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Carrousel Theatre is touring NSW from Monday 17 May to Friday 28 May 2021. Suitable for primary and Stage 4 students, the Puss in Boots puppet show is available in French, Italian, German and Spanish languages. The Jungle Book is also available in French, Italian, German and Spanish languages as well as Chinese and Indonesian. For more information, please contact Carrousel Theatre on 0430 539 888.
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The Asia Society newsletter has arrived, with information you may find useful.
At-home adventures through Asia Join adventures through the diverse cultures of Asia via at-home lessons and activities for learners. These adventures assist in building cross-cultural understanding between the East and West, sparking curiosity about Asia and fostering cultural empathy. There are adventures in China, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Korea. The adventures can be found on the Asia Society website. Virtual NCLC 2020 The National Chinese Language Conference (US) will be held online from 24-26 June 2020. The conference is accessible globally and is free for all attendees. Registration instructions and conference details are available on the conference website. Expressions of interest are invited from teachers/head teachers of languages who would like to be part of language-specific writing teams to develop language-specific resources for the NSW Department of Education’s curriculum website, including sample scope and sequences, units of work and assessment tasks for Stages 4 and 5. 
The NSW Department of Education has developed support materials for the following Stage 6 courses:
Chinese and Literature Indonesian and Literature Japanese and Literature Korean and Literature. The materials were developed by practising teachers in NSW public schools, and can be accessed from the education.nsw.gov.au website or via the links above. Expressions of interest are invited from teachers of Indonesian 7-12, who would like to be a virtual head teacher for teachers of Indonesian across NSW in 2018. The Languages and Culture team (Secondary Education – Learning and Teaching Directorate) is running a 12 month pilot program of a virtual Indonesian faculty with a virtual head teacher to support teachers of Indonesian. Support will be delivered through the online curation of resources, providing language-specific advice organising and/or delivering professional learning and networking. The successful candidate will receive $1,500 per term via a grant to their home school. For more information please see the attached flyer. Should you wish to apply, please email the completed EOI form attached below together with your application addressing the selection criteria to Elisabeth Robertson, Coordinator, Languages and Culture, Secondary Education elisabeth.robertson@det.nsw.edu.au by 5pm on Friday, 1 December 2017. 
Applications for the 2018 ASEAN and Indonesia BRIDGE School Partnerships Program close on Monday 30 October, 2017. The Australia-Asia BRIDGE School Partnerships Program, established in 2008, is an international program that establishes partnerships between students, teachers and school communities. BRIDGE students collaborate on projects, practice language skills and develop life-long friendships with students at partner schools. Building Relationships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement (BRIDGE) The BRIDGE programs helps to develop critical global citizens, and research has shown that of the students who have participated in BRIDGE:
BRIDGE uses a blended model of teacher professional learning, combining face-to-face and online learning with a partner school home stay program. BRIDGE focuses on building teacher capability in the following areas:
The professional learning element is focused on identifying ways in which BRIDGE collaboration can be built into current teaching practice, and doesn't require extra-curricular commitment. In 2018 BRIDGE will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Australia-Asia schools' partnerships program. To mark this occasion, the Asia Education Foundation will be working with the Australian Government to host a series of special events and workshops for 2018 BRIDGE participants. You will find information about the program in the flyer and brochure below, and the Asia Education foundation website has the information that you need to apply. Should you wish to discuss the program or require additional information you can contact Emeline Gillingham via email or on (03) 9035 6766 Don't forget - applications for the 2018 Indonesian (fully funded) and ASEAN (partly funded) programs close on Monday 30 October, 2017. Read the vignettes to find out more about how schools across Australia have benefited from the BRIDGE School Partnership Program.
French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean and Spanish teachers in the NSW Department of Education participated in the Adobe Connect webinar on Wednesday 28 June to hear about the K-10 draft syllabuses and have an opportunity to provide feedback.
If you were not able to join the Adobe Connect webinar, the recording (24 minutes) can be accessed via https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/p2ufx07rdcg/. The consultation period is the only opportunity for teachers to be part of the department’s feedback to NESA. Teachers are encouraged to download and critically review the content in the language-specific draft K-10 syllabuses. All information including the draft syllabuses can be accessed on the NESA site. If you have any concerns with the content in the draft syllabuses, please document the areas of concern and recommendations and return via email to janelle.byrne@det.nsw.edu.au by Monday 10 July 2017. Please include the following details to ensure your concerns can be clearly understood and incorporated in our response: Language: Issue: Content with page numbers as reference: eg. p. 82 First dot point, second dash point (“recognising the importance of the article…”) Recommendations such as Suggest amending/rewording/deleting to … We look forward to hearing from teachers to ensure the content of the language-specific syllabuses is relevant and appropriate for the students in all languages classes. French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean and Spanish teachers in the NSW Department of Education are invited to join the Adobe Connect webinar on Wednesday 28 June (3:30-4:30pm) to hear about the draft K-10 syllabuses and have an opportunity to provide feedback. Teachers are encouraged to download and critically review the content in the language-specific draft K-10 syllabuses which can be accessed on the NESA site. This consultation period is the only opportunity for teachers to be part of the department’s feedback to NESA. If you haven't participated in an Adobe Connect session before, please download the 'how-to' guide below and follow the instructions. It's easy! Log into https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/secondarylanguages using your Department user name and password. We look forward to meeting virtually with teachers to ensure the content of the language-specific K-10 syllabuses is relevant and appropriate for the students in your languages classes.
NESA has released K-10 draft syllabuses for French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean and Spanish. The NSW Department of Education is conducting state-wide consultation for DoE teachers on these draft syllabuses from 13-29 June 2017. This consultation period is the only opportunity for teachers to be part of the department’s feedback to NESA. (Note: Other education sectors run their own consultation). As a DoE teacher, if you'd like to be part of our consultation, here's what you need to do: 1. Download the relevant draft language-specific K-10 syllabus from the NESA website. 2. Carefully read through the draft syllabus which is relevant to you. If you have any areas of concern or strength within any of the draft languages syllabuses, please submit via email to Janelle Byrne by Thursday 29 June 2017. 3. Attend the Adobe Connect session on Wednesday 28 June (3:30-4:30pm) by logging into https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/secondarylanguages. If you haven't participated in an Adobe Connect session before, please download the 'how-to' guide below and follow the instructions. It's easy! 4. Complete the NESA online survey by 7 August 2017. Teachers are encouraged to participate in the NESA-led consultation opportunities in addition to departmental consultation. Full details including the NESA consultation meetings are available on the NESA website. Contact details: Janelle Byrne on 9266 8540 or janelle.byrne@det.nsw.edu.au
The new course prescriptions for Stage 6 Language and Literature courses in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean 2019-2023 are now available.
Implementation of the new course prescriptions will commence from Term 1 2018. Schools are reminded that study of the texts prescribed for the Year 12 course may not begin before the completion of the Year 11 course. This also applies to the study of a prescribed text in another medium, such as the film of a novel. For more information, contact: Lyn Sully Inspector, Languages lyn.sully@nesa.nsw.edu.au (02) 9367 8152 @LanguagesNESA |
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