Resources

School Management Documents
School documents including Mission Statement, Context, Vision, Profile, Core Business and Priorities for 2002.

School Policies & Information
School and AES policy documents including Long Distance Driving Policy, OHS&W Planning, Behaviour Management, Decision Making, etc,

Teaching & Learning
Information on Anangu Learning Styles and Curriculum and resources developed by our staff for programming and planning.

The Literacy Cycle
Pipalyatjara School has adopted the Literacy Cycle developed by Sydney based consultant, Dr Ann Morrice. It has proved to be particularly suited to Anangu learning styles.

Enterprise and Vocational Education
Enterprise and Vocational Education is embedded in the SACSA Framework and taught from R-12. Pipalyatjara School seeks to explore options that will lead to employment for our students in this community. This may mean helping to create local opportunities and visions for the future.

Health Issues
Addressing health issues is vital for the development of successful learning outcomes for Anangu students. Of particular concern is Otitis Media, Trachoma and Foetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Anangu Tertiary Education Program - AnTEP
AnTEP provides training for Anangu Education Workers (AEWs) at Pipalyatjara Anangu School. This is part of a wider program run through the University of South Australia.

Using Computers in the Classroom
A selection of resources from a workshop run at the Alice Springs Conference
of Anangu Schools in 2000. Includes workshop notes and source files.

Secondary Education on the Lands
Secondary education options for students in remote Aboriginal communities.
This paper presented by Dr Di Russell describes the development of Secondary Education on the Pitjantjatjara Lands including Pipalyatjara Anangu School.

Reflections on Leading a Desert School
Reflections on the development of education at Pipalyatjara Anangu School from 1996 - 1999 contrasted with the issues raised by Neville Green in his book, Desert School (Warburton Ranges School in 1966).

A Pitjantjatjara Vocabulary
Web pages of words and phrases with some sound files developed to assist a Pitjantjatjara language learner. Development of this resource is still current. Presented as is.

Teaching HTML
A set of lesson notes for teaching hyper text markup language and links to further resources. Original Workshops run at Ernabella AnTEP - UniSA in May 2001.

Links to Anangu Education Services
Anangu Education Services provides the support structures for our school and the other Anangu Schools on the Pitjantjatjara Lands.
        Connect to AES in Ernabella
        Connect to AES in Adelaide

SACSA Framework
South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability Framework is the basis for our teachers' planning, programming and assessment. The SACSA Website provides an additional resource.

Link to EdNA
Link to one of the best Educational sites for teachers. Education Network Australia provides a directory of educational resources for the Australian Educational Community.

Other Links
Other links to resources that our staff have found useful and would recommend.
This includes extensive links to Australian Aboriginal resources.

Search Engine
One of the best search engines for students is Google Safe Search.

Page Updated May 2002

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