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 WORLD
FIRSTS
No parachute for skydiver
ABC News, 31 Jul 2016
US skydiver Luke Aikins is the first in the world to
jump from a plane into a net without a parachute or wingsuit.
INCLUDES VIDEO...
STUDENT
HEALTH
Smoking and obesity targeted
Tas Govt media release, 30 Jul 2016
 Schools play a role in the state
government's new five year health plan which targets smoking and
obesity...
Healthy Tasmania Five
Year Strategic Plan July 2016 [pdf], DHHS
Student Health Initiative commences in Term 1 2017, Tas Govt
media release, 31 Jul 2016
Ban sugary drinks in school canteens, says Diabetes Tasmania,
The Mercury, 1 Aug 2016
Government's canteen policy copies Labor, TasLabor media
release, 1 Aug 2016
$240,000 pa on smoking education not enough, Rosalie
Woodruff, Greens health spokesperson, 1 Aug 2016
EDUCATION SYSTEM
ACER to review Years 9 to 12
Tas Govt media release, 30 Jul 2016
 A contract to review the way
education is provided to Years 9 to 12 students in Tasmania has
been awarded to the Australian Council for Educational Research
(ACER), education minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
 FREEDOM
OF SPEECH
Let teachers and principals speak
out
The Mercury (opinion by Bill Mulford), 29 Jul 2016
Tasmanian teachers and
principals should be free to give public constructive criticism
of government initiatives and tactics, a retired education
professor writes...
EARLY
CHILDHOOD
Research to benefit littlies
Tas Govt media release, 28 Jul 2016
 Services supporting the health
and education of Tasmanian children aged 0-5 years will be the
focus of a major research partnership, education minister Jeremy
Rockliff said today...
Telethon Kids media
release, 28 Jul 2016
FEDERAL
ELECTION
McKim wins, Colbeck misses out
ABC News, 27 Jul 2016
 Greens senator Nick McKim has
won the final Senate seat in Tasmania. Fellow senator and
tourism minister Richard Colbeck has missed out on being
re-elected. Senator Lisa Singh was re-elected in 10th place, and
Senator Catryna Bilyk was 11th...
STUDENT
ATTENDANCE
47 schools below average
The Mercury, 26 Jul 2016
 Analysis of attendance data provided by the DoE's
edi software shows that many schools have below
average attendance levels (of course!). However, edi
appears to be very successfully providing principals with useful
real-time information linking attendance and performance for
individual students...
WEATHER
ALERT
Damaging winds for Tas
The Examiner, 25 Jul 2016
Wind gusts up to 110km/h
are forecast for tonight
(Monday), and early Tuesday, along with heavy rain in some areas..
BoM
Warnings
FEDERAL
POLITICS
Plibersek changes to Education
ABC News, 23 Jul 2016
 Opposition leader Bill Shorten
has named his new shadow ministry which includes:
-
deputy leader Tanya Plibersek changing from
Foreign Affairs to Education
- Kate Ellis
with Early Childhood Education and Development, and TAFE and
Vocational Education
- Andrew Giles as
Shadow Assistant Minister for Schools
- Terri Butler
with Universities
- Doug Cameron with Skills
and Apprenticeships
- Jacinta Collins as
Shadow Assistant Minister for Early Childhood...
Labor Shadow Ministry - full list
WEATHER
ALERT
Floods and snow ahead
BoM, 22 Jul 2016
A forecast of snow
settling as low as 200 metres and moderate and minor flood
warnings have been issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for
Tasmania on Saturday...
BoM Forecasts
STUDENT
HEALTH
More school nurses
Tas Govt media release, 22 Jul 2016
Five more school nurses
commenced working with students in 21 Tasmanian schools on 1
July...
 SLEEP
AND BEHAVIOUR
Sleep training has benefits
The Conversation (opinion by Kate E. Williams), 21 Jul 2016
Parental modifications to
children's bedtime routines can improve daytime behaviour,
particularly in children with potential ADHD problems, an early
childhood lecturer writes...
SCHOOL
STARTING AGE
Early starting age questioned
The Mercury (opinion by Jannette Armstrong), 21 Jul 2016
 The
government's plan to lower the school starting age from 5 years
to 4 years 6 months raises many questions, a mother, union
leader and former early childhood educator says...
Earlier start supported
by principals, The Examiner, 26 Jul 2016
Early formal schooling is a mistake, The Mercury (opinion by
Samantha Page), 27 Jul 2016
Lower starting age is about equity, says Minister, The
Examiner, 27 Jul 2016
Data doesn't support lowering the starting age, The Advocate, 28 Jul
2016
Concerns over lowering kindergarten starting age from four to
three-and-a-half years, ABC, 28 Jul 2016
Kiddies need more time with their mums, The Mercury (opinion
by Linley Grant), 30 Jul 2016
Note the research against early starting (opinion by Ruth
Forrest), The Mercury, 2 Aug 2016
Plan would disadvantage at risk students, Andrea Dawkins,
Greens education spokesperson, 4 Aug 2016
ENTERPRISE EDUCATION
For enterprising NW primary kids
Club Kidpreneur, 20 Jul 2016
 Free information sessions for
teachers and others on the
Kidpreneur Challenge, a Term 3 enterprise skills competition
for students in Years 4, 5 and 6, will be held from 4pm to 5pm
at:
- UTAS, Burnie on Tue 26 July, and
- Spreyton
Primary on Wed 27 July...
HOMEWORK
 Girls do more homework
Roy Morgan Research, 18 Jul 2016
A survey of young Australians
aged 10 to 13 years shows that more homework is done by girls,
Asian students, only children, and children from wealthier
backgrounds...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Mould hits Dunalley Primary
ABC News, 18 Jul 2016
 Mould has delayed Dunalley
Primary students' return to school to Thursday this week...
Mould meeting, The Mercury, 19 Jul 2016
Meeting hears concern over student safety, The Mercury, 20
Jul 2016
NATIONAL POLITICS
PM announces new ministry
ABC News, 18 Jul 2016
 The Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has announced
his new ministry. Education ministers:
- Simon
Birmingham continues as Minister for Education and
Training
- Karen Andrews becomes Assistant
Minister for Vocational Education and Skills...
Full ministry
Minister for Tourism and International Education Richard Colbeck
dumped as vote counting continues, ABC News, 18 Jul 2016
 SCHOOL
CLOSURES
Enrolments jump in 'closure'
schools
The Mercury, 17 Jul 2016
Enrolments have increased in 10
of the 17 schools earmarked for closure last year, jumping by 70
per cent at Edith Creek Primary and 30 per cent at Sprent
Primary...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Turkish coup attempt fails
ABC News, 16 Jul 2016
 A group within the Turkish
military has attempted to take over the country, but over 2800 soldiers have been arrested
and the Prime Minister says he is now back in control...
BoM warnings
Road closures (Tas
Police)
Power outages
(TasNetworks)
 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
Non-computer skills still key
The Mercury (opinion by Peter Wilson), 15 Jul 2016
Electronic devices present a
challenge and potential but good teaching will continue to win
the day, a teacher writes...
EDUCATION POLICY
Three educational reforms
The Conversation (opinion by Peter Goss), 15 Jul 2016
 The new government should focus
on reforms that raise student outcomes such as undergoing more
rigorous research, allocating funding to where it will make the
biggest difference and making teaching more professional without
taking a market approach, a think-tank member argues...
TERRORISM
Bastille Day truck attack
ABC News, 15 Jul 2016
 As many as 84 people are
believed to have been killed in an apparent terrorist attack in
Nice, France, when a truck ploughed into people leaving a
Bastille Day fireworks celebration...
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
Damaging winds on way
BoM, 14 Jul 2016
Gusts up to 120 km/h in southern
Tasmania and 110kn/h elsewhere are expected to cause damage to
property today (Thursday).
Winds of 120km/h, flash flooding, ABC News, 14 Jul 2016
Snow snaps
13 Jul 2016
For images of today's snow around Tasmania, see:
The Examiner
The Mercury, especially
Snow gallery
ABC video
ABC
Hobart Facebook
ABC
North Tas Facebook
 TASMANIAN POLITICS
Guy Barnett new minister
Tas Govt media release, 12 Jul 2016
The Premier, Will Hodgman, has announced three
promotions:
- Guy Barnett
will join Cabinet as the new Minister for Resources, and
Minister for Building and Construction, and
- Sarah Courtney
and Roger Jaensch will become Parliamentary Secretaries...
 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Theresa May UK PM
ABC News, 12 Jul 2016
The British Home Secretary, Theresa May, will become
the new British Prime Minister after being elected unopposed as
the Conservative leader to replace David Cameron...
FEDERAL
ELECTION
Coalition gains majority with
76 seats
ABC News, 11 Jul 2016
The ABC's election
computer claims the Coalition will win 76 seats, giving it the
majority it needs to form government in its own right...
SCHOOL
STARTING AGE
Starting age facts
Tas Govt media release, 11 Jul 2016
The proposed new compulsory
starting age (for Prep) is 4 years and 6 months, only six months
lower than the current 5 years, Premier Will Hodgman stressed
today in issuing a fact sheet as Acting Minister for Education
and Training...
Fact sheet: Lowering the
prep starting age by six months [pdf], DoE
Fact sheet aims to play down fears, The Mercury, 13 Jul 2016
Mental health could be harmed, The Examiner, 14 Jul 2016
STEM
EDUCATION
National fame for Queechy STEM
team
The Mercury, 11 Jul 2016
 A four-member all-girl team from Queechy High School
has come second in the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge
held in Sydney, following a school effort that would not have
been possible without teachers working weekends without payment...
WEATHER
ALERT
Powerful weather system to hit
Tassie
ABC News, 10 Jul 2016
 Northern Tasmania is to be hit
by heavy rain and possible floods in the coming days...
Snow to sea-level in south and west on Tuesday and
Wednesday, The Mercury, 10 Jul 2016
Damaging winds ahead, ABC News, 11 Jul 2016
Current BoM warnings
FEDERAL
ELECTION
Turnbull claims victory
ABC News, 10 Jul 2016
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has claimed victory
in the federal election, following Opposition leader Bill
Shorten's concession speech earlier today...
SCHOOL-WORK LINKS
Beacon keen to raise retention
The Mercury, 10 Jul 2016
 The Beacon Foundation,
the Paul Ramsay Foundation and the state government are working
to help disengaged students reach Year 12...
 FEDERAL
ELECTION
Gonski the winner
The Mercury (opinion by Helen Richardson), 7 Jul 2016
The thrashing of the Turnbull
government in Saturday's election shows there is no support for
cutting the final two years of the Gonski reforms, AEU state
president Helen Richardson writes...
Gonski no longer exists, The Mercury (opinion by Kevin
Donnelly), 14 Jul 2016
Response to Kevin Donnelly, The Mercury, 18 Jul 2916
SCHOOL
STARTING AGE
Where is the evidence?
The Mercury (opinion by Bob Holderness-Roddam), 7 Jul 2016
The problem with the state
government's plan to lower the school starting age is the lack
of evidence to support the idea, and the apparent evidence
against it, writes a former educator...
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