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METRO BUS DISPUTE
Three bus strikes next week
ABC News, 1 Mar 2013
 Metro bus drivers are warning of strikes on three days next week.
The union
is quoted as saying the strikes are on "Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday" but an earlier ABC report and the
Mercury's 2 March report say "Tuesday, Thursday and Friday".
...
Driving hard bargain, The Mercury, 2 Mar 2013
Dispute set to escalate, The Examiner, 2 Mar 2013
 TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
PM sees Dunalley miracle
The Mercury, 1 Mar 2013
The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard,
visited the temporary Dunalley Primary School today, calling the
rebuilt school a "miracle"...
METRO BUS DISPUTE
Chaos fizzer
ABC Radio, 9am 1 Mar 2013
Predicted traffic congestion failed to occur this
morning, some people reporting the best driving conditions all week.
METRO BUS DISPUTE
Tuesday bus stoppage details
Metro website, 28 Feb 2013
Metro bus services will be disrupted between 4pm
and 9pm on Tuesday next week. See the
Metro statement issued late today...
METRO BUS DISPUTE
Worst traffic ever on Friday
ABC News, 28 Feb 2013
Police will be out in force during
the very heavy traffic predicted for tomorrow, Friday 1 March..
City braces for traffic snarls, The Mercury, 1 Mar 2013
Bus chaos, The Examiner, 1 Mar 2013
GONSKI REVIEW
 No stoush here
The Examiner, 28 Feb 2013
Unlike certain other states,
Tasmania does not have a disagreement with Prime Minister Julia
Gillard over the federal government's Gonski funding proposals, the
Premier, Lara Giddings, says...
METRO BUS DISPUTE
School buses to be hit
The Mercury, 28 Feb 2013
Friday's
bus strike will cause parents to be inconvenienced and students to
miss school...
TASMANIAN TIGER
The thylacine
lives!
28 Feb 2013
 The large number of relatively
recent credible sightings of the Tasmanian tiger, as evidenced by
listeners phoning in to ABC Radio yesterday afternoon, leaves no
doubt that the thylacine is about to make a comeback.
This
development comes as an exhibition on the search for the tiger is
about to be opened in the State Library building in Hobart (dates: 1
Mar - 1 Jun)...
Like something which I've never seen, Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
 METRO BUS DISPUTE
Bus
dispute to escalate?
ABC News, 27 Feb 2013
Metro bus drivers are vowing to walk
off
the job on Tuesday next week (5 March), in addition to Friday
morning, if their demands are not met...
Information for Parents,
Department of Education [pdf]
See
Metro Tas website for details of effects on services in Hobart,
Launceston and Burnie
Catholic Education message
METRO BUS DISPUTE
School safety fear
The Examiner, 27 Feb 2013
More parents driving
children to school as a result of tomorrow's bus strike will mean an
unsafe environment around schools, the Tasmanian Association of
State School Organisations says...
Bus chaos looms, ABC News, 27 Feb 2013
STUDENT HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Move Well, Eat Well
Tas Govt media release, 26 Feb 2013
A federal/state program to help young
children develop healthy eating and physical activity was launched
today...
Move Well
Eat Well website
METRO BUS DISPUTE
Metro
bus stoppage this Friday MORNING
Metro Tas website, 25 Feb 2013
Metro bus services will stop this Friday morning, 1
March, resuming at approximately 11.00am,
a Metro statement says...
The Mercury, 26 Feb 2013
ABC News, 26 Feb 2013
GONSKI REFORMS
PM's reading blitz
ABC News, 24 Feb 2013
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is
attempting to make the states agree on an intensive three-year
reading program in schools in return for the benefits of Gonski
funding...
Herald Sun, 24 Feb 2013
METRO BUS DISPUTE
School
bus threat
for Friday next week
ABC News, 21 Feb 2013
(See update, 25 Feb 2013, above)
Metro bus drivers have threatened to
strike during the busy 2-5pm time slot on Friday next week, a time
which would affect Metro school bus services...
GOODS DELIVERY
Road Runners in administration
The Examiner, 21 Feb 2013
Tasmanian courier service Road
Runners is in voluntary administration...
Buyer found, ABC News, 22 Feb 2013
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Healthy food in new curriculum
Daily Telegraph, 20 Feb 2013
 Preparing healthy
meals, growing vegetable gardens and considering the environmental
impact of farming are covered by the Foundation to Year 10 draft
technology curriculum...
ACARA Draft Australian Curriculum
Technologies Foundation to Year 10 - Information sheet [pdf]
STUDENT HEALTH
Obesity worse for boys
news.com.au, 20 Feb 2013
Obese boys suffer more than obese
girls, an Australian study shows...
Metro buses to stop today (Thurs)
ABC Radio, 20 Feb 2013 5.52pm
Metro drivers will go ahead with
their planned statewide stoppage on Thursday 21 February.
Normal Metro bus services will run
till 10am, then resume at 2pm.
School bus services will not be
affected.
Metro statement, 20 Feb 2013
Metro services affected on Thu 21 Feb
STUDENT HEALTH
New dietary guidelines
ABC News, 19 Feb 2013
Revised dietary guidelines from the
National Health and Medical Research Council promote healthy weight
and healthy growth in children...
NHMRC
Australian Dietary Guidelines (2013)
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Draft technology curriculum now out
The Australian, 19 Feb 2013
A draft
technology curriculum paper has been release for discussion by the
federal Schools Minister, Peter Garrett...
Media release, Peter Garrett, 19 Feb 2013
ACARA Draft Australian Curriculum
Technologies Foundation to Year 10 - Information sheet [pdf]
 ROAD SAFETY
Slippery roads today (Tuesday)
BoM website, 19 Feb 2013
With today's predicted rain following an extended dry
period, drivers are warned that roads are expected to be
particularly slippery in the morning.
Current road weather alert web page (Bureau of Meteorology)
YOUTH AFFAIRS
 National Youth Week looms
Tas Govt media release, 18 Feb 2013
Tasmania's National Youth Week will
run from Friday 5 to Sunday 14 April and will be launched at the
Bellerive Boardwalk Youth Festival...
National Youth Week
STUDENT SUPPORT
 Boost for gifted kinders
SMH, 17 Feb 2013
Gifted and talented NSW kindergarten
children are to be identified and have their programs specially
tailored...
SHARK EDUCATION
 Sharks not that bad
Perth Now, 16 Feb 2013
WA schools will be offered shark education lessons to
counter the negative publicity about sharks...
STUDENT HEALTH
Vaccinations for boys
The Examiner, 16 Feb 2013
A school program will deliver three
vaccinations of Gardasil to boys to protect them against cancers and
disease caused by the HPV virus (human papillomavirus). Girls
already receive the vaccine ...
Media release from Tanya Plibersek, Federal Minister for Health, 15 Feb 2013
TEACHING PROFESSION
 Teacher shaped hand like gun
Mail Online, 14 Feb 2013
A teacher has been suspended after shaping his hand like
a gun and saying "Bang! You're dead" during a game to teach
first-graders about the Connecticut shooting incident. His students
were offered counselling...
STUDENT SUPPORT
HSC special assistance urged
SMH, 16 Feb 2013
Government schools in NSW have been
urged to make more use of special assistance provisions for HSC
candidates, after the Ombudsman found non-government schools were
using such provisions to a greater extent...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
 Permanent Dunalley school yet to be planned
ABC News, 15 Feb 2013
It
could be a couple of years before Dunalley students have permanent
buildings for their school, Premier Lara Giddings said...
Premier tours Dunalley school, Tas Govt media release, 15 Feb 2013
EDUC ATION POLICY
$40m fund will help kick-start Year 12 policy
The Mercury, 15 Feb 2013
 A $40 million funding kick-start would help the Tasmanian
Liberals implement their policy to extend high schools to Year 12,
Opposition leader Will Hodgman said yesterday in announcing 89
policies ...
Libs launch plan, Will Hodgman website, 14 Feb 2013
Speech [pdf],14 Feb 2013
Change for a brighter future (Liberal
Policy Initiatives) [pdf], 14 Feb 2013
Hollow promises, Tas Govt media release, 15 Feb 2013
 STUDENT AND TEACHER HEALTH
Deadly SARS-like virus emerges
The Independent, 13 Feb 2013
A potentially fatal
virus related to SARS has appeared in the UK, apparently having
originated in the Middle East...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Teacher lassoed student
wfaa.com, 13 Feb 2013
A US history teacher was suspended after he lassoed a
grade 7 student in the course of teaching about cowboys...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
 From Waverley to Grammar
The Examiner, 13 Feb 2013
The new junior campus head of
Launceston Church Grammar School is former Waverley Primary
principal Jane King ...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
 Dunalley re-opens
ABC News, 13 Feb 2013
Students begin using the temporary
classrooms at Dunalley Primary School today...
The Mercury, 13 Feb 2013
The Mercury, 15 Feb 2013
STUDENT NUMBERS
Fewer students
SMH, 12 Feb 2013
The number of students in Tasmania
fell from the year 2011 to 2012, Australian Bureau of Statistics
figures show.
In NSW a shift from government to private schools
has been attributed to recovery from the GFC...
COMPUTER USE
Google bug lists porn sites
SMH, 12 Feb 2013
 Google is trying to fix a search bug that sometimes lists
porn sites for certain patterns in searches, although it is unlikely
people would actually attempt the contradictory searches...
BUSHFIRES AND SCHOOLS
Molesworth and Collinsvale reopen
Tas Govt media release, 11 Feb 2013
Collinsvale and Molesworth primary
schools are to reopen on Tuesday 12 February. School buses will also
return to normal...
STUDENT ABSENCES
Truancy fines disastrous
The Examiner, 11 Feb 2013
Following a Victorian proposal to
fine the parents of truanting students would be disastrous for
single parent families, some of whom have to resort to using the
eldest child for babysitting, Tony Reidy of TasCOSS says...
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Cultural wellbeing of Australia at stake
SMH, 10 Feb 2013
The draft arts curriculum has met
with criticism from teachers, especially in relation to visual arts...
BUSHFIRES AND SCHOOLS
These
schools are OPEN
ABC Radio, 7.20am 8 Feb
2013
The Education
Department says the primary school at Franklin and the high school
at Geeveston are OPEN today, Friday 8 February.
(There is a
bushfire in the Franklin area.)
BUSHFIRES AND SCHOOLS
Sacred Heart Primary closed on Friday
ABC Radio, 8.15pm 7 Feb, updated
7.30am 8 Feb 2013. Sacred Heart Catholic School website
Sacred Heart Catholic School at Geeveston will be closed on
Friday 8 February as a result of a
local bushfire. There are no alternative arrangements for
students.
BUSHFIRES AND SCHOOLS
Schools remain closed
Tas
Govt media release, 7 Feb 2013
Collinsvale Primary
and Molesworth Primary will remain closed on Friday
8 February due to the bushfire threat.
For details see the
statement from DoE Deputy Secretary Andrew Finch.
STUDENT HEALTH
Free health checks for young children
Tas Govt media release, 7 Feb 2013
Free health checks for very
young children are being provided by the state government...
Low uptake, The Examiner, 9 Feb 2013
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Support for Legana to have first K-12 school
The Examiner, 7 Feb 2013
A
push to make the proposed school in Legana a purpose-built K-12
school has been dismissed by the Department of Education...
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Special high school finance lessons begin
SMH, 5 Feb 2013
Mobile phone plans and a focus on "invisible
money" are among the components of the new financial literacy
program now being trialled in some high schools...
BUSHFIRES AND SCHOOLS
Schools closed due to bushfire danger
Tas Govt media release, 6 Feb 2013
Collinsvale Primary and
Molesworth Primary will be closed on Thursday 7 February due to the
local bushfire.
For details see
the
statement from DoE Deputy Secretary Andrew
Finch.
TASMANIAN BUSHFIRES
BTN segment features Dunalley fires
ABC - Behind the News, 5 Feb 2013
 This
ABC Behind the News segment on the
Dunalley fires and the rebuilding of Dunalley Primary makes
extensive use of student-produced videos, and could well be the best
report on the fire damage that has been on television...
FREEBIES
Free bus travel galore
Tas Govt media release, 6 Feb 2013
Metro
buses will be free this weekend, as well as on Monday for southern
Tasmania.
This will encourage people to participate in major
events such as the Hobart Regatta, Launceston Festivale and Red Hot
Summer Tour in Hobart and Launceston...
Metro fare-free weekend web page
STUDENT SAFETY
Students lose fingers in tug-of-war
Huffington Post, 5 Feb 2013
Two
students lost fingers when the rope snapped in an American school's
tug-of-war competition. A review of safety policies is underway...
STUDENT HEALTH
Birthday cake, sandpit fears
Herald Sun, 6 Feb 2013
Children should wash their hands using alcohol sanitiser before and
after playing in the sandpit, and should not blow out candles on
birthday cakes, under new National Health and Medical Research
Council guidelines...
SCHOOL ZONE ROAD SAFETY
 Crossing danger continues
The Mercury, 6 Feb 2013
A school crossing area in Bridgewater is still dangerous, parents
say...
UNDERSTANDING THE LAW
Tas law handbook now online - free
Tas Govt media release, 5 Feb 2013
 A free online version of the 4th
edition of the Hobart Community Legal Service's
Tasmanian Law Handbook was launched by
Attorney-General Brian Wightman today...
Tasmanian Law Handbook website
FOUR-TERM YEAR
 Four-term year begins
Tas Govt media release, 5 Feb 2013
More than 62,000 government
school students commenced a school year of four terms today...
ABC News, 5 Feb 2013
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Dunalley delay for students
Tas Govt media release, 31 Jan 2013,
updated 5 Feb 2013
Although
Dunalley Primary School teachers will return as planned on Monday 4
February the students will now return for classes during the following week
- but Prep to Grade 6 will have local excursions on
Thursday 7 and Friday 8 February...
Details on
New Dunalley School website
FOUR-TERM YEAR
Four-term excitement builds
The Examiner, 4 Feb 2013
Students and teachers experience
the school year split into four terms for the first time tomorrow...
 DETENTION CAMP CHILDREN
School for young detainees
The Mercury, 4 Feb 2013
The children being held at the
Pontville Detention Centre will soon attend Tasmanians schools and
the Polytechnic, education minister Nick McKim says...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Illness delays TCE
The Examiner, 3 Feb 2013
A Newstead College student with a brain tumour who had to pull out
of Year 11 after three months has found she needs to stay till Year
13 if she wants her TCE ...
 COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS
Laptop chaos looms
SMH, 3 Feb 2013
The end of the federal government's special funding of school
computers means new expenses for parents and a raft of problems for
schools...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Port Sorell school designed for the future
The Examiner, 3 Feb 2013
The
design of the new Port Sorell Primary School promotes
multi-functional use and a move towards collaborative teaching and
learning...
 STUDENT NUMBERS
More in Catholic schools
The Mercury, 3 Feb 2013
There are now slightly more students in Catholic schools in Tasmania...
MARKETING EDUCATION
 Brazilian students welcomed
Tas Govt media release, 2 Feb 2013
Almost
50 Brazilian students aged 16 to 18 years will be studying in
Tasmanian senior secondary colleges during Terms 1 and 2 this year...
The Mercury,
3 Feb 2013
BULLYING
Anti-bullying competition closes soon
Aust Govt media release, 1 Feb 2013
 Federal
Minister for School Education Peter Garrett has reminded schools
they have only until 1 March to get their entries in to the Safe
Schools are Smart Schools competition...
Enter the
Safe Schools are
Smart Schools competition
by Fri 1 March
Register for the
National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence by Fri 15
March
GONSKI EDUCATION FUNDING
Gonski darkness continues
SMH, 1 Feb 2013
State
education ministers are complaining they still do not know the
federal government's Gonski funding plans, but Schools Minister
Peter Garrett says the model will not be finalised until the end of
February - and he warns that to receive the funding states will have
to provide better information about school performance...
More transparency agreed, Peter Garrett, Schools Education
Minister, 1 Feb 2013
REPORT ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Year 12 completion of 43pc too low
Michael Ferguson website, 1 Feb 2013
A Year 12 completion rate of 43 per cent, as revealed in the 2013
Report on Government Services, is alarming and indicates the
Liberals' policy of extending high schools to Year 12 is justified,
Opposition education spokesperson Michael Ferguson says...
State of our State revealed,
The Mercury, 1 Feb 2013
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