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WEATHER ALERT
Damaging winds and floods on way
BoM
website, 29 Oct 2021
 Winds gusting to in excess of 100 km/h
are predicted for parts of the east coast and inland central
north, while a variety of flood warnings have been issued.
BoM
warnings
Power outages
Road
closures (Police)
SES
The Mercury
website
AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
History involves questioning
The Conversation (opinion by Anna Clark), 26 Oct 2021
 Teaching critical thinking
about historical events is not an attempt to undermine
Australian values but is one of at least ten accepted purposes of
teaching history, an academic writes.
COVID AND
EMPLOYMENT
COVID from work and your rights
The Conversation (opinion by Joellen Riley Munton), 25 Oct 2021
What are your rights if you catch COVID-19
while doing your work?
COVID AND SCHOOLS
Vent the plan
TasLabor media release, 23 Oct 2021
 The state government needs
to release a plan showing how it will protect students from
COVID through such measures as installing air purifiers,
Opposition education spokesperson Josh Willie says.
School ventilation and other data is currently being
analysed, Peter Gutwein, Premier, 23
Oct 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Tas border open again on 15 Dec
ABC News, 22 Oct 2021
 The Tasmanian
border will reopen on Wednesday 15 December when routine
quarantining will no longer be required, premier Peter
Gutwein announced today..
Certain requirements such as a
NEGATIVE TEST must be met
The three-day general
MASK-WEARING requirement was lifted this afternoon
(no need to wait until 6.00pm tonight).
Tas borders to reopen on December 15,
Tas Govt media release, 22 Oct 2021
ONLINE CONTENT
Squid Game violence concerns
The Conversation (opinion by Jessica Balanzategui), 21 Oct 2021
Content related to the hyperviolent and widely popular Squid Game is
accessible to children on YouTube and TikTok.
CORONAVIRUS
More COVID cases from maskless clasrooms
The Conversation (opinion by Zoe Hyde), 19 Oct 2021
Coronavirus cases rise noticeably when
students return to a school where fewer teachers and
students wear masks, an epidemiologist says.
VIDEOGAMES AND
LEARNING
Teaching with videogames more easily
The Conversation (opinion by Amber McLeod and Jo Blannin),
15 Oct 2021
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image
(ACMI) has provided 75 videogame lessons to help teachers
learn to teach the skills accessible through simulation and
other interactive computer activities.
Game lessons (ACMI website)
CORONAVIRUS
Hobart Show will go ahead
Hobart Showground Facebook page, 18 Oct 2021
 The Royal Hobart Show will
go ahead this week, but with masks and only on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
CORONAVIRUS
Lockdown ends
ABC
News, 18 Oct 2021
Tasmania's three-day
lockdown will finish at 6.00pm tonight, Premier Peter
Gutwein announced this morning.
MASKS TO BE WORN:
Widespread mask-wearing by
people 12 years and over will be required, however,
including in schools.
TEACHERS will be able to remove
their masks when clear enunciation is essential.
There are
some
exemptions to face-mask wearing.
Mask-wearing will continue until 6.00pm Friday
22 (at least). An update will be announced on Friday
morning.
DETAILS:
See the details on the
coronavirus website's
lockdown update (18 Oct).
The
DoE Alerts page
has now been updated with a message to parents, including
hygiene and preventative measures.
CORONAVIRUS
Premier to speak at 11.00am
ABC
Radio, 18 Oct 2021
Premier Peter Gutwein is to
announce at 11.00am this morning (Monday),
whether southern Tasmania's three-day lockdown will be
extended beyond 6.00pm today.
Listen live on ABC
936 radio at 11.00am
Possibly also on
ABC News24
at 11.00am
Also possibly on ABC NewsTas
YouTube
CORONAVIRUS
Southern Tas 3-day lockdown from 6.00pm
ABC
News, 15 Oct 2021
Premier Peter Gutwein has
announced that southern Tasmania will undergo a lockdown
from 6.00pm today (Friday) until 6.00pm Monday 18 October,
at this stage.
Schools will remain open only
for certain categories of students: see
DoE Alerts page
Lockdown
announcement, including measures such
as face mask requirements, and restrictions on movement
(Tas Govt coronavirus site)
CORONAVIRUS
Tas
lockdown looms
The
Mercury, 15 Oct 2021
UPDATED
The Premier, Peter Gutwein,
will make an announcement at 2.30pm today (Friday) which is
expected to include some kind of three-day coronavirus
lockdown in southern Tasmania, possibly from midnight
tonight.
Listen live on ABC
936 radio at 2.30pm
PANIC BUYING: Supermarkets in southern Tasmania are
currently (1.35pm) packed with shoppers
CORONAVIRUS
NSW abandons international quarantine
ABC
News, 15 Oct 2021
 NSW will not require
vaccinated overseas arrivals to undergo quarantine, even at
home, from 1 November 2021.
CORONAVIRUS
Tas primaries in COVID scare
The
Mercury, 14 Oct 2021
 Two students at each
of Blackmans Bay Primary and East Derwent Primary who were
may have been in contact with the COVID-positive man who had escaped
from quarantine have now returned negative test results.
Woolworths Bridgewater an exposure site
(ABC News, 15 Oct 2021)
CORONAVIRUS
Vic cases exceed 2,000
ABC
News, 14 Oct 2021
 The number of daily
coronavirus cases in Victoria has exceeded 2,000 for the
first time, hitting a record 2,297 - yet premier Daniel
Andrews insists the state will still come out of lockdown
next week.
COMPUTER USE
Good and bad screen time
The
Conversation (opinion by Kathryn MacCallum and Cheryl
Brown), 8 Oct 2021.
 Rather than have blanket
limits on children's computer device screen time, a
distinction between 'good' and 'bad' screen time should be
made, two academics say.
Screen time not that bad, but still be wary,
The Conversation (opinion), 22 Oct 2021
NSW POLITICS
Perrottet new NSW premier
ABC
News, 5 Oct 2021
 NSW treasurer
Dominic Perrottet has been sworn in as the state's new
premier.
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Cambridge consultation
Tas
Govt media release, 3 Oct 2021
The first stage of community
consultation over the planned $15.1 million redevelopment of
Cambridge Primary School will be open from Monday 11 October
to Friday 12 November 2021, local member Nic Street says.
NSW POLITICS
Berejiklian resigns
ABC
News, 1 Oct 2021
 NSW premier Gladys
Berejiklian has announced her resignation as premier and as
a Member of Parliament in view of the anticipated
distractions arising from the forthcoming ICAC inquiry.
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