With summer approaching now is a good time to start growing your own delicious, juicy fruit.
With sponsorship from Yates Seeds, Junior Landcare is conducting the Junior Landcare Watermelon Challenge
Contestants are invited to register to receive a project kit and a packet of giant watermelon seeds ito begin growing the biggest, best and juiciest watermelon possible. Schools need to log details every month until March 6 2009 to be eligible to win some great prizes.
There are two categories.
Schools or other youth groups
Individuals (Anyone under the age of 16)
Registrations close on 7 November 2008.
Seeds will be posted during the week commencing 10 November 2008.
There are lots of extra activities available for use in the classroom including for interactive white boards.
CMIS is about to move from Central Office in East Perth to WestOne Services in West Perth.
Do not panic! There will be no changes to the services currently offered.
From 27 October our new address will be:
CMIS Cataloguing or CMIS Evaluation
WestOne Services
1 Prospect Place
WEST PERTH WA 6005
Existing telephone numbers will be redirected for a few months. The new telephone numbers will be on our website when they are available. The website address and emails will remain the same.
For more information about our new location, check out the pdf on our website.
October 15 marks the first ever Global Handwashing Day, which is being highlighted by the United Nations as a major initiative of the International Year of Sanitation, to promote hygiene through washing hands with soap.
Since being appointed UNICEF Ambassadors, the Wiggles have donated the profits from many of their concerts and records to UNICEF projects. Their latest effort to help promote Global Handwashing Day has seen the release of a song for little people to encourage them to make handwashing a routine habit – especially before eating.
There is an American based Resource Pack for use in the classroom available from the Global Handwashing Day website.
DET Teachers can access further Hygiene Resources in the Health and Physical Education section of the K-10 Syllabus.
The Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation and BHP Billiton are pleased to present this free exhibition to stimulate awareness, discussion and involvement with sustainability.
The exhibition will be staged at the Cultural Centre outdoor grounds from 15 October 2008 until 21 January 2009.
The Earth From Above website has links to downloadable kits for primary and secondary students and teachers as well as a browsable gallery of images and information. [Use the slider at the bottom of the page to advance through the entire collection.]
Teachers wishing to explore sustainability issues in their teaching and learning programs will find these links useful:
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