Kensington PS is seeking a casual Greek teacher. For more information, contact the Principal, Louise Stone on (02) 9663 3955 or louise.stone1@det.nsw.edu.au
The Consulate General of Greece in Sydney – Examination Centre of Sydney: 61004 (hellenicedu.sydney@gmail.com) announces the final dates of the 2020 Examination for the Certification of Attainment in Greek. The exams will be held in October 2020 replacing the May 2020 exams which were postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The exams will take place at the Greek Orthodox College of St. Euphemia Bankstown. Candidates will be notified in a timely manner of the exact time of the examinations of their level. All necessary measures to protect the health of candidates and participants will be taken. Candidates can register online for the Certificate of Attainment 2020 following the link below: http://www.greek-language.gr/certification/application/index.html This online environment gives candidates access to the October 2020 application and questionnaire. It is strongly advised that candidates register online. However, if this is not possible, candidates can apply on a paper application form after contacting the Sydney Examination Centre (hellenicedu.sydney@gmail.com). Applications for the Certificate of Attainment in Greek 2020 will close on 28 June 2020. Key examination dates (exact time tbc): 13 October (levels A1, C2) 14 October (level A2, C1) 15 October (level B1) 16 October (level B2) Clarification for registrations New applications will be submitted during the registration period. Applications approved: candidates who have already applied will not make a new submission. The application remains valid if this has been approved by the Sydney Examination Centre. Applications for submission: they can be submitted until 28 June 2020. Applications in process: applications that have not been completed or submitted in May can now be accessed, edited and submitted. Candidates can change their level of examination through their new application. For further details, including the examination fees, please see attached files or visit: https://hellenicedusydney.weebly.com/certificate For sample past exam papers, please refer to: http://www.greek-language.gr/certification/node/12.html For more information regarding the Certificate of Attainment and the appropriate level of candidates, please visit: www.greeklanguage.gr/certification 
Do you love Greek Poetry? Professor Vrasidas Karalis presents an online ZOOM Poetry presentation and discussion every Wednesday at 5:00pm. Poetry from distant places is a free online event proudly hosted by the Bilingual Bookshop. The event will be recurring so join us each Wednesday or whenever it suits you! There is no need to have a ZOOM account. Use the link here to join via ZOOM. No password necessary but just in case use this one: 892044. Join in the discussion or listen in to some interesting and entertaining sessions with poetry readings and commentary.  In order to support you and your students in the preparation for the HSC oral examination, we have added sample speaking questions for Modern Continuers to our website.
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Please find below a list of resources and online tools that can further assist the online teaching of Greek:
1. Through Photodentro (user generated content), the repository of educational resources of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece, you can access e-me for all, an edition of the official version of e-me, where everyone can register. "e-me for all" is a digital educational platform for primary and secondary education that can be used by students, teachers, researchers and educators who do not have access to a Greek School Network account. Access to the platform is given through user registration. 2. The Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth) has made available pdf versions of materials for teaching Greek as a second language. The materials cover topics such as greetings, around the school, family, food, fruit, vegetables, body parts, clothing, weather, animals, house, professions, neighbourhood, means of transport, holidays. The materials can be accessed through the link here, where you can find pdf files of two books, a guide for teaching the materials, flashcards as well as additional worksheets. 3. All the materials for teaching Greek as a second language developed by the Centre of Intercultural and Migrations Studies (Department of Primary Education, University of Crete, Greece) are still available for free access in the link here. 4. The following educational portal offers online games and activities for the teaching of sounds to Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 students: link 1, link 2. 5. StoryWeaver is a platform that provides young students with reading resources in different languages. Under Read and then Languages, Greek can be chosen and you can access a number of illustrated, open-licensed children's stories in Greek. The digital platform can be used not only to read a story, but also to create, adapt and translate new stories.
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