Category: Event

Virtual event for Years 10-12 on learning languages at University of Sydney

24/7/2020

The University of Sydney is hosting a virtual event for Years 10-12 students, teachers and careers advisers on ‘What is Languages at Sydney?’

This is an annual event hosted by University of Sydney's School of Languages and Cultures to give high school students a chance to see and experience language study at the university.

Date: 17-20 August
Time: 4:00-4:30pm
Registration closes Monday 10 August

If you are interested in knowing more about this event and would like to join, register here.
For further inquiries, contact languages.admin@sydney.edu.au

Join us for an afternoon of fun

14/5/2020

Don’t forget this Wednesday 20 May at 3:30 pm and join us for a bit of fun. It's as simple as clicking on the link. We are really looking forward to it! See you there! (Note: As we are hosting on the DoE version of Zoom, there is a limit of 100 participants.)

Event – NSW School of Languages Open Day

29/11/2019

Photos source: NSW School of Languages website

NSW School of Languages invites you to attend an Open Day on Saturday 30 November 2019.

This fun event will include:

- live music and dance performances
- face painting and circus skills host
- photo booth
- cooking demonstrations
- art, craft and music workshops hosted by teachers
- ping pong and other games
- mini language lessons for all of the school's 12 languages
- food stalls from around the world
- World trivia with prizes!

Food stalls include:
- Brazilian pastels by Pastel da Mari
- gelato by Duccio Gelato
- Greek street food by Loxandra
- Korean street food
- French Crêperie
- German and Russian bakery cafe.

Free entry

For more information visit NSW School of Languages website.

Multilingualism in Australia – podcast series focusing on the role of languages in multicultural Australia

22/11/2019

Millions of Australians speak hundreds of languages other than English, yet as a nation we have a frustratingly monolingual mindset that denies our multilingual reality.

Tongue tied and fluent is a 5-part podcast which explores multicultural Australia from a languages perspective. Part 3 focuses on the Australian education system, which both values and devalues languages other than English. So schools play a crucial role in contributing to a multilingual Australia — or do they?

Please go to the series website or the ABC Listen app to access all 5 episodes.

Book now for your 2020 bilingual puppet show – Puss in boots

13/11/2019

Puss in boots, a bilingual interactive puppet show by Carrousel Theatre, will be touring in NSW from Monday 15 to Friday 26 June 2020. Book now for your 2020 bilingual show available in French, Italian, German or Spanish. It is suitable for primary and secondary schools, up to Year 8. We adapt the language of the show to suit the age group attending.
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Price: $6.90 (+ GST) per student.

Contact 03 93765527, email or view the website for more information.

Hunter Network Film Festival

5/11/2019

The Hunter Network Film Festival will be held on Thursday 5 December at Hunter School of the Performing Arts, featuring an Aboriginal dance performance by Millabah to celebrate the International Year of Indigenous Languages.

Entries are welcome from students in Stage 4 or 5, in any language with a duration of 2 minutes each.

Schools unable to attend the film showing may still take part and be eligible for prizes. Films will be distributed for show to participating schools.
The theme is ‘A change’ with a signature item of a plant to be included in the film. There will be prizes for best overall, people's choice, best Stage 4, best Stage 5, best language film.

Films are due Wednesday 20 November via Google Drive.

For further information please contact Daniela Phillips.

Feeling overwhelmed by your workload? Have your say in the department's survey...

21/10/2019

The NSW Department of Education wants to better understand you as a teacher working within the public school system. In this survey, we aim to explore your needs and wants, your working environment and the key tasks you have to complete as a teacher.

We appreciate the time you are taking to complete this survey. The responses you provide will be used to improve the department’s services and communication.

The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

Amanda Singh recognised as one of our state's best teachers

12/9/2019

One of our LANG Professional Learning Leaders and network leaders has been recognised as one of the state’s best teachers.

23 teachers across the state were awarded with the highest levels of accreditation at a prestigious ceremony in Sydney earlier this week, including Amanda Singh from The Ponds High School.

Member for Riverstone Kevin Conolly said the awards recognise highly effective, innovative and exemplary teaching practice.

Amanda has been recognised as a Highly Accomplished Teacher. She is one of 15 teachers to have achieved this level of accreditation in NSW this year.

“Mrs Singh really represents the cream of the crop; she has gone above and beyond the daily demands of the job to achieve excellence in her profession,” Mr Conolly said.

“Mrs Singh is using her expertise to lift the prospects of the children in our community, and I am proud and thankful for the work she is doing for our school system.”

“I want to congratulate Mrs Singh on her achievements and thank her for the work she does in our school system”.

Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said that teachers who achieve this level of accreditation are invaluable assets for their school communities as teaching experts, mentors and leaders.

We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Amanda!

(Adapted from the department's media release, 11.09.19)

Call for presenters – NSW Cross-sectoral German Teachers' Conference 2019

13/12/2018

The Languages and Culture team is seeking teachers to present at the German Teachers’ Conference, to be held on Friday 22 March 2019 at the Goethe-Institut, Sydney.

The theme of the conference is Blick in die Zukunft – Looking to the future.

Workshop themes for which we are seeking presenters are:

- new K-10 German syllabus programming, assessment and reporting
- Stage 6 assessment strategies [German Beginners and Continuers]
- new Stage 6 HSC Extension course prescribed texts and/or themes
- innovative and effective classroom teaching and learning strategies
- other.

All applications require the signature of the applicant’s current principal. Please complete the EOI form below, and email as a PDF to maxine.acosta4@det.nsw.edu.au by 5pm on Friday 15 February 2019.

For further information, see attached form or contact Maxine Acosta – Language Officer on 9266 8540 or at maxine.acosta4@det.nsw.edu.au.

This EOI form is for NSW Department of Education teachers only.

For independent school teachers wishing to present, please contact MWahlin@aisnsw.edu.au.

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Incorporating Intercultural Language Learning – online seminar from Macquarie University

28/9/2018

Macquarie Japanese Studies Centre is offering an online, self-paced course, Incorporating Intercultural Language Learning, an online version of the face-to-face seminar presented by Professor Angela Scarino in August.All language teachers in NSW are invited to attend. Completion of the course will contribute to 2 hours of NESA registered professional development addressing standards 1.3.2, 6.2.2 and 6.4.2 towards maintaining accreditation at Proficient Teachers level in NSW.

Enrolment opened on 27 September 2018 and will close on 21 October 2018, for course completion between 22 October and 18 November 2018. The course cost is $25 and is a two hour, self-paced module.

For more information visit the website, or contact the facilitator, Tomoko Koyama at the Macquarie Japanese Studies Centre.