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ANZAC COMMEMORATIONS
Prized trip under way
Tas Govt media release, 14 Apr 2019
 Six Tasmanian high school
students who entered essays in the Frank MacDonald Memorial
Prize competition are about to make an overseas pilgrimage to
visit sites of World War 1 significance
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This year's Grade 9 students can now enter the
competition for the 2020 prize. See
Awards and scholarships for students (DoE) and
Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize (dpac.tas.govau)
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Sassafras tender
Tas Govt media release, 13 Apr 2019
 Early years students will
benefit from a tender advertised today for upgrades at the
Sassafras Primary School...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Brooks tender
Tas Govt media release, 13 Apr 2019
 A $2.06 million tender for
support staff accommodation at Brooks High School was advertised
today...
HEALTH
Meningococcal B in Launceston
The Examiner, 12 Apr 2019
 A 10-month-old
child is in the Launceston General Hospital with the
meningococcal B strain of the disease...
PEDAGOGY
Explicit instruction still needed
The Conversation (opinion by Lorraine Hammond), 12 Apr 2019
 Explicit instruction certainly has its place and
does not deny the need to cater for individual differences, an
academic writes...
FEDERAL ELECTION
Preschool funding finally features
The Conversation (opinion by Jen Jackson and Kate Noble), 11 Apr 2019
 Unlike the campaign for the
previous federal election this year's campaign policies give
long-awaited attention to preschool funding ...
STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Mental wellbeing plan launched
Tas Govt media release, 11 Apr 2019
 The Mental Wellbeing Action
Plan for students was launched today by education minister
Jeremy Rockliff...
FEDERAL POLITICS
Election
date 18 May
ABC News, 11 Apr 2019
 The Prime Minister, Scott
Morrison, has announced that the federal election will be held
on Saturday 18 May (not the later option of 25 May which would
have caused extra pressure for the Australian Electoral
Commission)...
ASTRONOMY
Black hole image released
BBC News, 10 Apr 2019
The
first image of a black hole, 500 million trillion kilometres
away, has been released...
UTAS
UTAS to move to city
ABC News, 5 Apr 2019
 The University of Tasmania is to adopt a city-centric
policy involving a gradual move from the Sandy Bay campus to the
Hobart CBD. They will retain the sporting and student
accommodation facilities at Sandy Bay...
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Stop-work
meetings go ahead
ABC News, 3 Apr 2019
Teachers and other public sector workers have rallied in
Hobart's City Hall today in a dispute centred on the state
government's wage offer of 7 per cent over three years. Rallies
were also held in Burnie and Launceston...
FEDERAL
BUDGET
More money but not much change
The Conversation (opinion), 2
Apr 2019
 Federal
education funding may be at an "all-time high" but there is
little that's new for schools in the federal Budget, education
commentators write...
Billions for schools aren't new,
The Conversation (opinion), 3 Apr 2019
FEDERAL
BUDGET
Budget delivered
ABC News, 2
Apr 2019
The Federal Treasurer, Josh
Frydenberg, is delivering the 2019-20 Budget. ...
Budget Papers
website main page
Winners and losers, ABC
Education and Training Budget statements
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Stop-work action to go ahead
ABC Radio, 1 Apr 2019
 Today's 4.00pm AEU meeting
unanimously rejected the government's wage negotiation counter
offer and confirmed that the stop-work meetings for school staff
will go ahead on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, AEU President
Helen Richardson said
Lists of school closing times (DoE Alerts page)
Offer would make Tas teachers the lowest paid, AEU (Tas), 1
Apr 2019
INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Metro disruption
in Launceston on Wednesday
Metro website, 1 Apr 2019
 Severe disruption to Metro bus services in the
Launceston area this Wednesday, 3 April, will occur to
enable a stop-work meeting to be held...
Details of bus services
affected (Metro Tas)
Metro bus services and teacher stop-work meetings (Metro
Tas)
Burnie services to be affected by stop-work on Tuesday 2 April
(Metro Tas)
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Stop-work action likely
The Mercury, 1 Apr 2019
Despite an April Fool's Day
Twitter message to the contrary, the 4.00pm AEU meeting today is
likely to reject the State Government's counter offer...
News continued in the
Mar 2019 news archive
See also the
News archive
index
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AUSTRALIA
Our
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2014 page is
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Libraries
Libraries Tasmania
(Formerly
LINC Tasmania.
LINC
stood for Learning and Information Network Centre.)
SEARCH everything
eMagazines (Zinio), eBooks, eAudio, eMusic
Information resources roundup
For Kids
State Library's web page for young people
Tasmania's
Heritage
"Historical, archival and contemporary Tasmanian information, images and
more"
Media
ABC schools TV schedules
ABC:
Behind the News (BTN)
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Schools, colleges,
further education
See our Educational institutions
page.
Qualifications
TQA (subsumes
TASSAB)
Tasmanian Qualifications Authority (formerly TASSAB).
Manages the awarding of post-year 10 education and training
qualifications.
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Style Guides and Govt
(pw)
DoE:Practical Writing Manual (style guide) [pdf] (pw)
Guidelines for Inclusive Language, DoE [pdf]
Tas Treasury Style Guide [pdf]
Style guide and logo policy
(Tas Govt logo)
Tas Govt
Communications Policy
Employment
DoE
employment page
DoE employment application guidelines [pdf]
DoE employment register
Teachers Registration Board
Infostream (Dept notices)
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Children and Youth Affairs
Linkzone
- information and services for young Tasmanians
National Youth Week
- national site
Youth Network of
Tasmania (YNOT) - non-government sector peak body
Metro Tas
School Bus Timetables - Hobart, Launceston, Burnie
Commissioner for Children
(Department of Health, Tasmania) |
Other education links
Department of
Education (Australian
Government)
Tasmanian Association of State School Organisations Inc
(TASSO) -
Facebook 1,
Facebook 2)
Our Children Our Schools (Vic.)
Independent Schools
Tasmania
Tasmanian
Catholic Education Office
Independent
Education Union Victoria Tasmania
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Personal business
AEU: Australian Education Union Tas. Branch
Media
releases (State)
Media
releases (Federal)
Union Shopper
Teachers Registration Board
ATO: Australian Taxation Office
See box "Teachers and tax" below
myGov login (Aust Govt services)
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TASS: Tas Assoc of State Superannuants
Superannuation reforms
(15 Sep 2016)
Service Tasmania
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STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Concussion
in Sport Australia
Information and resources on the dangers of concussion in sport,
from the Australian Sports Commission. See especially the
Parents and Teachers section.
New sites continued
below
New sites (cont'd)
WATER SAFETY
Beachsafe
The BeachSafe website, run by Surf Life Saving
Australia, provides patrolling details and current water and weather
conditions for just about every beach in Australia.
Scroll down for the beaches near your location.
Click on beach thumbnail or name for patrol, weather and
water details.
For more, including a search box for other beaches, click
Explore
WATER SAFETY
Surf Life Saving Tasmania
Surf Life Saving Tasmania services include the
provision of water safety advice and lifeguards for school
water-related events.
Beach safety top tips
Book a
lifeguard
DINOSAURS
TMAG dinosaur exhibition
Fri 7 Dec
2018 - Sun 5 May 2019
The Dinosaur rEvolution (not a
typo) exhibition at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery uses
animatronics and 3D models.
There are entry fees.
See also the
school bookings page.
TASMANIAN HISTORY
Hobart's coastal defences
Several gun batteries were built on the shores
of Hobart's River Derwent in the nineteenth century.
TASMANIAN ABORIGINAL CULTURE
The Orb
 Outstanding quality short videos and other teaching
materials to give students of all ages an appreciation of Tasmanian
Aboriginal culture.
See also the DoE's
The Orb web page
FAUNA
Pooseum
Learn about animal droppings at Richmond's
Pooseum.
MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
Airbag recall
Enter your car number plate to find out whether
your car is affected by the Takata airbag recall.
TASMANIAN HISTORY
The Colonisation of Hobart
The eSmart
Digital Licence program has been taken up by a number of
schools including Lansdowne Crescent Primary.
ONLINE SAFETY
eSmart Digital Licence
The eSmart
Digital Licence program has been taken up by a number of
schools including Lansdowne Crescent Primary.
CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Airbag recalls list
Is your car on the
ACCC's Takata airbag recalls list? One million cars were
recently added. (Note the link to FUTURE recalls.)
See also
Tasmanians urged to check airbag recall list, Tas Govt media
release, 28 May 2018
MARINE SCIENCE
Educator on Board program
The CSIRO's Educator on Board
program is enabling teachers to prepare STEM teaching material and
conduct lessons from the RV Investigator in Antarctic
waters.
More information
for teachers
See
360-degree views in virtual tour
ABC news report, 20 May 2018
FINANCE, ECONOMICS
Balancing the Budget
Short Behind the News
(ABC) segment on the Federal Government's Budget.
See also
Budget fact sheet (Parliamentary
Education Office) - click on "Fact Sheet - Budget " [pdf]
ROAD SAFETY
RACT RoadSafe
Online primary school road safety resource
targeted at Tasmanian students in grades 3 and 4.
SPORT
Gold Coast Commonwealth
Games 2018
The official site.
TASMANIAN ELECTION
Tasmanian Election 2018
ABC site with all the background and news you
want to know about the State election.
STUDENT SUPPORT
Building resilience in children
Advice to parents and others on how to build
resilience in children.
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