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VIC Ombudsman: government schools exclusions process riddled with gaps Tabling an Investigation into Victorian government school expulsions in Parliament, Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass said children as young as five and six are being excluded from government schools in a process riddled with gaps.  

Wording up on dyslexia If you can read this effortlessly, you are not one of the estimated 10 per cent of Australians who have dyslexia (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000), a figure that makes it particularly surprising that it has only recently been recognised as a category of exceptionality in Australia. Part of the problem stems from the lack of clarity and agreement about the very definition of dyslexia.

New cleaning contracts in VIC schools After multiple investigations over the past 12 months of cleaning staff being underpaid and mistreated while working in government schools, the Victorian Government has announced a complete overhaul of cleaner procurement.

Write a letter... receive a letter: learning by writing letters earns a royal reply Learning literacy through writing letters is paying off for the Manyallaluk school students, with replies received from Buckingham Palace and the Essendon Football Club.

Perth Steiner School principal quits as second student develops Measles Nr Jean-Michel David has resigned from his position as principal of the Perth Waldorf School following a possible outbreak of Measles at the school where a second student has been infected.

Former VIC primary school principal sentenced following IBAC investigation A former Victorian primary school principal has been convicted and placed on a two-year good behaviour bond following an investigation into allegations of corrupt conduct by senior officers of the Department of Education and Training.

SA introduces tougher penalties for offensive behaviour in schools There will be tougher penalties to anyone who behaves in an offensive or abusive manner on school grounds, under proposed changes in the Education and Children’s Services Bill 2017.

Dancers kick off NSW HSC exams The first 2017 HSC performance exams in NSW have started with Stage 6 subject – Dance. Around 1000 Dance students will perform over the coming weeks, along with almost 5000 Drama students and nearly 6000 Music students.

Children not OK with peers' anti-social behaviour A study led by University of Queensland School of Psychology researcher Matti Wilks found that children aged 7–8 see antisocial behaviour as an important influence on their social groups.

Growing Tall Poppies aims to encourage QLD girls to study STEM subjects Former Emmaus College Rockhampton student, Claire Cranitch is hoping to have more Queensland schoolgirls involved in Physics in her role as Griffith University’s event coordinator of the national Growing Tall Poppies program.

$450,000 funding for Adelaide Crows Growing with Gratitude program The SA Government will provide $450,000 over three years to the Adelaide Crows to expand the Growing with Gratitude health and wellbeing program for school children, with a particular focus on regional areas.

Primary school children should play in mixed sport teams New research from the Faculty of Health Sciences finds that girls in primary school are just as physically capable as their male classmates, suggesting mixed sporting teams would be better in primary school.