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SWIFF’s Nextwave Youth Short Film Competition is open for entries!
The Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival is looking for the next wave of young filmmakers!
Enter a short film into the Nextwave Youth Film Competition for your chance to win awesome awards and prizes, including Best School, and have your film premiere at SWIFF 2022 on the Coffs Coast!
If you like being creative, and want to have a go at filmmaking, SWIFF wants to see what you can do!
The rules are simple:
- Make a film under five minutes
- Include a pineapple
- Enter before October 12th to win!
For full terms and conditions, visit www.nextwavefilm.com.au
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Free Audiobooks for Teens!
Over the period of the US summer holidays, AudioFile Magazine is hosting the Sync Audiobooks for Teens Program.
This Program releases paired, themed audiobooks for free download each week from Thursday April 29 to August 4 Eastern Time (USA). Aimed at students 13 and up it encourages us to read and explore other worlds and ways of being. head to https://audiofilemagazine.com/sync/ to register then follow the instructions to get your books. You may need to create a Sora Student account (Overdrive) and get the app from the app store. Sign-up to notifications to keep up-to-date with the releases. Once you have downloaded the audiobooks during their week of release, you can keep them, but make sure you get them while they are available! The first pair, ‘Come On In’ edited by Ali Alsaid and ‘Illegal’ by Francisco X. Stork are available now. Don’t miss out!
I am writing to let you know of a wonderful initiative available through Vinnies NILs called No Interest Loans (NILs). A NILS loan has no interest, no fees, no charges ever.
Every year, we help parents and carers on low incomes (in particular those on Centrelink) to apply for a NILs loan of up to $1,500 to cover the cost of essential school items such as uniforms, books, laptops, stationery, school camps, and musical instruments (as well as other essential such as washing machines, fridges, car repairs, medical and dental expenses).
What is a NILs loan?
A NILs loan is a safe, affordable alternative to high-interest payday loans or rent-to-buy leases. It’s not a payday loan or a bank loan but a form of ‘circular community credit'. This means when a borrower makes a repayment to NILs, the funds are then released to someone else in the community. NILs is supported by not-for-profit Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand, with funding from the Australian Government in partnership with NAB.
To help raise awareness of NILs
If you feel that your students and their families could benefit, I encourage you to raise awareness of NILs loans for education costs within your school community.
To assist I’ve attached a copy of an A4 advertisement in PDF format that you may wish to publish in your school newsletter and website AND/OR print and display in your reception area. You may also wish to inform parents via email or post, particularly when school booklist reminders are being distributed, and to notify your school counsellor and accounts team if parents call to request a payment plan.
Parents can find out more information about NILs by contacting:
Vinnies NILs
5229 8829
enquiries.nils@vinniesnils.org.au
Could $500 Help You With High School Costs?
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