To our MoAD Learning community, As a precaution to help mitigate the risk of the spread of COVID-19 we have formally closed the building and subsequently cancelled all onsite school bookings this term. How our team is supporting you Currently, the Learning team is working on a range of strategies to support teachers, parents and students, whether they be in the classroom or at home. While we may not have school groups physically visiting MoAD, we do have many great Australian curriculum aligned resources available on our website to support the continuation of learning. Over the coming months we will be able to offer behind the scenes insights into our historic building, Old Parliament House, and quick activities to keep those eager minds engaged! We recommend visiting the website regularly, and checking our Twitter feed for updates. Digital Excursions To support schools who cannot come to us, we can come to you! We are offering a free digital excursion to all school so we can come directly into your classroom. These programs are also available, free of charge, to any teachers’ looking for HASS, Visual and Media Arts, and Civics and Citizenship activities to support learning in the classroom. For more information regarding program offerings please visit our website. Online learning resources MoAD Learning also have a wide variety of Australian Curriculum aligned resources on our website to support online learning. We recommend teachers follow us on Twitter @MoadLearning for regular inspiration and quick activities to engage students in HASS, Civics and Citizenship and History. Spotlight – our newest online learning resource Breaking Through – 75 Years of Women in Parliament is a digital suite of resources and activities which explore some of the significate women who have defied trends and broken through into federal parliament. Through our website students are able to learn about Nova Peris, Joan Child and Janine Haines an engaging digital clip from our Learning presenters. To support students unpacking this content we have developed a series resources including activity sheets, a criss-cross puzzle and find-a-word. Activities to get you started right now! Explore our range of entertaining Kahoot! Quizzes linked to themes like democracy, environment, the dismissal, and many other HASS topics. Stay connected with usWe are committed to ensuring that you can still access the best parts of the museum even if you can't attend on site. We are working on a range of new ways to do this In the coming weeks we will have more information available through our website and via Twitter. |