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activities? MEMORY AND LEARNING Learning tips for revising students  (From Amina Youssef-Shalala, The Conversation, 7 Oct 2019) TASMANIAN ABORIGINAL HISTORY How early Tasmanian Aboriginals influenced the landscape  Archaeological research suggests that the nature of land and whether it was close to the coast was more important to Tasmanian Aboriginals than vegetation type. (From The Conversation, 4 Oct 2019) CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change action for individuals  What can people do in their daily lives to help counter climate change? (From Nick Golledge, The Conversation, 2 Oct 2019) LITERACY 10 ways to get the most out of silent reading  Silent sustained reading for pleasure needs to be encouraged but it is declining in some schools. (From Margaret Kristin Merga, The Conversation, 23 Sep 2019) MATHEMATICS How was maths discovered?  A simplified response to questions asking how maths was discovered and who made up the rules of mathematics. (From Linda Galligan, The Conversation, 22 Aug 2019) INTERNET LITERACY How to spot a fake review  Online reviews of hotel accommodation and other services and products are sometimes rigged. Find out how to identify a genuine review. 
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whether you are as good as you think you are at spotting fake
reviews. (From Adrian R. Camilleri, The Conversation, 12 Aug 2019) TASMANIAN HISTORY Virtual Hobart Town  See computer-generated still and 360-degree panoramic images of Hobart Town in the 1820s. 
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Town YouTube teaserWEATHER AND CLIMATE What is a cold front?  Find out what a cold front is and how it can adversely affect our weather, particularly here in Tasmania. Bonus: information about warm fronts. From ABC Weather. SOCCER IN THE CLASSROOM Everyone's Game  SBS teaching resource for Years 5-8 prepared to coincide with the Matildas, Australia's women's soccer team, participating in the FIFA Women's World Cup..
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In the latest wellbeing survey
of Tasmanian students
Explicit teaching of writing to
communicate needs to be stepped up in the high school years, two
academics say after a survey
Labor is on track in the ACT
election to win a sixth term, with the support of the Greens.
New Zealand Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern has been re-elected, with her Labour Party
winning close to 50 per cent of the seats in the NZ general
election.
Tasmania will open its borders
to low risk jurisdictions from Monday 26 October.
Opposition education spokesperson Josh Willie has
called on the state government to adopt Labor's policy of
installing mental health officers in all schools.
The body of missing 19-year-old
kayaker Valentine Bester has been found at Slopen Main in
south-east Tasmania
Coronavirus outbreaks in
schools are generally well-contained. It is households, not
schools, that are the problem, research shows.
Susan Ryan, Labor's first
female federal minister and advocate of equality of educational
opportunity and women's rights. has died at the age of 77.
Cricket commentator and former
Australian player Dean Jones has died of a heart attack in India
at the age of 59.
Year 11 and 12 VET students in
particular will benefit from certain Recognised Formal Learning
being granted, education minister Jeremy Rockliff says.
The number of whales known to have stranded on
Tasmania's west coast has jumped to about 470, following the
discovery of a further 200 in a new location this morning.
Tasmanian young people have the
chance to give their views on the future direction of Tasmania's
renewable energy policy, energy minister Guy Barnett says.
The personal 
History has shown that lengthy
school closures result in lower lifetime income for students,
but it is not clear what the long-term effects will be when
closures have been accompanied by online learning.
A US elementary school teacher has called on parents
to be fully clothed and to refrain from holding large joints
when they appear in the background of their children's zoom
classes.
Applications are due by Fri 6
Nov 2020 for two Aboriginal leadership scholarships worth $2,500
each, open to Aboriginal Tasmanian residents aged 15 to 29
years.
A study shows no significant
impact on later literacy and numeracy scores by students who had
attended preschool and childcare. [Note: other studies show that
there IS an impact in the case of DISADVANTAGED
children.]
Consultation is continuing over
a new primary school at Legana in the West Tamar region.
Up to 2000 more students will receive disability
support under a new needs-based approach, education minister
Jeremy Rockliff says.
A review of the Child and
Adolescent Mental Health System (CAMHS) will soon be finalised
and the government's response provided, mental health minister
Jeremy Rockliff says.
The 2020 AFL Grand Final will be played at night on
Saturday 24 October at the Gabba in Brisbane, it has officially
been announced.
Funding for one speech pathologist for every two
government schools should be included in the forthcoming State
Budget, Greens leader and education spokesperson Cassy O'Connor
says.
