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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear colleague<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As you know, there is a new study design
to be implemented in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Food and Technology teachers may be
planning the course for next year. If so, the following will be useful.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The VCE Food and Technology Implementation
Workshop material (PowerPoint presentation and handouts) is on the Home
Economics Victoria website.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Please go to: <a
href="http://www.homeeconomics.com.au/curriculum/curriculum_vce.aspx">http://www.homeeconomics.com.au/curriculum/curriculum_vce.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Please note that there will be a number of
workshops on the new Food and Technology Study Design at the Home Economics
Victoria Annual Conference on 29 November.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The new study design and Food and
Technology Assessment Handbook are available at: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/futuresd.html">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/futuresd.html</a>
but will shortly be moved over to the Food and Technology page on the VCAA
website.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you have any queries about the study,
please contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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