Enrich your English Faculty with the new
7-10 syllabus
Exploring the New NSW English 7 – 10 Syllabus at Queanbeyan
High School
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Monday 23 June, 2014
Queanbeyan High School Learning Centre
$160 per participant – includes morning tea, lunch and printed resources
NR06303
Session
8:00 – 8.55
Registration - Tea/coffee
8.50- 9.00
Welcome and Overview: Cheryl Thomson
Presenters for the day: Jane Sherlock and Deb McPherson
9.00 – 10.45
Session 1
10:45-11:10
11.10-12.50
Session 2
12.50-1.30
Session 3
1.30-3.00
3:00-3.10
Contact :
Consolidating our understanding of the new 7-10 syllabus and the
support available to teachers
In this session Deb and Jane will explore key features of the new 7-10
syllabus and the some of the available support materials. This session will
also include a range of rich teaching opportunities using texts that explore the
Cross Curriculum Priorities.
Professional Teaching Standards
The following NSWIT Professional Teaching Standards are addressed:
2.1.2; 2.3.2; 6.2.2
MORNING TEA
Close examination of specific outcomes
This session will involve a close examination of specific outcomes from
Stages 4 and 5 and how to unpack these outcomes for implementation in
school programs. This will include examining the potential of Outcomes
1,2,3,4,8.
Teachers will have an opportunity in small groups to consider teaching and
learning strategies that can be used to deliver these outcomes and content.
Professional Teaching Standards
The following NSWIT Professional Teaching Standards are addressed:
2.1.2; 2.3.2; 6.2.2
LUNCH
Exploring texts that work
Jane and Deb will share and explore a range of their favourite print and digital
texts. These texts have been chosen to enrich and excite students and
teachers in the joys of reading and viewing.
Professional Teaching Standards
The following NSWIT Professional Teaching Standards are addressed:
2.1.2; 2.3.2; 6.2.2
EVALUATION
Cheryl Thomson
Teacher Librarian
Queanbeyan High School
02 6297 2088
0437 877 831
Jane Sherlock is an experienced, enthusiastic and
passionate public education teacher of English
teacher for 35 years. Her most recent position was
as Head Teacher at Kiama High on the south coast
of NSW. Jane is a popular presenter at regional
HSC student days including Dubbo, Tamworth and
Griffith. Currently Jane is the NSW English
Teachers’ Association project officer for the HSC
student days that are run throughout the year. Jane
has been involved in the new English syllabus for
the Australian Curriculum, first in the draft writing
stages in 2010 with the Board of Studies and now
as a presenter throughout NSW. With her colleague,
Deb McPherson Jane has created a series of 18
online resources for Oxford University Press. These
resources explore texts suitable for the Cross
Curriculum Priorities. Jane is also an author of a
number of English textbooks including the national
award- winning Oxford HSC English. Jane is a part
time tutor and marker for the universities of
Wollongong and Charles Sturt. Jane has recently been part of the NSW Teachers’ Federation
Centre for Professional Learning and has presented in Sydney and Newcastle in 2013. In 2009
Jane received the Australian College of Educators award for her contribution to education. Jane
and Deb have been working on the new HSC Prescriptions and love sharing their ideas and
insights with teachers in regional NSW.
Deb McPherson taught English in NSW government
secondary schools for twenty-eight years as a classroom
teacher, Head Teacher and Deputy Principal. She worked as
part of the committee selecting texts for the Higher School
Certificate for over fifteen years. She was the Senior
Curriculum Officer, English, at the Board of Studies from 20012002 when she worked on the development of the 2002
English Years 7-10 Syllabus. She was the Manager of English
for the NSW Department of Education and Training from 20032006. She is the author of four anthologies of Australian nonfiction for Oxford University Press, Lives and Observations,
Images and Reflections, Attitudes and Experiences and
Passion and Persuasion. Deb co-authored Choices for English,
a collection of recommended texts for the 7-12 English
classroom, with Helen Sykes and Ernie Tucker. She coauthored Oxford HSC English, with Jane Sherlock and Karen
Yager. With Jane Sherlock Deb has written the Oxford online
Enriching Literature series. She has lectured and tutored at the
University of Newcastle and at the University of Wollongong.
Currently Deb and Jane are conducting a series of workshops
on the new NSW Years 7-10 English syllabus for the Australian
Curriculum and an introduction to the new HSC Prescribed
Texts for 2015-2020.