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Archive for January 2015

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QueenslandQueensland election:
Labor predicted to win
ABC News, 31 Jan 2015

SoccerSOCCER
South Korea vs Australia:

Australia wins, 2 goals to l
ABC News, 31 Jan 2015

EXTENSION TO YEARS 11 AND 12
College for rural kids
The Examiner, 30 Jan 2015
Extending hugh school to years 11 and 12Students at six Tasmanian high and district high schools will be able to enrol in college level subjects this year...
Bullet The schools are already providing college level subjects, The Mercury, 1 Feb 2015
 Bullet 2015 enrolment increase almost 30 per cent, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education and Training, 2 Feb 2015

TRANSITION TO SCHOOL
The first day is so important
The Conversation (comment by Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett), 30 Jan 2015
Off to school (Image from tumblr18.com)Evidence shows that children's experiences at the beginning of their school life have implications for their longer-term social, emotional and academic development...
Bullet Transition to Primary School: A Review of the Literature [pdf], Kids Matter, Sep 2011
Bullet School Readiness [pdf], NSW Dept of Community Services, Feb 2003

Screen timeSTUDENT HEALTH AND FITNESS
Can't catch, can't throw
news.com.au, 30 Jan 2015
Aussie kids are spending too much time with computer devices and are not as skilled at throwing, catching and kicking balls as they used to be, a PhD student has found...

Financial literacyFINANCIAL LITERACY
Value of digital money not understood
mygc.com.au, 29 Jan 2015
The Commonwealth Bank has announced plans to expand its financial education program after releasing a study that shows today's children lack an understanding of the value of digital money...

SUBJECT ACCREDITATION
TQA to be abolished
The Mercury, 28 Jan 2015
Tasmanian Qualifications AuthorityEducation minister Jeremy Rockliff has announced that the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority will be scrapped, and that he as minister will prioritise which subjects are accredited for Years 11 and 12...
Bullet Fear over reduced choice, The Examiner, 28 Jan 2015
Bullet Conflict of interest, say board members, The Mercury, 29 Jan 2015
Bullet New model susceptible to politicisation, Michelle O'Byrne, Opposition education spokesperson, 29 Jan 2015

L-plateDRIVER EDUCATION
Higher speed limits for novice drivers
Tas Govt media release, 27 Jan 2015
From 2 March 2015, the maximum speed limits in higher speed zones for Tasmanian L2 and P1 car drivers will rise. However, the maximum speed for L1 car drivers and L and P1 motorbike riders will remain unchanged at 80 km/h...

Pakistan flagTEACHERS WITH GUNS
Teachers now allowed to carry guns in Pakistan
BBC News, 26 Jan 2015
Following a school massacre in which about 150 people were killed, Pakistan has allowed its teachers to carry guns and to serve as armed guards...

Jujitsu class (Image from SMH)SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Martial arts in curriculum would beat bullying
SMH, 25 Jan 2015
Including martial arts in the school curriculum would assist in the battle to reduce the incidence of bullying, a jujitsu instructor says...

STUDENT SUPPORT
Student mental health missing out, inquest told
ABC News, 21 Jan 2015
Teen issuesThe Tasmanian education system is more concerned with literacy and numeracy than with students' mental health, an inquest into the deaths of six secondary students was told today...
Bullet Inquest to examine factors leading to self-harm deaths, The Mercury, 22 Jan 2015

TEACHING ETIQUETTE
Boys learn etiquette
VictoriaThe Age, 21 Jan 2015
A Victorian teacher has taught his Grade 2 boys to open doors for girls and stand up when they enter the room...

OECDEDUCATION REFORMS
Evaluate education reforms
The Conversation (comment by Pasi Sahlberg), 20 Jan 2015
An OECD report recommends that the impact of particular education reforms be measured...

NATIONAL SECURITY
Terror threat raised
ABC News, 20 Jan 2015
The national terror threat for police has been raised from medium to high...

STATE LIBRARY SERVICE
Free online magazines for Tasmanians
Tas Govt media release, 17 Jan 2015
LINC Tasmania
Zinio
Over 200 magazines are now available online and free to Tasmanians, education minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
Bullet You need to hold a current LINC library card. See our New Sites entry at the right for more information.

Teen issuesSTUDENT SUPPORT
Support soon for sexually-diverse students
The Examiner, 17 Jan 2015
The national Safe Schools Coalition program will shortly be rolled out in Tasmania to support interested schools in helping gender- and sexually-diverse students...

COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE
Parents of 12yo back in court
ABC News, 15 Jan 2015
LegalThe parents of a home-schooled Tasmanian boy who suffers from severe allergies have returned to court over their refusal to send him to school in the belief his allergies would not be properly managed there...

SCHOOL STARTING AGE
Kindergarten boycott warning
The Mercury, 15 Jan 2015
Kindergarten
Lowering the Kinder starting age by six months would lead to students entering high school at 11 years and university at 17, warns TASSO president Jenny Eddington ...

Bullet Caution and bipartisanship needed, Michelle O'Byrne, Opposition education spokesperson, 15 Jan 2015
Bullet Early Childhood Australia rejects lowering Kinder age, The Examiner, 19 Jan 2015
Bullet Jobs warning over lower Kinder age, The Mercury, 21 Jan 2015

THE CURRICULUM
Create global citizens from a young age
WorldThe Mercury, 12 Jan 2015
Education for success in an interdependent world needs to begin at a young age, the convenor of an education conference to be held in Launceston says...

TEACHING PROFESSION
A teacher's spelling doesn't necessarily affect their teaching
The Conversation (opinion by Stewart Riddle), 12 Jan 2015
LiteracyThe number of aspiring teachers with low literacy levels is not as alarming as it may appear, argues Stewart Riddle...

BUDGET CUTS
Increase in class sizes this year, says O'Byrne
Teacher cutsThe Mercury, 6 Jan 2015
Many Tasmanian classes will have 29-30 students and services will be restricted when students return to school this year, warns Opposition education spokesperson Michelle O'Byrne...

QueenslandELECTIONS
Election for Queensland
ABC News, 6 Jan 2015
Queenslanders will go to the polls on Saturday, 31 January 2015...

MY SCHOOL WEBSITE
School attendance naming and shaming under way
The Mercury, 5 Jan 2015
My SchoolThe My School website has begun publishing the school attendance figures for individual schools...

Bullet My School updated, Christopher Pyne, Minister for Education and Training, 17 Dec 2014
Bullet My School website (For 2014 data: find the school, click on "School attendance")

Total fire ban today (Saturday)
Tas Fire Service website, 3 Jan 2015
There is a total fire ban today (Saturday, 3 Jan) for the North and South regions (ie, all areas of Tasmania except the North West and the West Coast).

 

 

 

 

 

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