Your workplace contact
5 November 2021
Section: Member’s Voice
I am lucky to teach at a school that has a fairly harmonious working environment. Everyone is quite supportive of one another.
Books
2 November 2021
Section: Member’s Voice
This multi-award-winning book has some wonderfully funny photos that offer a perfect complement to the succinct, humorous text.
Books
2 November 2021
Section: Member’s Voice
Migrants is a thought-provoking story that narrates the journey of migration but told without words.
Film
28 October 2021
Section: Member’s Voice
The following films had their cinema release compromised by the Delta lockdown. They are all worthy viewing, so hopefully will pop up somewhere soon, either in the cinema or on a streaming service.
Theatre
3 October 2021
Section: Member’s Voice
Despite many attempts on its life over thousands of years, the performing arts have survived.
Tips for teaching students with a refugee background
24 June 2021
Section: Member’s Voice
So many refugee children have missed out on the opportunity to play and be kids, so allowing time for developmental play or structured play helps to teach social skills, problem solving, responsive talk, conflict resolution and role play for debriefs.
Books and videos to look out for
11 December 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
Books and videos to look out for
Book Reviews
1 December 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
Bad Girls Throughout History, Fight Like a Girl and Yassmin’s Story
Film reviews
1 December 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
Honey Boy, The Peanut Butter Falcon, The Leunig Fragments, Undertow, A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, The Biggest Little Farm
Association spotlight: Dubbo Teachers’ Association
30 November 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
In 2017, Dubbo held its first Pride march for LGBTIQ people in the area. Our association was privileged to design and commission a flag to march in the parade with teachers dressed in rainbow.
Book Reviews
31 October 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
The 57 Bus is a true story of two young people whose paths cross one day with significant impact.
Your say: Teachers should be educating prison inmates
29 September 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
The Black Lives Matter movement has exposed the divisions of racism globally.
Profile: Gwabegar Public School
14 September 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
Gwabegar Public School is an 8-point school located in the heart of the Pilliga Forest, the oasis in the scrub, in the state’s north-west and is 250 kilometres north of Dubbo.
Your say: Learn from our First Peoples
26 August 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
This is an appeal to good Australians; people with good hearts and open minds who want a better future for our children and grandchildren.
Book reviews
14 August 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
The Hollow Tree, Booms, Busts & Bushfires and Who’s Minding the Farm
Theatre reviews
13 August 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
If times were normal, I would be driving home from Sydney after seeing two shows. I would also be writing about seven shows I had seen since my last column.
Association spotlight: Batemans Bay Teachers’ Association
4 August 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
The immediate area of Batemans Bay, which is part of the Eurobodalla Shire with an overall population estimated in excess of 37,000, only has approximately 1500 residents.