Enjoy our last month of Autumn!
2 May 2015
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30 April 2015
Check this incredible performance of grace and concentration. Forgive that it's on a reality tv program and the Facebook comments.
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29 April 2015
In a fascinating article about the impact of being bilingual, one conclusion was that people think differently when they speak different languages. This follows research that has already shown that being bilingual is akin to brain training, keeping the mind flexible and protecting against dementia.
Read the article here
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28 April 2015
The annual tests will happen on 12, 13 and 14 May. From 2017, NAPLAN will be delivered online on an opt-in basis until 2019 when all students will take it on-line. Makes alot of sense!
In 2016, NAPLAN will be aligned with the Australian Curriculum. How novel.
Good luck everyone!
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27 April 2015
The UK Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award is an international award with the richest cash prize - thirty thousand pounds ($A58,243). The winner, Yiyun Li grew up in Beijing and has lived in the US since 1996. The competition started in 2010 and she is the first female winner.
Her story, A Sheltered Woman, tells the story of a Chinese-American nanny hired to spend a month and no more supporting a new mother and her baby; trying to keep detached from the emotional turmoil around her, she is also entrapped by her own past. A story of an outsider and the falseness of self-imposed isolation, it was first published in The New Yorker in March 2014.
Read the story here
Read an interview with Yiyun Li in the New Yorker
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26 April 2015
WAAPA is offering a 3 hour masterclass for students of 15 years + on how to audition. Offered in Perth in September, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in July. Check out this and other WAAPA workshops and short courses here
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25 April 2015
This time in Adelaide. Expressions of interest for the CANS graffiti art program thru Carclew close this Sunday 26 April. 9 places for young artists 18 - 26 to attend workshop, paint a wall and see it displayed in Victoria Square in the CBD.
Details here
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24 April 2015
Part of the Melbourne Art Trams initiative - 8 Victorian residents will get a tram, including an artist under 25 years. Last year it was Year 12 school student, Callum Croker. Not only was that brilliant, but he also won The Melbourne Festival Art Trams People's Choice Award for his tram and $5000 . What a great project! That should inspire more school kids to apply!
Express your interest here. Closes Friday May 29.
Image: Emerging artist Callum Croker, and his work - Parrot Tulip Tram.
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23 April 2015
Yes, he does seem to have become Saint Shakespeare and the biggest tourist attraction in the UK. There is no record of him attending school, the two daughters of this hero of the English language were illiterate and presumably he owed no books, because there were none left in his will. His contribution is actually not clear at all, but excessive claims are taken as gospel. Did he coin 8,429 new words (or is it 11,396? Or 7,298?). It's more than likely his plays were a collaborative effort and his genius could well have been as an entrepreneur (which there is evidence for), rather than being the father of the English language.
If you can cope with further sacrilege - read the article by William Leahy, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Brunel University London.
That said, I'm very pleased we have "his" work and "his" contribution to theatre and the English language!!
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21 April 2015
The rest of the nation's schools are now in Term 2 - except for you guys.
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18 April 2015
Bruce is an inspired choice for the award. He is Artistic Director of Back to Back Theatre, based in Geelong, Victoria. What great work he's made in collaboration with the ensemble over the past 15 years or more. The enduring quality and challenge of their work is reflected in international demand - Ganesh versus The Third Reich has performed in over 30 cities, Small Metal Objects has been touring for 10 years. Back to Back have performed to more people than any other Australian theatre company, including the big ones!
Watch Stephen Armstrong's speech about Bruce's contribution and Bruce's reply here
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17 April 2015
Studies from various parts of the globe suggest diet in teenagers affects mental ability. Students who eat a diet rich in vegetables and low in saturated fats do better. Having breakfast is important too. One study of diets of 14 year olds in Western Australia diets predicted performance of the students at 17 years. These studies aren't a surprise, but I guess for all of us pushing "good eating habits" it's a relief that the science seems to be supporting it.
Read the full article in The Conversation, here
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