Primary Ethics Annual Report 2023 - 2024

2024 Annual Impact Report

THINK REASON DISCUSS

Acknowledgment of country

Primary Ethics recognises the traditional owners and custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to First Nations elders past and present and celebrate their ongoing connections to the lands and waters of Australia.

Primary Ethics is the sole provider of ethics education in NSW public schools. We believe in the transformative power of ethics education to help young people become better decision-makers and more engaged, empathetic citizens.

From the Chair and CEO

Primary Ethics is now in its fourteenth year of operations. We have come a long way from ground zero when an amendment to the NSW Education Act in late 2010 created the opportunity for ethics classes in public schools – thanks to the compelling advocacy of The Ethics Centre.

Today we are in more than 460 schools teaching over 40,000 children each week through the extraordinary generosity of over 2000 volunteers.

But we still have a long way to go. If our dream comes true, we will be in over 800 schools teaching over 100,000 children, with no child on a waiting list.

We are ambitious for our future because what we do is unique and important – perhaps more so in today’s confusing and conflict-riddled world.

What do we do? What we don’t do is tell kids what values they should have. We don’t set ourselves up as the judge of what is right or wrong. Far from it.

What we do do is create a safe and non-judgemental space which creates the opportunity, through over 100 topics and 270 lessons in our world-class ethics curriculum, for the children to think carefully about the everyday moral issues and challenges we put before them. The opportunity to share with their fellow students what they think and why - what decision they would make and why, what action they would take and why.

There is no right or wrong answer. They listen carefully to the opinions of their fellow students and their reasons. They learn from each other. And, most importantly, they are free to change their mind if they prefer another view. These children are practising thinking for themselves and making up their own minds on what they think is right or wrong and why.

We are now in both exciting and challenging times. Happily, our hard work engaging and inspiring our volunteers has shielded us from some of the declines other volunteer-led organisations are facing due to the ongoing cost of living challenges.

Our curriculum continues to evolve. For example, we now have lessons on the ethics of AI to ensure we remain topical and engaging. The skills to think critically,

find reasons for our opinions and discuss differences respectfully have never been more important.

We have more exciting work ahead and reaching more students is our main goal.

To highlight one example, we are working on a project to deliver ethics classes to students at small and remote schools, including in regional NSW. We know that our classes need a minimum of seven students to make them work and this is difficult in smaller schools. But by using technology to connect a network of small schools and remotely located volunteers, we can build a bigger community of inquiry and reach even more students across the state.

We’re now training more volunteers remotely and working out how to move them into the classrooms faster – all essential to helping us continue to grow and ensure every student across NSW public schools has the opportunity to experience ethics lessons.

Looking forward, we need to continue to dream big, to be ambitious… We acknowledge the amazing passion and incredible commitment of our volunteers, who teach ethics lessons each week, every week. We know our volunteers find teaching ethics highly rewarding - they know they are making an important difference to the way their students think, reason and discuss and ultimately, they are making an enormous difference to the communities these young people will grow into, as leaders across business, government, the creative sector and civil society.

We finish with a big thanks to each of you and the hope that you will continue to support us for many years to come. Enjoy reading our 2024 Annual Impact report.

CEO

Bruce Hogan AM Evan Hannah Chair

Our values

Respect

We create learning environments in which children practise respectful discussion.

Integrity

We employ robust recruitment and screening practices to ensure the integrity of our volunteers and the highest standards in child safety.

Independence

We provide a learning environment in which students of all faiths or no faith can learn together.

Excellence

Our teacher-training program and curriculum are continually improved to ensure excellence in the classroom.

Teamwork

In ethics children learn that ethical issues are more easily understood by talking with others than by thinking alone. Members of the school and broader communities work together to provide ethics education for children.

Because every child should have access to the life enhancing skills of ethics education

Our year at a glance

Facilitated 60 training sessions

Operated classes in 500 schools

Assisted 723 volunteer teachers via personal phone calls and lesson

Provided 65,500 lessons to students

Collected 6626 pieces of curriculum feedback

Updated 120 lesson topics

Trained 539 new volunteer teachers (19 new high school teachers)

Attracted 371 teachers to attend our classroom support workshops

Reached 26,000 supporters per term with our communications

Connected with 10,500 followers on social media The

Our volunteers see the impact

Primary Ethics is the sole provider of ethics education in NSW public schools. Lessons are powered by our committed volunteers from all sections of the community and are delivered free of charge. Since Primary Ethics began in 2010 we have trained over 12,000 volunteers. Our hard-working volunteers form the backbone of our ethics education program – it literally would not exist without them. And they are there at the point of impact.

Ethics volunteer and physiotherapist Ima Strkljevic is doing her PhD on the health benefits of volunteering. She sees a profound impact both on those who give and those who receive in our ethics education program.

Ima Strkljevic: The impact of a volunteering program such as Primary Ethics is multifaceted and evident in all levels of the socio-ecological system, from the individual and interpersonal to the professional, community and societal levels.

For the individual, the benefits of volunteering are evident in increased knowledge, adaptability, problemsolving skills, increased empathy and confidence, improved cultural competency, personal growth and satisfaction and an overall rewarding experience.

On the interpersonal level, there is a usually very rewarding provider-recipient relationship, as well as receiving gratitude from the students.

On a wider scale, the benefits which flow from the Primary Ethics volunteer program include increased and improved programs statewide, increased community understanding and insight into the ethics program, capacity building, sustainability and creativity in promoting and implementing the program.

As with any volunteering program, there can be some negative impacts, such as personal negative experiences causing anxiety or frustration, unrealistic expectations, crowding of existing programs, lack of acknowledgement. But we do all we can – and we do it well - to ameliorate these.

As a volunteer myself, I dedicate my time and skills to my local school community to support the Primary Ethics program. I established this local program in 2017 and keep on supporting it together with my local community network members, including my daughter (a former student). As a health professional, starting out I was highly motivated by altruism, learning, my pre-existing interests and personal fulfilment. Seven years later, we

“I’m passionate about serving as a role model to older people to keep volunteering to

reap the health benefits.”

Ima Strkljevic

have built a strong and supported program and forged strong relationships with school staff, students and the wider community.

My motivation to keep volunteering as an ethics teacher, coordinator and regional manager remains strong to this day - it keeps me physically and socially active and connected to my local community. I’m passionate about serving as a role model to older people to keep volunteering long after their children leave the school to reap the health benefits of volunteering. At the same time it thrills me when I see young applicants (Gen Z) who commit to donating their time to the community.

Three things you achieved in your ethics program in 2023-2024

• Provided a stable ethics program to all stages at my school.

• Re-activated a former teacher to return to teaching.

• Last but not least, I am the first regional manager to approve an application from a young female rocket scientist to be an ethics teacher (a 23-yearold aerospace engineering and physics graduate)!

Our volunteers see the impact

Bruce Isaacs is an Associate Professor of Film Studies at Sydney University. He’s also an ethics teacher at his son’s school – but does not teach his eight-year-old son’s stage, instead facilitating the Year 6 class.

Bruce Isaacs: As a senior academic at the University of Sydney specialising in critical thinking approaches to art and culture, I have been inspired by the Primary Ethics program. Teaching Year 6 students weekly, I have been deeply impressed with the structure of the curriculum, which bases its pedagogy on up-to-date approaches to critical thinking and analysis. I believe that the ethics program is a vital arm of a young student’s journey and should be essential learning in a world in which questions of truth and values are increasingly challenged. My hope is that the program can be extended to secondary school learning and potentially embedded formally in primary and secondary school curricula.

I’m very interested in education at university. And I wanted to compare what we were doing to what would happen in a Year 6 classroom with an ethics curriculum. Were there continuities? And to be honest, there were so many continuities that I was shocked. The degree to which what the Year 6s were doing spoke so beautifully to what I was doing with 20-year-olds. It affirmed everything I’d hoped it would.

What I discovered with Year 6, I started teaching them two years ago, they were like sponges when it came to wanting to put forward their opinions. And what I noticed was the level of engagement, it was remarkable to me. They were highly expressive. They wanted to get

“I love the fact that the curriculum does not dumb anything down. What I wrestle with in students in year six is precisely what I wrestle with in adults undertaking university education.”

Bruce Isaacs

into the meat of these questions. And the ethics classes are based so much on creating dialogue in those spaces and the script is incredibly supportive to enable you to create the dialogue.

I can say that the dialogue that is established between the student and the teacher without telling the student right or wrong is absolutely transferable to the university space. So I would like to think that what ethics is doing, and I see it firsthand, I see the students who come at 18 or 19 years old, ethics prepares them for a really high level of learning and critical engagement.

I love the classes. I love the bonds with students. Teaching is astonishingly rewarding in itself. So the act of teaching for me is as if you’re constantly engaged in a social good. It’s just incredibly rewarding.

Our school-wide impact

We work closely with school communities and volunteer teachers to deliver a world-class ethics education program to students across public schools in NSW.

Dione David is an ethics teacher and coordinator at Austinmer Public School on the coast just south of Sydney. She sees the program having a significant impact in her school.

Dione David: At a school of fewer than 300 students, we have close to 140 students enrolled in ethics classes at Austinmer Public School. The demand for ethics is significant!

I initially signed up to become the coordinator because it was important to me as a parent that there was a meaningful alternative to scripture/non-scripture and one that was relevant. I have since had feedback from numerous parents who are profoundly grateful that we have this at our school. They tell me that ethics is widely enjoyed by our students - for some, it’s their favourite subject. These parents, like me, cannot see us going back to a time before the ethics curriculum was offered at our school.

When I found out that the program was looking for a coordinator, I signed up for two reasons - first, I didn’t want the program to fall over and second, it was an opportunity to contribute to my local school community that didn’t necessarily need to cut into my workday. When I stepped in, our program had only one teacher left, as five had to cease volunteering for various reasons. This meant that only 15 percent of the students who wanted to do ethics would have been able to in the next year. After communicating this to my local

school community, I was inspired to see parents and grandparents step up in a big way. Their feedback on becoming volunteers in the Primary Ethics program - the efficiency of logistics such as training and the levels of engagement with the curriculum - was so motivating, that I then signed up to teach as well as coordinate!

I believe that in an age of growing geo-political divides and with more opportunity for the proliferation of misinformation via social media and other platforms, the skills taught in ethics - critical thinking, deductive reasoning, collaborative inquiry and respectful disagreement - are increasingly critical to teach to our young people.

Our school-wide impact

Susan Stiehm is an ethics teacher and coordinator at Rozelle Public School in inner-west Sydney. She also does relief ethics teaching at a nearby school.

Susan Stiehm: Ethics classes teach the kids to listen to each other and consider the views of others. They then learn from an early age that not everyone thinks like them – other children may have contrary views that make a lot of sense.

Also, the students learn how to make judgements based on solid reasoning.

I’m always amazed at how the kids love to hear the stories embedded in the lessons and offer their views. They quickly learn how to build on each other’s ideas and how to disagree without being disagreeable. They give me a lot of hope for the future.

I can’t see how a democracy can work if we don’t learn to listen to and learn from other people with contrary views.

Stories from the Education team

Jarrah Aubourg

Jarrah Aubourg is the Director of Education at Primary Ethics, a position he loves.

I oversee our curriculum, teacher training and classroom support initiatives. It’s an incredibly cool job to be honest – writing lesson materials, designing training programs and working with our passionate teachers to ensure that every student in our program is experiencing meaningful and engaging ethics lessons.

The Primary Ethics program has a significant impact on both local communities and society at large. By teaching young people to think critically about ethical issues, express their views with confidence and genuinely listen to the perspectives of others, we are cultivating a generation that is better equipped to engage in thoughtful and respectful discussions. This not only improves relationships and problem-solving within their own communities but also prepares them to contribute positively to society as a whole.

Our students learn to evaluate arguments, collaborate with others – even when they disagree – and navigate complex situations with empathy and insight. These skills have lasting benefits for their future roles as colleagues, friends, family members and citizens. And it’s important to acknowledge that ethics isn’t just something that adults deal with – we know that young people face genuine ethical dilemmas every day at school and in the community. Giving them the tools and space to explore

We are cultivating a generation that is better equipped to engage in thoughtful and respectful discussions.

these dilemmas thoughtfully alongside their peers is invaluable.

As a result of our work in the Education team, our volunteers are better equipped with the skills needed to facilitate ethics lessons, feel better supported and more connected to Primary Ethics and have a worldclass curriculum in their hands to take to students. These things not only have an ongoing positive impact on our students and the overall quality of our program, but also contribute to a more positive volunteering experience.

Focus for next year

Next year we’ll start a second program review, to help us assess the effectiveness of recent initiatives and demonstrate the overall rigour of our program. The findings will also help us fine-tune our training, classroom support and curriculum development to keep the program relevant and impactful. We’re also investigating the best means to conduct impact research. Building on the success of our new topic on Artificial Intelligence, we want to introduce more contemporary topics to the curriculum, exploring areas that reflect the ethical challenges young people face now.

Finally, with our program now extending from Kindergarten to Year 8, our training team is developing targeted short courses for teachers, focusing on specific age groups. These self-paced courses will help our teachers more effectively navigate their students’ different needs.

3 things you achieved for the ethics program in 2023-2024

• We updated 120 curriculum topics, ensuring they’re not only engaging for students but also satisfying and straightforward for teachers to deliver.

• We wrote a new topic on Artificial Intelligence that’s been a huge hit, sparking fascinating discussions among both students and teachers.

• We’ve implemented the recommendations of our 2022 Program Review, including launching a check-in program for all new teachers and holding regular workshops on facilitation and classroom management strategies (28 workshops with 429 participants!)

Stories from the Education team

Margaret Widjaya

Margaret Widjaya is a classroom support officer who works directly with volunteers to help them sort out classroom issues.

Classroom support is crucial to the support, success, compliance and coaching of volunteer ethics teachers. It’s my job to help these volunteers sort out any problems, gain confidence and renew their motivation through having satisfying experiences in the classroom.

Once recruited to Primary Ethics, volunteers receive high quality ethics teacher training. Once in a school, they receive great support from their ethics coordinator and area managers around the workings of the school. Once in the classroom they are on a steep, possibly daunting, learning curve - no matter what set of skills they bring from their own lives, they are learning and honing the new skills of being an ethics teacher and gaining experience with each lesson taught.

This is where I might come in. I help volunteers develop and improve their classroom skills through offering advice and coaching on best practice. The Classroom Support team (CST) also has a quality assurance role which is critical to Primary Ethics successfully carrying out its mission.

It’s an obvious statement but without these volunteer teachers, Primary Ethics would cease to exist; there would be no-one in the classroom ‘to support children to develop lifelong skills in ethical reasoning, critical thinking and respectful discussion’. The longer our ethics classes are in schools over the years, the more the skills will flow through the generations. “In time, not very much time at all, it will be the decisions of the children we teach today that will shape the world,” as Dr Simon Longstaff of The Ethics Centre wrote.

In the current climate of nationally declining volunteer numbers, the Classroom Support team is critical in demonstrating our commitment to volunteers. Research from the National Strategy for Volunteering (Feb 2024) indicated that improving volunteer experiences was critical to keeping volunteers engaged and one of the ways to do this is the provision of added support.

Our volunteers come from all walks of life - they can be parents, grandparents, retired people in the community, working people from corporations, tertiary institutions or running their own small business.

The team supports teachers at different stages in their volunteering, ranging from new teacher check-in calls to responding to experienced teachers who seek help with

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Part of volunteers wanting to do their job well is valuing contact with us – and they clearly do. They organise their schedule to fit the call into their day and find a space to talk. I’ve even had a surgeon in the pre-op area before gowning up, taking the CST call.

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Our volunteers

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Haigh • Adele Jones • Adele Walsh • Adelle Kirby • Aditi Kogekar • Adna Olovcic • Adoni Patrikios • Adriana Love • Adrienne Berkman • Adrienne Gubbay • Adrienne Kabos • Afia

Abid • Agnese Dektere • Ahmad Al Khalil • Aida Manouchehr Pournaeini • Aidan Wilson • Aimee Hammett • Alan Green • Alan Haselden • Alan Hyde • Alana Chinnery • Alana George • Alarna Kladnig • Aleksandra Zlatevska • Alex Behrman • Alex Davidson • Alex Youroukelis • Alexa Stuart • Alexander Dang • Alexander Kroh • Alexandra Cain • Alexandra Carew • Alexandra Coroneo • Alexandra Dore • Alexandra Heffernan • Alexandra Middleton • Alexandra Wilson • Ali Mamouri • Alice Garglahn • Alice Hatt • Alice Troeber • Alicia Hoye • Alicia Noble • Alicia Potts • Aliesha Fagan • Alifiya Reilly • Alina Foy • Aline Lago

Dor • Alison Bennett • Alison Cooke • Alison Cullen • Alison de Mello • Alison Donnelly • Alison Haines • Alison Hart • Alison Hooper • Alison Kemp • Alison Martin • Alison Mulveney • Alison Payne • Alison Pignon • Alison Purslow • Alison Royston • Alison Scott • Alison Sluis • Alison Windsor • Alison Wu • Alistair Zealey • Allan Kreuiter • Allan Murray • Allie Steel • Allison Cameron • Allison Hogan • Allison Scott • Allison Tsao • Alokita Shankhar • Alyssa Milton • Alyssa Yoong • Amanda Adams • Amanda Collins • Amanda Dalton • Amanda Ewing • Amanda Ind • Amanda Kuen • Amanda Lawler • Amanda Rauth • Amanda Tipping • Amanda Walton • Amanda Watts • Amber Bailey • Amber Kosnetter • Amelia Long • Amelia Phillips • Amir Meshel • Amit

Mitra • Amy Attwood • Amy Barmania • Amy Bishop • Amy Butler • Amy Cunningham • Amy Epple • Amy Hardingham • Amy Hursthouse • Amy Jurd • Amy King • Amy McDonald • Amy Pattra • Amy Tingcombe • Amy Whiteford • Ananda Hall • Anastasia Hunter • Anastasia Makshakova • Andrea Sahyoun • Andrea Sun • Andrew Birdsall • Andrew Buchanan • Andrew Cairns • Andrew Grant • Andrew Harding • Andrew Johnson • Andrew Knight • Andrew Lim • Andrew O’Connell • Andrew Pearce • Andrew Tulloch • Andrew Whitaker • Andy Antoniou • Anfernee Truong • Ange McDonald • Angela Bunn • Angela Carter • Angela Foster • Angela Mcweeney • Angela Parsons • Angela Saurine • Angela Schiavone • Angela Swinnerton • Angela Yong • Angeline Krasuska • Angie Dunn • Angus McFarlane • Anh Vo • Anita Burgermeister • Anita McDermott • Anita Mulrooney • Anita von Korff • Ankur Sehgal • Ann Cameron • Ann Lewis • Anna Dicker • Anna Durbin • Anna Hall • Anna Han • Anna Morris • Anna Ridley Wellwood • Anna Szanto • Anna Tran • Anna Zhu • Annabel Semedo • Annabelle Berriman • Annalise Philcox •

Annamari Laaksonen • Anne Dunn Snape • Anne Freeman • Anne Gale • Anne Karpin • Anne Maree Hodgson • Anne Nelson • Anne Walker • Anne-Lise Daniel • Anne-maree Thurecht • Annemarie Vardanega • Annemarie Winters • Annette Berriman • Annette Cape • Annette Clark • Annette Darmody • Annette Kwan • Annette Mathews • Annette Tavitian • Annette Yardley • Annie Bilton • Annie Fang

Wang • Annie Lacombe • Annie Song • Annie Wilson • Annika Johansson-Dole • Anthea Menzies • Anthony Blunden • Anthony Edwards • Anthony Grenfell • Anthony Jucha • Anthony Macdonald • Antoinette Mullins • Antoinette Trimble • Anton Rehrl • Anum

Shafqaat • Anupam Phoghat • Anushka Lalauze • Anuya Velpanur • Apeksha Sharma • April Macdonald • April Traynor • Aram Tayebi • Ariane Halls • Arpana Ahluwalia • Arthur Glass • Aryiro Jokela • Asako Hill • Aseesa

Sheik Uduman • Asha Potla • Ashleigh Black • Ashleigh Hinze • Asli Aplin • Audrey Maag • Aurawan Sachaphornskul • Ava Agnew • Ava

Shirley • Avani Mittal • Averill Wilson • Avinash

Jalani • Aylin Ildes • Barb La Ganza • Barbara Walsh • Barbara Wells • Barney Glover • Barry Richardson • Beatrice Sochan • Bec Fernandez • Bec Johnson • Bec Wainscoat • Bec Whish

Fleming • Behnaz Aghaei • Belinda Douik • Belinda Fabrianesi • Belinda Kinkead • Belinda Margetts • Belinda Porter • Belinda Stafford • Belle Tayler • Ben Adamson • Ben Cebuliak • Ben Chinnock • Ben Fitzpatrick • Ben Prag • Benjamin Austin • Benjamin Oh • Benjamin Thornell • Benjamin Wilson • Bernard Li • Bernie Shipp • Beth Collinge • Beth Stephens • Beth Tregenza • Bev Kirkwood • Beverley Gwatkin • Beverley Simpson • Beverley Steele • Beverley Swanson • Beverley Yakich • Bharathi Gotyal • Bianca Doyle • Bianca Hart • Bianka Grange • Billie Acosta • Bin Li • Blair CornwelSmith • Blake Roach • Blake Rutledge • Bobbi Allan • Boyd Burger • Brandon O’Keeffe • Brendan McGrorey • Brendan Swift • Brendon Harper • Brett Haydon • Brian Crowther • Brian Ness • Brian Towle • Briana Ewing • Briana Shorten • Brianna Hoy • Bridget Hines • Bridget Pittorino • Brigette Sharp • Bronwen Gregoire • Bronwyn Batten • Bronwyn Butler • Bronwyn Davies • Bronwyn Walker • Brooke Crabb • Brooke Winchester • Bruce Hogan • Bruce Isaacs • Bryce Hawley • Bryn Ridd • Burcu Elci Ceylan • Cale Bain • Cameron Roberts • Camila Romuld • Candi Robertson • Candice Bergner • Candice Thomas • Candice Wang • Carina Marsden • Carlee Watts • Carlos Blanco • Carly Green • Carly Newton • Carly Skeers • Carmel Boudib • Carmen Brady • Carol Fallows • Carol Jeffs • Carol Lee • Carol Ridley • Carol Whittle • Caroline Deane • Caroline Ford • Caroline Fredriksson • Caroline John • Caroline Jones • Caroline McDevitt • Carolyn Kennedy • Carolyn Swindell • Carrie Schulman • Casey Aladic • Casey McQuillan • Cassandra Patrick • Cassandra Thompson • Cath Crawford • Cath Renwick • Catherine Bendall • Catherine

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Maguire • Catherine Scott • Catherine Smith • Catherine Su • Catherine Tran • Catherine

White • Cathryn Berry • Cathy Chan • Cathy Chase • Cathy Mathews • Catriona Barry • Cecilia Mok • Cedomir Smokovic • Celia

Mander-Jones • Cemine Sezgin • Charanmeet

Ahuja • Charity Mirow • Charlie Hewitt • Charlie Hopkins • Charlie Shea • Charlotte Anderson • Charlotte Bazin • Charlotte

Dunstone • Charmayne Connelly • Charmi

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Pandey • Chi Tranter • Chloe Rich • Chloe

Spear • Chris Caley • Chris Cook • Chris Greenwood • Christina Jarron • Christine

Campbell • Christine Crimmins • Christine Fair • Christine Foster-Muir • Christine Huber • Christine King • Christine Papoules • Christine

Richards • Christine Sturt • Christine Watt • Christine Wheeler • Christopher Bowen • Christopher Gilpin • Christopher Hellyer • Christopher Lin • Christy Molyneux • Cindy

Bingley-Pullin • Claire Barr • Claire Behrmann • Claire Bocking • Claire Deakin • Claire Fearon • Claire Finch • Claire Grady • Claire Kemperman

• Claire Locke • Claire Manners • Claire Mason

• Claire McLisky • Claire Neilson • Claire

Newall • Claire Palmer • Claire Parfitt • Claire Robertson • Claire Shelswell • Claire Williams • Clara Kann • Clara Nguyen • Clare Bradshaw • Clare Guilfoyle • Clare Hastings • Clare Pitfield

• Clare Windon • Claudia Goldblatt • Claudia

Lema Dodobara • Clea Newson • Clive

Thompson • Cody Aaron • Col Sargent • Coleen Henney • Colette Ryan • Colleen Elsley

• Connie Mudge • Coral Sturgess • Corey

O’Malley • Corey Spink • Costa Loucopoulos • Courtney Testre • Craig Errey • Cristina Condoleon • Cristina Pebaque • Curt Plumer • Cyndi Pham • Daisy Musin • Dallas Ens • Damian Carter • Damien Rivkin • Dan Delian • Dan Wheelahan • Dana Sampath • Dana Stefanovic • Dane Smale • Dani Rourke • Dani Tillett • Danica Sleap • Daniel Crosariol • Daniel Herscovitch • Daniel Howes • Daniel Keating • Daniel Peacock • Daniel Pront • Daniel Rosalky • Daniel Simmons • Daniel Van Dyk • Daniela Gambotto • Danielle Bernard • Danielle Haase • Danielle Pike • Danielle Smith

• Danny Chandra • Danya Webb • D’Arcy Erson • Darelle Carmody • Darren Fernandes • Dave Wilson • David Andreallo • David

Banham • David Bartolo • David Earls • David Green • David Hopley • David Kirby • David Kuhn • David Lattimore • David Liu • David Lucas • David Lye • David Mansford • David

Mason • David McPherson • David Nichols • David O’Brien • David Phillips • David Porter • David Ralph • David Sciascia • David Sweet • David Theodorou • Dawn Artpairin • Dean

Wheatley • Deanna Rose • Deanne Christou •

Deb Taylor • Deb Tipper • Debbie Lee • Debbie

Manley • Deborah Beverley • Deborah Encel • Deborah Green • Deborah Hamwood • Deborah Johnston • Deborah Moyle • Deborah

Robertson-Dunn • Deborah Russell • Deborah Verrell • Deborah Yates • Debra Cunningham • Debra Grimes • Debra Scott • Deirdre Edmonds

Our volunteers

• Delphine Delhaise • Dena Murdoch • Denis Gambi • Denise Attard • Denise Hatton • Denise Palmer • Dennis Olazabal • Derek Russell • Derek Waddell • Dhara Shantilal Jain

• Diana Coffey • Diana Dagg • Diana Glazer • Diana Hastie • Diana Wang • Diana Waters • Diana Wei • Diane Lawson • Diane Nash • Diane Nazaroff • Diane Sansom • Dianne

Andrewartha • Dianne Sweetnam • Dilek

Erden • Dimity Brown • Dimity Taylor • Dina

Cooley • Dion Weston • Dione David • Dionne

Zimmer • Dolly Young • Dominika Knox • Dominique Baldock • Donald Cheong • Donna Ashelford • Donna Kwan • Donna Robinson • Dorota Maj • Dragan Zakic • Duncan Hui • Dylan Mendes • Dylan Regtop • Eddy

Harrison-Lee • Edmund Jones • Edmundo

Apon • Edward Avent • Edwina Scerri • Edyta

Chowdry • Einat Piper • Eki Dugum-Memic • Ekta Shandil • Elaine Gray • Elaine Jorgensen • Elaine Lee • Elaine Leong • Eleanor Bell • Eleanor Hayllar • Elena Andersen • Elena

Chovancak • Eleni Aslanidis • Elinda Aclis • Elise James • Elise Peck • Elizabeth Abbott • Elizabeth Birch • Elizabeth Claridge Mackonis • Elizabeth Curran • Elizabeth Darlison • Elizabeth Ellis • Elizabeth Forsyth • Elizabeth Gammel • Elizabeth Jones • Elizabeth Limberg

• Elizabeth Murray • Elizabeth Powell • Elizabeth Roberts • Elizabeth Simpson • Elizabeth Tosti • Elizabeth Vrontamitis • Elizabeth Webb • Elizabeth Wheaton • Ella Walters-Adams • Ellen Bradbury • Ellen Osborn • Ellen Swan • Ellena Washbourn • Elleni Jamal

• Elleni Meakins • Ellie Nuss • Elsie Dongmei Li • Emi Yawata • Emilie Cameron • Emilie Ottervanger • Emily Ambrogio • Emily Baynham • Emily Higginson • Emily Jones • Emily Klineberg • Emily O’Donnell • Emily Speirs • Emily Trewin • Emily Trouncer • Emily Zytaruk • Emma Anderson • Emma Armson • Emma Bonham • Emma Ford • Emma Green • Emma Lonsdale • Emma Marshall • Emma Morris • Emma Paul • Emma Rose • Emma Smith • Emma Sorensen • Emma-Jane Marks • Ensieh Noorian • Erica Harding • Erin Fearn Smith • Erin Fleming • Erin Rutherford • Esther Robinson • Ethan Gandler • Etienne Alexiou • Eureka Henrich • Ev Lau • Eva Meland • Eva Mouxouris • Eva Papadopoulos • Evan Scott • Evan Whiteside • Evelina Gotlib • Evelyn Levisohn • Evgenia Klitsas • Evie Buttrose • Fabricio Bettega Nascimento • Faith Weisbrot • Fang Fang • Farnaz Azimzadeh • Farrah Bana • Fay Du Chateau • Feifei Mu • Felicity Barnes • Fernando Travasso • Feyza Tuncay • Filip Czyzewski • Filipa Antunes Vasconcelos De Carvalho • Fiona Arckless • Fiona Branscombe • Fiona Christopher • Fiona Galea • Fiona Headford • Fiona Kemeny • Fiona Meate • Fiona Murray • Fiona Torok • Fran Wilson • France Olazabal • Frances Black • Frances Lamb • Frances McDaid • Frank Murri • Frazer Parker • Furqan Hameedi • Gabriele Adamson • Gabrielle Glasson • Gabrielle Halcrow • Gabrielle Rose • Gai Patterson • Gail Batman •

Gail McGuckin • Gail Paternott • Garreth Bardsley • Gary Donnison • Gary Hughes • Gary Pajor-Markus • Gavin Costello • Gavin Henry • Gavin Paul • Gavin Youngman • Gayatri Vardarajan • Gayl Scully • Gayle King • Gaylia Bigg • Gemma Ash • Gemma Gladstone • Gemma Thompson • Genevieve Hopkins • Genevieve Wade • Geoff Dahlsen • Geoff Geraghty • Geoffrey Denman • Georg Weisske • George Anderson • Georgia Fasher • Georgia Millar • Georgie Manning-Harris • Georgina Adamson • Georgina Lakeland • Gerard Wollaston • Geri Ettinger-Epstein • Gilainne Sytingco-Lorenzo • Gilda McRobert • Gillian

Brennan • Gillian Morris • Gillian Wong • Gina Norton • Gina Rand • Giselle Travers • Glen Howell • Glenda Browne • Golnoosh Ershadi • Goni Akhavan • Gordon Jennison • Gordon Stevens • Graeme Anderson • Graeme Petrie • Graham King • Graham Marshall • Graham

Rands • Graham Read • Greg Bourke • Greg

Willis • Gregg Creevey • Gregory Barter • Gregory Bray • Gretel Butler • Griselda Buckland • Guy Beres • Hamid Govahi • Hamida Heidi Ahmad • Hamish Neal • Hanan Saleh • Hang Osment-Le • Hannah Ford • Hannah Henry • Hannah Jarvie • Harpreet

Rangi • Harry Kermond • Haydn Andrews • Hayley Goodman • Heather Cervantes • Heather Clarke • Heather Faith • Heather Reynolds • Heather Russell • Heaven Muecke • Heidi de Haas • Helen Chalk • Helen Cowman • Helen Hassan • Helen Kerr-Roubicek • Helen Lawrence • Helen Lewin • Helen Maye • Helen McCann • Helen Oakman • Helen Paterson • Helena Batista Alemao • Helene Seddon • Hema Prakash • Henry Huynh • Hilary Green • Hillary Hacker • Hillary Milton • Hollie Spender • Holly Hassall • Holly Kitamura • Honor

Christie • Hoshina Kato • Howard Gwatkin • Huanying Pan • Hugh Barrett • Iain Bulcraig • Ian Bryce • Ian Matthews • Ian Worsnip • Ida Turner • Ila Sarin • ilias Hristoforidis • Iline Savransky • Ilse Evans • Ima Strkljevic • Imogen Boas • Inbal Luft • Indira Sankar • Indra

Gaugere • Iona Macgregor • Irene Barr • Irene

Dungey • Irene Foxon • Iris Davis • Isabella Dobrescu • Isobel Merricks • Ivy Ng • Jacinta

Kalsy • Jacinta van den Berg • Jack Frisch • Jack Han • Jacob Gray • Jacobine van Kessel • Jacqueline Anderson • Jacqueline Grace • Jacqueline Katz • Jacqueline Leigh • Jacqueline Middleton • Jacqueline Murray • Jacqueline Pinson • Jacqueline Pulkkinen • Jacquelynn

Watson • Jacqui Bell • Jacqui Bonnitcha • Jacqui Jacobs • Jade Rodriguez • Jade Ryan • Jaime Valente • James Bailey • James Devenish

• James Doble • James Doumani • James Fisher

• James Haggerty • James Hancock • James

Heath • James Isaacs • James Murphy • James

Pearson • James Stewart • James Wilson • Jan

Broodryk • Jan Drinkwater • Jan Lovell • Janaki

Selvarajan • Jane Barker • Jane Hunter • Jane

Kelly • Jane McGrath • Jane McKernan • Jane

Reoch • Jane Westbrook • Jane Wirth • Jane

Worthy • Janelle Hunt • Janelle Roarty Calder •

Janelle Weise • Janet Bugden • Janet Dawson • Janet Hillis • Janet Kelly • Janet McLean • Janet

Smith • Janet Zuo • Jasdeep Henriquez • Jasmine Hopcraft • Jason Amac • Jason Carter

• Jason Roweth • Jayne Denshire • Jean Hanna

• Jean-Paul Leung • Jeff Patterson • Jeffrey

Ricketts • Jemma Hollonds • Jen Currie • Jen

Green • Jeni Marin • Jenna Andrews • Jenni

Harvey • Jennifer Aboki • Jennifer Cheng • Jennifer Choat • Jennifer Cunningham • Jennifer Curtis • Jennifer Finlay • Jennifer Gaul

• Jennifer Gollan • Jennifer Harding • Jennifer

Kennedy • Jennifer Lam-Huang • Jennifer Oka

• Jennifer Perez • Jenny Slatter • Jenny

Stapledon • Jenny Xie • Jens Olscher • Jeremy

Dwyer • Jeremy Hall • Jeremy Nash • Jess

Macaulay • Jess Naimo • Jess Ranginui • Jesse

Leeson • Jessica Allen • Jessica Breeze Nelson • Jessica Cassell • Jessica Collins • Jessica Edgar • Jessica Hicks • Jessica Jones • Jessica Li •

Jessica Mather • Jessica McMath • Jessica

Thomas • Jessica Vazquez • Jessica Wilkinson •

Jessie Angell • Jessie Luo • Jessie Mcmichael •

Jill Hennessy • Jill Morrison • Jill Noble • Jill

Smithurst • Jim Mackay • Jim Main • Jim Neely

• Jim Ramsay • Jindi Li • Jing Hao • Jo Gardner

• Jo Pillai • Jo Roach • Jo Wood • Joan Lee • Jo-Ann Mourelatos • Joanna Kitanovic • Joanna Lin • Joanna Sader • Joanna Sharma • Joanne Barkl • Joanne de la Mare • Joanne

Easton • Joanne Egan • Joanne Gilroy • Joanne

Jakovich • Joanne Tonkes • Joanne Xuereb • Jodi Norton • Jodi O’Callaghan • Jodi Roberts • Jodie Blampied • Jodie Camilleri • Jodie

Sparrow • Jodie Wright • Jodie Wyborn • Joe Grundy • Joe Zhao • Joel Lohrey • Joel Stibbard • Johanna Flanagan • John Baker • John

Bennett • John Benson • John Burgess • John Clayton • John de Bruyn • John English • John

Golden • John Gorman • John Hawkins • John

Lloyd • John Moen • John Paul Ahern • John

Prior • John Rappell • John Rodger • JohnDaniel Encel • Jon Swain • Jonathan Bourke • Jonathan Elcombe • Jonathan Glass • Jonathan Ho • Jonty Claypole • Jordis Sinnott • Jorn

Sanda • Joseph Lee • Josephine Hsu • Joshua Crowther • Josie Lowe • Josie Tauro • Jovana

Kuljaca Fuentes • Joy Nason • Joy Sotheran • Joyce Yuan • Juanita Scott • Judaline Gibbs • Jude Hore • Jude Quinn • Judith De Martin • Judith Dickins • Judith Dutton • Judith O’Neill • Judy Yeung • Jules Brooker • Julia Carless • Julia Feder • Julia Hobson • Julia Hui Pheng

Yeo • Julia Kosheleva • Julia Laverty • Julia

Prada • Julian Ludowici • Julie Ayre • Julie Hale • Julie Hulsman • Julie March • Julie Miller • Julie Pratt • Julie Robinson • Julie Sankey • Julie Seferian • Julie Souter • Julie Spatt • Julie

Thomas • Jun Lin • Justina Nicholson • Kacie

Douglas • Kah Sheng Ong • Kaitlin O’Grady • Kaoru Takusagawa • Karen Biernat • Karen

Burrard • Karen Munro • Karen Parsons • Karen Watson • Karen Young • Kari Bergsson • Karianne Rienks • Karin Wentworth-Ping • Karina Morgan • Karina Porter • Karina Smith • Karl Cordes • Karla Davis • Karla Lock • Karly

Our volunteers

Nimmo • Karon Coombs • Kat Nimmo • Kate

Barrington • Kate Brittain • Kate Epstein • Kate

Foord • Kate Guthrie • Kate Hart • Kate

Hetherington • Kate Hughes • Kate Sawtschuk

• Kate Seers • Kate Stead • Kate Warren • Kate

Wilke • Kate Williams • Kath Caddy • Kath

McLaughlin • Katherine Dickson • Katherine

Hervy • Katherine Hodges • Katherine Lustig • Katherine Mork • Katherine Ng • Katherine Smart • Katherine Tye • Kathleen Choo • Kathleen Luyckx • Kathleen Prokopovich • Kathleen Romeo • Kathryn James • Kathryn

Marcus • Kathryn Orr • Kathy Anthony • Kathy Garland • Kathy Harris • Kathy Worrad • Katie

Hodgkinson • Katie Kennedy • Katie Leonhart

• Katie Rockliff • Katie Seidler • Katie Walshe • Katka Magova • Katrina Felettigh • Katrina

Moore • Katrina Roffey • Katy Cuthbert • Katy McGregor • Katy Wood • Kay Elliott • Kay

Wilhelm • Kaye Holder • Kaye Remington •

Kaye Wong • Kazzia Kelly • KD Desai • Keely O’Brien • Keith McIntosh • Kelby Mason • Kelli

Robertson-Jones • Kellie Nichol-Smith • Kelly

Cross • Kelly Egan • Kelly Ehrlich • Kelly Garth

• Kelly Keegan • Kelly Swindles • Kelly Weir • Kelsey Gram • Kelsey Morgan • Kelvin Nicholson • Ken Welsh.RM • Kenneth Marshall

• Kenneth Welsh • Keong Yap • Keren Coutts

• Kerrie Shearston • Kerrie-ann Ridge • Kerrin

Cassidy • Kerry Boys • Kerry Peadon • Kerry

Shaz • Kevin Farmer • Kevin Rozario • Kim

Critchley • Kim Gill • Kim Greenway • Kim

Hardwick • Kim Petersen-Speelman • Kim

Seaton • Kim Sutton • Kim Tran • Kim Turcato

• Kim Turner • Kimberlee Mantarro • Kimberley

Rose • Kimmy Liu • Kirby Annetta • Kirrilly

Brentnall • Kirsten Challinor • Kirsten Downey

• Kirsty Chan • Kirsty Galpin • Kirsty Gardner • Kirsty Kubik • Kirsty McLoone • Kitty-Jean Laginha • Klaus R de Paiva • Krishma Dey • Kristen Saunders • Kristen Webster • Kristian Bolwell • Kristie Forsberg • Kristin Langwasser

• Kristle Romero Cortes • Krisztina Kovacs • Krystle Weaver • Kylie Beaufoy • Kylie Burgess

• Kylie Chow • Kylie Lawrence • Kylie

McGlashan • Lachlan Cumming • Lai Li • Laila

Djemailovic • Laite Nakaroti Vickers • Lalita Kanetkar • Lana Do Canto • Lansiya Saymontry

• Lara Wilson • Larisa Shurupova • Larissa Grinsell • Larissa McCahon • Laura Bruce • Laura Di Pauli • Laura Economos • Laura Nocera • Laura Phipps • Laura Traeger • Laura Woodall • Laurel Walker • Lauren Ahern • Lauren Crawford • Lauren Creber • Lauren Croiset • Lauren Dragicevich • Lauren Gorfinkel

• Lauren Haasnoot • Lauren Mackay • Lauren OBrien • Lauren Severiano • Leah Ambler • Leah Henderson • Leah Stevenson • Leahwyn

Seed • Leanne Eather • Leanne Leow • Leanne McCullen • Leanne Taylor • Lee Edgerton • Lee

Price • Leela Brett • Leesa Tompsett • Len

Gervay • Lena Huda • Lena Jones • Lena Zak • Lenka Kripac • Leon Hillary • Leonie Lagtane • Lesley Greig • Lesley Mallows • Lesley Penrose

• Lesley Tully • Leticia Formosa • Libby O’Neill • Lida Motefakeri • Lidia Ristovska • Lili Ding •

Lilli El-Issa • Lin Zhao • Linda Larsen • Linda Loughnane • Linda Robinson • Linda Wilson • Lindsay Burlton • Lindsay Penson • Lindsay

Reed • Lindsay Sturman • Lindsay Winkler • Lisa Brady • Lisa Connor • Lisa Creffield • Lisa

Davenport • Lisa Fox • Lisa Jones • Lisa Krug • Lisa Leonard • Lisa Palmer • Lisa Patulny • Lisa

Ralph • Lisa Shirlaw • Lisa Styrud • Lisa Tatman

• Lisa Williams • Liz Abbey • Liz Davias • Liz

Lennon • Liz Pick • Liz Wellman • Liza Hazelton

• Llewellyn Usher • Loren Easton • Loretta

Mckee • Loretta Mitchell • Lori Cardillo • Lori

Phillips • Lorraine Peade • Lorraine Radzyner • Lorraine Ramsden • Lou Guzman • Louisa

Carey • Louisa Limbo • Louise Beehag • Louise

Campbell • Louise Griffiths • Louise Kan • Louise Larcombe • Louise Lesoa • Louise

Menday • Louise Metcalf • Louise Proost • Louise Whittell • Love Kant Verma • Lu Wilson

• Lucas McKinnon • Lucia Calafate Delgado •

Lucia Porta Cubas • Lucille Scott • Lucky Yang

• Lucy Dwyer • Lucy Lindner • Lucy Moore • Lucy Quinn • Lucy Rabbetts • Lucy StackpoolMoore • Luigi Pagnozzi • Luke Francis

Whitington • Luke Irons • Luke Kerr • Luke

McElnea • Luke McSweeny • Luke Young • Lulu La Ganza • Lynda Howes • Lynda

McKenzie-Hicks • Lyndal Coote • Lyndall Davis

• Lyndall Dordevic • Lynden Shields • Lynette

Porter • Lynette Sheridan Burns • Lynley

Gardner • Lynn Howarth • Lynn Whitney • Lynne Edwards • Lynne Fishwick • Lynne Hundt • Lynne Rutherford • Lynsey McGee • Maddie Whitten • Madeleine Jennings • Madeleine

McDonald • Madeleine Stewart • Madeleine Wilkie • Madhulika Ghosh • Maira Metelo

Stewart • Mallika Ramaswamy • Mandy Eagle • Mandy McGowan • Mandy Posetti • Mandy Walmsley • Marbecc Webb • Marc Enners • Marc Lane • Marc Trotter • Marcus Punch • Margaret Crowther • Margaret Davis • Margaret Holz • Margaret Kaye • Margaret Lewis • Margaret Lynch • Margaret O’hearn • Margaret Riley • Margaret Ryan • Margaret Taylor • Margaret Widjaya • Margaret Williams • Margi Edmondson • Margot Broug • Margot Kearns • Maria Batman • Maria Dichomides • Maria Fernandez Guerrero • Maria Gouveia E Freitas • Maria Rummery • Maria Sandra Hurtado Garcia • Maria Speyer Groen • Mariana Machut • Marianne Edwards • Marie Del Monte • Marie-Pierre Poirier • Mariko Paul • Marilyn Bayley Sainsbury • Marina Korneeva • Marina Lucero • Marine Bisson • Marion

Vallier • Mark Foley • Mark Lambert • Mark Searle • Mark Shoolman • Martha KarasWright • Martin Bregozzo • Martin Dawes • Martin Mulcare • Martina Taylor • Martina Turner • Mary Anne Terry • Mary Hinchcliffe • Mary Krone • Mary Mihaljek • Maryam Asefi • Maryke Steffens • Mary-Louise Parkinson • Matt Drake • Matthew Ball • Matthew Clark • Matthew Davis • Matthew Graham • Matthew Hammond • Matthew Jose • Matthew Kennedy • Matthew Redfearn • Matthew Roope • Matthew Slattery • Matthilda Brown •

Maureen Hattersley • Maureen Palmer • Maxine Patterson • Meaghan Denholm • Meg Connelly • Meg Wrixon • Megan Allen • Megan Brandl • Megan Campbell • Megan

Cassidy • Megan Gradden • Megan Jones • Megan Lui • Megan Pattie • Megan Ripper • Megan Scriven • Megan White • Mel Bolat • Mel Macdonald • Mel Norman • Mel Rose • Mel Rumble • Melanie Brown • Melanie

Howard • Melanie Howlett • Melanie Lawson • Melanie Lovelock • Melanie McKinnon • Melanie Smith • Melina Kariotis • Melinda

Baxter • Melinda McDonald • Melinda Pierce • Melissa Carney • Melissa Cosby • Melissa Cox

• Melissa Lund • Melissa Munn • Melissa Stone

• Melissa Teale • Melissa Tenho • Mellissa Hammond • Merriden Varrall • Merrill Urban • Mey Khou • Mia Rowe • Mia Strkljevic • Mia

Sturrock • Mia Vaux • Michael Anderson • Michael Berry • Michael Cox • Michael

Cummings • Michael Harding • Michael Harsanyi • Michael Morphett • Michael Sergent

• Michael Steengaard • Michael Tiong • Michaela Delaforce • Michal Gutlaezer • Michele Scoufis • Michele Spurr • Michelle Blake • Michelle Booker • Michelle Desailly • Michelle Fay • Michelle Hannay • Michelle Hua

• Michelle Masefield • Michelle Rickenbach • Michelle Stanton • Mike Godfrey • Mike Taylor

• Milena Francisco • Millie Skoko • Min Ai

Khan • Min O’Brien • Minish Britt • Mira Irvine

• Mitchell Page • Mitchi Fisher • Mohinee Deo

• Mona Kalt • Monica Barnett • Monica Kelly • Monica Leffler • Monica Merenda • Monica Ng

• Monica-Mihaela Eagleton • Monika

Barthwal-Datta • Monika Habicht • Morag

Nelson • Morgana Willing • Moushumi Baxi • Moya Quirk • Mugdha Bhati • Muhilan Sriravindrarajah • Mukesh Sachdeva • Muriel Devillierre • Myat Binet • Nadia Figgis-Mannino • Nadia Lisik • Nadine Wilcher • Najla Eid • Naomi Hillis • Narelle Clay • Narelle Hayes • Narelle Johnson • Narges Amirsadoughi • Natalia Soeters • Natalie Beasant • Natalie Blake • Natalie Hamam • Natalie Macken • Natalie Price • Natalie Tapper • Natalie Tuialii • Natalie Vella • Natalya Van Plateringen • Natasha Bayliss • Natasha Clugston • Natasha Guterres • Natasha Khan • Natasha Leist • Natasha Watson • Nathalie Thibaux • Nathanial Hatwell • Naureen Shehzad • Naveet Kaur Chawla • Nawfel Alfaris • Naziah Gargan • Neer Korn • Nerieda Broad • Nestor Rodrigo Caicedo Langer • Nguyen Thuy Le • Niamh Hutchison • Nicholas Brennan • Nicholas Cowdery • Nicholas Walker • Nick Austin • Nick Brancazio • Nick Couldwell • Nick Gascoigne • Nick Laudrin • Nick Murphy • Nicky Batt • Nicky Rollings • Nicola Clayton • Nicola Grant • Nicola Grogan • Nicola Martinson • Nicolas Zurstrassen • Nicole Bales • Nicole Hayward • Nicole Hobson • Nicole Holman • Nicole Huber • Nicole Margetts • Nicole Morrison • Nicole O’Sullivan • Nicole Sciacca • Nicole Ward • Nicolette Austin • Nikki Costelloe • Nikki Dryden • Nikola Tadich •

Our volunteers

Nikolina Bojkovski • Nikunj Parikh • Nina Graovac • Nirmala Devi • No Teacher • Noelle

Altiok - Brown • Nurdan Taylor • Olga Kozar • Olga Mazurskaya • Oliver Wall • Olivia Adams

• Olivia Cathcart • Olivia O’Leary • Olivia

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Stories from the Education team

Margaret Widjaya: Continued from page 11

a particular issue, to ongoing learning and connection through our one-hour zoom sessions on dealing with silliness in the class, facilitation tips, etc.

Our volunteers are very committed people, they want to do their job well. Volunteering to teach a 30-minute ethics class once a week (often described as ‘the highlight of my week’) involves the unseen commitment of travel to and from the school, using time at home to prepare and practise their lesson.

Part of this wanting to do their job well is valuing contact with us – and they clearly do. They want tips and strategies to improve their skillset. Ethics teachers are generally time-poor and yet they prepare well for their calls with me (questions, lesson materials, etc), organise their schedule to fit the call into their day (or evening) and find a space to talk (from an office, home, a café, while driving, watching a child’s sports, walking their dog. I’ve even had a surgeon in the pre-op area before gowning up, taking the CST call).

During my calls, existing teaching practices are confirmed, faulty interpretations identified and corrected, practices are fine-tuned, questions and concerns addressed. Our feedback is the opportunity to engage and motivate the teacher to improve the quality and engagement factor of their lessons.

Our team input is especially critical when the volunteer has a particularly challenging class with disruptive students where they can feel ‘extremely frustrated’, ‘completely disillusioned as nothing/no-one is helping’. It’s rewarding when they realise we are there for them.

I find this an immensely satisfying and fulfilling role.

a particular issue, to ongoing learning and connection through our one-hour zoom sessions on dealing with silliness in the class, facilitation tips, etc.

What is classroom support?

The Classroom Support team (CST) aims to improve the competence, confidence and satisfaction of ethics teachers.

Our volunteers are very committed people, they want to do their job well. Volunteering to teach a 30-minute ethics class once a week (often described as ‘the highlight of my week’) involves the unseen commitment of travel to and from the school, using time at home to prepare and practice their lesson.

Like the ethics teachers they support, members of the CST have completed the new teacher training. They have often been ethics teachers and have backgrounds in education and coaching.

CST members support individual teachers and teams of teachers to work within the Primary Ethics’ curriculum framework in ways that meet the needs of the teacher/s, their students and the school context.

How does CST support teachers?

New teachers check-in call – to assist the transfer of skills and knowledge from new teacher training into the classroom.

Part of this wanting to do their job well is valuing contact with us – and they clearly do. They want tips and strategies to improve their skillset. Ethics teachers are generally time-poor and yet they prepare well for their calls with me (questions, lesson materials, etc), organise their schedule to fit the call into their day (or evening) and find a space to talk (from an office, home, a café, while driving, watching a child’s sports, walking their dog. I’ve even had a surgeon in the pre-op area before gowning up, taking the CST call.

Responding to a request for support – from teachers, coordinators, area managers.

From a post-lesson-report comment or lesson ratings (lesson went poorly/not well).

During my calls, existing teaching practices are confirmed, faulty interpretations identified and corrected, practices are fine-tuned, questions and concerns addressed. Our feedback is the opportunity to engage and motivate the teacher to improve the quality and engagement factor of their lessons.

What areas does a CST call cover?

Teaching, eg. the lesson content is too easy/hard/ not engaging/not relevant for my students.

Our team input is especially critical when the volunteer has a particularly challenging class with disruptive

Managing the class, eg. the students are unsettled and not listening to each other; what do I do when a few students dominate the discussion?

Managing the environment, eg. I share the space with other classes or the space is too small and it’s hard for my students to hear one another and concentrate.

Primary Ethics is very grateful for the Waratah Education Foundation’s generous commitment in support of our vital classroom support program.

The Helpdesk impact

Paula Lam runs the Primary Ethics Helpdesk – which involves much more than simply answering the phone. Paula’s friendly, distinctive Liverpudlian accent is the first port of call for people with an initial interest in volunteering with us, as well as for volunteers of all levels of experience who have big and little problems. Fielding over 1000 calls a year, the Helpdesk is pivotal in maintaining the cohesiveness and efficiency of all our teams and contributes hugely to the ethics education impact.

My role running the Helpdesk plays a crucial part in supporting the overall mission and impact of the Primary Ethics program. I have extensive knowledge of our IT system gained over seven years with the organisation. I provide technical and administrative support to both staff and volunteers to ensure that the program runs smoothly and volunteers are well-equipped to effectively teach their classes. The systems work I’m involved with is continuously enhancing our IT/database system (EVIE), aiming to make navigation easier for volunteers, coupled with providing our management team with essential metrics from EVIE for the strategic development of our program.

Many of our older volunteers are retired and have had little experience of using computer technology. This can prove quite a challenge for new recruits, as our prerequisite training and background checks are completed entirely online. When volunteers encounter problems, I provide prompt assistance to enable them to progress to become authorised ethics teachers and coordinators.

But support does not end there.

One particular volunteer had many frustrating issues with his computer when we moved to the new system and was unable to print lesson materials. He went to his local library where he would call me for assistance. He did this every week until he became familiar with the process. The volunteer continues to teach today.

Another memorable example of volunteer dedication happened during a training session outside of Sydney. We encountered a problem with the keys, which meant our trainer couldn’t access the venue. I reached out to one of our long-term volunteers who I knew had access to the location. Although he was in the middle of a shower when his wife answered the phone, he immediately stepped in to help. His wife is now also

training to become a volunteer. They are a wonderful couple who I truly admire and enjoy conversing with.

I’m also constantly busy with staff support. The Helpdesk addresses various IT-related inquiries from staff, including those related to synchronisation of EVIE and Janison (our education program), computer software and hardware, printing, plus teleconferencing equipment. This assistance is vital for maintaining productivity and ensuring that staff can focus on their primary responsibilities.

Often Helpdesk is the first port of call for staff from schools too, particularly at the beginning of the school year when they are initially creating ethics classes. Queries include teachers missing from Authorised Volunteer Lists, volunteers with expired Working with Children Checks and so on.

I thoroughly enjoy being a point of contact for inquiries. I know that a positive experience encourages continued participation and engagement – and encourages that initial caller to continue and become a valuable Primary Ethics volunteer.

Primary Ethics in the media

Our Kinghorn volunteer of the year

Barb La Ganza is the Kinghorn Volunteer of the Year 2023. Barb, who has been an ethics volunteer for nine years, is currently an ethics teacher and coordinator at one Sydney northern beaches school, as well as teaching ethics at two others. At one of her schools she teaches three back-to-back classes every week. Barb’s teenage daughter has also become an ethics teacher.

with her daughter Lulu who is also a volunteer ethics teacher - one of our youngest!

Reflections from Barb:

One of my Stage 3 kids asked me, quite incredulously, why I teach ethics if I don’t get paid. Well, there are not many opportunities to volunteer in the kids space – loads for elderly or homelessness. The curriculum is incredible and I love connecting with the students and hearing their points of view. Community is very important to me and I now belong to three communities of ethics teachers as well as the three schools I teach at. I learn so much from both the kids and my fellow teachers and it really makes me feel like a valued member in my local community.

Barb divided her prize money between her three northern beaches schools and Beechwood Public School on the mid north coast, a school with a solo community volunteer.

Barb is a superstar volunteer!

Barb

Barb with Sam Small, Principal, and Ros Hodge, solo ethics volunteer at Beechwood Public School.

Financials

Quick view Profit & Loss for 2024

Our Board

Just like our volunteer ethics teachers and coordinators, all the Board members donate their time, skills and experience to support Primary Ethics.

Bruce Hogan AM, Chair

Founding Chair of Primary Ethics and Chairman of the Hogan Family Foundation. Bruce has had an extensive non-executive director career following his executive career in investment banking. Past directorships include Chair of Snowy Hydro Ltd, State Super Financial Services and non-executive director of NSW Treasury Corporation, GIO, Funds SA and Energy Australia.

Nicola Kaldor, Director, Chair of Engagement Committee

Nicola is an experienced director of both NGO and private companies, currently including the National Justice Project Advisory Board, Talent Beyond Boundaries Advisory Board and The Australian Ballet Foundation Board. She works as an advocate for refugees across the private school sector.

Stephen Knight, Director, Chair of Investment Committee

Steve is a finance industry professional of more than 40 years. He has held senior roles at ANZ and UBS and was CEO at NSW TCorp. Steve currently chairs the ASX Clearing and Settlement Boards, the AOFM Audit Committee and the Bond Issuance and Due Diligence Committee for National Housing Finance & Investment Corporation.

Dr Simon Longstaff AO, Director

Executive Director of The Ethics Centre since 1991. Simon is an Adjunct Professor of the Australian Graduate School of Management at UNSW, a Fellow of CPA Australia, the Royal Society of NSW and the Australian Risk Policy Institute.

Matina Moffitt, Director, Chair of Audit & Risk Committee

For the past 35 years, Matina has specialised in audit and accounting for wealth asset managers, wealth management, funds management, superannuation, retail and investment banking and not-for-profits. She has also been the auditor for Primary Ethics. Matina is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Roger Reidy, Director, Chair of Human Resources Committee

Roger provides HR and strategy advice across a wide range of businesses. Roger joined Primary Ethics in 2011, providing leadership for the classroom support team while also offering pro bono HR advice for senior managers.

Nigel Stokes, Director

Nigel held the role of financial adviser in the NSW Government for 10 years, as well as consulting to the NSW Treasury Corporation on risk strategy. He also sat on the Boards of the CSIRO and the Electricity Commission of NSW.

Our people

Our staff

Evan Hannah - CEO

Elizabeth Allen – Engagement and Administration Manager

Paula Lam – Administration and Helpdesk

Susan Ardill – Communications Manager

Selena Rowen – Communications Assistant

Georgie McGrillen – Fundraising Manager

Marlise Buson - Finance Manager (2023)

Niraj Shah – Finance Manager (2024)

John Burgess – Program Director

Sandra Banta – Area Manager

Julia Kosheleva – Area Manager

Dana Sampath – Area Manager

Cemine Sezgin – Area Manager

Feyza Tuncay – Area Manager

Academic Advisory Board

Our new academic advisory board, formed in May 2024, brings together respected interdisciplinary experts in philosophy, education and educational psychology to share expertise, provide expert advice and guidance and collaborate in bringing our ethics curriculum to more schools in more locations.

Clockwise from top left:

Associate Professor Jacqueline Ullman - teacher educator at Western Sydney University

Jarrah Aubourg - Director of Education Primary Ethics

Nick Brancazio – Researcher in the philosophy of science, affiliated with the Philosophy Department at the University of Adelaide

Kelby Mason – Philosopher-in-residence and curriculum writer for Primary Ethics

Gilbert Burgh - Honorary Associate Professor in Philosophy, University of Queensland

Anuya Velpanur – Area Manager

Marbecc Webb – Area Manager

Emma Doran - Area Manager (to July 2023)

Jarrah Aubourg – Director of Education

Fiona Branscombe - School Liaison and High School Support (to March 2024)

Tatar Holmes – School Liaison and High School Support (from April 2024)

Danya Webb – Training Administrator

Emily Zytaruk – Training Admin

Cathy Chase – Classroom Support Manager

Jenny Curtis - Classroom Support Officer

Margaret Widjaya – Classroom Support Officer

Kelby Mason – Philosopher in Residence and Trainer

Dr Daniella J Forster - Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Newcastle

Dr Kimberley Pressick-Kilborn - Director of Research at Trinity

Grammar School / Honorary Industry Fellow at UTS

Simone Thornton - educational and environmental philosopher and lecturer at the University of Wollongong

Dana Sampath, Sandra Banta, Paula Lam, Emma Doran, Feyza Tuncay, Cathy Chase and Cemine Sezgin

What our volunteers say about ethics

I have loved being a Primary Ethics teacher. The training and support were excellent. Helping our future community leaders practise critical thinking is a fabulous way to give back. A parent introduced themselves to me at the school open day and said “[daughter]’s favourite day is Thursday because it’s ethics day”. My heart almost exploded from all the feels – keep it up fellow volunteers.

I love the fact that the curriculum does not dumb anything down. What I wrestle with in students in year six is precisely what I wrestle with in adults undertaking university education. Your organisation provides a wonderful education service which helps children learn skills to help them all through their lives. Being an ethics teacher is a real joy. Watching the children reason logically, listen to each other’s ideas, change their minds and experience

‘questioning’ and not knowing is a rare gift. It has also taught me how to question things beyond the obvious, pushing into the uncomfortable areas in my own inner world. Ethics is a major highlight of my week and I encourage anyone who has thought about it to sign up ... you won’t regret it.

As a former primary school teacher, I was excited to help expand the alternatives for children and families during SRE time. I worked with grade 1 students and saw how the Primary Ethics program carefully walked children through thinking about conflicts and disagreements in a more nuanced way. In our world it sometimes feels like it’s more important to say your opinion than to consider others’ perspectives, so the ethics lessons were valuable opportunities to help children build these skills and attitudes. I’m so glad the next generation in my family have this opportunity during school!

Area manager Anuya Velpanur on left with volunteers from Greystanes in Sydney’s west: Mohinee, Zhonglin and Shyleen.

Our supporters

We are very grateful to our generous donors who, along with our volunteer teachers, share our passion for ethics education and make our work possible. We also acknowledge our donors who wish to remain anonymous.

Chair’s Council

Kinghorn Family Foundation

Visionary Partners

James Chen

Hogan Family Foundation

David Paradice AO

Principal Partners

John Gerahty

Cameron & Georgiana McCullagh

Fellows

Rousseau Anai

Jarrah Aubourg

Lucia Bylhouwer

Kate Connors

Winton & Patricia Gibson

Bianka Grange

David Hirsch

Nicola Kaldor

Stephen Knight

Ron & Patricia Liling

Simon Marrable & Anna Kasper

Kay O’Connor

Maree Reay

Ann & Quinn Sloan

Gabrielle Wood

Penelope Young

Major Supporters

Michael Ahrens

Robert Barry

Geoff Burgess

David Callaghan

Susan Gabriel

Rob Harden

Colin Jones

Helen Lynch AM

Anita & Andrew Sekely

Nigel Stokes

Waratah Education Foundation

Sam & Judy Weiss

Champions

John Jordan

Graham King

Julian Ludowici

Aloke Phatak

Alison Pignon

Michale Steel

Gordon Stenning

Kenneth Welsh

Alan Young

We are grateful for the in-kind support from Janison, Rob Keldoulis, KPMG Australia, Maddocks Lawyers, University of Technology and University of Wollongong

I believe the work you are doing is a difference maker not only for children now but preparing them to be caretakers of tomorrow.

Our supporters

Guardians

Elizabeth Abbott

John Baker

Imogen Boas

Geoffrey Bradshaw

Nerieda Broad

Marlise Buson

John Clayton

Annabel Clemens

Doug Coates

Kevin Farmer

Michelle Gaskin

Mitch Hughes

Jill Macfie

Helen Maddern

George & Susan Marsh

Bob McCotter*

Amber Moncrieff

Alan Murray

Denese Oates

Mary-Louise Parkinson

Dean Reeves

Roger Reidy

Philip Richardson

Maija Rove

Friends

Thomas Anning

Glynis Bailey

Megan Bevis

Kate Bowman

Delia Burrage

Sue Cameron

Tamela Casey

Lyndal Cootes

Lorraine Cowling

Sandra Curtin

John Douglas

Ian Drinkwater

Silas Dunstan

Robert Eckstein

Suzy Gaal

Anne Goodfellow

Sue Howard

James Hunt

Lalita Kanetkar

Lisa Krug

Ritu Kulshrestha

E’van Lau

Damon Lewis

Alexander Lysenko

Fiona Manning

Jonathan Mantel

Georgie McGrillen

Lisa McKay

Richard Mills

Anna Morris

Joy Nason

Roslyn Neilson

David Nevell

Janice Ng

Bridget Sack

Susan Sacker

Ali Shahnazi

Paul Sowter

Susan Stannard

Gareth Thomas

Cathie Thompson

Evan Walker

Katherine Wenban

Alison Williamson

Demitri Voulgaropoulos

*In memoriam

Denese Oates

Tracey Paine

Dean Pistilli

Chris Radvan

Stafford Ray

William Rodwell

Dana Sampath

Helene Seddon

Cate Stewart

Catherine Stokes

Michelle Tredenick

Lesley Tully

Feyza Tuncay

Danya Webb

Dave W

Donald West

Eric Young

Our supporters

Our Founders Circle

We are deeply grateful to our founding supporters, whose shared foresight and generosity has enabled the vision of delivering ethics education across NSW primary schools to be realised.

Stef Adelbert

Ainsworth Family Foundation

Percy Allan AM*

Australian Ethical Investments

Australian Philanthropic Services

Robert Barry

Colin Bell*

Berg Family Foundation

Max Bowen

Brennan Family Foundation

Alan Cameron AO

James Chen

Chris Cuffe AO

Michael Cole AM

James Fairfax AC*

Rob Ferguson*

Ferris Family Foundation

Susan Gabriel

John Gerahty

Gonski Foundation

Gray Family Foundation

Nicholas Greiner AC

Hogan Family Foundation

Hunt Family Foundation

Ian & Linda Martin Charitable Foundation

Peter Joseph AM

Kinghorn Family Foundation

Robert Keldoulis

Robin Low

Helen Lynch AM

Cameron and Georgiana McCullagh

Bruce Morgan

Nine Links Foundation

Michael Pain

Paradice Family Foundation

Tim Ryan

Tony Schultz

Sky Foundation

Nigel Stokes

Vincent Fairfax Foundation

Walter Lewin Foundation

Samuel Weiss

Wilson Asset Management

Geoff Wilson AO

*In memoriam

Keep up the wonderful work. I just wish the program was for all children everywhere.

How to donate

Credit card: primaryethics.com.au/support-us

Bank transfer:

Account name: Primary Ethics Ltd

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Account No: 84 04 64

Payment reference: PE support + your name then email elizabeth.allen@primaryethics.com.au

For more information:

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