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LINKS
Iodine-literacy link
EruekAlert, 30 Apr 2013
Nine-year-olds perform worse on literacy tests if they had not
received enough iodine when in the womb, a Menzies Research
Institute study of Tasmanian students shows...
The Mercury, 2 May 2013
PARENT INVOLVEMENT
 Helicopter rules
SMH, 28 Apr 2013
NSW seems to have such a problem with helicopter parents
that they are introducing special rules...
MUSEUMS
 Family fun at TMAG
Tas Govt media release, 26 Apr 2013
The Tasmanian Museum and Art
Gallery has a family fun day this Sunday, 29 April, and a school
holiday program from Monday....
CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRES
 Burnie CFC opened
Tas Govt media release, 24 Apr 2013
The relocated Burnie Child and Family Centre was opened
today by the Premier, Lara Giddings....
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Anzac knowledge being lost
The Australian, 24 Apr 2013
Students are receiving fewer lessons about Australia's military
history...
Anzac Day downplayed in history curriculum, The Australian, 24
Apr 2013
GONSKI REFORMS
NSW grabs Gonski
ABC News, 23 Apr 2013
NSW has signed up to to receive the federal government's
Gonski education reforms funding....
Tas negotiations continuing, Tas Govt media release, 23 Apr 2013
 GONSKI REFORMS
Abbott would dump Gonski reforms
The Examiner, 21 Apr 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott says it would appear
preferable to implement alternatives to the Gonski education funding
reforms should the Coalition gain government...
GONSKI REFORMS
Gonski bilateral agreements?
SMH, 19 Apr 2013
 After encountering resistance to any
Gonski agreement at the recent COAG meeting, prime minister Julia
Gillard appears set to attempt to form bilateral agreements with
individual states...
Second Boston bomber captured
Mirror, 20 Apr 2013
Boston
bomber killed
BBC News, 19 Apr 2013
One of the Boston marathon bombing
suspects has died after being shot by police and police believe they
are closing in on his brother.
Photos of two Boston bombing suspects released
The Guardian,18 Apr 2013
TEACHER SALARIES
 Teachers' 20% pay rise
The Age, 18 Apr 2013
Victorian government school teachers have won a pay rise
ranging from 16.1 to 20.5 per cent over three years...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Help for bushfire kids
ABC News, 16 Apr 2013
Beyond Blue's Child and Adolescent Bushfire Disaster
Response was launched at Dunalley Primary today...
Beyond Blue media release, 16 Apr 2013
GONSKI FUNDING
Gonski criticises uni cuts
ABC News, 15 Apr 2013
 David Gonski has criticised the
Federal Government's intention to take money away from universities
to pay for his education reforms ...
Australian wins US Masters
ABC News, 15 Apr 2013
Australia's Adam Scott has won the US Masters golf championship.
GONSKI FUNDING
Gonski funds to come from universities
ABC News, 13 Apr 2013
The federal government will fund
the Gonski reforms by reducing direct and indirect tertiary
education sector funding...
"Savings" from unis to pay for Gonski, Craig Emerson, Minister for Tertiary Education, 13
Apr 2013
School classrooms to be properly resourced, PM Julia Gillard
and Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, 14 Apr 2013
Gonski funding details revealed by PM but protests loom, ABC
News, 14 Apr 2013
Tas uni students hit disproportionately harder, ABC News, 14 Apr
2013
Tassie needs an extra $140m, The Examiner, 14 Apr 2013
Where are Tas Gonski funds coming from?, Michael Ferguson, Tas
Opposition education spokesperson, 15 Apr 2013.
ANZAC DAY
Frank MacDonald
Anzac prize winners excited
The Advocate, 13 Apr 2013
The six
winners of the Anzac essay competition for the Frank MacDonald
Memorial Prize are looking forward to their trip to France to
commemorate Anzac Day...
The Examiner, 11 Apr 2013
The Mercury, 17 Apr 2013
Rosny College open Monday
Dept of Education, 12 Apr 2013
Rosny College will will re-open on Monday...
Tas Children's Commissioner quits
ABC News, 12 Apr 2013
...
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
 Lack of nutrition in new curriculum
The Australian,
12 Apr 2013
In a country of
overweight children, the new national curriculum is alarmingly
underweight in food and nutrition...
ABORTION LEGISLATION DEBATE
Children in abortion protest
The Examiner, 10 Apr 2013
 Children in school uniform took part in an anti-abortion
protest outside Tasmania's Parliament House today...
ABC News, 10 Apr 2013
The Mercury, 12 Apr 2013
 FARM EDUCATION
MKR duo at Brighton sheep expo this Saturday
JRLF School Farm, 10 Apr 2013
My Kitchen Rules Tasmanian celebrity chefs Ali and Sam
will be at the Jordan River School Farm's 'Big Woolly Day
Out' this Saturday, 13 April, cooking lamb at the BaaBQ.
The wide range of activities promote sheep farming and sheep
products. Admission is free...
How
to get to the Jordan River School Farm, Brighton
Rosny College closed
(ABC News, 5.30pm 10 Apr 2013)
Rosny College is closed to students tomorrow (Thurs 11 Apr) due
to a burst water main.
Staff will be able to work there as normal.
See full details in
Ed Dept message, 10 Apr 2013
TEACHING PROFESSION
Teacher released
ABC News, 10 Apr 2013
A former Tasmanian teacher who had been convicted of maintaining a
sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student has been released on
parole...
SCHOOL ASSESSMENT
Another assessment group planned
Aust Govt media release, 9 Apr 2013
The federal government plans to establish the Australian
Performance Institute to collect and evaluate data about
school performance...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Whitelion to be mentoring white knight
Tas Govt media release, 9 Apr 2013
Youth service provider Whitelion is to provide mentoring services
for Tasmanian young people in care...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Stress report stresses awareness
Tas Govt media release, 9 Apr 2013
The Tasmanian Youth Forum, run by the Youth Network of Tasmania,
today released a communique, Study and Stress...
 BUS DISPUTE
Bus dispute appears to be over
ABC News, 11.00am 9 Mar 2013
LITERACY AND NUMERACY
Tas literacy and numeracy boost
Aust Govt media release, 9 Apr 2013
About 80 Tasmanian schools are receiving $3.6 million from the
federal government to assist with literacy and numeracy in Years 3,
5 and 7, the total over the next two years to be $6.8 million...
 NAPLAN
NAPLAN science plan
ABC News, 9 Apr 2013
The federal government plans to add
science questions to the NAPLAN testing program ...
EDUCATION PLANNING
National Plan endorsed ready for COAG
Aust Govt media release, 8 Apr 2013
Tasmania is one of the three states that have endorsed the National
Plan for School Improvement which provides for annual reviews of
teachers, greater school autonomy and a new funding model ...
The Examiner, 9 Apr 2013
STUDENT SAFETY
Campaign combats child sexual assault
The Examiner, 8 Apr 2013
The government and the community need to provide more support for
the Bravehearts educational program, co-founder Hetty Johnston says...
LITERACY
Family reading campaign launched
Aust Govt media release, 8 Apr 2013
The national Let's Read Early Literacy Campaign
was launched today...
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Teach driving in Year 7
news.com.au, 7 Apr 2013
School students as young as 12 years should be taught to drive, a
motorsport chief says...
TEACHER SALARIES
$10,000 bonus scheme finally abandoned
Herald Sun, 7 Apr 2013
The federal government has abandoned its plan to give performance
bonuses to around one in ten teachers each year...
TEACHER SALARIES
$100,000 for teachers
The Mercury, 6 Apr 2013
There is a new call for experienced teachers to be
paid a six-figure salary...
SUPERANNUATION
Superannuation changes
announced
SMH, 5 Apr 2013
The federal government has reacted to widespread
community uncertainty by announcing changes to superannuation,
including taxation of those with superannuation earnings of $100,000
or more:
...
Super changes at a glance, National Times, 5 Apr 2013
 PONTVILLE DETENTION CAMP
Tas teen detainees to be educated
Tas Govt media release, 5 Apr 2013
Detainees aged 15-17
years at the Pontville detention Camp will commence an educational
program at the Tasmanian Polytechnic from next week...
The Examiner, 5 Apr 2013
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Tassie
littlies improve
Tas Govt media release, 4 Apr 2013
The latest Australian Early Development Index
results show an improvement across all five domains for Tasmania's
young children, education minister Nick McKim said today...
The Mercury, 5 Apr 2013
Oyster gastro source identified
ABC Radio, 3.40pm 4 Apr 2013
The oyster gastro source has been found to be a private sewage
outlet in Dunalley.
Source found, Tas Govt media release, 4 Apr 2013
Sorell water main cut
(ABC Radio, 9.42am)
UPDATE FRIOM SW
2.14pm: Supply restored
Portable toilets and a water truck will service students at the
Sorell School following the unexpected interruption of the main
water supply to Sorell this morning.
Southern Water service interruptions
STUDENT SUPPORT
Puberty blues
ABC Science, 3 Apr 2013
Children who go through puberty early suffer from
poorer mental health skills...
GUNS IN SCHOOLS
Call for armed staff and guards in schools
BBC News, 2 Apr 2013
America's National Rifle Association has called for
school staff members with gun expertise to be trained to respond to shootings
in their schools...
Tassie oyster gastro alert
(ABC News, 2 Apr 2013)
DHHS health alert, 3 Apr 2013
Statement from Director of Public Health, 3 Apr 2013
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