Quote of the week
22 May 2016
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
― Émile Zola
Make some noise in your world this week!
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22 May 2016
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
― Émile Zola
Make some noise in your world this week!
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20 May 2016
Our quote of the day! Author unknown. Enjoy.
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17 May 2016
A strong argument is that it's not the spending, but where the money is spent that makes a difference. Both parties are promising more spending and there is strong evidence that individuals with more education do better economically, but where is the spending best placed?
This article gives the Asian examples of Korea and China, where less money is spent per capita on education, but the outcomes are better. In these countries, they invest more heavily into teachers. Is it this simple? Read the article here
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14 May 2016
In the devastating results of cutting some $90million from the Australia Council, many of our best small and medium companies have not been funded. Read the article in Arts Hub here, detailing which companies have received and which have lost, in this latest funding round.
Image: MOTH from Arena Theatre Company, a Melbourne based theatre company for young people. Their reputation, established over 50 years, did not save them from Australia Council defunding.
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13 May 2016
SFS had the pleasure of catching Carl Ahlers, aka Professor Bunsen, in full flight at Essendon Primary School recently. So many fab experiments drawn together to illustrate just how the world works. The Year 3/4 students loved it. The teachers loved it and I learned alot!
Organising teacher Kiran Money (pictured above with the Professor and her class) said it was the best day she'd had this year!
See Professor Bunsen's show detail here. For Secondary and Primary students.
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12 May 2016
The latest offering from award-winning producer, Garry Ginivan Attractions, opened today.
"Amazing show, thank you so much" from teacher Kirstie Briggs who organised 242 Prep to Yr 2 kids from Balwyn Primary to see it. Thank YOU Kirstie. What an effort!
See another Balwyn Primary teacher, Rachel, commenting on our Shows For Schools Facebook Page
Plaudits to GGA who continue to produce high quality music theatre shows for children. It was a terrific adaptation, with a cast of very talented performers, great sets and cossies and enough interaction to keep the kids engaged. It's not an easy thing to make a show from picture books, but this one manages to be true to the originals while creating a fast moving, entertaining show with alot of heart. We even shed a tear toward the end.
It was the first excursion for the preps from Balwyn Primary, we're so glad they loved it so much. Maybe a new generation of theatre goers was created today. Thanks teachers!
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10 May 2016
Author of the series beginning There's A Hippopotamus On Our Roof Eating Cake, Hazel Edwards, went to a rehearsal run of the show last weekend. Her reaction?
"Thrilled.
To have your ideas taken into another medium, and done so well, is the ultimate compliment for an author."
Hazel has written an article expressing how it feels to see your work translated to a different form. See below
Image: Hazel Edwards on the set of There's A Hippopotamus On Our Roof Eating Cake with Keisha, who plays The Girl
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8 May 2016
Image: from Possum Magic, written by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas
Possum Magic and One Little Boy
It's often hard to know what impact taking students to see a show has on them. Send us in any reactions you know about. Here's a story where the impact was very clear, from Garry Ginivan of Garry Ginivan Attractions (GGA)
Since it's first production by GGA in 1993, Possum Magic has played to over one million Australians. This is the story of just one.
"In 2008, we were touring Possum Magic again. In Gladstone, in Queensland, there were some students from a special school in the audience. One little boy in a wheelchair had shown no reaction to anything for 2 years. During the show, he started to smile, by the end of the show, he was dancing in his wheelchair. All the accompanying teachers were in tears. They couldn't believe it, they'd never seen him even smile before. That's why we know about it. They were so moved, they told the crew and theatre staff and there were lots of photos taken. Makes it all worthwhile.
Ed: Thanks Garry! Send us more stories. This year GGA are touring There's A Hippopotamus On Our Roof Eating Cake
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4 May 2016
The Liberal party have realised that cutting funding to Education, their previous approach, will not sit with the electorate. They have increased funding to $1.2 billion over 2 years between 2018 - 2020, but this is significantly less than the $4.5 billion Labour promised to implement the Gonski reforms.
There have been continued devastating cuts to higher education and some funding for performance based teaching which has never been shown to work.
It seems better than it could have been. Let's see what the Opposition reply is.
Read expert analysis here
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