2016 HTAA Conference – Call for Papers

HTANSW will host the 2016 national conference at Sydney Grammar School, 28 – 30 September. Prospective presenters can download proposal forms for conference sessions via the HTANSW website. Applications close 18 March 2016. Registrations for the conference will open in April – May 2016. We look forward to seeing you in Sydney next September.

Australian Curriculum Update

ACARA has released the updated Australian Curriculum website which includes the revised HASS curriculum for 2017. The amended curriculum has attempted to address the concerns of overcrowding in the primary years with a single HASS curriculum and Achievement Standard for F-6. In 7-10 ACARA has maintained discrete disciplines within HASS as well as separate Achievement …

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New HTAA Executive

Paul Foley (South Australia) has been elected as the new President of HTAA at the recent AGM. He is joined by Dr Rosalie Triolo (Victoria), our new Vice President and Pip Macdonald (Queensland) as Honorary Treasurer. We would like to thank Paul Kiem and Richard Smith, outgoing Vice President and Honorary Treasurer, for their many …

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Scholarship Winner Announced

Congratulations to Anne Gripton who is the inaugural recipient of the HTAA – Gandel Holocaust Studies Scholarship funded by the Solomear Gruener Endowment Fund. The Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators is an 18 day seminar run by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. The program is designed to enable educators to learn more about the …

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