February Bulletin
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BULLETIN 02/19 Field of Light: Avenue of Honour display on Mt Clarence Albany. Welcome to the first Bulletin for 2019! 2019 is going to be a great year if the HTAWA planning day is anything to go by. We have a few new members on your hard working team and I would like to welcome them aboard and say thank you, not only to them but our existing team members for volunteering to help support History teachers and History education across WA. The HTAWA team has a wealth of experience and knowledge and I know we are going to have a fruitful year. This year members can continue to attend predominately free (or cheap) professional learning, have access to advice and support and with our upcoming new website even better access to information and resources. This term we have our state conference and I actively encourage ALL members to attend - where else to you get to hang out with the so many awesome HASS and History teachers in one place, get access to quality professional learning and ideas and develop your networks and professional knowledge? I also want to remind people that all HASS teachers are History teachers, even if they don’t teach upper school History, this is why we have developed a program that supports HASS teachers across the board. Remember when you put in your PL submission to school for the conference, we have sessions addressing literacy, the Aboriginal Cultural Framework, ICT and using and understanding data (not to mention all the very cool sessions on supporting your students to engage and develop the skills that will help maximise their learning outcomes). This conference, your conference, is on a Saturday so there is also no teacher relief cost, something that is important to point out in this day and age of tightening budgets. We have endeavoured to make our PL after school or on a Saturday to ensure costs are kept to a minimum and HTAWA membership cost is basically free if you come to the conference! > Continued inside • Welcome to the first bulletin for 2019! • 2019 HTAWA Management Committee • New to History? / Are you doing something Cool in your Classroom? • Promoting History in your School / History Helpers • March 2019 HTAWA state conference • Primary Professional Learning • Is January History Month in Australia? • Visiting Hiroshima • Australian History Competition • WACE History results • 2019 National History Challenge • New Museum PL • Book and event reviews • HTAWA 2019 Calendar / Can we Help You? • Membership and Resource order forms CONTACT DETAILS WA 6922 HTAWA, PO Box 1145, Scarborough THIS ISSUE NAME WORK PHONE SCHOOL EMAIL Cathy Baron 9412 3100 Lakeland Senior High School [email protected] President Maree Whiteley 9441 1630 AISWA/UWA [email protected] Vice President Crystal Wieringa 9380 0555 Kelmscott SHS [email protected] Vice President Sally Davies Living Waters Lutheran College [email protected] Vice President Ancient Louise Secker 9380 0555 Perth Modern School [email protected] Immediate Past President David Murray 9204 4112 [email protected] Treasurer/EO Emily Donders Rossmoyne SHS [email protected] Secretary Jordana Caple 9297 9700 Ellenbrook Secondary College [email protected] Rebecca de Beer John Forrest Secondary College [email protected] Hayley Bettermann Willetton Senior High School [email protected] Helen Avery Perth College [email protected] Rosinda Seara Harrisdale Senior High School [email protected] Alycia Bermingham Manjimup SHS [email protected] Cassandra Don Applecross SHS [email protected] Anthony Lunt Trinity College [email protected] Alyce Blake St Stephens, Duncraig [email protected] 2018 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Adele Baker Irene McCormack Catholic College [email protected] Vanessa Allen Lynwood Senior High School [email protected] Rebecca Balling St Stephens School [email protected] Roslyn Keron SIDE [email protected] Rebecca McClelland Fremantle College [email protected] Ivan Lucic-Jozak Wanneroo Secondary College [email protected] Jessica Vuckovic Perth College [email protected] Rebecca Balling St Stephens School [email protected] James McNeill Mindarie Senior College [email protected] Jodie Ford Methodist Ladies’ College [email protected] Danielle Jago Wesley College [email protected] Alison O’Connor John XXIII College [email protected] Heather Tunmore WA Museum [email protected] Sharron Turner Leeming Senior High School [email protected] (Continued from front cover) We are not only having our State Conference this term (on the 30th March) but are also going to offer a suite of support for new to History teachers and run a session on February 21st that looks at the 2018 WACE exam, where the students did well, what areas were identified as areas of need and some ideas to support the development of these areas. This session is free to members and $10 for non members and will be held at SIDE in Oxford Street. A sad trend we have noticed is less students choosing to do ATAR History and HASS subjects in general. This of course comes about from a myriad of reasons, but I think it is important as a community of people who care about History and HASS education, we need to work together to reverse this trend, thus I would encourage you to look for creative ways (then share them) to encourage our students back to the light. We have a session at conference on this, plus we would encourage you to either become a History Helper (someone who would like to help out but doesn’t have the time to attend meetings as such) or share ideas or activities you have run at your school (we can publish them in the Bulletin). Have a super fantastic, wonderful start to 2019 and I look forward to catching up with you soon, Cathy New to History Are you new to teaching History - whether primary, lower or upper school - Modern or Ancient? Would you like some free support? We have all been there and understand how it can be a bit overwhelming and confusing at times and want to support you to deliver the best History education possible!!!! 1. Join HTAWA (we can’t help if you’re not a member.) 2. Contact Vanessa ([email protected]) to register as a New to History person. She will be able to let you know about our upcoming event, guide you in the direction of a History superstar who can help and support you on your journey to becoming the best History teacher you possibly can be. Are you doing something Cool in your Classroom? Every year at conference we like to showcase cool ideas and activities teachers are doing in their History classrooms as one of the best ways to get inspiration is from other teachers. The more then merrier and it would be awesome to see what is happening across the state. Please contact Adele ([email protected]) if you have activities, images, or students work you are willing to share and display at conference. HTAWA is now on Twitter. Follow us @wa_hta for all the up to date news about what’s happening in history education in WA. Promoting History in Your School Have you ever considered setting up a History Club at your school? Students have a natural interest in History; look at how many movies, games and books are based on historical events and characters. They love the stories, the intrigue and the fact that History contains the mad, the bad and just plain sad. If we can capture that curiosity, we not only support the development of our subject, but we also have a vehicle to improve literacy, develop important social skills and foster the next generation. Plus, as lovers of History we get to share our passion outside of the classroom and tight curriculum. We get to encourage students to have fun with their History and as teachers we get to engage with our students in a positive, rewarding way. History clubs can be focused around a theme that interests your students (like war or history mysteries) or can be formed to support competitions like the National History Challenge. If you run a History Club at your school, we would love to hear about it. We would love to show photos or read about what you did and how it went. Cathy Baron HISTORY HELPERS A History Helper is an amazing person who would like to help out occasionally but doesn’t have the time or energy to become a full time HTAWA Committee member. History Helpers can help in lots of different ways: • Delivery of professional learning • Presenting at Student Seminars • Helping with publications • Help with streaming of sessions to ensure all students and teachers have access to quality History learning • Development of teacher resources • Help at HTAWA events such as conference, student seminar days and PL. • Mentor new teachers If you would like to be a History Helper please register your interest with our History Helper Coordinator - Sharron Turner ([email protected]) saturday 30th March 2019 John XXIII College, Mount Claremont Registrations from 8:00am HTAWA 2019 ‘ Making ConneCtions’ - Conference Outline Session option 1 option 2 option 3 option 4 option 5 Breakfast (8:30am - 9:30am) Making Connections Breakfast Keynote (9:30am - 10:30am) Keynote Session - Paul Kiem session 1 Investigating Rights & Education Perfect for Unit 4 – Content Vroom