18 July 2016

Teachers in NSW enjoy your pupil free day. You SA bods can savour your holiday!

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16 July 2016

 Congratulations to Louise Hearman, winner of this year's Archibald with her superb portrait of Barry Humphries, simply entitled “Barry." 

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16 July 2016

Solidarity with the people of Nice, and the world, directly affected by the massacre.  

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15 July 2016

Emerging artists in SA ( people under 26 years) can apply for Development Grants through Carclew. Writers,visual artists, musicians, dancers and actors have been successful this round. Check out the recipients here.

Next round of applications in January next year. Plan ahead! Application details here

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14 July 2016

On July 14, 1789, troops stormed the Bastille - a pivotal event at the beginning of the French Revolution and their independence from monarchy.

It gives pause for thought that The First Fleet arrived here in January 1788. One year earlier than the storming of the Bastille. 

The French have been independant ( more or less) from the start of our colonisation!

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12 July 2016

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11 July 2016

Let's see what happens with the Government arts and education policies, post election.

One area, that of the Early Childhood workforce, was only addressed by Labour, pre-election. It's of great concern that a recent survey of 1200 early educators across Australia found 1 in 5 were planning to leave the profession.

Reasons can be summarised as low pay (it's a 94% female dominated sector), feeling undervalued and increasing time on administrative tasks.

Early childhood experience should be a great foundation for learning. Let's start appropriately valuing those who do this important work.

Read the whole article in The Conversation

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10 July 2016

What it's like to be an actor in an in-school touring company.

By Daniel Hickie, Australia Playhouse

I’m touring with Australia Playhouse. We’re doing two shows. #TheFairestOfThemAll in primary schools and Shakespeare: As You Write It in secondary schools. But sometimes, its seems like we’re doing other tours as well.

A national tour of high fives, for example. A national tour of extravagant in-show countdowns. A national tour of waving, of laughing, of learning names, writing down names, remembering names, only to forget the names learnt with the sunrise of a new week.

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8 July 2016

Enjoy your last weekday sleepin for a while!

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4 July 2016

If you don't have a word for a feeling, are you less aware of feeling it?

Probably, says Tim Lomas, Lecturer in Applied Positive Psychology , University of East London. He has started collecting words from other languages that don't exist in English. You can go here, check them out and add some of yours.

Perhaps it's time for us to come up with a word for the current political situation! Read the whole article here

Below a few words from other languages that we liked:

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3 July 2016

As we wait for the clear outcome of our election, Britain is in such politcal turmoil that an Italian newspaper (Corriere Della Serra) said

" England's usually sleepy politics have turned into a spaghetti western"

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2 July 2016

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