, 2017 | Activity Type, Class Activities, Curriculum, Cybersafety, Student activities
Privacy Awareness Week is a time to consider the personal information we share online and how we can protect it and teach out kids to protect theirs. The eSafety Commission and the Department of Education and Training are offering a webinar for years 4, 5 and 6...
by Sandy Phillips | May 1, 2017 | Activity Type, Class Activities, Webinar
The Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) are running comedy scriptwriting workshops pitched at Year 5 and 6 students, each series of three workshops is supported by Department of Education and...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 28, 2017 | Challenge, Class Activities, Uncategorized
The YABBA Awards is a great opportunity to engage students in reading practice whilst encouraging student voice. Students get to recommend, read, rate and reward their favourite Australian books through the YABBA Awards. As a 2017 YABBA Member each Victorian Primary...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 24, 2017 | Class Activities
ABC Splash have put together a great collection of resources for ANZAC Day. Here is one of those resources. “The Going Down of the Sun”. The Last Post is played during Anzac Day ceremonies and at military funerals. Watch this clip to find out what this...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 21, 2017 | Class Activities
Stories can be complex things, full of emotion, depth, themes, and new ideas. But, like castles, cakes and cars, if you have all the right parts, they’re not too hard to create. In this digibook, another great resource presented by ABC Splash, Matt from Sydney...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 20, 2017 | DET Tools for teachers, Uncategorized
FUSE has had a fab makeover and she is looking great. There are some great features available to all Vic Gov teachers who can use their Department login to get creative with their own FUSE My Desk. Just Sign in! (Top right hand corner of any FUSE page.) This is a...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Robogals Melbourne would like to invite you and your female students to their Girls in ICT Breakfast Thursday 27th April, 9:00am – 12:00pm. Location: Engineers Australia Innovation Hub, Level 31, 600 Bourke Street, VIC Food and Beverages will be provided. The...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 5, 2017 | Challenge, Class Activities, Uncategorized
Adobe and Department of Education, Learning and Teaching Branch are pleased to announce the EOI date for Adobe ‘Have a Voice’ has been extended until Friday 28th April. Groups of students are invited to create a video story (maximum of two minutes), animation (maximum...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 29, 2017 | Cybersafety, Digital Technologies, Uncategorized, Web Conferencing
The eSafety Commission’s Teacher Essentials PD Program delivers professional development through 3 x 50 minute webinars. The three topics currently presented are: Building Digital Intelligence Teachers, technology and the law Navigating the eSafety website New...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 20, 2017 | Class Activities, Uncategorized
Due to popular demand we are repeating the highly successful webinar from the National Day of Action to prevent Bullying. Audience: Years 4, 5 and 6 students. Date: Weds 29 March 2.15- 2.55 pm We will let the students know where they can chat on the day. Presented by...
