NSW School of Languages is currently seeking casual teachers for Modern Greek to teach Stages 5 and 6. Interested teachers are invited to complete the attached EOI form.

Please email your application of no more than 2 pages in length to Tomoko Takahata.

The time has come to gear up and get ready for the 8th Greek Student Film Festival!

The Greek Student Film Festival encourages the maintenance of the Greek culture and the use of
the Greek language in creative and innovative ways.

The project in NSW is presented by the following organisations: Greek Film Festival, Greek Orthodox Community of NSW and the Education Office of the Consulate General of Greece in Sydney.

Entries will be screened during the 25th Greek Film Festival held at Palace Cinemas Norton Street in Leichhardt in mid-October 2018.

The topic for this year’s competition is: “A journey”
 
Participants are encouraged to interpret the topic as creatively as they wish. Each short film should not exceed 5mins.

This year’s signature item is a LEAF. Participants who choose to include a LEAF in their film can do so, in any way they like, whether it be a part of the main story or simply in the background of a shot.
 
Short films can be submitted in any of the following genres, but must use Greek as the main language:
1. Animation  2. Documentary  3. Fiction

The competition will be divided into two categories:
1. Primary School students  2. Secondary School students 

There will be with three prizes awarded in each category: 
1st, 2nd and 3rd.
 
Students and groups wishing to participate in this year’s competition are invited to express their interest by submitting the attached form by Monday August 20, 2018 to greekfestival@goc.com.au

Dear Collegues,
 
The Department of Education and Communities of NSW would like to invite all
Greek language teachers and academics to share with their collegues, ideas for
educational theory and practice in regards to the Conference for Greek Language
which is being held every two years. People of Greek heritage within the
community might be willing to give an insight about the history and evolution of
Greek language and culture within the Australian context.
 
You are all most welcome to apply for an expression of interest using the
form attached and send it our e-mail (hellenicedu.sydney@gmail.com). We would
also like to hear your ideas for what you would be most interested in as an
audience in relation to Greek language and culture as we have already asked you
to do so with our survey.
 
If you have a vague idea about a topic but you are not ready to give a
detailed overview yet, please do not hesitate to contact me personally so we can
go through it together and conclude to something more concrete.
 
Your experience is extremely valuable and the Department of Education is
giving you the opportunity to share it with everyone intersted in enriching the
understanding as well as the impart of language, culture and Greekness
itself.
 
Looking forward to your prompt response
 
Warmest Regards,
Maria Mouratidou

Dear Colleagues, 
On behalf of the Education Office in Sydney we wholeheartedly wish you a happy new academic year!
We would like to inform about the Certificate of Attainment in Greek, and ask you to forward to your students the following downloadable documents:
 

1. The application form
2. The application form for Special Needs Candidates
3. Examination Dates
4. Questionnaire for completion by candidates along with the application for use of tatistical research by the Centre for the Greek Language .
5. Questionnaire for candidates 8-12 years old (Level A1)
6. Price list for past papers
7. Order Form for Past Papers
8. Candidate's Guide
9. Guide 2014 (here you will have an idea of how the test is structured)
   

Enrollments will start on the 3d February until the 21st March and the exams will be taken on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of May 2014.
 
Please encourage your students to send their application form along with the questionnaire completed and signed by the parent, to the following address:hellenicedu.sydney@yahoo.com.au
provided that they have deposit the examination fees to the following bank account:
 
BANK OF SYDNEY
Name: Consulate General of Greece in Sydney
Account Number: 769372
BSB number: 942202
Branch Name: Castlereagh Branch

NOTE: make sure you provide evidence of the candidate's identity by either sending a coloured scanned copy of the candidate's passport, or a photograph signed by a JP/ the school's Head Office.
Schools can use the following Form for Candidate's Identification and send it via e-mail:

For past papers orders please refer to:ellinomatheia@komvos.edu.gr
For more information regarding the Certificate of Attainment and the appropriate level of future candidates please visit: www.greeklanguage.gr/certification
 
It is important to emphasise that the Certificate of Attainment in Greek is the only national, officially recognised certificate that confirms the knowledge of Greek as a foreign/second language at 6 levels, starting from A1 for children 8-12 years old to C2 for adults. It offers a valid and professional opinion of one’s knowledge of Greek, as well as strengthening the teaching of the Greek language in Australia, while maintaining ties with Greece.
Kind Regards,
Mouratidou Maria