Queensland election:
Labor predicted to win
ABC News, 31 Jan 2015
SOCCER South
Korea vs Australia:
Australia wins, 2 goals to l
ABC News, 31 Jan 2015
EXTENSION TO YEARS 11 AND 12
College for rural kids
The Examiner, 30 Jan 2015
Students at six Tasmanian high and
district high schools will be able to enrol in college level
subjects this year...
The schools are already
providing college level subjects, The Mercury, 1 Feb 2015
2015 enrolment increase almost 30 per cent, Jeremy Rockliff,
Minister for Education and Training, 2 Feb 2015
TRANSITION TO SCHOOL
The first day is so important
The Conversation (comment by
Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett), 30 Jan 2015
Evidence shows that children's
experiences at the beginning of their school life have implications
for their longer-term social, emotional and academic development...
Transition to Primary School: A
Review of the Literature
[pdf], Kids Matter, Sep 2011
School Readiness [pdf],
NSW Dept of Community Services, Feb 2003
STUDENT HEALTH AND FITNESS
Can't catch, can't throw
news.com.au, 30 Jan 2015
Aussie kids are spending too much
time with computer devices and are not as skilled at throwing,
catching and kicking balls as they used to be, a PhD student has
found...
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Value of digital money not understood
mygc.com.au, 29 Jan 2015
The Commonwealth Bank has announced plans to expand its
financial education program after releasing a study that shows
today's children lack an understanding of the value of digital money...
SUBJECT ACCREDITATION
TQA to be abolished
The Mercury, 28 Jan 2015
Education
minister Jeremy Rockliff has announced that the Tasmanian
Qualifications Authority will be scrapped, and that he as minister
will prioritise which subjects are accredited for Years 11 and 12...
Fear over reduced choice, The Examiner, 28 Jan 2015
Conflict of interest, say board members, The Mercury, 29 Jan 2015
New model susceptible to politicisation, Michelle O'Byrne,
Opposition education spokesperson, 29 Jan 2015
DRIVER EDUCATION
Higher speed limits for novice drivers
Tas Govt media release, 27 Jan 2015
From 2 March 2015, the maximum
speed limits in higher speed zones for Tasmanian L2 and P1 car
drivers will rise. However, the maximum speed for L1 car drivers and
L and P1 motorbike riders will remain unchanged at 80 km/h...
TEACHERS WITH GUNS
Teachers now
allowed to carry guns in Pakistan
BBC News, 26 Jan 2015
Following a school massacre in which about 150 people
were killed, Pakistan has allowed its teachers to carry guns and to
serve as armed guards...
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Martial arts in curriculum would beat bullying
SMH, 25 Jan 2015
Including martial arts in the school curriculum would
assist in the battle to reduce the incidence of bullying, a jujitsu
instructor says...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Student mental health missing out, inquest told
ABC News, 21 Jan 2015
The Tasmanian education system is
more concerned with literacy and numeracy than with students' mental
health, an inquest into the deaths of six secondary students was
told today...
Inquest to examine factors
leading to self-harm deaths, The Mercury, 22 Jan 2015
TEACHING ETIQUETTE
Boys learn etiquette
The Age, 21 Jan 2015
A Victorian teacher has taught his Grade 2 boys to open
doors for girls and stand up when they enter the room...
EDUCATION REFORMS
Evaluate education reforms
The Conversation (comment by
Pasi Sahlberg), 20 Jan 2015
An
OECD report recommends that the impact of particular education
reforms be measured...
NATIONAL SECURITY
Terror threat raised
ABC News, 20 Jan 2015
The national terror threat for police has been raised from
medium to high...
STATE LIBRARY SERVICE
Free online magazines for Tasmanians
Tas Govt media release, 17 Jan 2015
Over 200 magazines are now available online and free to
Tasmanians, education minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
You need to hold a current LINC library card. See our New
Sites entry at the right for more information.
STUDENT SUPPORT
Support soon for sexually-diverse students
The Examiner, 17 Jan 2015
The national Safe Schools Coalition
program will shortly be rolled out in Tasmania to support interested
schools in helping gender- and sexually-diverse students...
COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE
Parents of 12yo back in court
ABC News, 15 Jan 2015
The parents of a home-schooled Tasmanian boy who suffers
from severe allergies have returned to court over their refusal to
send him to school in the belief his allergies would not be properly
managed there...
SCHOOL STARTING AGE
Kindergarten boycott warning
The Mercury, 15 Jan 2015
Lowering the Kinder
starting age by six months would lead to students entering high
school at 11 years and university at 17, warns TASSO president Jenny
Eddington ...
Caution and bipartisanship needed,
Michelle O'Byrne, Opposition education spokesperson, 15 Jan 2015
Early Childhood Australia
rejects lowering Kinder age, The Examiner, 19 Jan 2015
Jobs warning over lower Kinder age, The Mercury, 21 Jan 2015
THE
CURRICULUM
Create global citizens from a young age
The Mercury, 12 Jan 2015
Education for success in an interdependent world needs
to begin at a young age, the convenor of an education conference to
be held in Launceston says...
TEACHING PROFESSION
A teacher's spelling doesn't necessarily affect their teaching
The Conversation (opinion by
Stewart Riddle), 12 Jan 2015
The number of aspiring teachers with
low literacy levels is not as alarming as it may appear, argues
Stewart Riddle...
BUDGET CUTS
Increase in class sizes this year, says O'Byrne
The Mercury, 6 Jan 2015
Many Tasmanian classes will have
29-30 students and services will be restricted when students return
to school this year, warns Opposition education spokesperson
Michelle O'Byrne...
ELECTIONS
Election for
Queensland
ABC News, 6 Jan 2015
Queenslanders will go to the polls on Saturday, 31 January 2015...
MY
SCHOOL WEBSITE
School attendance naming and shaming under way
The Mercury, 5 Jan 2015
The My School website has begun publishing the school
attendance figures for individual schools...
My School updated, Christopher Pyne,
Minister for Education and Training, 17 Dec 2014
My School website
(For 2014 data: find the school, click on "School attendance")
Total fire ban today
(Saturday)
Tas Fire Service website,
3 Jan 2015 There is a total fire ban today
(Saturday, 3 Jan) for the
North and
South
regions (ie, all areas of Tasmania except the North West and the
West Coast).
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