Listen to the second part of our Poetry Podcast, a resource for our Student Poetry Competition. In this episode, a Alan Wright, an educational consultant, writer and poet, and Corinne Kaplan, an educator with a passion for literacy, discuss how you can help young poets find inspiration.Arts Learning Festival

Independent Schools Victoria is holding a poetry competition for all Victorian school students, an event of its Arts Learning Festival. We’re providing poetry resources for teachers, parents and students. In this podcast, ISV’s Genia Janover speaks to Alan Wright, an educational consultant, writer and poet, and Corinne Kaplan, an educator with a pa…

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The Short Story Competition ran as part of our Arts Learning Festival, showcasing the creative talents of Victorian students. We've asked winners to record their stories. In this recording, hear Sienna Boorer, from the Alice Miller School, winner of the years 7-8 category read her story, The Music Box.…

The Short Story Competition ran as part of our Arts Learning Festival, showcasing the creative talents of Victorian students. We've asked winners to record their stories. In this recording, hear Nathaniel Jackson, from Chairo Christian School, winner of the years 9-10 category read his story Der Cellospieler (The Cello Player).…

The Short Story Competition ran as part of our Arts Learning Festival, showcasing the creative talents of Victorian students. We've asked winners to record their stories. In this recording, hear Archer Tatham-Thompson, from Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, winner of the years 5 to 6 category.Arts Learning Festival

The Short Story Competition ran as part of our Arts Learning Festival, showcasing the creative talents of Victorian students. We've asked winners to record their stories. In this recording, hear Elise Orme, from Camberwell Girls' Grammar School, winner of the years 3 to 4 category.Arts Learning Festival

The Short Story Competition ran as part of our Arts Learning Festival, showcasing the creative talents of Victorian students. We've asked winners to record their stories. In this recording, hear Trinity Brincat, from Melton Primary School, joint winner of the Foundation to Year 2 category.Arts Learning Festival

The Short Story Competition ran as part of our Arts Learning Festival, showcasing the creative talents of Victorian students. We've asked winners to record their stories. Our first is Emily Lam, from Presbyterian Ladies' College, joint winner of the Foundation to Year 2 category.Arts Learning Festival

How can the arts change young lives?In our latest festival podcast, Simon Gipson, head of The Song Room, explores how exposure to the arts can have a profound impact on the lives of young people. The Song Room is one of our main presenters, with Making Tracks and the Make and Play Workshops. And in a bonus blog, Simon also reveals how David Bowie c…

In the second Arts Learning Festival podcast, Shane Green starts exploring Independent Schools Victoria's 2019 festival Program by speaking to New York-based visual artist, Mary Mattingly. Mary will be running an event called Objects In The Round. In this podcast, Shane and Mary talk about her recent work creating bundled objects and Swale - a publ…

Solving the world’s problems requires science, but they need more than that. They need the creativity of the arts. Join us to hear the stories and meet the people behind Independent Schools Victoria’s biennial Arts Learning Festival, celebrating arts in education. Independent Schools Victoria has long advocated that the arts are not an optional add…