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In our Newsletters you will find updates about our Professional Learning Programme, facilitators, curriculum resources, and current and upcoming events. Feel free to email us with feedback about this Newsletter.

December 2008

• In July 2008, Acting Education Minister, The Hon Brendan O'Connor, announced ongoing funding for Primary Connections.
• In excess of 900 Curriculum Leaders Australia wide have been trained in partnership with State jurisdictions and their associated PLFs.
• More than 100,000 Primary Connections units distributed throughout Australia and overseas.
• The new Indigenous Perspectives Report and DVD has now been published.

December 2007

• A 'pilot' unit (Plants in action) with the embedded Draft Indigenous Perspective has been developed and is currently being trialled.
• Primary Connections releases the eighth published unit in the suite, It's electrifying.
• More than 60,000 Primary Connections units distributed throughout Australia and overseas.

August 2007

• Primary Connections shortlisted for Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing for 2007.
• More than 40,000 Primary Connections units distributed throughout Australia and overseas.
• Almost 300 trained professional learning facilitators located Australia-wide to conduct a range of professional learning.

March 2007

• A further 120 Primary Connections Professional Learning Facilitators are trained in Canberra in January 2007.
• Three new Primary Connections curriculum resource units are published and available for sale from January 2007.
• Minister for Education Science and Training Julie Bishop announces a $1m Awards for Excellence scheme for Australian Universities who incorporate Primary Connections into their pre-service primary education courses.

October 2006

• Primary Connections wins the 2006 Australian Publishers Association Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing in the Primary Teaching and Learning category.
• Federal Minister for Science, Education and Training, Julie Bishop formally announces $3 million funding for Stage 3 of the Primary Connections project.
• The second Professional Learning Facilitator workshop will be held in Canberra from 17–19 January 2007.

July 2006

• Primary Connections is shortlisted for Australian Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing for 2006.
• Four Primary Connections curriculum resource units are published and available for sale.
• Eighty-eight Primary Connections professional learning facilitators are trained and are available to conduct professional development for schools.