Category: Hunter/Newcastle

Hunter/Newcastle Network – Term 2 meeting via Zoom

4/6/2020

The Hunter/Newcastle network will hold their next meeting on Wednesday 24 June 2020.
Enrolment: Please enrol via MyPL. Search for course code NR18042, then choose the Hunter Network Meeting Term 2 2020 ONLINE – Zoom session.
Date: Wednesday 24 June 2020
Time: 4-5pm
Venue: Online Zoom meeting via this link. Meeting ID: 668 6115 6423 Password: 055195
Agenda:
Hunter Film Festival 2020 – Daniela Philips and Ebony Rowe HSPA
Language and Culture team updates – Coreena and Shanelle
Google App Add On – Pear Deck – Sharon Waller FGHS
Games in the classroom – building engagement and learning through play – Nina Dell’Amico CC
Edpuzzle – Natalie Pollock MGHS
Sentence builders – developing language skills in your classroom – Rebeca Tamas WBHS

Language Teacher Network – Hunter/Newcastle

4/3/2020

The Language Teacher Network – Newcastle/ Hunter will hold its Term 1 meeting on Tuesday 17 March. The meeting will take the form of a 1-hour meeting on games and engaging learning activities presented by our local teachers. This is teacher Identified professional learning.

In addition, all are warmly welcome to an after meeting dinner, from 6:00pm at the Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow.

Date: Tuesday 17 March 2020
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Venue: Hunter School of Performing Arts

Please enrol via MyPL course code NR18042 and select session "Hunter Network Meeting Term 1 2020".

All language teachers living or working in the area are welcome to attend.

For further information please contact Coreena Allen.

Language Teacher Networks – Hunter/Central Coast/Lower North Coast present Dr Gianfranco Conti workshop

3/3/2020

The Language Teacher Networks – Hunter/Central Coast/Lower North Coast are joining forces to host a full-day workshop with Dr Gianfranco Conti, the author and founder of the Language Gym. Dr Conti will present effective ways to maximise teaching and learning time by embedding ILRs (Implicit Learning Routines); teaching high-surrender-value functional chunks and ‘smart’ recycling.

Date: Monday 4 May 2020
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
Venue: East Maitland Golf Club, Tenambit
Enrol: Google form

This is open to language teachers 7-12 from NSW public schools, free of charge, under the Languages and Culture team's networking project.

The cost of relief is to be covered by participants' schools. The workshop is capped at 50 teachers.

For further information please contact Coreena Allen.

Registrations open for Hunter/Central Coast Language Teachers' conference

24/1/2020

The Hunter/Central Coast Language Teachers' conference will be held on Saturday 22 February 2020 at the Rydges Hotel, Newcastle. This event is open to all language teachers from all regions and sectors including preservice teachers.
Cost of the conference is $150 for teachers and $50 for preservice teachers. The conference will run from 8:30am-4:15pm with morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided.
For session and registration information please refer to the conference form. Numbers are limited and are on a first come, first served basis. Registrations close on Friday 7 February.
For further information please contact Coreena Allen.

Language teachers' network meeting – Newcastle/ Hunter

18/11/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Newcastle/ Hunter will hold its Term 4 meeting on Thursday 5 December. The meeting will take the form of a 1-hour meeting collaborating on assessment task, and is Teacher Identified professional learning.

In addition, all are warmly welcome to the Hunter Region end of year celebration which will take place after the meeting, from 6:00pm at the Canon Bar, Warners Bay.
Date: Thursday 5 December 2019
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Venue: Warners Bay High School

Please enrol via MyPL course code NR18042 and select session "Hunter Network Meeting Term 4 2019".

All language teachers living or working in the area are welcome to attend.

For further information please contact Coreena Allen.

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.

Registrations open for the Hunter Head Teacher network meeting – 24 October 2019

16/9/2019

Registrations are open for substantive and relieving Head Teachers subscribed to the Hunter Head Teacher learning network to attend the Hunter Head Teacher Professional Learning network meeting. One language teacher from each school may also attend.

Date: Thursday 24 October
Time: 9am-3pm
Venue: Kurri Kurri TAFE – Hunter Valley Hotel Academy McLeod Road, Kurri Kurri NSW 2327

To register, please refer to the attached agenda.

Registrations close at 5pm, 26 September 2019.

For further information, please contact Rebeca Tamas.

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Newcastle and Hunter Language Teacher Network – Term 3 meeting

9/9/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Newcastle and Hunter will hold its Term 3 meeting on Thursday 12 September. The meeting will contribute 1 hour of Teacher Identified hours towards maintaining proficient accreditation.

The focus of the meeting will be on:
- assessment with the new syllabus
- multimodal tasks and assessment rubric
- Last Word film competition
- Hunter Network update and connecting schools
- Hunter HT day update
- teach swap.

All language teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend.

Date: Thursday 12 September 2019
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Venue: Maitland Grossman High School
Enrol: Course code NR18042
Session name: Hunter Network Meeting Maitland Grossman High

For further information please contact Coreena Allen.

Language Teacher Network – Hunter/Newcastle meeting

11/6/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Hunter/Newcastle will hold its Term 2 meeting on Thursday of Week 8.

Date: Thursday 20 June 2019
Time: 4:30pm-5:30pm
Venue: Hunter School of Performing Arts, Broadmeadow.

Everyone is welcome.

Please enrol via MyPL course code NR18042 Hunter Network meeting Term 2 2019.

For further information, please email Coreena Allen.

Hunter Head Teacher Professional Learning Network – Semester 1 meeting 2019

19/3/2019

The Hunter Head Teacher Professional Learning Network will host its Semester 1 meeting day on Wednesday 22 May 2019.

This network meeting is open to all substantive and relieving head teachers or language faculty coordinators in a school with a current subscription to the Hunter Head Teacher Professional Learning Network. In addition, one language teacher from each school may attend.

Agenda:
1. Formative language assessments
2. Reporting matrices, marking criteria, assessment and activities to engage students in language learning and personal program development for new syllabus

3. Support in applying for NSW Premier Scholarships

4. Discussion of Semester 2 2019 Head Teacher Professional Learning Network Day ideas

Please enrol via MyPL – search 'Kurri Head Teacher Network Meeting', click on your relevant KLA and at the bottom, click on 'sessions' and 'attend session'. Applications close on 11 April 2019.

Date: Wednesday 22 May 2019 (Term 2, Week 4)
Time: 9:00am-3:00pm
Venue: Kurri Kurri TAFE – Hunter Valley Hotel Academy, McLeod Road, Kurri Kurri