Association spotlight: Bega Teachers Association
26 May 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
The meetings are enjoyable events, during which we are able to socialise and network with colleagues in our association.
Book reviews
19 May 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
How the Sun Got to Coco’s House, No One is Too Small to Make a Difference, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
Film
20 March 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
As acclaimed historian Henry Reynolds, old friends and I began asking: “Why weren’t we told?”, as it gradually dawned on us that our Cootamundra High School classmates from the Aboriginal Home had been part of the Stolen Generation.
Theatre reviews
6 March 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
The Campaign, Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam, The Deep Blue Sea
Association spotlight: Newcastle Teachers Association
6 March 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in NSW with 322,300 citizens.
Book reviews
5 March 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
How the Queen Found the Perfect Cup of Tea, Saga, Teacher for Justice, Celebrating Difference
Book review
10 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
A First Book of Animals, The Godwits, The Extraordinary Life of a Migratory Bird, Queer, There and Everywhere and If I was your Girl
Workplace contacts
9 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Bridget Poon’s experience during the campaign against voluntary student unionism of the mid-2000s whet her appetite for unions and the collective voice.
Paper Plane
7 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
This time of year is filled with uncertainty. New teachers have been appointed but only the interview panel has met them and colleagues you’ve become close friends with are moving on to other schools.
Association Spotlight: St George Teachers Association
6 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Across the Association there are teachers with a broad range of teaching experience, including a significant number of temporary/casual teachers.
Theatre Review
6 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
One of the great and many joys of theatre are the different journeys it can take.
Retired Teachers Association news
6 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
The Retired Teachers Association congratulates Australian students who have taken part in positive action for climate change.
Film
3 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Sorry We Missed You, Mrs Lowry and Son, Fisherman’s Friends,Judy and Punch and Knives Out
Paper Plane
10 November 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Entering a primary classroom for a secondary teacher can be quite confronting. In my new job, I am working across both primary and secondary and last week found myself taking a grade 2 class for a lesson.
Retired Teachers Association news
9 November 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
The Retired Teachers Association strongly condemns Prime Minister Scott Morrison for his November announcement of federal legislation to ban protests.
Film reviews
8 November 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
The Report, Pain and Glory, Pavarotti, Judy, Ride Like a Girl and Promised
Association Spotlight: Armidale Teachers Association
7 November 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
The best thing our Association has done in the past five years has been to win employment protections for our high school teachers.