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Australian Schools Calendar - August and September calendar activities

Here are the activities for August and September:

Family History Week (31 July-7 August)
http://bit.ly/9uSABC
Suitable for upper primary and secondary learners, My place in history is a free web-based program providing interactive activities and resources which place history in context with each student's own family background.
http://bit.ly/bSlf4J

International Friendship Day (1 August)
http://bit.ly/cM8WTF
In this interactive game suitable for junior primary and Early Years learners, players must try to recognise the emotions on the faces of the engines. There is also a memory version of the game.
http://bit.ly/clBw7H

Healthy Bones Week (2-9 August)
http://bit.ly/aV1a5J
This interactive resource suitable for Secondary students provides information about the human skeleton and requires learners to identify various bones within the body.
http://bit.ly/9fIqQF

Children's Book Week (21-28 August)
http://bit.ly/c7CTXA
Suitable for middle and upper primary learners, Storybird is a storytelling website allowing users to collaborate with artists and enthusiasts to produce fun, simple tools to write their own  short, visual online stories.
http://bit.ly/bRlXAO

Australian Citizenship Day (17 September)
http://bit.ly/bUQ1Z1
This website provides a collection of Australian citizenship teaching resources for teachers and students. This site provides classroom activity and lesson ideas, puzzles and interactive games for both primary and secondary learners.
http://bit.ly/9Dn4h3

Many other days to celebrate can be found using the 2010 Australian Schools Calendar. The calendar can be downloaded in full or month by month.

Remember you can WIN A FREE 1GB USB for any suggestions made of how you are using the calendar within your classroom!

Posted at 10:02AM Jul 16, 2010 by Janette Carter  |  Comments[0]

FIFA World Cup 2010

The World Cup 2010 global project allows students to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2010 whilst also learning about some of the global issues facing South Africa and participating nations.

Students in the UK have recently been active in the project posting forum comments and creating online stories... Why not get your students involved too?!

Posted at 02:26PM Jun 16, 2010 by Janette Carter  |  Comments[0]

Australian Schools Calendar - June and July calendar activities

Here are the activities for June and July:

World Oceans Day (8 June)
This interactive resource suitable for Secondary students requires learners to place continents, oceans, countries and cities in the correct position on the globe.
http://bit.ly/Oceans_Day_Activity

World Refugee Day (20 June)
Against all odds is an online game suitable for Secondary students created by the United Nations Refugee Agency. The game allows learners to experience what it is like to be a refugee in various scenarios. A teacher's guide is provided.
http://bit.ly/Refugee_Day_Activity

World Music Day (21 June)
This resource allows Junior Primary students to learn about sound. The site features online activities including an audio memory game and an activity to test your hearing.
http://bit.ly/Music_Day_Activity

FIFA World Cup 2010 (11 June-11 July)
This online project from OzProjects, allows students of all ages to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2010 whilst also learning about some of the global issues facing South Africa and participating nations.
http://bit.ly/World_Cup_Activity

Many other days to celebrate can be found using the 2010 Australian Schools Calendar. The calendar can be downloaded in full or month by month.

Many thanks to those who have already left blog comments of how they are using the calendar to celebrate events in the classroom... Please keep the suggestions coming and remember you can WIN A FREE 1GB USB for any suggestions made!

Posted at 11:00AM May 07, 2010 by Janette Carter  | 

FIFA World Cup 2010 Online Project

 

A new online project has been created to allow students to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2010 whilst also learning about some of the global issues facing South Africa and participating nations.

The project includes online resources, printable activities and discussion forums.

For more information about online projects visit OzProjects.

Posted at 11:27AM Apr 29, 2010 by Janette Carter  | 

2010 Australian Schools Calendar - April and May classroom activities

As promised, I will be linking new learning activities to calendar events that you may want to celebrate in your classroom. The activities for April and May are:

International Childrens' Book Day (2 April)
This project is a place for early years learners up to the age of 8 years to explore online books and share class thoughts and ideas.
New resources will be added to the project throughout 2010. Resources will be related to upcoming events, celebrations and themes.
http://bit.ly/Early_Years_Book_Club

World Health Day (7 April)
This game, suitable for upper secondary learners, presents players with a variety of situations where alcohol, peer pressure and unacceptable behaviour can have dangerous social and physical consequences unless responsible decisions are made.
http://bit.ly/Health_Day_activity_US

Fair Trade Fortnight (1 May)
This interactive educational quiz game to help young people aged 11 to 16 develop a greater understanding of world poverty.
http://bit.ly/Fairtrade_fortnight_activity

National Mathematics Day (21 May)
A collection of interactive numeracy games for primary learners.
http://bit.ly/Maths_Day_activity

Many other days to celebrate can be found using the 2010 Australian Schools Calendar.  The calendar can be downloaded in full or month by month.

Many thanks to those who have already left blog comments of how they are using the calendar to celebrate events in the classroom... Keep the suggestions coming!

Remember you can WIN A FREE 1GB USB for any suggestions made!

Posted at 03:09PM Apr 27, 2010 by Janette Carter  | 

2010 Australian Schools Calendar - Classroom Activities

Hello

Welcome to the new look Australian Schools Calendar.

You are now able to download one month at a time using the links at the bottom of the calendar page or can download the entire calendar.

Each month I will be linking new learning activities to calendar events that you may want to celebrate in your classroom. The activities for February and March are:

Chinese New Year: Year of the Tiger (14 February)
An online story and writing activity from the British Council to celebrate Chinese New Year.  The activity is suitable for Junior Primary learners.
http://bit.ly/Chinese_New_Year_Activity

International Mother Language Day (21 February)
An interactive resource which allows students to explore languages spoken around the world.  The resources is suitable for Middle Primary learners.
http://bit.ly/Mother_Language_Day_Activity

International Year of Biodiversity 2010
This project aims to engage students in a celebration of biodiversity and increase their understanding of this global issue in 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. It includes activities and resources for students from lower primary to lower secondary.
http://bit.ly/Biodiversity_Activity

International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures 2010
This project is a place for students to develop knowledge and understanding of the Pacific people and their cultures. By collaborating online students will develop an appreciation of our responsibilities as global citizens and explore opportunities to take action.  The project is suitable for Middle Primary to Upper Secondary Students.
http://bit.ly/Rapprochement_Cultures_Activity  

WIN A FREE 1GB USB by suggesting an activity of how you are using the calendar with your students or any other learning activities that you have found useful to celebrate calendar events with your class. Leave your suggestions and comments on the blog.

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Posted at 01:23PM Jan 28, 2010 by Janette Carter  |  Comments[12]