What's coming to town?
Feb 14, 2017
There a quite a few shows touring into theatres around the country and also some incursion groups who do interstate tours. One switched on teacher in Whyalla heard the Indonesian puppet master, Sumardi (image above) was going to another local school and contacted us to squeeze his school in, too. Piggy backing is the way to go!
How do you know what's coming? Do a search on our homepage just by your postcode, for both incursions and excursions.
Flying Bookworm Theatre - primary and secondary incursions
There are very few incursion companies catering both to primary and secondary students. One is Flying Bookworm Theatre, who encourage delight in English and Drama for all audiences, though their focus is more for secondary students.
Touring is to Qld, NSW, ACT and Victor
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Years 7 -9 - how to foster engagement
Research shows students beginning high school suffer, not just for a short time, but they often, lose confidence, are less inclined to be engaged or persevere. Students became more worried and sad, feeling less happiness and optimism and these feelings can last for years.
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Naplan - scores similar but low participation in NT
We're sure teachers will have a better read of the scores, but they seem roughly the same as previously.
What really stands out to us is -
- The low participation of NT students and also that
- Despite Victorian teachers dissatisfaction, scores of Victorian students was either hig