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Sep 14, 2017
SFS Subscriber enews out this week!
To get  your copy, simply subscribe here. We send two enews per term with highlights to come and excellent giveaways for subscribers. What are yo...
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Sep 07, 2017
Attracting teachers to rural schools - time for a rethink
Attracting to teachers to rural schools has been a long term problem in Australia. This challenge was mentioned in the NSW Parliament in 1904. There h...
Sep 07, 2017
Vic Schools - Apply for Creative Learning Partnerships
Arts Victoria funds applications for innovative ways to engage students from F to Yr 10.  Applications close Oct 9. Details
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Sep 05, 2017
Some interesting workshops on soon
For Teachers: Art Centre Melbourne Melbourne hosts The Creative Curriculum for Primary Teachers. This Friday 8 Sept For Students: Theatre Residency W...
Sep 01, 2017
Spring at Last!
Happy new season to you all.
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Aug 30, 2017
Feedback on We're Going On A Bear Hunt
Garry Ginivan Attractions' We're Going On A Bear Hunt has almost finished it's national tour. Thousands of students and families have seen it. Here ar...
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Aug 27, 2017
Feedback from you on our shows...
Congrats to you teachers/librarians/parents who book a show, hoping it will be inspiring. Here's some responses to recent shows by the people who book...
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Aug 26, 2017
Planning incursions for special days
Image: Australia Playhouse's 2017 Primary school show above. The same actors do a secondary school show, in 2017, Great Scott Fizgerald! Gatsby Unleas...
Aug 22, 2017
How you move - what that says about you
How we identify friend or foe from the way they move seems to be a deeply ingrained survival mechanism. People who move less confidently are more like...
Aug 21, 2017
Welcome to the Work Week!
Happy Monday everyone.
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Aug 16, 2017
Bombshells at St Michael's
SFS went along to St Michael's Grammar school this week. Eaglesnest Theatre ran a Workshop on Bombshells with The Penelopiad for Yr 12 Literature stud...
Aug 14, 2017
Science Week this week!
Enjoy all those experiments and observations -  and shows!
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Aug 08, 2017
Remembering the WW1 Battle of Amiens on the 8th of the 8th.
Sir John Monash led the victorious Australian forces in this battle 99 years ago and it proved the turning point of WW1. More Than Opera will honour...
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Aug 03, 2017
International Recognition for Dream Puppets
Image above: Dream Puppets from their primary school production of The Tempest Congrats to the Dream Puppets Company who participated in the Nancho...
Aug 03, 2017
Congrats to the Preps
This week marks One Hundred Days since the Prep/Yr 1 intake started their first year of school. Many schools are now celebrating this milestone. Good...
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