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Monash Children’s Hospital School opens Sick children in Melbourne’s south-east now have access to a world class education while continuing life-saving medical treatment, with the official opening of the state-of-the-art Monash Children’s Hospital School.
Automarking 'methodologically flawed and massively incomplete' The NSW Teachers Federation claims that ACARA is rushing through with plans to have robots mark next year’s NAPLAN tests despite their justifications being discredited by world-leading research. A report by Dr Les Perelman from MIT describes the plan as 'methodologically flawed and massively incomplete'.
Vic flagship language-learning disability program announced Variety Victoria and Melbourne-based charity SHINE have announced a strategic partnership to deliver the inaugural Variety SHINE Intensive Program (VSIP) in 2018, to be held at Port Phillip Specialist School in Port Melbourne under the directorship of Dr Carl Parsons.
No age limits for next generation of NSW entrepreneurs Primary school students and would-be teenage tycoons will have the chance to showcase their start-up business ideas at workshops designed to support budding entrepreneurs. Initiate 48 will teach students how to build a real business in just 48 hours.
Award-winning theatre works to tour Qld schools in 2018 The QMF 2018 Youth Touring program will bring some of Australia’s most exciting artists and works to Queensland schools. To ensure small and remote schools have access to performances and workshops, QMF is offering much lower minimum booking numbers when compared with similar organisations.
New digital wellbeing platform will aid parents facing youth mental health problems SchoolTV, an award-winning digital content platform designed to deliver mental health information to parents via schools, is available now. Fronted by leading child and adolescent psychologist, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, the platform delivers multi-media based resources on how parents can prevent
Phonics spelling resource Sound Waves Online wins education publishing award Sunshine Coast-based Firefly Education has won the Best Student Resources – English (Literacy, Literature, Language) in the annual Education Publishing Awards for the second year in a row for the revamp of their successful phonemic spelling resource, Sound Waves Online.
Winners of 2017 NGS Super Scholarship Awards announced Winners of the 2017 NGS Super Scholarship Awards have been announced. Formerly known as the Dedicated to the Dedicated Awards, the awards encourage the professional development of teachers, support staff and management staff of non-government schools
Citizenship education: making It count The idea of citizenship is topical at the moment amongst Australian politicians, especially those searching for a boost in the polls or a distraction from other issues. While the proposed changes to Australian citizenship tests, including an increased emphasis on English language proficiency, appear to be stalled in the Senate,
Canvas scores with RMIT, Uni Canberra and Uni Sydney RMIT University, Australia's largest tertiary institution, the University of Canberra and the University of Sydney, have implemented Canvas to deliver a flexible, progressive and student-centred approach to learning.
ACARA presses on with NAPLAN Online preparations Schools across Australia have been taking part in school readiness testing to assess their ICT capacity for NAPLAN Online and to become familiar with administration and logistics
Nominations for Teacher Fellowship Awards close on 12 October Time is running out to nominate outstanding teachers in the 2018 Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards with entries closing on 12 October. Now in its second year, the Awards will offer 12 Fellowships worth $45,000 for teachers and school leaders who are inspiring and transforming the lives of Australian students.