5 September 2018
We have an occasional series celebrating some of our favourite show images, there's so many to choose from.
We love this pic of The Season by Nathan Maynard. Sadly, finished now.
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3 September 2018
If you're looking for an event to brighten the end of this term or next, please book soon. Many teachers are already planning well ahead and booking for 2019 already.
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30 August 2018
Continuing a decades old tradition of launching fabulous comedians, this year's Revue - The Cake. At The Guild Theatre, Melbourne Uni.
Directed by two of last year's stars - Isabelle Knight and Maddy Savage
And should we mention Isabelle worked with our marketing team??
Go here to buy tickets.
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26 August 2018
Scott Morrison is putting together a new cabinet over this weekend. The current Education Minister, Simon Birmingham (image left), a moderate, is at risk of losing both his porfolio and position in cabinet.
We'll find out the answer this week and start predicting the Minister's impact on this vital sector.
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23 August 2018
Search the SFS website using any number of filters.
Maybe start with your postcode and the year level of your students and see what's available to you.
Or if you have a particular theme, but in a keyword into the search.
Lots of ways to find exactly what you want.
Image: Dätiwuy Dreaming, Musica Viva in Schools (ACT)
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22 August 2018
For those of you in Victoria, get down to beautiful Apollo Bay this weekend for the second and final Winter Wild Festival weekend.
SFS went to the first weekend - it was world class. Great free events outdoors, music in the pubs and top bands.
This weekend's theme of Birth sees a brilliant feast of local produce Feastiality made even more delectable by cabaret performances on Friday 24th August. It kicks off with a Bouillabaise, from locally caught seafood, being cooked in a cauldron on the foreshore then meanders to the Mech Hall for more delights.
Enjoy a techno and electronic music extravaganza at Moksha - audience will be bussed to a country property.
Or enjoy Outdoor Cinema.
See all here
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20 August 2018
Good spatial skills are linked to good maths skills which are a better predictor of school success than reading or social-emotional skills.
Ok - so how to encourage good spatial skills in young children?
1. Play with blocks not just for the manipulation of the blocks but also it develops the use of spatial language.
2. Use spatial language eg when asking kids to tidy up, be specific, " put the lego in the box on the toyshelf"
3. Play with jigsaws. Not surprisingly, working out where the pieces go involves alot of rotating and visualisation of how missing pieces might look.
4. Use and create maps. What's more fun than a treasure hunt map? Giving children an idea of how to spatially represented and shown in scale .
5. Encourage children to gesture to show how things move, model objects and point to locations.
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16 August 2018
In a perfect programming timing, during Science Week, Black Swan State Theatre Company's SKYLAB opens today and runs to 2 Sept. Details
Near Nowra? Don't miss Circus Oz in Model Citizens at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre. Schools show on Friday 24 August. Details
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15 August 2018
This year National Science Week runs August 11 - 19.
Hope you're having fun with it at school.
Quite a few events on SFS have science themes - though it may be a bit late to book.
Why not plan ahead and book an event for World Space Week (4 - 10 October)? Check out Dreamer in Space. Advertised for primaries, but the show is ageless.
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9 August 2018
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8 August 2018
Live more than 200km away from Sydney Opera House or Arts Centre Melbourne?? if yes, then you're eligible to have the show livestreamed to your classroom. No tyranny of distance now.
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