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SCHOOL AMALGAMATIONS
 Andrews Street Primary ready
The Advocate, 31 Jan 2013
The
new Andrews Street Primary School, formed from the amalgamation of
Wesley Vale and Moriarty primary schools, is ready for Term 1...
MUSEUMS
TMAG to reopen on 15 March
Tas Govt media release, 31 Jan 2013
The redeveloped Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is scheduled to
reopen on Friday 15 March...
The Mercury,
31 Jan 2013
SCHOOL BUS SAFETY
Bus safety campaign launched
 Tas Govt media release, 31 Jan 2013
An
interactive website forms part of a campaign to promote safety
around school buses in Tasmania...
Smart Stop - school bus safety interactive website
The Mercury,
31 Jan 2013
 TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Extend Dunalley's goals
Michael Ferguson website, 31 Jan 2013
Rebuilding
Dunalley Primary School provides an opportunity to extend
educational support for the community in areas such as adult
literacy and vocational education, Opposition education spokesperson
Michael Ferguson says...
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...
 TEACHER SALARIES
Bigger pay rise push
The Mercury, 31 Jan 2013
The
AEU Tasmanian branch has commenced consultation with teachers ahead
of an expected push for a larger pay rise later this year...
 TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Port Sorell opening looms
The Examiner, 30 Jan 2013
The
new $13 million Port Sorell Primary School is due to open on Tuesday
next week...
DETAINEE STUDENTS
 Educate detainees in schools
The Examiner, 30 Jan 2013
Teenage
detainees at the Pontville detention centre should be attending
local schools, Mission Australia state manager Noel Mundy says...
The Mercury, 31 Jan 2013
SCHOOLKIDS BONUS
Schoolkids Bonus confusion in Tassie
The Examiner, 30 Jan 2013
Some parents of kindergarten children have had to repay the federal
government's Schoolkids Bonus because of confusion arising from the
association of kindergartens with primary schools in Tasmania ...
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
 Vic delay for National Curriculum
SMH,
29 Jan 2013
Industrial
action has resulted in a delay for the introduction of the National
Curriculum in Victoria ...
SCHOOL TERMS
March start for year?
news.com.au, 29 Jan 2013
Just
what we need - a proposal to take a new look at term dates in order
to avoid the heat of summer...
LITERACY AND NUMERACY
Tassie schools research
Tas
Govt media release, 29 Jan 2013
A number of Tasmanian government schools will soon take part in
University of Tasmania research to improve literacy and numeracy,
focusing on the transition from primary to high school ...
The Examiner, 30 Jan 2013
INNNOVATION IN EDUCATION
Increased teacher turnover the solution
The
Mercury, 29 Jan 2013
The TCCI, whose leadership has been changing quite frequently in
recent years, says teacher turnover needs to be increased to "bring
new ideas and techniques" into government schools...
STUDENT SAFETY
 Safer
for students to be at school
The
Examiner, 28 Jan 2013
Tasmanian
schools would close on high fire danger days only as a last resort,
Tas Fire Service chief Mike Brown says...
ABC News, 29 Jan 2013
Change 'school open' policy, Michael Ferguson, Opposition
education spokesperson, 28 Jan 2013
STUDENT SAFETY
Some
schools have high fire risk
The
Examiner, 27 Jan 2013
Tasmanian
government, independent and Catholic schools with a high fire risk
remain open on emergency warning days, unlike the case in some other
states...
DoE statement on bushfire management, 23 Jan 2013
STUDENT HEALTH
Diabetes concern
The Examiner, 27 Jan 2013
A mother says she will need to attend her child's school four times
a day to administer diabetes medicine to her daughter...
STUDENT TRANSPORT
Student bus travel reminder
Tas Govt media release, 26 Jan 2013
Education
minister Nick McKim has reminded students to apply for a Green Card
and has also commented on bus arrangements for Dunalley Primary...
SCHOOL ZONING POLICY
Concerned about zoning
The Advocate, 26 Jan 2013
A
North-West mother believes she will have to move to ensure her three
children can attend the same school...
TASMANIAN MUSEUMS
Book on museums out
Tas Govt media release, 25 Jan 2013
A book on Tasmania's museums and collections -
Tasmania: Island of Treasures by Sue Atkinson - has
been launched by the Premier, Lara Giddings ...
Download
Tasmania: Island of Treasures [pdf]
HSC DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
More exam assistance received by private school students
The Mercury, 24 Jan 2013
 NSW
private school students are receiving disproportionately more
"disability assistance" during HSC exams, a Greens MP says...
Poorer HSC students missing out, SMH,
24 Jan 2013
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Dunalley school disaster fund launched
Tas Govt media release, 23 Jan 2013
A disaster relief fund for the Dunalley Primary School has been set
up...
DISPLAY OF STUDENT WORK
Children might be frightened
The Examiner, 23 Jan 2013
A
Newstead College student's seven-minute video on road kill and
animal cruelty has been removed from an ArtRage exhibition at the
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery...
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
Attitude must improve
SMH, 23 Jan 2013
Australian disadvantaged students are far less likely to value
education than their counterparts in other developed countries, an
OECD study shows...
CERTIFICATION
Tassie a leader
The Examiner, 23 Jan 2013
Tasmania is at the head of the pack in applying minimum standards to
the TCE...
TEACHING PROFESSION
School camp not work
SMH, 23 Jan 2013
Victorian
teachers have been told by their administration that time spent at
school camps beyond their "allocated 38 hours" per week is not work
time...
HOLIDAY DATES
Extra holiday for North
The Examiner, 17 Jan 2013
The
2013 Launceston Cup will give Northern schools one more holiday than
North-Western and Southern schools this year...
Workplace Standards holidays page
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Dunalley school gets buildings
Tas Govt media release, 22 Jan 2013
The
first temporary buildings have been set up at the Dunalley Primary
School site...
The Mercury,
23 Jan 2013
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Financial literacy lessons begin
Daily Telegraph, 20 Jan 2013
 Financial
literacy trial lessons using ASIC's MoneySmart teaching program
commence in secondary schools this year...
 STUDENT AND TEACHER HEALTH
No cause for alarm over flu
The Mercury, 20 Jan 2013
Tasmanian
public health authorities say there is no need to worry about the
H3N2 strain of flu that has hit the United States, but make sure you
get this year's flu injection which will be available in March...
GUNS AND CHILDREN
 Gun app for 4yo kids
news.com.au, 15 Jan 2013
The U.S.'s National Rifle Association has released an iPhone and
iPad app to let players aged four and over practice their target
shooting using guns that include the AK-47 and the M16...
EDUCATION FUNDING
 Gonski reforms running out of time?
The Age, 20 Jan 2013
With
state budgets to be planned and a looming federal election, it is
urgent for the federal government to act now to implement the Gonski
reforms, writes Daniel Hurst...
TASMANIAN TEACHERS
Back to Sheffield
The Advocate, 19 Jan 2013
Former
Sheffield District High School student Ronald Daly is now its
principal...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
A class of 68 students
The Examiner, 18 Jan 2013
East
Launceston Primary School will have a Year 3 class of 68 students
taught by three teachers this year...
 CYBERSAFETY
Safe social networking promoted
Aust Govt media release, 16 Jan 2013
The
Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has launched a protocol with social
networking sites to promote the safety of users...
Cooperative Arrangement for Complaints
Handling on Social Networking Sites
[pdf]
Aust Govt
Cybersafety Plan web page
Kids to learn about cyber safety, Herald Sun,
16 Jan 2013
STUDENT AND TEACHER HEALTH
Killer flu could come from US
Herald Sun, 15 Jan 2013
The
H3N2 virus has killed 20 U.S. children and could be making its way
to Australia...
Killer flu not expected here,
The Examiner, 15 Jan 2013
 STUDENT AND TEACHER HEALTH
UK schools hit by projectile vomiting virus
Daily Mail, 15 Jan 2013
A
highly infectious stomach bug has spread through many British
schools and hospitals...
Sydney 2012 virus is the next gastro
epidemic, Cosmos,
15 Jan 2013
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Dunalley school receiving donations
The Mercury, 11 Jan 2013
Dunalley Primary's School Association has set up a website to inform
people about how they can help...
New Dunalley School
website
Minister's update, Tas Govt media release, 11 Jan 2013
Dunalley School Working Group under way, Tas Govt media release,
15 Jan 2013
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Temporary Dunalley school details released
Tas Govt media release, 10 Jan 2013
Plans for setting up a temporary Dunalley Primary School on the
existing school grounds were announced today by the Minister for
Education and Skills, Nick McKim...
Temporary school supported by Libs, Michael Ferguson media
release, 10 Jan 2013
North Melbourne Football Club to help Dunalley school, The
Examiner, 10 Jan 2013
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
Puzzle over stagnating top students
SMH, 9 Jan 2013
Top students show little improvement whereas struggling students
show a marked improvement when teachers respond to diagnostic test
data, a Victorian study shows...
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Economics and business from Year 5
The Australian, 9 Jan 2013
Students in Years 5 and 6 will learn economics and business under
the "Economics and Business shape paper" released by federal Schools
Education minister Peter Garrett...
Peter Garrett
media release, 8 Jan 2013
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
Lack of iodine the explanation?
SMH, 8 Jan 2013
A lower level of iodine in the diet of Australian school children
could explain why their Asian counterparts do better in tests, an
iodine deficiency expert suggests ...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Dunalley Primary destroyed by fire
ABC News, 5 Jan 2013
The
Dunalley Primary School has been destroyed by the fire that
commenced in the Forcett area...
Dunalley Primary to be rebuilt, NineMSN, Mon 7 Jan 2013
Dunalley to get new school, Nick McKim,
Minister for Education and Skills, Mon 7 Jan 2013
TQA BOARD
TQA names announced
Tas Govt media release, 3 Jan 2013
The new Chair and new board members of the Tasmanian Qualifications
Authority were announced today by the Minister for Education and
Skills, Nick McKim...
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