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Title Behind The News: GST Changes/Piracy Crackdown/Music Education/Skipping School/Grave Mission
Published Australia : ABC3, 2014
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Summary GST CHANGESDid you know that there's a tax in Australia that even kids have to pay? It's called the GST and the Prime Minister has just announced he's open to increasing it, or putting it on more things. But why does it need to change? And what is it charged on now? BtN looks at the entire Australian taxation system to find out.TEACHING RESOURCES INCLUDED Learning areas -Mathematics / Number and Algebra / Money and financial mathematics Create simple financial plans Year 5 Investigate and calculate percentage<http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/glossary/popup?a=M&t=Percentage> discounts of 10%, 25% and 50% on sale items, with and without digital technologies Year 6 Solve problems involving the use of percentages, including percentage<http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/glossary/popup?a=M&t=Percentage> increases and decreases, with and without digital technologies Year 8PIRACY CRACKDOWNLast week, a Hollywood film company went to court to demand the personal details of Australians who downloaded one particular movie illegally. If successful, those downloaders could each face thousands of dollars in fines. Internet service providers say they're going to fight to keep the details secret, but not because they're pro-piracy. BtN takes a closer look at this latest development in the copyright war.MUSIC EDUCATIONIn the recent national curriculum review, experts recommended Australian students focus more heavily on music in their studies. It's a subject that's close to the heart of one young girl, who helped write a song that will soon be sung at hundreds of schools across the country. BtN meets her to find out why she believes music education is important, and how it might be treated differently in schools in the future.TEACHING RESOURCES INCLUDED Learning areas -The Arts / MusicIdentify intended purposes and meanings as they listen to music using the elements of music to make comparisons, starting with Australian music, including music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Years 3 & 4Explain how the elements of music communicate meaning by comparing music from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music Years 5 & 6Develop technical and expressive skills in singing and playing instruments with understanding of rhythm, pitch and form in a range of pieces, including in music from the community Years 5 & 6Analyse composers' use of the elements of music and stylistic features when listening to and interpreting music Years 7 & 8SKIPPING SCHOOLShould students be forced to go to school on their birthday? That's the question being asked after one principal in Tasmania banned kids from having the day off on their birthday, saying it's not a good enough reason to stay home. But are there any good reasons, apart from being sick? What if you're going on a big holiday with your family, is it okay to miss school then? We look at both sides of this debate and ask kids where the line should be drawn.GRAVE MISSIONMost people would be a bit nervous visiting an old cemetery, but one school group is not only volunteering to visit one, they're adopting it so they can look after it into the future. As part of the adoption, the kids will help to fix up and protect the old graves, whilst learning more about some of the people buried there. BtN joins the class as they take part in a very practical history lesson.**Teacher resources available at www.abc.net.au/btn/teachers.htm**
Event Broadcast 2014-11-04 at 10:00:00
Notes Classification: G
Subject Art and music.
Cemeteries -- Conservation and restoration.
School improvement programs -- Government policy.
Australia.
Tasmania.
South Australia -- Adelaide.
Form Streaming video
Author Athey, Tash, host
Holbrook, Matthew, reporter
Thiele, Natasha, reporter
Abbott, Tony, contributor
Whitfield, Ross, contributor