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Villawood North Public School picks up $15k for STEAM Beating 1600 other entrants, Villawood North Public School primary teacher Thuy Nguyen has been announced as the national winner of the 2019 OfficeMax and Winc Australia STEAM Grants Program.

New perspectives of first contact in Australia To examine first contact in Australia from a different perspective, Flinders University academics have edited a new book that presents an alternative view of early coastal contact history in Australia.

Tech’s too blokey and #WiSTEMpledge looks to change that Women were very much a part of early computing and the internet but that has changed with the industry now dominated by men.

ATO’s 2019 Tax, Super + You competition finalists The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has named 14 finalists in the 2019 Tax, Super + You competition with shortlisted entries including songs, animations and rap music videos.

Majority of young girls with disabilities bullied on the quiet Some 57% of girls with disabilities in upper primary school have experienced covert bullying where they are excluded from social circles, rejected and subjected to vicious rumours.

There is no teacher who can teach a student who does not want to learn William Glasser acknowledges that “there [are] no doubt…some teachers who are more skilful at motivating than [others; however,] there is no teacher, no matter how skilled, who can teach a student who does not want to learn.” Glasser adds to this by noting: “We can force…students to stay in school…but we can no more make those students work than we can make the proverbial horse drink.

Young inventors’ chance to visit NASA There’s a few days left for budding young inventors to enter Origin’s littleBIGidea competition and potentially win a trip to NASA in the USA.

STEM resources to encourage girls High school students in Western Sydney got a peek at a new resource which aims to get more girls studying science, technology, engineering and maths.

Free lunches in Vic There is such a thing as a free lunch, Victoria is expanding the School Breakfast Clubs Program to offer lunches and school holiday supplies to children who need them.

Soft and academic skills should determine school readiness say parents Parents think that a child should start school when they have the emotional, social and academic ability to do it and the child’s age is less of a concern.

The cost of attracting high-performing teaching students High achievers could be tempted into the ranks of the nation’s school teachers with more money, $80,000 more than teachers currently get.

Teach For Australia’s fulfilment driven model for attracting high achievers Money is one way to attract high achievers to teaching but it’s not the only way, job satisfaction and fulfillment can be just as effective.