Hawkesdale-Mortlake

This is the space where teachers and students from [|Mortlake College] and Hawkesdale can share their ideas and resources for teaching and learning.

**The theme for 2010 is "Staying Safe in the 21st Century"**
Water safety - P-5 swimming in term 1 - 'kids teaching kids' in the primary school about safety at the pool and the beach Fire safety - Guest speakers from CFA, junior CFA volunteers (Hawkesdale has a 9/10 CFA elective) Laboratory safety - "How do scientists stay safe in the laboratory?" Cyber safety - Ann Mirtschin at Hawkesdale has excellent resources for this unit First Aid - Bandaging, introduction to CPR, role-play scenarios. Farm safety - Guest speaker from Macarthur Community Health Natural Disasters -
 * Term 1:**
 * Term 2:**
 * Term 3:**
 * Term 4:**

First Day of School 2010
An article by Sophia Russell listing 7 tips for the first day about getting to know students - []

On the first day of school parents get the homework instead of their children - "Tell us about your child in a million words or less......" []

Thirteen 'getting to know you' activities for the first day of school - []

From Harry and Rosemary Wong at [] //""The seven things students want to know on the first day of school://

1.Am I in the right room? 2.Where am I supposed to sit? 3.What will I be doing this year? 4.How will I be graded? ([|here are some grading resources]) 5.What are the rules in this classroom? 6.Will the teacher treat me as a human being? 7.Who is the teacher as a person? ([|here's an idea])""

For these questions discussed in more detail go to: []