| APRIL 24, 2012 |
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| We hope that you, your students, and your communities enjoyed a safe and relaxing break. We weren't idle during the school holidays...read on for news and reminders, plus additional opportunities for your school's students, parents, and teachers. |
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| UPCOMING ACTIVITIES |
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| GOAL SETTING & LEADERSHIP |
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Teachers' briefing for Year 8 Goal Setting program
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Thursday 26 April Condell Park HS
TBA
Thursday 26 April Sir Joseph Banks
2.15PM
Monday 30 April Westfields Sports HS
1.00PM
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Kogarah HS
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Tuesday May 1 Kickstart Physics
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YEAR 3 INTRODUCTION TO UNIVERSITY DAY
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Wednesday 2 May
9.30 AM - 2.00 PM
*IMPORTANT REMINDER - MEDIA RELEASE FORMS*
If any parents have not given permission for their child to be photographed or videoed on the day, please make sure the forms are brought to the event. All students must wear a name tag, and please ensure that those students who are not to be photographed are wearing a red name tag. (See information pack for details).Wednesday 2 May
9.30 AM - 2.00 PM *IMPORTANT REMINDER - MEDIA RELEASE FORMS*If any parents have not given permission for their child to be photographed or videoed on the day, please make sure the forms are brought to the event. All students must wear a name tag, and please ensure that those students who are not to be photographed are wearing a red name tag. (See information pack for details).
- Information packs were mailed to schools last week. Please contact us know ASAP if you have not received an information pack.
- Phase 1 of the 3-Phase program is now available for download via the Compass website. Please contact us ASAP if you are unable to access this link. If you have expressed interest for the Year 3 post-lesson and nominated a time, you will be contacted to confirme the delivery time and date. Please refer to the 3 Phase instructions sheet for post-lesson equipment and room requirements.
- Buses can arrive from 9.30 AM.
- Confirmation of numbers of students and accompanying teachers, along with a risk assessment form, will be sent to schools on Tuesday 24 April via email to Compass Coordinators.
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Westfields Sports HS
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Wednesday 9 May Compass staff to attend
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Information Session at Revesby Workers Club
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Wednesday 9 May
6.30 PM - 8.30 PM
See article on the right for additional information.
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Multilit (Word Up) Begins
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Week 2 of Term 2
Monday 30 April - Friday 4 May
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Westfields Sports HS
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17 May Year Ten Study Skills on-campus workshop
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Fairfield HS
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Friday 18 May Year Seven Campus Visit
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Sir Joseph Banks HS
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Wednesday 30 May Parent-Teacher Night
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Year 7 & 8 Indigenous Experience Day
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Wednesday 30 May Year 7 and Year 8 students
Programs and registration information will be sent the week commencing 7th May.
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| NEXT PARENTS CAMPUS VISITS |
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June 28 is the next Parent Campus Visit
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Our first parent visit on March 18 was a great success, with over 100 parents, teachers, and students gathering on the main campus to learn more about the university.
The next two dates (Thursday 28 July & Thursday 26 July) provide the next opportunity for parents of your students. IF you would like to register your interest in bringing a bus load of parents and students, email Sophie Partridge.
Parents who visited earlier in 2012 found the day worthwhile:
"To understand the role [and] the history of the university...gave my child a real idea about university"
"A very impressive day for my child & my family. Thank you for your effort."
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| REMINDERS AND NOTICES |
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Seymour Centre Visits for May 2012
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BUBBLEWRAP AND BOXES (50 minutes, no interval)
Wednesday 30 April
- Villawood East PS at 12:30 PM
Panania PS at 10:30 AM
Condell Park PS at 12:30 PM
Yagoona PS at 12.30 PM
Picnic Pt PS 10:30 AM
Revesby Sth 12:30 PM
THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD (55 minutes, no interval)
Marrickville West PS 10:00 AM
Bexley PS 10:00 AM
BINDJAREB PINJARRA (100 minutes, no interval)
Marrickville West PS 10:30 AM
Wattawa PS 10.30 AM
Athelstane PS 10:30 AM
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School starting Film Production & Editing and Stop Motion in Term 2:
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Condell Park PS
Tuesday 24 April
9.00AM - 12.00PM
Marrickville HS
Thursday 26 April
1.15PM - 3.15PM
Athelstane PS
Thursday 26 April
9.00AM - 11.00 AM
Condell Park HS
Monday 30 April
8.40 AM - 11.00 AM
Kogarah IEC
Wednesday 2 May
8.40AM - 10.40AM
Fairfield HS
Friday 4 May
11.00AM - 12.40PM
Sir Joseph Banks HS
Monday 21 May
12.00PM - 3.00PM
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Schools starting Occupational Therapy on May 1:
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- Bexley PS
- Condell Park PS
- Kogarah PS
- Wattawa Heights PS
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| SYDNEY SCIENCE FORUM |
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Sydney Science Forum
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The Sydney Science Forum series of lectures features prominent scientists from the University of Sydney and elsewhere to present their latest research in a interesting and informative forum. The lectures are FREE and aimed at members of the public and high school groups.
VENUE: Eastern Avenue Auditorium, University of Sydney
TIMES: 5.45 - 6.45 PM
See the Faculty of Science website for the program calendar.
In 2012, the Forum will include scientists from the University of Sydney and elsewhere, as well as our Julius Sumner Miller Fellow Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, dazzling audiences, young and old with their amazing array of scientific facts, figures and fun!
To make a booking, complete the online booking form or email Victoria Loy with your name, the names of the lectures you wish to attend, and number of seats required (limited to 5 per booking except for school groups).
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| RECONCILIATION WEEK ACTIVITIES AT THE SEYMOUR CENTRE |
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Reconciliation Week Activities at the Seymour Centre
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National Reconciliation Week
26 May - 2 June
The Seymour Centre and the University of Sydney are kicking off a celebration that honours the experiences and stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Join in for a week-long exhibition from the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, special performances of Bindjareb Pinjarra and Katherine (atyp), two nights of talks from NSW Reconciliation Council, Sydney Ideas and All Together Now, and a musical performance by Casey Donovan.
- Plus a Reconciliation Week party to end it all featuring free live music from Marcus Corowa and Jess Beck.
Visit the Seymour Centre website for information on venues and start times. The dates will be posted by this coming Friday.
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| PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CALENDAR 2012 |
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Tailored Professional Learning activities
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Victoria will be in touch with those schools who expressed interest in a tailored professional learning activity early in Term 2. Please send Victoria an email if you would like to discuss holding a PD day on campus or request a speaker to come to your school.
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Conversations about literary texts – module 1
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Oct 17, 24, 31 & Nov 7, 14, 21
Conversations about literary texts – module 1 Blended mode – 12 hours face-to-face at Homebush Boys High School + 8 hours reading/online activities
NSWIT Course Code C08360.
- Teaching grammar in primary school and middle years.
- The teaching of literary texts as the context in which grammar is taught to support meaning.
- Details and dates TBA
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Reading and writing for the middle years – module 1
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Reading and writing for the middle years – module 1
10 hours face-to-face at Belmore South Public School Weeks 3–7
Day TBA 4–6pm
+ 10 hours reading/online activities
NSWIT Course Code TBA.
This module will enable teachers to:
- Articulate the reading and writing skills and understandings required by students to access content and achieve syllabus outcomes in their subject areas
- Expand and enhance the teaching of the reading and writing required for learning in their subject areas, and
- Use a range of strategies to support and develop students' reading and writing skills.
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Children's literature
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TERM 2
Children's Literature Module 1
10 hours face-to-face at hub school + 10 hours reading/online activities
NSWIT Course Code TBA.
This module examines the critical role that literature can and should play in the lives and imaginations of young children and adolescents (K–12); the importance of children's personal, aesthetic and socially critical responses to literary texts; and the role of literary texts in developing particular kinds of literacy practices. In this module we will explore a range of questions including:
- What are the characteristics of quality literary texts?
- What are the practical and theoretical issues surrounding the use of literary texts (picture books, novels, short stories, poetry) for children and adolescents in today's primary and secondary classrooms?
- How does new media impact on narrative?
This module will involve discussion of participants' wide and close reading of a range of children's literature and of the recent theory and research relating the characteristics of such texts to the classroom practicalities of literacy pedagogy.
Blended mode in-school session outline
Session 1: The role of the arts in learning and literature as an art form
Session 2: Choosing quality literary texts for the classroom
Session 3: Responding to literature
Session 4: Literature and the Australian Curriculum
Session 5: Exploring visual literacy through picture books
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Mentoring - Module 1
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Mentoring - Module 1
Available all Term 4 2011 – Opens Week 1
NSWIT Course Code C08579
This course is designed to meet the needs of teachers who are involved in mentoring and all teachers interested in professional development related to mentoring, teacher induction and teacher accreditation issues.
The course will include:
- a critical overview of the research in the areas of professional development, mentoring and teacher induction
- a study of key issues related to the concept of mentoring and teacher induction identified through the review of literature
- analysis of the current developments around standards of professional practice
- opportunities for individuals to discuss and investigate specific mentoring issues and develop mentoring skill.
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Dr Michael Ungar, ‘Resilience in the Middle Years’
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1 – 2 November
Dr Michael Ungar, ‘Resilience in the Middle Years’
Michael Ungar is a University Research Professor and Professor at the School of Social Work at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. As the Director of the Resilience Research Centre, he currently leads a number of studies of resilience involving researchers from more than a dozen countries on six continents.
He is also the author of eight books including:
- Strengths-Based Counseling with At-Risk Youth
- We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Kids
- Playing at Being Bad: The Hidden Resilience of Troubled Teens, and
- Too Safe for Their Own Good: How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive.
See future Compass Directions for more information.
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