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Winter Edition – No: 42 2013 What is this dude on about? President: Carl Chirgwin Griffith High School Coolah St, Griffith NSW 2680 02 6962 1711 (w) www.nswaat.org.au 02 6964 1465 (f) ABN Number: 81 639 285 642 [email protected] Secretary: Jade Smith Dunedoo Central School, Digilah St Dunedoo NSW 2844 02 6375 1489 (w) [email protected] President’s Report 2 NSWAAT turns 40 5 Treasurer: Leanne Sjollema State Conference Report 6 McCarthy Catholic College PO Box 3486 Association Membership 9 West Tamworth NSW 2340 NSWAAT Facebook Group 13 [email protected] Livestock Handlin Workshop 17 Technology & Communication: Life Membership and JA Sutherland Awardees 23 Ian Baird Murrumburrah, NSW State Agriculture Advisory Group (SAAG) Report 29 [email protected] First Place HSC Primary Industries 2012 31 Nikia Waters Australian Curriculum: Technologies 32 Hillston Central School [email protected] Agriculture at Coleambally Central School 33 Georgina Price Primary Industries Activity: Learning about Weather 38 Coleambally Central School NAAE Conference 40 [email protected] Australian National Field Days 44 BAAT Editor: PIEF June Newsletter 46 Graham Quintal Farm Case Studies Project CRC Contacts 52 [email protected] th NSWAAT 40 Birthday 53 Email List Manager: Vermiculture 54 Justin Connors Manilla Central School Free Study Guides 56 [email protected] Coles Junior Landcare Garden Grants 58 SAAG Reps: More Agricultural Scientists needed 60 Graeme Harris (Farrer) Agrifood Career Access Pathways 62 [email protected] Schools in the News 64 Rob Henderson (Tomaree High) [email protected] Upcoming Events 85 Phil Armour (Yass High) Snippets 86 [email protected] Archivists: Tony Butler (Tumut High) [email protected] Phil Hurst (Hawkesbury) [email protected] Nigel Cox (Singleton) [email protected] www.nswaat.org.au 1 Get on the BAAT bandwagon Being President of this great and unique association of educators is my biggest achievement in education thus far. Why? To work with so many different educators from so many different schools with all sized farms and with all different teaching experiences – it just makes my day every day. So, thank you to the NSWAAT members who attended the BGM at the NSWAAT Conference in Tocal in January and nominated me. A BIG thank you to the 42 educators, presenters and assistants who attended and experienced the NSWAAT Conference in TOCAL last January. It was great to finally put faces to emails and continue to build our own networks. Some conference photos appear in this BAAT. Honestly, I do not put myself in the President category, just the ‘helper’ who may know someone who can help you all out. And this is what I really believe our association is all about – so please if you have not renewed your membership or you know of teachers who are not members or you’re at a network day – please take the initiative to promote the benefits of NSWAAT. A big benefit is just by sending an email to [email protected] and asking for what you need – you will not one but many responses of ‘helpful’ resources. Tip: Get your school to pay for the membership! I would really like to thank the outgoing NSWAAT Executive of 2010-2013: Graeme Harris from Farrer (President), Laura Tolley from Farrer (Treasurer), Nicolet Westerhof from Elizabeth Macarthur (Secretary), Ian Baird from Murrumburrah (Technology Wiz) and Phil Hurst for his Public Officer/Email List duties. 2 Get on the BAAT bandwagon With one of the youngest executives elected for some time to take NSWAAT forward from 2013- 2015, we all forward to the pleasure in working for you. President Treasurer Carl Chirgwin Leanne Sjollema Griffith High School McCarthy Catholic College Secretary Communications & Technology Jade Smith Nikia Collins Dunedoo Central School Hillston Central School Communications & Technology Communications & Technology Georgina Price Ian Baird Coleambally Central School [email protected] 3 Get on the BAAT bandwagon Email List Manager BAAT Editor Justin Connors Graham Quintal Manilla Central School [email protected] Archivist Archivist Archivist Phil Hurst Nigel Cox Tony Butler Hawkesbury Singleton Tumut www.nswaat.org.au 4 Get on the BAAT bandwagon 2013 = NSWAAT 40th Birthday Yes, 2013 = NSWAAT 40th Birthday – the executive is currently seeking options from our members for the end of July/early August for a 40th birthday bash, somewhere in NSW. Look out for an email or by our website www.nswwaat.org.au The executive of NSWAAT would like to thank all of our members for their feedback on the recent submissions for Agriculture in the Australian Curriculum. For those who did not see the draft version, we have Agriculture in the Technologies sections with a big reference to food and fibre for Year 7 & 8 years, currently as we have in 9 & 10 and there will be no change for senior years. I would like to extend my thanks to Graeme Harris on the work he has done with the National Association of Agriculture Educators (NAAE) on this. The NAAE Conference is fast approaching for New Zealand from 12-16th January 2014. All current members of NSWAAT will receive a $50 incentive to attend this conference, with the details included in this BAAT. Kudos to Stephen Trickett (above) from Billabong High School who retired from 25 years of HSC Agriculture marking in 2012. This is a massive accomplishment for a dedicated educator. An extended congratulations; to Hayley Mahoney who won the South West Sydney VET Primary Industries’ Teacher of the Year for all her work at Picton High School. We will wait for photos and the citation of your award in the summer edition of BAAT. On the subject of congratulations, I cannot forget our new JA Sutherland Inductee Ivan Gant and Life Member Robert Guest – citations are in this BAAT. Please continue to feed our new BAAT Editor Graham Quintal with stories, photos, resources; – anything – so he can compile BAAT. Become a member and join our Facebook page for instant resources. I’m currently working on retrieving the old HSC online resources for Primary Industries, working with the principals association to manage agriculture assistants in our schools and trying to get all of our professional development courses accredited through the Professional Teachers Council of NSW. However, please continue to send any emails or give me a ring if you require any assistance. Carl Chirgwin ([email protected] 0427 455 389) President 2013-2015 Griffith High School 5 Get on the BAAT bandwagon NSW AG TEACHERS STATE CONFERENCE TOCAL, NSW JANUARY 2013 – ‘PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS’ [source: PIEF February/March 2013 Newsletter] Tocal College was pleased to host the biennial State conference of the NSW Association of Agriculture Teachers at its CB Alexander Campus, Paterson in January 2013. The Conference was addressed by a number of industry specialists and Professor Jim Pratley who is convening the Review of Agricultural Education in NSW also attended. Director of Tocal College, Dr. Cameron Archer said, “The NSW Branch of the NAAE once again proved itself to be dynamic and creative with an excellent program of learning support and other activities”. Perhaps the highlight for some was the livestock handling workshop organised by Sally Bannerman, former agriculture teacher and now specialist officer within NSW Department of Education and Communities on animal welfare. ‘Sally was able to arrange for livestock handling specialist Boyd Holden to present a full day livestock-handling workshop to the teachers’. It focused on hands-on experience with cattle and modelled good pedagogy. Mr. Holden involved two young stock persons who worked the cattle while he critiqued them. Boyd Holden and Sally were subsequently interviewed by Liz Farquhar of the ABC in Newcastle about the workshop and its benefits. “There is strong interest in animal handling and welfare through the community and it is up to us as agricultural educators to step up and demonstrate best practice,” said Dr. Archer Good bloke that Boyd Go get em’ Mick Melino Come here… Boyd Holden pointing us in the right direction 6 Get on the BAAT bandwagon This bloke is a Miracle Worker!!! Mud Mapper!!! Mmmm 5 Freedoms in Animal Welfare Speaks for Itself 7 Get on the BAAT bandwagon Some years of Education from these three blokes… Philippa myself tonight Fiji? Tocal HOMESTEAD Thanks to all at TOCAL from NSWAAT 8 Get on the BAAT bandwagon 25 July 2013 9 Get on the BAAT bandwagon Valid Until Given Name Surname School / Organisation End of: 2013 Organising Committee Australian National Field Days 2014 Teacher of Agriculture Trinity Catholic College 2013 Teacher of Agriculture Bomaderry High School 2013 Teacher of Agriculture Mudgee High School 2013 Teacher of Agriculture Griffith High School 2013 Teacher of Agriculture Young High School 2013 Teacher of Agriculture Wingham High School 2013 Philip ARMOUR Yass High School 2013 Dianna BEALE Tumut High School 2013 Susan BEHAN Denison College-Kelso High Campus 2013 Lynda BUTTSWORTH Jamison High School 2013 Jennifer CAINES Mount Annan Christian College 2014 Dale CHADWICK Gundagai High School 2013 Carl CHIRGWIN Griffith High School 2014 Luke COLLINS Yanco Agricultural High School 2013 Justin CONNORS Manilla Central School 2014 Anita DE LA MOTTE Bomaderry High School 2013 Michelle DOWSETT Blayney High School 2013 Meagan DUNFORD Blayney High School 2014 Nicole DWYER Gloucester High School 2014 Susan EARL Red Bend Catholic College 2013 Belinda