Alexa Stuart loved her ethics lessons when she was in primary school. A decade on, the 18-year-old is back at her former school teaching a new generation of ethics students. In April, I taught my first ever ethics lesson! I had a gorgeous bunch of Year 2 kids at Lambton Public School, and - despite … Continue reading Former student turns ethics teacher
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My first lessons as an ethics teacher
New Primary Ethics volunteer Jan Mottram found teaching her first lesson a rocky experience - but by the second week she was able to go with the flow and enjoy herself. My first day of ethics teaching was quite overwhelming for me. I had learnt so much during the training, but once faced with a … Continue reading My first lessons as an ethics teacher
Video: 5 tips for teaching ethics in a mask
Ethics teachers Ben and Dana go through their five top tips for teaching Ethics in a mask. Share this with this link: https://vimeo.com/677470920
New year, new school, new class
Rob Forsyth is an experienced ethics teacher who this year moved to a new school. His thoughts on starting afresh will be helpful to completely new teachers and those starting the year with a new class. We all know that the first day at school can be a stressful experience for children, but of course, … Continue reading New year, new school, new class
Food for thought
New bite-sized ethical dilemmas for children at home The not-for-profit organisation that runs ethics classes in NSW schools has developed a selection of ethics exercises, called Bites, for children to participate in at home. Each week in term 2 Primary Ethics will upload two new Bites for children; one designed for students from kindergarten to year 2, and … Continue reading Food for thought
Ethics lessons finish early for term 1
Ethics volunteers and schools have been working together to end their Term 1 ethics lessons by 20 March – if they haven't already – to allow schools to establish best-practice social distancing and to protect our volunteers. We look forward to seeing our volunteers return to classrooms at the start of Term 2. Primary Ethics … Continue reading Ethics lessons finish early for term 1
Ethics teacher training comes to Mt Annan
We're working together to make the Primary Ethics program available to more children in South West Sydney schools. A training session for volunteer ethics teachers will be held in Mt Annan on 13 & 14 February – the first to be held in South West Sydney. Five new schools in the Camden/Campbelltown and Wollondilly regions … Continue reading Ethics teacher training comes to Mt Annan
The courage to think differently
Thanks to the generosity of philanthropist Rob Keldoulis, not-for-profit education provider Primary Ethics was able to distribute a copy of Lenny and the Ants to the libraries of 500 NSW public primary schools.
Ethics classes coming to Batemans Bay
Three volunteers for Batemans Bay Public School were among 12 who attended ethics teacher training held at Narooma over the weekend. "It was great to meet other like-minded and enthusiastic people," said Heidi Thomson, who has put up her hand to coordinate the program at her children's school next year. Primary Ethics is a not-for-profit organisation … Continue reading Ethics classes coming to Batemans Bay
Conference 2019: Reflecting on past challenges, planning for the future
As the world grapples with major economic, political and environmental change, our hope for the future lay in the ability of our emerging leaders to make well-reasoned decisions on issues with far-reaching consequences. This was the message Dr Simon Longstaff of the Ethics Centre had for the 160 attendees at Primary Ethics State Conference held on … Continue reading Conference 2019: Reflecting on past challenges, planning for the future
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