Creative Arts 7-12 SWSR meeting

When: Wednesday, March 31⋅3:30 – 4:45pm

Location: Creative Arts Statewide Staffroom - Microsoft Teams

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Description:T1 W10 2021 meeting

Course title: Educational Standards: Curriculum Secondary Learners – Creative arts statewide staffroom meeting
Identifier: NR29300

Registration is essential.
During this session teachers will be provided with professional learning based on gap analyses of the Learning from Home website, gathered in the statewide staffroom’s teacher professional learning needs survey and Curriculum Secondary Learners priorities. Each statewide staffroom meeting focuses on NESA updates, resource, professional learning, curriculum updates and development. These meetings provide opportunities for teachers to engage with curriculum advisors and officers in the Creative arts for direct response relating to the delivery of the syllabuses in their classroom. This session will be viewed on Microsoft Stream in the Creative Arts statewide staffroom.

When: Wednesday, May 19, 3:30pm – 4:45pm

Where: Creative arts 7-12 statewide meeting - Zoom

Description: T2 W5 2021 statewide meeting

Course title: Educational Standards: Curriculum Secondary Learners – Creative arts statewide meeting
Identifier: NR29300

Registration is essential.
Open to all sectors through MyPL registration.

Addressing professional learning needs and Curriculum Secondary Learners priorities. Each statewide meeting focuses on NESA updates, resource, professional learning, curriculum updates and development. These meetings provide opportunities for teachers across all sectors to engage with curriculum advisors and officers in the Creative arts for direct response relating to the delivery of the syllabuses in their classroom.

Zoom meeting details can be found on MyPL after session enrolment.

Music - Composition soiree - Stage 6 Music 1

When: Wednesday, June 2, 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Where: Microsoft Teams (map)

Course title: Composition soiree - Stage 6 Music 1
Identifier: NR30257
Registration is essential

Description: This professional learning for teachers is one in a series of four composition workshops which will examine and unpack creativity in the music classroom in stages 4 to 6. In this session, highly experienced Stage 6 music teacher Ms Fatima de Assis will cover the requirements for HSC Music 1 core and elective composition, unpack what a composition portfolio should look like, whilst also providing an insight into the many creative ways to approach preliminary composition activities. This workshop will also examine how best to support our students with limited notation experience and troubleshoot technological challenges that may present themselves in the composition process. This 90 minute online session through Microsoft teams will conclude with question time from participants. 

The joining link will be available upon registration through MyPL.

 Music - Composition soiree - Stage 6 Music 2 and extension

When: Wednesday, June 9, 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Where: Microsoft Teams (map)

Course title: Composition soiree - Stage 6 Music 2 and extension

Identifier: NR30257
Registration is essential

Description: This professional learning for teachers is one in a series of four composition workshops which will examine and unpack creativity in the music classroom in stages 4 to 6. In this session, highly experienced composer and music educator Jim Coyle will cover the requirements for HSC Music 2 core and elective composition, HSC Music Extension elective, unpack what a composition portfolio should look like, whilst also providing an insight into the many creative ways to approach preliminary composition activities. This workshop will also examine how best to optimize student potential in the development of their composition skills, and how to provide constructive feedback. This 90 minute online session through Microsoft teams will conclude with question time from participants. 

The joining link will be available upon registration through MyPL.

Practice in Focus – a conversation with photographers

When: Wednesday, June 9, 4:00pm – 5:00pm

Where: Microsoft Teams (map)

Course title: Practice in Focus – a conversation with photographers

Identifier: NR30785
Registration is essential

Description: This course will provide opportunities to investigate and interpret the contemporary intersections between art and technology. This course provides teachers with the opportunity to engage directly with artists and experienced Visual Arts and Photographic and Digital Media educators to further develop their knowledge and understanding of contemporary photographic and digital artmaking practice, and to support their implementation of the syllabus with recently released resources.

The joining link will be available upon registration through MyPL.

Music - Composition soiree - Stage 5

When: Wednesday, June 16, 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Where: Microsoft Teams (map)

Course title: Composition soiree - Stage 5
Identifier: NR30258

Registration is essential

Description: This professional learning for teachers is one in a series of four composition workshops which will examine and unpack creativity in the music classroom in stages 4 to 6. In this session, highly experienced music educators including Mr James Humberstone and Mr Greg Thwaites, will explore a range of creative and innovative composition activities for the stage 5 music classroom that can be applied across a range of topics. This workshop will also examine how best to support our students with limited notation experience, how to integrate music technology successfully in the composition process, and most importantly, how to strive for optimal engagement in your teaching practice. This 90 minute online session through Microsoft teams will conclude with question time from participants. 

The joining link will be available upon registration through MyPL.

Ctrl Alt Shift – Animated Artworks

When: Wednesday, June 16, 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Where: Microsoft Teams (map)

Course title: Ctrl Alt Shift – Animated Artworks

Identifier: NR30786
Registration is essential

Description: This course will provide opportunities to investigate and interpret the contemporary intersections between art and technology. Through an exploration of practical activities teachers will participate in the creation of animated artworks developing skills in Photoshop for animation lessons. This course provides teachers with the opportunity to engage directly with experienced Visual Arts and Photographic and Digital Media educators to further develop their knowledge and understanding of contemporary photographic and digital artmaking practice, and to support their implementation of the syllabus with recently released resources. It will support teacher capacity and confidence in explicit teaching of techniques to enhance and improve student outcomes in Visual Arts and Photographic and Digital Media.

Participants will be guided through the process of creating a simple animation from found and appropriated images using the ‘timeline animation’ feature in Photoshop.

The joining link will be available upon registration through MyPL.

When: Monday, June 21, 3:30pm – 4:45pm

Where: Creative Arts Statewide Staffroom - Microsoft Teams (map)

Description: T2 W10 2021 meeting

Course title: Educational Standards: Curriculum Secondary Learners – Creative arts statewide staffroom meeting
Identifier: NR29300

Registration is essential.

During this session teachers will be provided with professional learning based on gap analyses of the Learning from Home website, gathered in the statewide staffroom’s teacher professional learning needs survey and Curriculum Secondary Learners priorities. Each statewide staffroom meeting focuses on NESA updates, resource, professional learning, curriculum updates and development. These meetings provide opportunities for teachers to engage with curriculum advisors and officers in the Creative arts for direct response relating to the delivery of the syllabuses in their classroom. This session will be viewed on Microsoft Stream in the Creative Arts statewide staffroom.

 Music - Composition soiree - Stage 4

When: Wednesday, June 23, 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Where: Microsoft Teams (map)

Course title: Composition soiree - Stage 4

Identifier: NR30259

Registration is essential

Description: This professional learning for teachers is one in a series of four composition workshops which will examine and unpack creativity in the music classroom in Stages 4 to 6. During this session we will explore a range of composition activities suitable for the Stage 4 classroom. Through accessible creative processes, methodologies and technology, presenters will unpack how to teach Stage 4 composition in a variety of ways. This will include developing students’ confidence in composing through highly detailed scaffolded activities, self-assessment and implementing differentiation in classroom practice. This 90 minute online session through Microsoft teams will conclude with question time from participants. 

The joining link will be available upon registration through MyPL.

Ctrl Alt Shift – Disrupting photographic conventions

When: Monday, July 26, 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Where: Microsoft Teams (map)

Course title: Ctrl Alt Shift – Disrupting photographic conventions

Identifier: NR31428
Registration is essential

Description: This online workshop will present ideas connecting the shifting democracy of contemporary photography, from sophisticated digital conventions to that of unpredictability in practice. The presentation will focus on ways to encourage curiosity in the photography classroom; exploring ways art and photographic practice can collide to manipulate the representation and recording of light. Avenues such as light leaks & detached lenses, physical interventions, experimentation, altering & shaping the passage of light will be presented to support and encourage student practice that is accessible and creative. 

The joining link will be available upon registration through MyPL.

Individual performance bump-in - Stage 6

When: Tuesday, July 27, 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Where: Microsoft Teams (map)

Course title: Individual performance bump-in

Identifier: NR30917

Registration is essential

Description: This professional learning session will provide teachers with strategies for 'bumping-in' the Individual Performance with their students in final preparation for the HSC drama practical examination. In this session, award winning actor, Anita Hegh, will share her expertise and approaches for making the most out of the final weeks of rehearsal before ‘opening’ a performance. In the first part of the session, Hegh will share her tips for solo performance, such as connecting with an audience, building character complexity, controlling pace and performance energy, and keeping a performance fresh. This presentation will be followed by a forum in which course participants can ask questions and share ideas about student development of the individual performance. The session will run for 90 minutes and will be presented online through Microsoft Teams.

The joining link will be available upon registration through MyPL.

Drama exam bump-in: written revision strategy share - Stage 6

When: Monday, August 30, 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Where: Microsoft Teams (map)

Course title: Drama exam bump-in: written revision strategy share

Identifier: NR30836

Registration is essential

Description: This professional learning course will provide opportunities for teachers to share and collect revision strategies for the HSC Drama written exam. Experienced HSC drama teachers will present a suite of strategies for making the most out of written exam revision time, following the conclusion of the NESA practical exam block. This presentation will include a resource package and will be followed by a workshop in which course participants will share their own successful revision strategies. Sessions for this course will run for 90 minutes and will be presented online through Microsoft Teams.

The joining link will be available upon registration through MyPL.

Creative Arts 7-12 SWSR meeting - HSC special event

When Thursday, September 16, 2021, 3:30pm – 4:45pm

Where Creative Arts Statewide Staffroom - Microsoft Teams (map)

T3 W10 2021 meeting
SPECIAL EVENT - HSC SHOWCASE SHARING/SHOWCASE!

Course title: Educational Standards: Curriculum Secondary Learners – Creative arts statewide staffroom meeting
Identifier: NR29300
Registration is essential.

Description: During this session teachers will be provided with professional learning based on gap analyses of the Learning from Home website, gathered in the statewide staffroom’s teacher professional learning needs survey and Curriculum Secondary Learners priorities. Each statewide staffroom meeting focuses on NESA updates, resource, professional learning, curriculum updates and development. These meetings provide opportunities for teachers to engage with curriculum advisors and officers in the Creative arts for direct response relating to the delivery of the syllabuses in their classroom. This session will be viewed on Microsoft Stream in the Creative Arts statewide staffroom.

Creative arts 7-12 statewide meeting

When Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 3:30pm – 4:45pm

Where: Creative arts 7-12 statewide meeting - Zoom (map)

T4 W5 2021 statewide meeting

Course title: Educational Standards: Curriculum Secondary Learners – Creative arts statewide meeting
Identifier: NR29300
Registration is essential.
Open to all sectors through MyPL registration.

Description: Addressing professional learning needs and Curriculum Secondary Learners priorities. Each statewide meeting focuses on NESA updates, resource, professional learning, curriculum updates and development. These meetings provide opportunities for teachers across all sectors to engage with curriculum advisors and officers in the Creative arts for direct response relating to the delivery of the syllabuses in their classroom.

Zoom meeting details can be found on MyPL after session enrolment.

Creative Arts 7-12 SWSR meeting

When: Thursday, December 9, 2021, 3:30pm – 4:45pm

Where: Creative Arts Statewide Staffroom - Microsoft Teams (map)

T4 W10 2021 meeting


Course title: Educational Standards: Curriculum Secondary Learners – Creative arts statewide staffroom meeting
Identifier: NR29300
Registration is essential.

Description: During this session teachers will be provided with professional learning based on gap analyses of the Learning from Home website, gathered in the statewide staffroom’s teacher professional learning needs survey and Curriculum Secondary Learners priorities. Each statewide staffroom meeting focuses on NESA updates, resource, professional learning, curriculum updates and development. These meetings provide opportunities for teachers to engage with curriculum advisors and officers in the Creative arts for direct response relating to the delivery of the syllabuses in their classroom. This session will be viewed on Microsoft Stream in the Creative Arts statewide staffroom.