AISWA Professional Learning and other educational events, news and information
Turbo Charge Students' Writing | Monday 6 April 2020
Using literature as the springboard for students’ writing really does work. Combine this with well-supported classroom assessment and you get greater than expected growth in students’ writing.
In 2019, AISWA established action research to investigate ways of assisting teachers with nurturing and developing students’ writing skills through literature and a focus on language, storytelling, character and the creative process. To register for this pl please click Here
Awe and Wonder Presents.. Embrace. Enact. Embed 2020
Embrace. Enact. Embed is a place for likeminded early childhood professionals to flourish. Based on three simple principles, the conference provides educators with an opportunity to engage and be challenged in their thinking. With sessions that focus on practical solutions to increase knowledge and effectiveness across a range of topics, our presenters will illustrate the importance of nurturing and shaping individual purpose, creativity, and professional excellence. Limited Early Bird Tickets are now on sale, for more information please click Here
2021 Premier's Anzac Student Tour competition is OPEN
Ten student ambassadors will represent Western Australia on the 2021 Premier’s Anzac Student Tour. Students in Years 8-11 this year can now enter the competion for a place on the tour. Applications close Friday 14 August 2020. For more information please click Here
Positive Schools 2020
Join an exceptional lineup of celebrated Australians, educational experts, powerful story tellers and health professionals for the Positive Schools 2020 Australian conference series in May and June this year, for three unmissable days of professional development. Positive Schools is a grounded mental health and wellbeing conference series for ALL primary and secondary teachers, school leaders and allied health professionals. For more information please click Here
Speak Up Awards 2020
Welcome to Speak Up Awards 2020, the interschool public speaking competition for Years 4, 5 and 6 students sponsored by the Grand Lodge of WA Freemasons.This is the follow-up letter to the one sent late last year, encouraging schools to include the event in their 2020 curriculum. All heats will be held in August, with the preliminary finals at the Scarborough Masonic Hall, 193 Hancock Street, Doubleview and the final at the Lawley Park Village Community Centre, 55 Alexander Drive, Menora.
For more information, please click Here