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VANDALISM
Vandals strike at Glenora District
 The Mercury, 30 Jul 2013
Vandals have killed more than 20 chickens at Glenora
District High School and damaged a tree planted in memory of a
former student who was killed after getting off her school bus ...
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Arts and Geography curricula get okay
 Aust Govt media
release, 30 Jul 2013
Education ministers today endorsed the national Arts F-10 curriculum
and the national senior secondary Geography curriculum...
BULLYING
Massage therapy aims to beat bullies
 The Mercury, 30 Jul 2013
The Massage in Schools program is designed to encourage
peace and respect between students...
VET
Fear over trainees and apprentices
 The Mercury, 29 Jul 2013
The number of apprentices and
trainees in Tasmania has fallen over the last 10 years...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Disability review from Libs
Michael Ferguson website, 27 Jul 2013
The Tasmanian Opposition say their education policies promise an
independent review of arrangements affecting children with
disabilities and offer choices and proper support for families with
such children...
 ANZAC CENTENARY
Anzac Centenary planning underway
Tas Govt media release, 27 Jul 2013
Tasmanian schools have been
encouraged to take part in the Centenary of Anzac commemorations
(2014-2018)...
FEDERAL ELECTION
AEU seeks Libs' plan
 The Mercury, 27 Jul 2013
AEU Tasmanian president Terry
Polglase says the Liberals' education plan must be made available
for voters to see...
Education policy: where the parties
stand, ABC Federal
Election 2013 website
STUDENT SUPPORT
Autism battle
 The Examiner, 24 Jul 2013
A Launceston school has five students with autism in the
one class without a corresponding amount of support, a mother says...
LITERACY
Young Tas writers' awards made
Tas Govt media release, 23 Jul 2013
The 2013 What Matters Tasmania Awards were
presented today to students from Clarence High, Tasmanian eSchool,
Nixon Street Primary, New Town High, Smithton High, Reece High and
Rosny College...
TERM DATES
Term 1 start dates change for students
Tas Govt media release, 23 Jul 2013
Tasmanian teachers are to have two student free days at the
beginning of term 1, instead of only one, requiring students to
return to school a day later than previously planned...
See our
Term dates page.
GONSKI FUNDING
Catholics Gonski sign-up
ABC News, 23 Jul 2013
Australia's Catholic schools have signed up to the Gonski Better
schools funding plan ...
Shorten visits Guilford Young College, The Mercury, 26 Jul 2013
ROYAL BABIES
It's a boy
BBC News, 22 Jul 2013
The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a
baby boy.
STUDENT SUPPORT
Disability support choice
call
The Examiner, 22 Jul 2013
The Tasmanian Disability Reform Lobby wants a choice of school for
students with a disability...
 MARITIME HISTORY
Tall
Ships on way
Tall Ships website: Schools Program, 20Jul 2013
Teachers would be advised to book early for the school
group guided tours of the Tall Ships to be in Hobart in September....
Tall Ships Hobart 2013
STUDENT HEALTH AND FITNESS
Health swoop by Hawks
 Tas Govt media release, 19 Jul 2013
The Tassie Hawks in Schools
program is promoting healthy eating and physical fitness in young
people...
Move Well Eat Well,
DHHS website
OUT-OF-ZONE ENROLMENTS
Enrolment errors corrected
 The Advocate, 17 Jul 2013
Incorrect assessment by North-West principals of
enrolment applications using the draft out-of-home-area enrolment
guidelines has been fixed...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Disability support claim disputed
The Examiner, 13 Jul 2013
The Tasmanian Disability Reform Lobby disagrees with education
minister Nick McKim's claim that Tasmania provided stronger support
for students with a disability...
 ONLINE EDUCATION
Online HSC courses democratise education
SMH, 13 Jul 2013
Low-cost HSC webinars - seminars accessible via the
Internet - are being provided commercially in Victoria...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Gifted need Gonski support
The Mercury, 12 Jul 2013
The Tasmanian Association for the Gifted say that some of the Gonski
Better Schools Plan funds need to be used to help teachers
supporting gifted and talented students...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Students with disability supported
Tas Govt media release, 11 Jul 2013
Tasmania provided stronger support for students with a disability
than other states, education minister Nick McKim says...
NAPLAN RESULTS
Little effect from My School ranking
news.com.au, 10 Jul 2013
 Poor scores on the My School website
had little impact in changing a school's enrolment, a Grattan
Institute report says...
The myth of markets in school education, Grattan Institute
NAPLAN not achieving imrpoved school
results, SMH, 11
Jul 2013
NATURE AND NURTURE
Inherited abilities an explanation
news.com.au, 10 Jul 2013
For children from low-income families, genes are more important than
access to books, attention from parents and schools in explaining
poor educational performance, a Productivity Commission report says...
GONSKI FUNDING
Tas Gonski deal made
ABC News, 2.30pm 9 Jul
2013
Tasmania has agreed to the Better Schools Plan,
better known as the Australian government's Gonski education funding
arrangements.
Funding for individual schools
Better Schools
website
Tas Govt media release, 9 Jul 2013
Aust Govt media release, 9 Jul 2013
The Examiner, 9 Jul 2013
The Mercury,
10 Jul 2013
Welcomed by Catholic schools, ABC News, 10 Jul 2013
Briefing requested, Michael Ferguson website, 10 Jul 2013
SCHOOL ENROLMENT ZONES
No zone changes for now
ABC News, 9 Jul 2013
No change to the Education Act to control school enrolment zones
will be made during the life of the current state government,
education minister Nick McKim says, but parents' representative
Jenny Eddington says parents are happy with the status quo anyway...
 GONSKI FUNDING
Sign up to Gonski
The Mercury, 8 Jul 2013
Notwithstanding the current Gonski
offer's deficiencies, the Tasmanian government should accept it now,
AEU state president Terry Polglase says...
COMPUTER HISTORY
Mouse inventor dies
CBS News, 7 Jul 2013
Doug Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse, has died...
STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Not
a needle, say students
The Mercury, 7 Jul 2013
An Oatlands District High School student and his friends say the
pricking he had done was with a sharpened lollypop stick, not a
needle...
ASTRONOMY
Watch for
the auroras
ips.gov.au, 6 Jul 2013
Auroras are expected in the night sky in Tasmania tonight (Sat. 6
July) due to flare
activity on the sun...
 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
TasTAFE-China link
Tas Govt media release, 6 Jul 2013
TasTAFE is to provide business, accounting and
hospitality courses in China...
EARLY LEARNING
New Waimea kinder
Tas Govt media release, 6 Jul 2013
Tenders for new Waimea Heights Primary School facilities
have been called...
EDUCATION POLICY
Good teachers best
SMH, 6 Jul 2013
Good teachers are more important than small class sizes, an OECD
adviser says...
WEATHER
Snow and more wind
ABC News, 5 Jul 2013
Tasmania's damaging weather conditions are set to worsen, with wind gusts of up to 100 km per hour in
some parts...
BoM
warnings
Saturday forecast: snow
to 200 metres
 OUT-OF-ZONE STUDENTS
Enrolments rejected
The Advocate, 5 Jul 2013
Some North-West parents claim principals are using
draft criteria to reject out-of-area enrolment applications...
GONSKI FUNDING
Gonski proportion questioned
The Examiner, 5 Jul 2013
Tasmania's government school's appear likely to receive a
disproportionately lower amount of the state's Gonski funds...
STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Needle alarm
The Mercury, 5 Jul 2013
An investigation is underway at a Midlands school after claims a
student had stabbed others with a syringe...
STUDENT HEALTH AND FITNESS
Physical activity award nominations open
Tas Govt media release, 4 Jul 2013
Schools and groups of schools are among those invited to nominate
for the 2013 Medibank Active Tasmania Awards...
 TEACHER SALARIES
Wage campaign begins
ABC News, 4 Jul 2013
AEU Tasmanian president Terry Polglase says Tasmania's
teachers the lowest paid in Australia and negotiations for a new
salary agreement will commence in September...
STUDENT ATTENDANCE
Truancy charge guilty plea
ABC News, 3 Jul 2013
The parents of a North-West primary school age boy have
pleaded guilty for failing to send their son to school ...
OVERSEAS STUDENTS
Brazilians return home
Tas Govt media release, 2 Jul 2013
The 50 Brazilian students who had won a scholarship to attend our
colleges for two terms have now gone home...
VET
TasTAFE begins
Tas Govt media release, 1 Jul 2013
The renewed TasTAFE officially commenced operation at 14
campuses around Tasmania today...
Wind chaos in Hobart
The Examiner, 1 Jul 2013
The Mercury, 1 Jul 2013
ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
Artists program extended to private schools
Tas Govt media release, 1 Jul 2013
Independent schools will be allowed to take part in the 2014 Year 11
and 12 artists-in-residence program...
FEDERAL POLITICS
Rudd announces new ministry
ABC News, 1 Jul 2013
Prime
minister Kevin Rudd has announced his ministerial team.
Bill Shorten will be the new Minister for
Education.
The new ministry, ABC News, 1 Jul 2013
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