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GUNS IN SCHOOL
Teachers receive weapons training
Mail Online (UK), 28 Dec 2012
Many
US teachers are receiving training in the use of guns following the
Connecticut school shooting...
 COMPUTER SAFETY
Apps trap for kids
SMH, 23 Dec 2012
Many
smartphone and tablet apps being used by children are sending off
their personal information without permission being given nor
parents being aware...
COMPUTER EDUCATION
Cheap computer to build then program
The Telegraphy (UK), 23 Dec 2012
The Raspberry Pi is a very small, cheap
kit-form computer that students can construct then use to learn
programming...
Raspberry Pi website
CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING
Armed police the answer
Washington Post, 21 Dec 2012
Armed police officers should be placed in
every school, the Executive Vice
President of the National Rifle Association says in response to the
Connecticut school shooting, adding that video games, slasher films
and inadequate databases on mental illness had contributed to
violence in the culture...
CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING
Where teachers carry guns
The Mercury, 21 Dec 2012
In a remote Texas town, the school and the
parents believe that having armed teachers is more effective than a
single armed security guard...
SCHOOL MERGERS
 It's farewell to the year - and to the school
The Advocate, 21 Dec 2012
It's
the last year for Wesley Vale and Moriarty primary schools, which
will merge to become Andrews Creek Primary School from next year...
CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING
Teachers want better door locks, and curtains
patch.com, accessed 20 Dec 2012
In the wake of the Connecticut school
shooting, the basic security measures that teachers in one district
want are classroom doors that lock from the inside, and curtains to
facilitate hiding from a shooter...
SCHOOL CLOSURES
Call to abandon forced closures in 2014
Michael Ferguson website, 19 Dec 2012
The education minister should abandon
his plan to force school closures in 2014, Opposition education
spokesman Michael Ferguson says...
TASMANIAN STUDENTS
IT medal for Ulverstone student
The Advocate, 19 Dec 2012
An
Ulverstone High School student has won a computing competition medal
for the second time...
SCHOOL EXCURSIONS
Somerset students stranded
The Advocate, 19 Dec 2012
Fifteen
students from the Seabrook Christian School's Somerset campus have
been stranded by Fiji's cyclone...
CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING
Changing role of teachers
CBS Atlanta, 15 Dec 2012
The Connecticut school shooting is evidence of
teachers' changing roles placing them on the front lines of violence...
10 ways to put brakes pn mass shootings in schools,
CNN,15 Dec 2012
Should teachers carry guns?, CBC News, 19 Dec
2012
SCHOOL MERGERS
Penguin schools to merge
Tas Govt media release, 19 Dec 2012
Penguin
Primary and Penguin High will form a single K-10 school using their
current sites, the Minister for Education and Skills, Nick McKim,
said today...
The Advocate,
20 Dec 2012
NAPLAN
Tas NAPLAN improvement
Tas Govt media release, 18 Dec 2012
 Tasmania's
NAPLAN results have shown an improvement over 2011, the Minister for
Education and Skills, Nick McKim, said today...
2012 NAPLAN National Report [pdf]
The Examiner,
18 Dec 2012
TCE RESULTS
Tassie's top students named
Tas Govt media release, 18 Dec 2012
The list of TCE students receiving an
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) of 98.45 or better has
been released...
The Mercury, 18 Dec 2012
 CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING
Hero
teacher died saving students
People, 15 Dec 2012
First-grade teacher Victoria Soto saved her
students but was shot herself...
RETENTION TO YEARS 11 AND 12
Retention feedback closes 24 December
Tas Govt media release, 16 Dec 2012
 The
time is almost up to comment on the government's discussion paper on
student retention and provision of Years 11 and 12 education to
regional Tasmania...
DoE public consultation web page
 EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Bold new plan on way
The Mercury, 15 Dec 2012
A
plan to address the relatively poor performance of Tasmanian
students, especially after Year 5, will
be announced by the Minister for Education and Skills, Nick McKim,
early next year...
STUDENT HEALTH
Cooking class biscuit led to death
SMH, 15 Dec 2012
Food allergy policies in NSW schools have been changed following a
boy's fatal allergic reaction to walnuts in a biscuit baked by his
friend...
Education system 'failed
Raymond Cho',
Daily Telegraph, 11 Dec 2012
 CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRES
New Chigwell CFC
Tas Govt media release, 14 Dec 2012
The
new $2.5 million Chigwell Child and Family Centre was opened by the
Premier, Lara Giddings, today...
 SCHOOL MERGERS
Rocherlea and Mayfield parents vote
The Examiner, 13 Dec 2012
The
parents of students at Rocherlea and Mayfield primary schools are
now voting on a school merger involving Brooks High School...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Teacher set suicide note assignment
Huffington Post, 12 Dec 2012
A teacher in France
set his 13- and 14-year old students the
homework task of writing a suicide note...
STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Launceston students develop snake bite app
ABC News, 12 Dec 2012
Students at the Launceston Polytechnic have
launched a Smartphone app that provides
guidance for treating snake bites...
The Examiner,
12 Dec 2012
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
Australian education test results too low
ABC News, 12 Dec 2012
 The
reading, maths and science test results of Australian children place
us well below a host of other countries...
Spend money on the very young:
The Examiner,
13 Dec 2012
Improve teacher quality:
SMH, 13 Dec 2012
S CHOOL TERM DATES
Term dates for 2014 and 2015 released
Tas Govt media release, 11 Dec 2012
Term
dates for Tasmanian government schools in 2014 and 2015 were
announced today by the Minister for Education and Skills, Nick McKim...
See our newly updated
term dates and holidays
page
SCHOOL MERGERS
North-west schools to merge
Tas Govt media release, 11 Dec 2012
Moriarty
and Wesley Vale primary schools will merge from the beginning of
2013, the Minister for Education and Skills, Nick McKim, said today...
YOUTH WORK CODE OF ETHICS
Working with youth code of ethics launched
Tas Govt media release, 11 Dec 2012
The Youth Ethics Framework for Tasmania was
launched by the Minister for Community Development, Cassy O'Connor,
today...
EXTENDING HIGH SCHOOL TO YEAR 12
Another Year 12 call
The Mercury, 10 Dec 2012
Improving retention rates by extending high school to Year 12 should
be considered as a means of reducing poverty, especially in rural
areas, TasCOSS chief executive Tony
Reidy says...
ADVANCE NOTICE OF POLICIES
Opportunities for kids coming
Tas Govt media site, 9 Dec 2012
Premier Lara Giddings today announced strategic directions that the
government plans to follow, including "Generating new opportunities for
our kids", but details are to be announced later...
Policy framework main page
STUDENT HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Radical anti-obesity measures needed
The Examiner, 9 Dec 2012
Financial incentives need to be considered in the fight against
childhood obesity, an obesity surgeon says...
SEX EDUCATION
Porn sex ed alarm
The Examiner, 9 Dec 2012
A sexual assault service in Launceston
says children are being increasingly exposed to explicit,
exploitative and violent pornography...
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Water safety features in Health curriculum
Aust Govt media release, 8 Dec 2012
 Swimming
and first aid feature in the draft Health and Physical Education
syllabus released today ...
Peter Garrett's press conference on the HPE
(Health and Physical Education) curriculum, 8 Dec 2012
The Mercury, 8 Dec 2012
 HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
Holocaust compulsory in curriculum
SMH,
8 Dec 2012
Studying the Holocaust will be mandated in NSW schools from 2014.
ACARA
says the topic will be covered Australia-wide in years 9 and 10 in
the Australian Curriculum...
AUSTRALIAN EDUCTION POLICY
Standing Council sits down to work
Aust Govt media release, 7 Dec 2012
A national meeting of education ministers has approved a number of
policies, covering:
- the Senior Secondary Curriculum
-
online NAPLAN testing
- non-government school regulations
-
the National School Improvement Tool
- national data collection
on Students with Disability
...
NAPLAN
NAPLAN disadvantage
The Examiner, 7 Dec 2012
The
move to place NAPLAN tests online will disadvantage primary schools
that don't have classrooms full of computers, Tasmanian Sate School
Parents and Friends president Jenny Eddington says...
 THE ENVIRONMENT
Plastic bags comments sought
Tas Govt media release, 7 Dec 2012
Comments on the Tasmanian government's plan to introduce the
compulsory banning of supermarket-type plastic bags next year are
being sought...
Tasmanian government's
Plastic bag ban website
INDUSTRIAL ACTION
 Vic
teachers plan industrial action
SMH, 7 Dec 2012
 Victorian
teachers plan to commence 2013 with overtime bans, a strike on 14
February, continuation of the ban on writing comments in reports,
and more ...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Best teachers announced
Aust Govt media release, 7 Dec 2012
The annual Australian Awards for Outstanding Teaching and School
Leadership have been presented by the federal Minister for School
Education, Peter Garrett ...
LEAVERS DINNERS
Uncertainty over name for leavers dinners
The Examiner, 7 Dec 2012
In view of efforts to encourage students to continue their education
to Year 12, what should grade 10 leavers dinners be called? ...
EARLY CHILDHOOD, NUMERACY
Salvation for numeracy
Tas Govt media release, 6 Dec 2012
The Salvation Army's Count with Me 123 DVD will boost the
numeracy skills of pre-school children, the Parliamentary Secretary
for Education and Skills, Paul O'Halloran, said today...
NAPLAN
Faster NAPLAN results
SMH, 6 Dec 2012
NAPLAN
tests are to be placed online, enabling far speedier marking and
much earlier availability of results to schools - and hence greater
usefulness of the results...
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Parents are key to educational reform
SMH, 6 Dec 2012
Research shows that parental engagement, but not the hovering of
"helicopter parents", has an overwhelming effect on
improving the academic achievement and retention of students...
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Schools receive sustainability grants
Tas Govt media release, 5 Dec 2012
Seventy-seven projects have been funded to reduce the carbon
footprint and increase the environmental sustainability of schools.
The names of schools are not contained in the media release and must
be obtained from the Department of Education ...
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Woodbridge Primary's green classroom opened
Tas Govt media release, 5 Dec 2012
A teaching space built using sustainable building techniques was
opened at Woodbridge School today by the Minister for Climate
Change, Cassy O'Connor ...
VET
Student winners of hospitality scholarships named
Tas Govt media release, 5 Dec 2012
Four high school students have won scholarships that will help them
learn about the hospitality industry, the Minister for Hospitality,
Scott Bacon, said today.
The students are from the following
schools:
- Geilston Bay High
- Huonville High
- Queechy
High ...
SCHOOL CLOSURES
Ouse School not to close after all
Tas Govt media release, 4 Dec 2012
The Ouse School will remain open because the Ouse School Association
has not submitted an application to close the school, education
minister Nick McKim said tonight ...
The Mercury,
4 Dec 2012
SCHOOL CLOSURES
Ouse closure "botched"
Michael Ferguson website, 4 Dec 2012
There has been a premature rush to close the Ouse District School
against the wishes of many of the parents, Opposition education
spokesman Michael Ferguson says...
SEX EDUCATION
Kids want earlier sex education but teachers uncomfortable
SMH, 4 Dec 2012
Students
want more sex education topics covered in primary school, a
Victorian study has found...
STUDENT BEHAVIOUR
Suspensions increase but are ineffective
SMH, 2 Dec 2012
School suspensions in NSW have increased significantly in recent
years, particularly since the leaving age was raised, but they have
been ineffective in changing student behaviour - except where a
school is associated with a suspension centre...
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