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STUDENT HEALTH
Meningococcal W vaccine for 15-19yo's
Tas Govt media release, 3 Jul 2017
 A rollout of free
Meningococcal vaccine for teenagers aged 15-19 years will begin
with students in Grades 10, 11 and 12 in Term 3 this year ,
minister for health Michael Ferguson said today. The
four-antigen vaccine will protect against the W, A, C and Y
strains...
School suspensions debate
TONIGHT
Mon 3 July 2017
ABC
Lateline 10.40pm
RELATED:
Does suspending students
change their behaviour? (ABC News, 3 Jul 2017)
STUDENT HEALTH AND
WELLBEING
Student mental health training for teachers
The Telegraph (UK), 30 Jun 2017
 British teachers and other school staff are to be
trained how to identify mental health issues in students such as
depression, anxiety, self-harm and eating disorders...
THE
LAW
Pell charged
ABC News, 29 Jun 2017
 Cardinal
George Pell has been charged with historical child sexual
assault offences...
EDUCATION FUNDING
Schools to reduce hours
The Guardian (UK) Jun 2017
Some schools in Britain are planning to reduce
the number of teaching hours in order to balance their budgets...
AUSTRALIAN CENSUS 2016
The rise in disability numbers
The Conversation (opinion by Karen R. Fisher and
Sally Robinson), 28 Jun 2017
 The 2016 Census shows a considerable rise in the
number of children and teenagers with a disability. But are
there even more young people with a disability for schools and
support services to be concerned with?...
COMPUTER SECURITY
New ransomware virus to hit today
ABC News, 28 Jun 2017
 Australian businesses
are expected to be targeted this morning by a ransomware virus
that has just begun locking up computers in other parts of the
world...
Global ransomware attack causes
turmoil, BBC News, 28 Jun 2017
Tasmania's Cadbury chocolate factory hit by ransomware virus,
ABC News, 7.45am, 28 Jun 2017
POPULATION
There's 24.4m of us
The Conversation (opinion by Nicholas Biddle), 27 Jun 2017
 The 2016
Census showed
that:
 fewer
of us were born in Australia (now 66.7%)
more of
us identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
(3%)
the
proportion of infant and primary school students attending a
non-government school fell to 31.8% (from 32.7%
in 2011)
the
proportion of teenagers and children with a need for
disability assistance increased to 2.7% (a significant
rise from 2.1% in 2011)...
Census media release, ABS, 27 Jun 2017
Tasmania's population reaches 519,050, Peter Gutwein,
Treasurer, 27 Jun 2017
GEOLOGY
New plate tectonic map
The Conversation (opinion by Alan Collins and Andrew
Merdith), 27 Jun 2017
The first whole-Earth plate tectonic map for
half a billion years has been published...
ADULT EDUCATION
Adult Education returns
Tas Govt media release, 26 Jun 2017
 The
state government is re-establishing the "Adult Education" brand of
courses as promised at the last election, education minister
Jeremy Rockliff says...
Adult Education website (currently offering only a handful of
courses)
TEACHERS WITH GUNS
Teachers learn gun skills
npr.org, 25 Jun 2017
 With the Sandy Hook school shootings still in their
memory, and realising that police cannot get to a school
shooting in time, Colorado (USA) teachers are undertaking gun
courses, including how to go around a corner safely when
pursuing a shooter.
ISSUES
include:
What if the
offending shooter is one of the school's own students?
How can kindergarten students hug their teacher
without the teacher's gun getting in the way?...
 SCHOOL STARTING AGE
Starting age clarified
The Examiner, 23 Jun 2017
The
starting age debate rests more on what "schooling" and a "school
environment" are than on actual age, though there is no doubt
Tasmania's starting age is currently the highest in the country...
 EDUCATION FUNDING
What we get with the tweaked Gonski 2.0 (Gonski 2.1?)
The Conversation (opinion by Peter Goss and Julie
Sonnemann), 23 Jun 2017
Two education researchers sum up
the Senate's changes to Gonski 2.0 and outline what the new
Gonski reforms will now mean for schools...
EDUCATION FUNDING
Senate passes Gonski 2.0
ABC News, 23Jun 2017
 The Senate has passed the Gonski 2.0 education
reforms, with total spending increased from the budgeted $18.6
billion to $23.6 billiion.
However, the Catholic schools say
they will be worse off...
Tas govt schools $68m
worse off over next 2 years, Michelle O'Byrne, Opposition
education spokesperson, 23 Jun 2017
Additional $186 million for Tas schools, Jeremy Rockliff,
Minister for Education and Training, 23 Jun 2017
Loss of $85 million in dark day for Tas government schools,
AEU media release, 23 Jun 2017
INCLUSION
Students with disabilities take up teachers' time, says Hanson
The Conversation (opinion by Linda J. Graham and
Kate de Bruin), 22 Jun 2017
Senator Pauline Hanson's controversial comments
about taking students with autism and disabilities out of
regular classrooms has prompted a defence of inclusion by two
academics...
Children's views on
Hanson's comments, ABC News, 23 Jun 2017
Federal disability
funding for Tas cut by $8 million, AEU (Tas.) media release,
22 Jun 2017
EDUCATION FUNDING
Senate passes Gonski 2.0
ABC News, 23Jun 2017
The Senate has passed the Gonski 2.0 education
reforms, with total spending increased from the budgeted $18.6
billion to $23.6 billiion.
However, the Catholic schools say
they will be worse off...
Tas govt schools $68m
worse off over next 2 years, Michelle O'Byrne, Opposition
education spokesperson, 23 Jun 2017
Additional $186 million for Tas schools, Jeremy Rockliff,
Minister for Education and Training, 23 Jun 2017
Loss of $85 million in dark day for Tas government schools,
AEU media release, 23 Jun 2017
INCLUSION
Students with disabilities take up teachers' time, says Hanson
The Conversation (opinion by Linda J. Graham and
Kate de Bruin), 22 Jun 2017
Senator Pauline Hanson's controversial comments
about taking students with autism and disabilities out of
regular classrooms has prompted a defence of inclusion by two
academics...
Children's views on
Hanson's comments, ABC News, 23 Jun 2017
Federal disability
funding for Tas cut by $8 million, AEU (Tas.) media release,
22 Jun 2017
EDUCATION FUNDING
Gonski go-ahead
ABC News, 21Jun 2017
The federal government appears to have secured
the support of sufficient senators to ensure the Gonski 2.0
reforms are passed...
Tas Government should have fought for full six-year Gonski
agreement to be honoured, Helen Richardson, AEU State
President, 22 Jun 2017
Gonski go-ahead will lock
in underfunding for Tas government schools, Helen Richardson, AEU State
President, 22 Jun 2017
 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
New dairy demo shed for Hagley
Tas Govt media release, 20Jun 2017
A new dairy demonstration shed
was opened at Hagley Primary Farm School today by education
minister Jeremy Rockliff...
Dairy demo shed unveiled, The Examiner, 20 Jun 2017
STEM
Queechy STEM students in F1 world final
The Examiner, 20Jun 2017
 An all-girl team of Queechy
High School students will represent Australia in the F1 in
Schools World Final in Malaysia...
State govt gives $2500 to
Queechy STEM team, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for
Education and Training, 20 Jun 2017
EDUCATION FUNDING
Rockliff urges Gonski 2.0 support
The Examiner, 20 Jun 2017
Education minister Jeremy
Rockliff has written to Australia's senators to urge them to
pass the Gonski 2.0 legislation but Opposition education
spokesperson Michelle O'Byrne says he should be lobbying for
more money...
Government schools $88.6m and Catholic schools $35 million worse
off under Gonski 2.0, Michelle O'Byrne, Opposition education
spokesperson, TasLabor website, 20 Jun 2017
Controversy continues over Rockliff's Gonski letter, The
Examiner, 20 Jun 2017
 EDUCATION STATISTICS
Fewer in government secondary schools
The Conversation (opinion by Emma Rowe), 19 Jun 2017
Contrary to recent comments in
the news, the shift away from government secondary schools is
continuing, an academic writes...
TASMANIAN POLITICIANS
Shirley Walters dies
Tas Govt media release, 19 Jun 2017
Former Tasmanian senator Shirley Walters has died, acting
premier Jeremy Rockliff has announced...
TERRORISM
Pedestrians targeted?
BBC News, 19 Jun 2017
A man has been arrested after a van ploughed into
pedestrians who had left a mosque in north London, in an
apparent terrorist attack on Muslims...
EDUCATION AND THE ECONOMY
Education key to raising Tas productivity
The Advocate, 18 Jun 2017
 With all three of Tasmania's
regions being among those with the lowest measures of
productivity in Australia, action needs to be taken to raise
educational participation and attainment, economist Saul Eslake
says...
SCHOOL SAFETY
Lockdowns for Wynyard High, Montello Primary
The Advocate, 16 Jun 2017
 Wynyard High School went into
lockdown on Thursday until an unrevealed situation was settled
by police. Burnie's Montello Primary School went into lockdown a
week ago after youths were seen throwing objects into the school
yard...
STUDENT AND TEACHER HEALTH
Whooping cough alert
Southern Cross TV, 16 Jun 2017
Launceston's
Glen Dhu Primary School has reported a case of whooping cough.
The infectious disease affects all people but is especially
serious if contracted by babies.
Whooping cough advice, DHHS
STUDENT DEDICATION
From London fire to exam room
The Telegraph (UK), 16 Jun 2017
 
16-year-old Ines Alves held on to her chemistry
revision notes as she fled the Grenfell
Towers fire during the night then at 9.00am, still wearing the
same clothes, she sat down to do her GCSE Chemistry exam...
 EXTENSION TO YEAR 12
Ulverstone High Year 11-12 works completed
Tas Govt media release, 16 Jun 2017
Year 11 and 12 students at
Ulverstone High have their own a learning areas following the
completion of capital works costing $415,000, education minister
Jeremy Rockliff says ..
STUDENT RETENTION
Massive unmet potential has roots in education system
The Conversation (opinion by Stephen Lamb and Shuyan
Huo), 15 Jun 2017
Early school leavers and early disengagement from the workforce
costs the economy billions and creates a lifelong unmet
potential for the individuals involved, a Mitchell Institute
report shows ..
 STUDENT AND TEACHER HEALTH
Nose blowing advice
The Conversation (opinion by David King), 14 Jun 2017
It would appear best to blow
one's nose gently or one nostril at a time because there is a
slight chance that more aggressive blowing can be harmful, an
academic writes..
COMPUTER SECURITY
Update your Windows computer NOW
StaySmartOnline, 14 Jun 2017
Microsoft stresses the
importance in "the current threat landscape" of immediately
ensuring the Microsoft updates (Windows updates) released today
are applied. Their security fixes even update old versions of
Windows such as XP and Vista...
Make sure you also update Firefox and
Adobe Flash Player.
 TASMANIAN PEOPLE
Ken Short dies
ABC News, 14 Jun 2017
Well-known Tasmanian ABC radio and television
personality and stage performer Ken Short has died at the age of 86...
ASYLUM SEEKERS
Manus Is detainees deal
ABC News, 14 Jun 2017
A human rights class action
brought by approximately 1900 detainees on Manus Island has been
settled by the Australian Government for $70 million...
 UK POLITICS
May does deal
ABC News, 9 Jun 2017
UK Prime Minister Theresa May
will form a government with the support of the conservative
Northern Ireland Democratic Unionists Party (DUP)...
POLITICAL GAMBLING
UK gets hung parliament
ABC News, 9 Jun 2017
Prime Minister
Theresa May's Conservative Party has lost its majority in the UK
election, a hung parliament now the clear outcome...
 WOODEN BOAT MAINTENANCE
Students worked on boss's boats,
committee hears
ABC News, 8 Jun 2017
Allegations that former TasTAFE boss Stephen Conway
had used students to do repair or maintenance work on his wooden
boats were made at today's budget estimates committee hearing...
 STUDENT SUPPORT
Autism program spreads
Tas Govt media release, 8 Jun 2017
The Autism
Class Support Program, currently run only in the south, will
operate at Romaine Park Primary School in Burnie and Summerdale
Primary School in Launceston from Term 3...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Disability survey completed
Tas Govt media release, 8 Jun 2017
A newly completed survey by KPMG shows 83 per cent
of parents "felt their school was inclusive for students with a
disability", education minister Jeremy Rockliff says...
Students with Disability
Final Report [pdf], March 2017
Nurturing Unique
Abilities: Supporting Students with Disability - 2017 Update [pdf], June 2017
TAFE
TasTAFE numbers growing
Tas Govt media release, 8 Jun 2017
The number of students enrolled in TasTAFE grew by
5.6 per cent during 2016, education minister Jeremy Rockliff
says...
EDUCATION FUNDING
New Gonski deal essential
Tas Govt media release, 8 Jun 2017
Tasmania will miss out on $300 million in
Commonwealth education funding unless it signs up to Gonski 2.0,
a move that is is essential because the previous state
government had signed only a Heads of Agreement, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff says...
TERRORISM
Iran's parliament attacked
BBC News, 8 Jun 2017
 Terrorists
have attacked Iran's parliament in Tehran as well as Ayatollah
Khomeini's mausoleum, killing 12 people...
TASMANIAN TEACHERS
Tassie's best STEM teacher
The Examiner, 7 Jun 2017
Launceston College assistant
principal Mark Gleeson has been named Best ICT/STEM Teacher in
the TasICT Awards for Excellence...
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Agreement over Tas teachers' pay
AEU media release, 6 Jun 2017
 A new Teaching Service Agreement
provides government teachers and principals with a pay rise of 2
per cent backdated to 1 March 2017 and with improvements to
conditions...
Agreement consistent with
two per cent wage policy, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education and Training,
6 Jun 2017
 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Exploiting indigenous memory
techniques
ABC News, 5 Jun 2017
By linking information to the
landscape, characters and physical objects, a Victorian primary
school is teaching with and about the memory techniques that
enabled ancient cultures to maintain knowledge...
TERRORISM
Melbourne siege treated as
terrorism
ABC News, 6 Jun 2017
 The man at the centre of
yesterday's siege in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton had
previously been acquitted by a jury of charges over a plot to
attack Sydney's Holsworthy Army barracks...
INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
Aboriginal history videos
Tas Govt media release, 5 Jun 2017
 Classroom videos have been
produced to support teachers in integrating Tasmanian Aboriginal
history and culture in the curriculum...
SCHOOL SAFETY
Tas schools get emergencies phone
app
Tas Govt media release, 5 Jun 2017
 Tasmanian teachers and
principals can now use the Critical Incident and Emergency
Procedure phone app to enable them to deal quickly with assault,
hazard, medical, natural disaster and security incidents,
education minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
TERRORISM
Attack on London
Bridge pedestrians
BBC News, 4 Jun 2017
Ten people have died in a
terrorist attack in London, including the three assailants.
A speeding van hit approximately 15 people on London Bridge.
Three men emerged from the van and stabbed people with knives at
nearby Borough Market.
Altogether at least 48 people were
taken to hospital.
TAFE
TasTAFE staff stress
TasLabor website, 2 Jun 2017
A survey showing TasTAFE staff are under stress
comes at a time of allegations of nepotism and cultural problems
in the organisation, Opposition education spokesperson Michelle
O'Byrne says...
THE ENVIRONMENT
US pulls out of Paris climate
deal
ABC News, 2 Jun 2017
President Donald Trump has announced the United
States will withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
(However, the current agreement apparently extends until one day
after the next US presidential election.)...
SCHOOL-PARENT RELATIONS
Debt collector threats not policy
ABC News, 1 Jun 2017
 Education minister Jeremy
Rockliff says it is not government policy for schools to
threaten parents with the debt collectors or to exclude their
children from activities, when school fees remain owing...
DoE to investigate claims
of threats over debt collectors, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for
Education and Training, 1 Jun 2017
School fees debts threat probe, The Examiner, 1 Jun 2017
Minister must put a stop to school debt collection, Michelle
O'Byrne, Opposition education spokesperson, 1 Jun 2017
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