[Design and Technology] Review of Australian Curriculum announced by ACARA

[Foster, David B]

Hi Lorraine,


I was able to get a response from the Health Advise regarding the issues Technology teachers face with COVID 19. It took two weeks for them to get back to me but unfortunately they did not refer to Technology classes they thought I was an Arts teacher as you will see from the copy I will send you.

Maybe it was because I referred to myself as a Design Technology teacher (I thought if I said Technology teacher they would think I was an IT teacher). I feel she had know idea what Design Technology meant. Do we had an identity problem here?


From: Colley, Erin S on behalf of Health Advice
Sent: Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:09 PM
To: Foster, David B
Cc: Bladier, Melinda A
Subject: Technology and Art teachers concerns with return



Hi David,



Apologies for the delay in reply, as you would appreciate its been an exceptionally busy time for a DET health advice unit.



In regards to conducting art and music activity , please see advice below that has been endorsed by the Department’s Principal Health Advisor and will be published on the DET website. This should be considered alongside existing advice linked to below.



Art and music


Classes held in ‘hands-on’ learning spaces that cater for multiple groups of should continue to operate, noting the Victorian Chief Health Officer’s advice that the risk posed to staff and students returning to on-site schooling at this time is very low.



Strict hand hygiene should be followed before and after use of shared equipment in art and music classes.  There is no requirement to clean every shared item between use.



Where practical, high touch shared items can be cleaned with soapy water or wiped down with a detergent/disinfectant wipe.



Interschool music activities should not take place.



Specific considerations



 Sharing of musical instruments that are placed in the mouth, such as brass or woodwind instruments, should be avoided. Where used, these must be cleaned and disinfected between use.



Choir and other group music practice, including orchestra, is safe to continue, noting that reducing mixing between classes or year levels is recommended.






Also see:

Health and safety advice for return to on-site schooling in the context of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[cid:ebe35cd6-32b9-40c8-88a5-d958a106d3c8]pdf (pdf - 645.71kb)<https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/about/department/covid-19/health-and-safety-advice-return-school.pdf>    [cid:f5ed62ba-2ce7-41f1-ba6e-97cea2ad34ed] docx (docx - 65.55kb)<https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/about/department/covid-19/health-and-safety-advice-return-school.docx>



And Return to School Operations Guide<https://edugate.eduweb.vic.gov.au/sites/i/Pages/School.aspx#/app/content/3298/support_and_service_%28schools%29%252Fcoronavirus_and_learning_from_home%252Freturn_to_school_operations%252Freturn_to_school_operations_guide> (Intranet- log-in req)


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From: destech <destech-bounces at edulists.com.au> on behalf of Lorraine Tran <tranlorraine at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, 15 June 2020 5:15:59 PM
To: Design and Technology Teachers' Mailing List; Systems and Engineering Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Design and Technology] Review of Australian Curriculum announced by ACARA

Hello teachers

Hope you are all going OK.

A review of the Australian Curriculum has just been announced.

For details and the Terms of Reference go to
https://www.acara.edu.au/curriculum/curriculum-review<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acara.edu.au%2Fcurriculum%2Fcurriculum-review&data=02%7C01%7Cfoster.david.b%40edumail.vic.gov.au%7Cfc9e2f5b4f3646057f4808d810fc08f8%7Cd96cb3371a8744cfb69b3cec334a4c1f%7C0%7C0%7C637278021978734277&sdata=Rdlx0wi%2Bm6wV8by2zY%2FYQkFSG%2Fm2%2BgdBDGnjJgAE%2BeM%3D&reserved=0>

Kind regards,
Lorraine Tran.

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