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

Tue Jun 16 01:45:53 UTC 2020

Hi everyone

In case you missed it today in The Age, No ATAR for some courses at
Swinburne in 2021

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/no-atar-required-swinburne-dumps-ranking-system-for-dozens-of-degrees-20200615-p552s5.html

warm regards
Jacinta O'Leary

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 8:50 PM Foster, David B <
foster.david.b at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> 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)*
>
> pdf (pdf - 645.71kb)
> <https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/about/department/covid-19/health-and-safety-advice-return-school.pdf>
>   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)
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *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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