Finigan School of Distance Education

World Teachers' Day celebrates quality teaching and inspirational teachers across the world.

The event is an opportunity to recognise all teachers. There are over 170,000 primary, secondary and early childhood teachers working in NSW alone. These teachers work hard to ensure that you feel supported every day, that you’ve got the information and skills that you need to succeed and that you always know what your next steps are to achieve progress and success in your learning.

World Teachers' Day is celebrated every year on the 5th of October internationally. As this date is within the school holidays for us, NSW celebrates on the last Friday of October each year instead.

This year, NESA (NSW Educational Standards Authority) have set up an interactive map, where you can give a shout out to a teacher at your school. We’d love for you to put Finigan School of Distance Education on the map!

You might shout out a teacher at Finigan SDE who has:

• Inspired you and your learning
• Supported you at school
• Helps you with your course work or understanding content
• Guides you and helps you do your best
• Provides you with useful feedback

Scan the QR code below or click the link  to give a shout-out to a teacher at our school:

https://shorturl.at/sn6KQ

Each year, the Children’s Book Council of Australia brings children and books together through Book Week. On Wednesday the 28th of August, at Finigan SDE, we took the opportunity to celebrate Book Week together in our unique online environment!

We had 104 participants at our whole-school assembly on Teams, which is our biggest assembly yet! It was exciting to see students represented across all year groups, all of whom joined us for a lot of fun and frivolity throughout the morning. This was made even better, when they shared their love of specific characters, books, or series with each other, by using their microphones or posting in the fast-moving chat pod.

We held our ‘virtual costume parade’ with both staff and students at our assembly. It was fantastic to see everyone share their outfits, and we even spotted some magical backgrounds featured as well.

Just a reminder that the Finigan library is always open, even when school is closed. You can always access the digital platform of eBooks and Audiobooks, with new releases monthly.

Go directly to: https://finigan.wheelers.co/

You can download the ePlatform and read from any device.

Or you can browse and borrow eBooks as well as Audiobooks through the ‘My School Library’ Oliver system on your student portal.

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