The team

Michelle Fifield & Meg Dunford – Orange

Jo Hathway – Tocal College, Paterson

What we do

Connect: teachers and students with primary

industries

Grow: understanding of industry practice,

skills and careers

Learn: where food and fibre comes from and

the importance of primary industries

Teacher professional development

Grab and go teaching resources

Learning experiences at DPI facilities eg Belgenny Creamery, Tocal, Yanco, OAI

Integrated and accessible -

onsite & online

Primary resources

http://www.tocal.nsw.edu.au/home/investigate

Belgenny Creamery Dairy science and technology at

http://www.belgennyfarm.com.au/schools/creamery

Focus on supporting Agriculture teachers

Climate Challenge PD

Farming in the 21st century

Open days at DPI facilities

Communicate research outcomes and

careers eg Farm Decision Platform

Secondary resources

Facilitate teaching about our

primary industries in schools by

providing quality professional

development for all teachers.

Aim

Industry action heroes

NSW IAP 2014 Yoghurt tree project

Dave Anthony, Cotton Australia

Dr Jim Pratley, Charles Sturt University

Trained trainers

train students

Trainer trains

other trainers

Train the

trainer

Multiplier effect

The team

Face to face workshops

Online courses

Blended learning

Programs

Courses available

Tech Mandatory – Getting ready for

the new syllabus

Game changers and Change makers

AgPatch

Farm to table

Transforming milk into camembert

Find us at

www.knowingandgrowing.edu.au

Tocal Virtual Farm

https://trade.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?ap

pid=54c8fa832fc445d8a8994e4731956e0a

• GIS layers of physical attributes

• Images

• Multimedia resources

• Narrative about management practices

with some historical context

Story maps

Property overview Soils Water K-6

Coming soon - Cultural heritage map, Climate and VR

Primary resources

Science & technology, geography, history

AND

English, maths, PDHPE and capacity syllabuses

Secondary resources

6 teaching resources for the Farm case

study resources eg Measuring finance and

performance

NSWDPI Schools program

Jo Hathway

Meg Dunford

Michelle Fifield

E: schools.program@dpi.nsw.gov.au

W: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/education-and-training/school-

resources

You-Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPXat-

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