New support for teaching and learning

Office of Schools

New support for teaching and learning

Dear Colleague This booklet provides an overview of new teaching and learning resources, professional learning programs and materials, student projects and other support developed by Curriculum K12 Directorate in 2009 to assist teachers and their students. For an electronic version of this document, go to <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/> This version has the advantage of hyperlinks directly to additional information and, where appropriate, to application forms for programs in 2010. Your feedback on these resources would be very much appreciated. The resources shown in this booklet are obviously additional to the substantial statewide support already available to teachers through Curriculum Support and TaLe. The priorities for support in 2010 will continue to be literacy, numeracy, student engagement and retention, Aboriginal education, teacher quality and connected learning, with a particular mind to national curriculum, the new school leaving age and the Digital Education Revolution. Specific suggestions and requests for resources would be most welcome. Your feedback and suggestions can be emailed to <curriculumsupport@det.nsw.edu.au>. With best wishes for the new school year.

Ken Olah A/Director, Curriculum K12 20 January 2010

State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010

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Contents
Support in the key learning areas
Creative Arts English HSIE Languages Mathematics PDHPE Science Technology and Applied Studies

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Support for cross curriculum areas

Aboriginal Education Assessment and Reporting Early years Environmental Education Gifted and Talented Education ICT Integrated Learning COGS - Primary Integrated Learning COGS - Secondary Literacy Numeracy Studies of Asia

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Program and service support

Civics and Citizenship Creative Arts Curriculum Leadership Curriculum update English Gifted and Talented Education HSC Online Languages National Partnership Literacy & Numeracy Premiers Student Volunteering Awards Professional learning School Libraries & Information Literacy School Magazine Science Technology Zoo education

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Support in the key learning areas

Creative Arts
Digital Education Revolution - NSW support for the Arts addresses dance, drama, music and visual arts. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/ creative/index.htm>

MOVE Video art in schools, a collection of video art works by 12 leading contemporary artists, supports the study of the moving image in Years 712 Visual Arts syllabuses. The final four DVDs, with teaching suggestions, have been distributed to schools. Developed in partnership with Kaldor Art Projects. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/move/index.htm>

Our music, is a package of six CDs to support music education across Years 710. Includes units of work and teaching programs. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ creativearts/stages4_5/music/index.htm>

Support materials for 20102012 drama course prescriptions focus on new texts in Australian Drama and Theatre and Studies in Drama and Theatre. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ creativearts/stage6/drama/drapres10.htm>

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Stolen cover image courtesy of Currency Press

Support materials for 20102012 dance course prescriptions focus on enhancing students understanding and literacy in relation to new work Cry by Alvin Ailey. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ creativearts/stage6/dance/danpres10.htm>

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Composers Reveal is a series of interviews with Australian composers about their varying compositional processes. Featured composers are Aboriginal performer, Matthew Doyle, Elena Kats-Chernin and Trevor Pearce. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ creativearts/stages4_5/music/2008.htm> Support for teachers participating in the Music Count Us In (MCUI) program and those wanting extra resources to teach singing in primary classrooms. Includes video clips and PDFs. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/primary/ creativearts/music/k6/index.htm> Extensive guidelines, model projects, samples and updates of school progress for the new Artists in Schools program, a joint initiative of the DET and Australia Council for the Arts. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ creativearts/essentials/ais.htm>

English
Digital Education Revolution NSW support for English includes units of work, assessment tools, rubrics and step-by-step lesson plans. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/ english/index.htm> The English Faculty Manual, written by head teachers from around the state, provides practical advice, links to essential policies and DET resources, and useful sample forms. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ english/resources/print/index.htm>

The new English eNewsletter keeps teachers updated about events, curriculum resources, workshops and syllabus changes. Join by emailing <prudence.greene@det.nsw.edu.au>

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Support for teaching the new texts and electives in the 20092012 Stage 6 English Prescription list includes presentations and teaching materials from the 2009 Stage 6 conference and 25 model units of work. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ english/prolearn/index.htm> <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ english/stage6/hsc/index.htm> An overview of the development of the national English curriculum and timeline for DET consultation is available as a PowerPoint presentation. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ english/index.htm> English K6 Programming Support website includes programming starters, connections with texts and planning/programming templates. <https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/curr_support/english_prog/ index.htm>

HSIE
Digital Education Revolution - NSW support for HSIE includes sample teaching and learning activities and annotated programs. Over 300 teachers attended 12 regional workshops. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/hsie/ index.htm> MakingCents is an award winning financial literacy resource, with its own self-assessment, for students in Stages 1, 2 and 3. Teacher professional development is also available on the MakingCents website. Developed in partnership with Citigroup and YWCA NSW. <www.makingcents.com.au> Video resources were developed for:

Support in the key learning areas

Aboriginal education perspectives (Uncle Bob Randall) Stage 6 Modern History Simulated School Certificate marking (Geography). <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/hsie/ video/index.htm>

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International Studies, a School Developed Board Endorsed Course to teach intercultural understanding, was evaluated and revised for implementation in 2010. 30 teachers attended the information and planning workshop. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/hsie/ international_studies/index.htm> A mock trial program for selected primary schools was organised in conjunction with the Bar Association of NSW. For information for 2010, contact brian.elliott@det.nsw.edu.au

Languages
Digital Education Revolution NSW support for Languages includes Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Korean. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/ languages/index.htm>

Campfire is an interactive, digital resource supporting NSW Aboriginal languages. While designed specifically for Stage 4 of the Aboriginal Languages syllabus, sections are useful for other Stages or to support Aboriginal Studies. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ languages/languages/aboriginal/campfire/index.htm>

Mathematics
Digital Education Revolution NSW support for mathematics provides resources that can be used with laptops, computers or interactive whiteboards in Stages 46. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/ mathematics/index.htm> The K6 Numeracy Continuum describes the progression of learning and conceptual development for the aspects of counting, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, place value, fractions, patterning and measurement. Syllabus links are provided. <https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/curr_support/beststart/2009/ bs_num_econt09.pdf> Quality teaching: Mathematics in the Middle Years (CD and DVDs) is a professional learning resource exploring strategies to engage students and aid understanding, as well as the use of lesson study. Available only through regional workshops. Contact <ray.macarthur@det.nsw.edu.au>

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New support for teaching and learning PDHPE

Digital Education Revolution - NSW support for PDHPE focuses on topics in the Stage 5 syllabus. Introductory online courses will be available in 2010. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/pdhpe/ index.htm> Live Life Well @ School is a school change program for K6 that addresses healthy weight and physical activity. Over 400 schools and over 1,000 teachers have participated in this joint DET and NSW Health initiative. Professional learning and funding support provided. Further information: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/primary/pdhpe/ prolearn/live_life001.htm> Register for 2010 on: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/prolearn10/ semester_1/p_pdhpe.htm> The Road Safety Education program, funded by the Roads Traffic Authority, provided consultancy support to more than 400 schools in 2009. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/road/ index.htm> New sexual health education support materials, developed in conjunction with NSW Health, are available on: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/sexual_health/ index.htm> Support for syllabus and assessment changes to the Stage 6 PDHPE course was provided through regional workshops. Some materials can be found at: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/pdhpe/ pdhpestage6/index.htm>

Support in the key learning areas

Some support materials from regional workshops on PDHPE and ICT are available at: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/pdhpe/ crosscurriculum/ict/index.htm> Twenty four schools participated in the PDHPE Middle Years project.

State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010

New support for teaching and learning Science

Digital Education Revolution - NSW resources for Science were developed for Stage 5 and for Stage 6 subjects. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/ science/index.htm>

The Living Knowledge: Indigenous Knowledge in science education website, developed in conjunction with the Australian National University, features case studies, teaching ideas and resources. <livingknowledge.anu.edu.au/>

A series of 16 video presentations and vodcasts of scientists, discussing issues relating to Climate Change, were streamed live for National Science Week and are available on: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ science/downloads/scweek.htm> A series of video presentations and vodcasts with scientists, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, are available at: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ science/downloads/evolution.htm> This Stage 4/5 resource on electricity includes content, practical activities and learning objects, with animations. Developed through the support of Energy Australia. <www.highschoolresource.energyaustralia.com.au/> Resources supporting food-related science topics in Stage 6 Senior Science, Biology and Chemistry were developed in partnership with the Institute of Food Science and Technology. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ science/11_12/aifstresources/index.htm>

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New support for teaching and learning Technology and Applied Studies
Digital Education Revolution NSW support for Technology targets seven Stage 5 elective subjects. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/ technology/index.htm> New sample teaching programs were developed to reflect syllabus changes to Stage 6 Technology electives. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ technology/11_12/index.htm> Regional workshops were conducted in: Laptops for learning in Technology subjects Strategies for teaching Science and Technology HSC simulation marking (piloted by video conference in some country regions) Advanced multimedia: Teaching digital media in Technology subjects Quality teaching in Technology 78 Animals and agriculture teaching Spacewise: Built environment in Technology 78 Stage 6 Industrial Technology syllabus support. Making Tracks Schools Engineering Challenge is a new real life project-based learning program for students in Year 10 Industrial Arts Engineering. Developed and implemented with the support of RailCorp. 228 students participated in its inaugural year. Further information and 2010 registration at: <www.makingtracks.nsw.gov.au> Farmgate is a resource, featuring innovative use of Microsoft OneNote, supporting Stage 5 Agriculture. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/ technology/agriculture/index.htm>

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State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010

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Support for cross curriculum areas

Aboriginal Education
Creative Arts
<www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ creativearts/stages4_5/music/index.htm>

HSIE
<www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/hsie/ video/index.htm>

Integrated Learning
<www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/cogs_s4/units/ index.htm>

Languages
<www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ languages/languages/aboriginal/campfire/index.htm>

Science
<livingknowledge.anu.edu.au/>

Assessment and Reporting

New reporting software, linked to ERN and offering excellent new features, is now reliable and fast, as well as free. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/timetoteach/ report/new.htm>

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New support for teaching and learning Early years

Best Start enables K2 teachers to give all students their best ever opportunity to be on track in literacy and numeracy by Year 3. $117 million in funding over the next four years.

Best Start

Literacy continuum
<https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/curr_support/beststart/ 2009/lit_cont_bs.pdf>

Numeracy continuum
<https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/curr_support/beststart/2009/ bs_num_econt09.pdf>

Professional learning
<www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/beststart/assess. htm>

Additional Reading Recovery teachers

<www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/earlyyears/ reading_recovery/index.htm>

A new early numeracy intervention program

<www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/beststart/ten/ index.htm>

Additional Literacy and Numeracy Leaders

<www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/beststart/litnum. htm>

Lighthouse Project
<www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/beststart/ lighthouse/index.htm>

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State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010

New support for teaching and learning Environmental Education

Curriculum support for environmental and sustainability education has been enhanced by additional resources, new website structuring and improved navigation. It includes curriculum advice for all KLAs, policy implementation advice and school environmental management support. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/env_ed/index.htm> 25 professional learning workshops supported 392 teachers to develop and document their School Environmental Management Plan, using the Sustainable Schools website. <www.sustainableschools.nsw.edu.au> The Climate Clever Energy Savers program, established in 2009, will enable 233 primary and secondary teachers to facilitate studentdirected, sustainability learning projects in 2010. Professional learning and funding support provided. Further applications invited in 2010 for 2011. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/env_ed/programs/ savers/index.htm> Resources and units of work for primary Science and Technology or secondary Stage 5 Geography also assist in developing submissions for the National Solar Schools program. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/env_ed/programs/ solar/index.htm>

Gifted and Talented Education

Professional learning support materials and KLA teaching and learning resources, developed to support the new partially selective high schools, will be of interest to every teacher wanting to cater for gifted students in their classroom.

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<www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/gats/ programs/curric_ideas/index.htm>

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New support for teaching and learning ICT

Digital Education Revolution - NSW is a new site focusing on support for quality teaching with laptop computers. A wide range of KLA teaching materials, professional learning activities and handy links to practical tips and useful websites. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/index. htm> Ideas on assessment strategies possible through the use of laptops are also available: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/ assessment/index.htm> 1,171 quality assured Links4Learning, delivered to support DER NSW and connected learning K12, are available online and through My library (portal) or the OASIS Web Enquiry browser. Links are available for all KLAs and subjects 712, as well as for Information skills, Reference and a teachers digital toolkit K12. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/ libraries/index.htm> The new website, Connecting learning in my primary classroom, consolidates and builds on resources to support quality teaching with digital technologies in interactive K6 classrooms. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/connected/>
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Integrated Learning COGS - Primary

All the COGs units have been revised. Each unit has a web page with links to resources for assessment, programming and teaching. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/connected/cogs/ pedogogy/index.htm>

Integrated Learning COGS - Secondary

Secondary teachers can design effective, integrated, cross-curriculum units of work for Stage 4 students, ensuring curriculum connections made between subjects are connected to syllabus outcomes and content, and maintain subject integrity. Teacher guide and sample units at: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/cogs_s4/index. htm> Double Trouble, developed in collaboration with the Australian Childrens Television Foundation, is a new cross-curriculum resource for teachers and students of English, arts and PDHPE. Based on the series created by Indigenous film company CAAMA, this resource has more than 50 videoclips and hundreds of interactive student activities. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/double/index.htm>
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New support for teaching and learning Literacy

An introduction to quality literacy teaching describes the essential components of quality literacy teaching and has relevance for teachers across the stages of schooling and across learning areas. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/literacy/ material/guides/index.htm>

Literacy Teaching Guide: Phonics provides clear advice to teachers on why and how to explicitly teach phonics as part of a balanced literacy program. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/literacy/ material/guides/index.htm>

Literacy Teaching Guide: Phonemic Awareness provides clear advice to teachers on why and how to explicitly teach phonemic awareness as part of a balanced literacy program. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/literacy/ material/guides/index.htm>

Videos, produced for National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2009, have relevance for school communities K10. Literacy across the Curriculum Rich Talk about Text Talk around Text Tutoring: Collaborative approaches to assisted reading Literacy Learning and Technology Parent Education and Literacy What is NAPLAN? Supporting Young Childrens Literacy Development Teaching Narrative Writing.

<www.nlnw.nsw.edu.au/events.htm> The Literacy on Track program has been fully revised. Regional facilitators provide an intensive, year-long professional learning program to improve literacy teaching and learning K6. Contact your local region for availability in 2010. Further information at: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/literacy/ program/lit_track/index.htm>
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New support for teaching and learning Numeracy

The Count Me In Too website has been fully revised and provides teaching resources and student activities, along with information for teachers and parents, to support the implementation of this internationally recognised early numeracy program. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/countmein/index. htm> The Counting On website has been substantially revised with additional information, teaching resources and student activities to support this middle years numeracy program. <https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/curr_support/maths/counting_ on/> Videos, produced for National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2009, have relevance for school communities K10. Maths in the real world Numeracy in the home Teaching the empty line Understanding the empty number line Critical numeracy in context Everyday numeracy K4 (for parents) Why use maths? <www.nlnw.nsw.edu.au/events.htm>

Studies of Asia
New projects, programs, workshops, resources and ideas support the goal of Asia literacy for all students. <www.accessasia.edu.au> <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/hsie/ access_asia/index.htm>

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Program and service support

Civics and Citizenship
Weblinks, new resources and a host of activities, such as workshops for 600 teachers and school tours of Parliament House by 2500 students, along with grants to 90 schools, promote understandings and skills in civics and citizenship. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/hsie/ crosscurriculum/civics/index.htm>

Creative Arts
Funding and assistance with the development of educational support materials are provided to NSW Arts organisations: Bell Shakespeare <www.bellshakespeare.com.au/> Flying Fruitfly Circus <www.fruitflycircus.com.au/> Musica Viva <www.musicaviva.com.au/education/home> Sydney Opera House <www.sydneyoperahouse.com/> Sydney Theatre Company <sydneytheatre.com.au/> Theatre of Image <www.theatreofimage.com.au/>

Curriculum Leadership
Modules on curriculum leadership are included in most major professional learning/school change programs.

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New support for teaching and learning Curriculum update

ulum S uppor t C urricfor teaching in KLAs 712
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The newsletter, Curriculum Support, was produced each term for each secondary KLA and primary curriculum to update teachers on syllabus changes, new research, teaching ideas and good web links and resources. Curriculum Support is changing to an e-newsletter in 2010. RSS feeds are also available through the Curriculum Support website. Back issues can be seen at: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/services/csn/ index.htm>

ulum S uppor t for Primary teachers

English
The Premiers Reading Challenge promotes a love of reading and quality literature. Over 180,000 students participated in 2009. Information on how to make the best use of the program, access to students online reading records and comprehensive booklists are available on the website: <www.schools.nsw.edu.au/premiersreadingchallenge>

Gifted and Talented Education

126 teachers participated in GATS Online, a 12 week training course in quality GATS teaching and learning, blending workshops, online learning, small group collaboration and mentoring. For information about enrolment in 2010, contact: <angela.chessman@det.nsw.edu.au>

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New support for teaching and learning HSC Online

New materials were added to HSC Online, particularly where course prescriptions have changed. HSC Online covers 50 courses for Year 12. Study guides were also developed for each subject and published on the site and in The Sydney Morning Herald. HSC Online is a joint program of the DET and Charles Sturt University. <www.hsc.csu.edu.au/>

Languages
Support for Languages Other Than English in 2009 included: Community languages programs, benefitting 54,000 students in 151 schools For information, contact: <nina.conomos@det.nsw.edu.au> Consultancy services in Aboriginal languages and, with the support of overseas governments, in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish Regional conferences, attended by 300 languages teachers. For information about 2010 courses: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/prolearn10/ semester_1/s_languages.htm> The Saturday School of Community Languages, attended by 4,500 students <www.schools.nsw.edu.au/gotoschool/types/ communityschools.php> The Japanese Language Centre, visited by 3000 students from 113 schools <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ languages/japanese/nihongocentre/index.htm>

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New support for teaching and learning National Partnership Literacy & Numeracy
This resource for schools involved in the National Partnership on Literacy and Numeracy assists in planning and meets the National Partnership priorities of: effective, evidence-based teaching strong leadership and whole school engagement with literacy and numeracy processes to monitor school and student performance to identify when support is needed. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/national/index. htm> Focus on Reading 36 is an intensive professional learning program to support the explicit teaching of the key aspects of reading in the middle and upper primary years, namely comprehension, vocabulary and fluency. Developed for schools involved in the National Partnership Literacy and Numeracy, schools should contact their local region to see if Focus on Reading 36 will be more widely available in 2010. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/national/ programs/literacy/index.htm> Taking Off With Numeracy (class) and Taking Off With Numeracy (student) are a new intensive professional learning program and individual intervention program addressing Years 36. Developed for schools involved in the National Partnership Literacy and Numeracy, other interested schools should check with their region whether these programs will be more widely available in 2010. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/national/faqs/ index.htm>

Premiers Student Volunteering Awards

Guidelines, resources and software have been developed for the Student Volunteering and Service Learning program, incorporating the NSW Premiers Student Volunteering Awards, which will be open to all Year 910 students in 2010. A pilot in 2009 confirmed benefits for students, communities and schools. Professional support and funding are available. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/volunteering>

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New support for teaching and learning Professional learning

In addition to the development of professional learning programs and support materials, 459 workshops attended by 7832 teachers were conducted in regions in areas of curriculum priority for which regional consultants were not available. For information on courses in Semester 1, 2010, go to: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/prolearn10/index. htm>

School Libraries & Information Literacy

Raps and book raps are online, interactive teaching and learning adventures, hosting discussion, via a blog, about a resource or topic. Teaching ideas and student activities are provided. Four raps were held in 2009, involving over 350 class groups and schools. <www.schools.nsw.edu.au/raps/index.htm> The central cataloguing of resources frees teacher librarians to focus on being TEACHER librarians. In 2009, the SCIS team catalogued 13,562 resources (books, websites etc.) and processed over 9,975 resources received from schools for cataloguing.

Resource reviews assist schools to choose resources that meet their teaching and learning needs. Over 1,200 resources, including websites, were reviewed and published on the online database and in Scan in 2009. <www.schools.nsw.edu.au/resourcereviews/> New resources for teaching information skills in context, including with digital resources suitable for use with IWBs, are available in the ISP K6 matrix. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/ teachingideas/isp/k_6/tablecogs.htm> The future of school libraries in the digital age was the focus of a sustained, online discussion, moderated by Dr Ross Todd, Director, Centre for International Scholarship in School Libraries, Rutgers University, USA and Lyn Hay, lecturer in teacher-librarianship, Charles Sturt University. A report with recommendations will be published in Scan and online. Background reading and other information at: <schoollibraries21c.edublogs.org/>

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New support for teaching and learning School Magazine

40 issues of The School Magazine were published: ten issues each of four titles catering to children of different age and ability levels. The titles provide a diverse mix of short stories, poems, plays, fables, nonfiction articles, puzzles, cartoons and activities, all illustrated by leading Australian artists. By subscription: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/services/ schoolmagazine/>

The School Magazine Teaching Units, published with every issue, assist teachers to use The School Magazine to enhance their literacy program. Each Teaching Unit contains four class sessions with accompanying student worksheets. By subscription: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/services/ schoolmagazine/teachingunits/index.htm>

The School Magazine Notes and Resources for Teachers provide detailed guides about how to teach the verbal and visual elements of the poetry, stories and nonfiction text types that are found in The School Magazine. By subscription: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/services/ schoolmagazine/notes/index.htm>

Bookshelf 2010 allows teachers to read/download the titles, bibliographic information and short reviews for each of the 40 books, from a range of genres, that The School Magazine reviews in the course of the school year. By subscription:

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New support for teaching and learning Science

Science EXPOsed, an annual two day event showcasing careers and opportunities in science, attracted 2000 Year 9 students in 2009. Science EXPOsed is a partnership venture between the DET and the NSW Office for Science and Medical Research. <www.osmr.nsw.gov.au/scienceexposed> The 2009 vodcast series produced for Rediscovering Science - Young Tall Poppies, an annual event for K12 students and teachers promoting careers and opportunities in science, can be seen at: <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ science/downloads/videoconf.htm> A new website has been developed to assist schools where science facilities are being upgraded through the Building Better Schools program. <www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/ science/learning/upgrade/index.htm>

Technology
Thousands of students participated in Kids Design Challenge (KDC) programs. Each Challenge, supported by an industry partner, provides real world learning experiences for students and includes professional learning for teachers. Go 4 Grains Challenge explores nutrition (1,018 Stage 34 students in 2009) KDC NRMA TechnoPush explores aspects of energy, movement and vehicle design (2,250 Stage 3-4 students in 2009) KDC Sydney Water Built Environment explores the built environment (1,870 students in Stage 2 and a pilot Stage 4 program) KDC for Little Kids, a new Challenge, that explores sustainability and recycling (1,600 Stage 1 students) <www.kdc.nsw.edu.au>

Zoo education
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92,945 public school students participated in tours, outreach programs, workshops and special programs led by education officers at Taronga Zoo and Taronga Western Plain Zoos. Special conservation programs, in which students become community experts, included Project Penguin, Project Boorolong (frog) and Project Regent Honeyeater. <www.taronga.org.au/tcsa/education.aspx>

State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010

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