IPads and Maths

This workshop is designed for educators to explore the iPad and play with a variety of mathematical applications to integrate into their mathematics program.
Date: Monday 20th August
 or Friday 24th August

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Carol Gray

Carol Gray is the Director of The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has completed over 22 years of employment with Jenison Public Schools in Jenison, Michigan, initially as a teacher with students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and in recent years as a consultant to students with ASD in inclusive educational programs.
Date: Tuesday 7th August

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Morris Gleitzman

Morris Gleitzman, one of Australia’s most successful children’s authors, and who has won the hearts of Australian young readers with his witty and often mischievous tales, is appearing at The University of Notre Dame Australia on Tuesday 22 May. This free event presents a unique opportunity to hear Morris Gleitzman talk about being a children’s writer in Australia, how literature impacts on the lives of children, how to engage children in reading and how he approaches writing in general.

For further information please click here.

Second National ITL Masterclass Conference

You are invited to the Second National ITL Masterclass Conference, to be held at Adelaide Convention Centre on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 June. This conference is first and foremost about striving for the highest in teaching practice. Delegates will have a great interest in improving their teaching practice and reflecting on contemporary best practice pedagogy.
The conference program is attached. Please click here to take a moment to review it as we are sure you will find it very exciting.
For further information and to register go to: http://www.iwb.net.au/conferences/masterclass/.

Restoring Hope- Refugee Week 2012

Refugee Week is Australia's peak annual activity to inform the public about refugees and celebrate the positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society. Refugee Week 2012 will run from 17 to 23 June under the theme Restoring Hope.

For further information please click here.

Upcoming Organisational Workshops

Centrecare Corporate trainers have combined their unique knowledge to develop a core selection of skills enhancement for management and employees at all levels. The workshops outlined in the Organisational Training Calendar have been developed with core issues that our consultants encounter whilst working with client companies and their employees.
Dates for the following workshops are:
Resolving Conflict in the Workplace - 12th June
De-Escalating Customer Behaviours - 26th June
Stress Management and Resilience - 10th July

For further information please click here.

Upcoming Clinical Workshops

Centrecare Corporate is recognised as a centre of excellence in the provision of clinical training to psychologists, social workers, counsellors, chaplains, psychotherapists and case managers. They offer high quality clinical training in therapeutic interventions that are evidence based, best practice models. They continually update the clinical training content, such that all training is based on current research and clinical trends.
Dates for the following workshops are:
EAP Counselling - 20th June
Motivational Interviewing - 25th July

For further information please click here.

Clean Schools: Keep Australia Beautiful

Keep Australia Beautiful presents a whole of school program designed to make your school a Clean School! These FREE professional learning sessions are for primary and secondary schools wanting to learn how to stop littering behaviour at school.
Date: Thursday 9th August (Metro)
                 Thursday 16th August (Regional)

For further information please click here.

Stacking the Odds in Kid's Favour

The Children‟s Hospital Education Research Institute (CHERI) is proud to present the annual conference being held on the 6th and 7th September 2012. Due to the success of past conferences they have moved to a larger and more accommodating venue this year – The Sebel Parramatta. The conferences focus on bringing together the worlds of health and education by presenting evidence, best practice and professional expertise so as to enhance the health and well-being of school-aged children.

For further information please click here.

Commissioner For A Day Challenge

The Commissioner for Children and Young People, Michelle Scott, has launched the 2012 Commissioner for a Day Challenge.
Every year, the Challenge provides a great opportunity for young people to provide their views on an important issue. This year’s theme encourages children and young people aged between 10 and 15 years to have their say on the influence of media and advertising. The winner will be the Commissioner for a Day on 23 October 2012 and get the opportunity to share their views with people interested in these issues. They will also win an iPad.

Please click here for further information or go to www.ccyp.wa.gov.au.

Sustainable Schools

AuSSI-WA resources:
The Key Elements Rubric, one of three whole-school review, planning and celebration ‘tools’, has recently been reviewed and updated. Based on feedback from schools, the original rubric has now been separated into three individual rubrics as follows:
1. Leadership;
2. Teaching and Learning; and
3. Community.
The revised rubrics are easier to navigate and interpret, and provide greater emphasis on key concepts such as sustainability being a context for teaching and learning as opposed to an ‘add on’.
Rubrics can be found on the project website at: http://det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/sustainableschools/detcms/navigation/aussi-wa-toolkit/review-plan-and-celebrate/ or please click here for further information.

Pacific Rim International Student Camp 2012

ISCA has again received an invitation to nominate a male student between 14 and 17 years of age (as of 1 August 2012) to attend the 2012 Pacific Rim International Student Camp (PRIC). PRIC is a scholarship camp program that is held annually to provide a forum of international exchange for youths of the Pacific Rim region. This year, the camp will be held in Japan from Saturday 4 August 2012 to Sunday 19 August 2012.

Contact MaryAnn Handby-Doyle (isca@isca.edu.au) or Ruth Underwood (ruth.underwood@isca.edu.au) with any questions. Fully completed applications will need to be sent to ISCA by close of business on Wednesday 6 June 2012. For further information please click here and click here to view the attached application form

Physical Activity Taskforce

The Physical Activity Taskforce have advised AISWA that they have copies of the “ It’s Your Move brochures” (see: http://www.beactive.wa.gov.au/index.php?id=1394) available for schools if they require them

The closing date for requests for copies is Friday 18 May.

Requests for copies of the brochure may be made to Rebecca Fidrych Policy Officer, Physical Activity Taskforce Secretariat 246 Vincent St, Leederville WA 6007 T: 9492 9631 Fax: 9492 9711 www.beactive.wa.gov.au

Bufta Competition Is Now Open

Encourage your Year 11 and 12 students to enter a short film for their chance to win a full tuition scholarship to study Film and Television at Bond University (valued at over $91,000). Students are asked to create a short film of no more than 10 minutes and enter before 12 October 2012. Categories include Animation, Comedy, Drama, Documentary, Experimental and Music Video. Multiple awards, including Best School, will be announced at the Gala Awards Evening held at Bond University in November.
For full competition details, prizes, filmmaking tips and examples of past finalist films visit www.bufta.com.au.

The Critics’ Choice 2012

The Critics’ Choice 2012: a free smoking prevention resource for upper primary and lower secondary schools. REGISTER NOW!
The Critics’ Choice is a free innovative smoking prevention resource for upper primary and lower secondary schools. Students watch, critique and discuss 12 anti-smoking advertisements and then vote on the one most likely to prevent them from taking up smoking or encourage them to stop. The Critics’ Choice is available to all schools starting from ‘World No Tobacco Day’ on 31 May.
 

 For more information contact Smarter than Smoking on 9382 5907 or SMART@Heartfoundation.org.au.

Language Perfect World Championships 2012

The AISWA Language Perfect World Championships 2012 - 21st to 31st WA students will be competing in an online Languages competition with 100 thousand students from around the world. If you haven't already done so, you still have time to secure 50 FREE ENTRIES (worth $250.00 per school) for the World Championships when you register with our code: AISWA.

HOW TO REGISTER IN 30 SECONDS:
1. Follow this link: http://www.languageperfect.com/worldchamps/SiteShell.html
2. Click Register my school!
3. Select I am a Teacher
4. Enter your details
5. Press Submit

Language Perfect will reply with details on how to proceed.
Learn, Compete, Win. Let the Championships begin!

For further information please view the website www.languageperfect.com.

Early Years Learning Framework: In Action

This fabulous resource book showcasing outstanding early childhood pedagogy in Western Australian independent schools has now gone to its second print run. The 280 page book, researched by AISWA consultant, Rebecca Duncan, is full of photographic examples of the Early Years Learning Framework . The book is accompanied by a CD with many supportive documents for programming and planning. This book is a useful resource for teachers working in Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten, pre-primary and year 1. Each AISWA ATP school was provided with a free copy of the book. Further copies are available to teachers in member schools for $60. The cost to non-members is $110.
For orders please click here 

 Disclaimer: The Bulletin is sent to schools for information only. The information contained in this publication is to the best of our knowledge and belief correct at time of publication. However, no warranty or guarantee is or can be provided by the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia or any member of its staff, and no liability is or can be accepted for any loss or damage resulting from any person relying on or using this information contained in this publication