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Have Your Say - NESA Consultation on the 7-10 Syllabuses (Ref: 183/24)
Consultation on 7–10 draft Child Studies, Design Innovation Technology, Industry Technology, and Work Education syllabuses opened on Monday, 12 August 2024, and will be open for either 4 or 6 weeks as listed below.
4 Week ‘Have your say’ period: Monday 12 August to Monday 9 September
- 7–10 Child Studies and Work Education
6 Week ‘Have your say’ period: Monday 12 August to Monday 23 September
- 7–10 Design Innovation Technology and Industrial Technology
Systems and schools are invited to provide feedback on these syllabuses via the Have Your Say surveys available here.
Please find a document outlining key features for each syllabus here.
All feedback from the ‘Have your say’ period will be used to inform the development of the final syllabuses. The final syllabuses will be released on the NSW Curriculum website. Up-to-date Curriculum Reform information is now available here.
Any questions regarding the Curriculum Reform can be directed here to Joanne Hack.
2025 CSSA Trial Exam Timetable (Ref: 182/24)
The CSSA, a division of Catholic Schools NSW, creates premium CSSA Trial HSC Examinations by education experts. Our writers and assessors have syllabus expertise and extensive teaching experience to create the CSSA Trial HSC Examinations.
In support of school organisation for the 2025 school year, the 2025 CSSA Trial HSC Examinations Timetable dates have been released.
Key Dates to assist schools:
- The 2025 CSSA Trial HSC Examinations Timetable is scheduled from Monday 4 August to Monday 18 August with a security period up to and including 8am, Thursday 21 August 2025.
Update to CSNSW Professional Learning online modules (Ref: 180/24)
Catholic Schools NSW (CSNSW) is updating content and access to the CSNSW Professional Learning Modules on the online platform. All users have until Monday 19 August 2024 to download their learning transcript for their records.
- Sign into the CSNSW Professional Learning Platform here.
- To download your transcript, click on the My Learning tab in the top navigation bar.
- On the My Learning page, click on the Completed tab, and a Learning Transcript button will appear on the right-hand side.
- Click to download your transcript.
If you have any unfinished modules, you also have until Monday 19 August to complete these.
National Copyright Unit Webinars (Ref: 186/24)
The National Copyright Unit (NCU) is offering a series of free and practical webinars to help teachers navigate copyright while teaching.
‘The NCU Copyright Hour’ short webinars (Term 3 and 4 dates)
The one-hour sessions focus on specific copyright topics. Please take note if the webinars are for schools, TAFEs or both.
Term 3
| Topic | Dates | Registration Link |
| Schools and TAFE: AI and Copyright | Tuesday 13 August (3:30 – 4:30pm AEST) | Register Here |
| Schools: Music and Copyright in Schools | Tuesday 27 August (3:30 – 4:30pm AEST) | Register Here |
| Schools: Using Text and Artistic Works in Schools | Tuesday 3 September (3:30 – 4:30pm AEST) | Register Here |
| Schools: Using TV and Film in Schools | Tuesday 10 September (3:30 – 4:30pm AEST) | Register Here |
Term 4
| Topic | Dates | Registration Link |
| Schools and TAFE: Creative Commons | Tuesday 15 October (12 – 1pm AEDT) | Register Here |
| TAFE: Using Text and Artistic Works in TAFE | Tuesday 12 November (12 – 1pm AEDT) | Register Here |
| Schools and TAFE: AI and Copyright | Tuesday 19 November (12 – 1pm AEDT) | Register Here |
| TAFE: Copyright for Resource Developers | Tuesday 26 November (12 – 1pm AEDT) | Register Here |
‘Copyright for Educators’ long-form webinar series
These webinars cover topics such as:
- copyright basics
- what schools and TAFEs can do under the various education licences
- free education exceptions – performing and communicating works in the classroom, flexible dealing, exam copying and disability access exceptions
- guidelines for schools and TAFEs on online teaching
- using Netflix, YouTube and audiobooks in class, including virtual classes
- finding and using ‘Creative Commons’ licensed material and ‘Open Education Resources’
- livestreaming music performances/concerts
- attributing third-party materials and seeking permission/consent
- artificial intelligence (AI)
- copyright infringement claims.
Schools
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Date |
Details |
Registration Link |
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Term 3: Thursday 22 August 2024 |
11 – 5pm AEST (Syd/Melb/Canberra) |
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Term 4: Tuesday 22 October 2024 |
9 – 3pm AEDT (Syd/Melb/Canberra) |
TAFE
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Date |
Details |
Registration Link |
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Term 4: Tuesday 29 October 2024 |
9 – 1pm AEDT (Syd/Melb/Canberra) |
For more information on these webinars, please visit the Smartcopying website found here.
Free Short Course to Help Teachers Manage Classrooms (Ref: 178/24)
One in three teachers report losing teaching time due to disruptive behaviour and reports show that students perform better in reading literacy when classrooms have a positive disciplinary climate than those who don’t.
Teachers will be able to upskill for free with a new micro-credential course focused on managing classrooms, released this week by the University of Adelaide. Evidenced-based and developed by experts, the new course will help to further empower teachers in the classroom and improve outcomes for their students.
The Classroom Management course will give teachers strategies to create safe and orderly classrooms, address frequent interruptions to learning, build positive and inclusive practices and manage escalations in behaviour. The Classroom Management course can be found here.
The self-paced online course can be completed in the teacher’s own time, at their own pace, to fit in around their other commitments. The qualifications will offer teachers a potential credit pathway towards post-graduate study with the School of Education at the University of Adelaide. Microcredential courses in Explicit Teaching and Teaching Phonics will also be rolled out in the coming months.
The Albanese Government is investing more than $3 million in funding to the University of Adelaide to design and deliver microcredentials courses for teachers. This investment is part of the National Teacher Workforce Action Plan and builds on the Government’s Engaged Classrooms initiative, which is developing free classroom management resources for teachers.
Registration details can be found here.
Positive Schools Conference 2024 (Ref: 172/24)
The Positive Schools BIG WORKSHOP is on Thursday 24 – Friday 25 October 2024. This conference will focus on supporting student wellbeing, staff wellbeing and whole school success.
Day 1 will explore the Contextual Wellbeing framework and how to undertake a wellbeing audit in classrooms and staffrooms.
Day 2 will address managing resistance to change, how to create a journey of equity and inclusion and future steps.
Click here to register.
Australian Pioneer Spirit Video Series (Ref: 187/24)
The Pioneer Spirit Video Series takes several young urbanites out of their comfort zones to learn about and taste the pioneering spirit of the early Australian settlers. Each episode follows these budding pioneers as they gain hands-on experience in different industries that have made a lasting impact on our history and culture, such as Cattle, Dairy, and Pearling which helped make Australia the ‘Lucky Country’.
Watch episode 1: Cattle
Watch episode 2: Dairy
Watch episode 3: Pearling
How to End Vaping in Your School Webinar (Ref: 184/24)
Blurred Minds is hosting a free webinar, “How to End Vaping in Your School,” specifically created for NSW school leaders and teachers. This is an excellent opportunity to gain actionable insights and strategies to tackle vaping in schools.
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When: Tuesday 13th August at 12:00pm (AEST)
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Understand why vaping appeals so strongly to Australian youth.
- Learn how vaping products are strategically marketed to young people.
- Identify five major obstacles schools face in addressing the vaping issue.
- Discover five practical steps to prevent vaping among your students.
Register here.
2024 NAPLAN results now available (Ref: 177/24)
2024 NAPLAN results are now available in Scout.
CSNSW schools access Scout using their NETid credentials. For any access issues, schools should contact here.
NESA has advised that digital copies of NAPLAN 2024 Individual Student Reports (ISRs) and Additional Student Reports (ASRs) are available to download from the NAPLAN reporting page in Schools Online here.
Printed copies of the ISRs and ASRs were dispatched to schools for distribution to parents and carers at the beginning of term 3.
For more information about student reports, schools should contact the NAPLAN team at NESA here.
NSW Premier's Teacher Scholarship Recipients (185/24)
Congratulations to the following Catholic teachers who have been awarded a NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship, in recognition of their passion for and dedication to the teaching profession. The Honourable Chris Minns MP, Premier of New South Wales, and the Honourable Prue Car, Deputy Premier of NSW, presented the scholarship winners at a reception held at the State Library of NSW (Gallery Room) in Sydney on August 1, 2024.
We hope that the knowledge they will gain from their scholarship activities will benefit their schools and wider community.
YANG SUN – English Teacher and Senior Mentor from Marist College, Eastwood; HSC English Specialist, Sydney Catholic Schools
Premier’s Anika Foundation Youth Depression Awareness Scholarship
- Yang’s proposal is entitled “Teach Us Wellbeing: Research-based strategies that every educator should teach”.
- It seeks to help bridge the gap between wellbeing research and wellbeing practice, providing educators with practical research-based strategies they can implement to build awareness of wellbeing and mental health in school-aged children in educational settings.
- Yang plans to travel to the UK, USA, Scandinavia, and Australia.
ANITHA ARUL – Early Childhood Teacher and Centre Director from St Therese Catholic Preschool and Long Day Care, Sadlier-Miller
Premier’s Early Childhood Education Scholarship
- Anitha is proposing to research the connection of nature and play in the first 2000 days of a child, seeing it as a critical aspect of their holistic development.
- Anitha aims to build on research which underscores the critical importance of early childhood experience on lifelong development – benefiting cognitive, social and emotional wellbeing.
- Anitha aims to study in Sweden, Norway and within Australia.
FRANCES MASON – VET Teacher; Careers Adviser from St Joseph’s College, Banora Point
Premier’s Vocational Education in Schools Scholarship
- Frances will investigate how schools prepare students to make VET choices and pathway decisions, and identify strategies that most effectively promote VET pathways.
- The aim is to build on effective career development where students are more inclined to select appropriate courses during high school, to recognise VET as a valuable option, and to smoothly transition from school to employment.
- Frances’ studies will take her to New Zealand and Australia
To learn more about the scholarship visit the NSW government website here.
Details of current and previous winners of these prestigious scholarships can be found here.