Our statewide staff meeting in Week 4 will explore the requirements for developing Stage 6 monitoring procedures. Join us on Tuesday 3 August, 4-5 pm, to hear from the Stage 6 Advisor, Kate Thompson, from the Department of Education. 

We will explore: 
- NESA requirements and legislation
- the department's HSC monitoring advice
- what schools must do 
- what records to maintain 
- staff responsibilities.

You must enrol in the session on MyPL to receive the link to the online meeting. Search for course code NR29242, and select the session for Tuesday 3 August. 

The link for each statewide staff meeting is different, so you do need to enrol in each session we offer.

We look forward to seeing you there! The session will be recorded for those unable to join us. 

If you haven't joined our statewide staffroom yet, please complete our short entry survey to join. Log in using your department email.

​Thank you to our colleagues who joined us live for our session on Cultures of thinking in the language classroom. We hoped you enjoyed the session and learning more about how you can use thinking routines and tools to deepen understanding and increase engagement in your classroom.

You can now access the recording on our YouTube channel.

In coming weeks we will share ideas and tips along with a thinking routine booklet in our statewide staffroom.

Have you enrolled in this week's meeting yet?

Cultures of thinking in the language classroom explores thinking routines and tools with a focus on the language classroom. We will look at ways to make thinking visible and how to advance the thinking of students to deepen understanding and engagement.

We will explore:
- the culture of a thinking language classroom
- thinking routines and activities that align with language resources available on our website
- templates and scaffolds to use with language classes.

Please enrol in the session on MyPL to receive the link to the online meeting. Search for course code NR29242, and select the session for Thursday 3 June, then select enrol. 

The link for each statewide staff meeting is different, so you do need to enrol in each session.

We look forward to seeing you there! The session will be recorded for those unable to join us. 

If you haven't joined our statewide staffroom yet, please complete our short entry survey to join. Log in using your department email.

Thank you to the 63 colleagues who joined us live for yesterday's session on High potential and gifted education in languages 7-12. We hoped you enjoyed meeting Ella and learning more about how you can use the differentiation adjustment tool to meet the needs of individual HPGE students in your classroom.

You can now access the recording on our YouTube channel.

If you'd like to help us plan our next steps in support, please reply to the post in our statewide staffroom.

Happening this Thursday!

​The new High potential and gifted education policy is for implementation in schools P-12 from 2021, replacing the 2004 Gifted and talented policy.

There are some major shifts in the new policy, including:
- a strong focus on students with high potential, and on recognising underachievement and potential
- 4 domains of potential – creative, intellectual, physical and social-emotional
- understanding the diversity of high potential students
- a focus on developing talent, to move students from high potential to high performance.

​This session will provide an introduction to the new policy, the characteristics of high potential and gifted students and ways to implement the policy within the languages context. We will also explore the differentiation adjustment tool, which will support you to adjust your existing activities to meet the needs of individual students.

You must enrol in the session on MyPL to receive the link to the online meeting. Search for course code NR29242, and select the session for Thursday 13 May.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The session will be recorded for those unable to join us.

In Week 4, Term 2, we will be running a statewide staff meeting on the High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) policy – do you have questions about its implementation within the Languages KLA?

To help us to tailor the session to best meet your needs, please send us you questions in advance by completing this short survey. Please respond by Friday 26 March 2021.

On Wednesday 10 March 2021, we delivered our second statewide staff meeting for 2021. Thank you to the teachers who joined us live for the session on "Assessment schedules 7-10". For those who weren't able to make it, the recording is now live on our YouTube channel and the slide deck is attached. 

On Wednesday, we presented our first statewide staff meeting for 2021. Thank you to those teachers who joined us live for the session on "Making adjustments for students with disability", presented by Marina Laing (Principal Project Officer, Diversity at NESA). For those who weren't able to make it, the recording is now live on our YouTube channel and the slide deck is attached. 

Making adjustments ensures students with disability can access and participate in our lessons on the same basis as students without a disability.
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Our first statewide staff meeting for 2021 will take place in on Wednesday 17 February. It will be presented by guest speaker Marina Laing, (Principal Project Officer, Diversity – NESA) and will focus on supporting students with disability. 

• Enrolment details are on MyPL.
• - Course name: Languages statewide staff meeting
• - Session: Languages statewide staff meeting – Week 4, Term 1, 2021
• - Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
• - Enrol by: 17 February, 4:00 pm
• - Platform: Microsoft Teams

The link to the meeting will be sent to you with your enrolment confirmation from MyPL. Please enrol prior to the event to ensure you receive the link in time.
 
Everyone is welcome! Can’t make the live session?
The link to the recording will be posted on the Languages NSW blog and our statewide staffroom.

For further information, contact Evia Kyriacou. 

Yesterday we presented our last statewide staff meeting for the year. We understand it's a busy time and you may not have been able to make it, so attached please find the slide deck. You can also view the recording of the session (26 minutes) on our YouTube channel – make sure you're subscribed!.

The session was on "What if...?", for example 
- What if...you need support with literacy?
- What if…you’d like to use more technology/online tools in your lessons?
- What if…you need help with differentiating activities, or with providing adjustments for students with disability?

We take you on a tour of all the support on our website, to help you find what you need so you can plan for 2021.