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 TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Somerset hub opened
Tas Govt media release, 28 Sep 2018
A new early learning
hub at Somerset Primary School has been opened by the Minister
for Education and Training, Jeremy Rockliff...
 STUDENT SUPPORT
Divorce strategies
The Conversation (opinion by Linda Mahony), 28 Sep 2018
An education lecturer
outlines a number of strategies teachers can use when assisting
students whose parents are undergoing a divorce...
 STUDENT SUPPORT
Sibling deaths
The Conversation (opinion by Zoe Krupka, 26 Sep 2018
A health sciences
lecturer puts forward several ways a teacher can comfort a child
whose brother or sister has died...
MEDIA
ABC turmoil: now the chairman resigns
ABC News, 27 Sep 2018
 The chairman
of the ABC's Board, Justin Milne, has announced his resignation...
STUDENT SUPPORT
'Box' concern
ABC News, 26 Sep 2018
 A northern Tasmanian
girl with autism was placed in an enclosure made from a
cardboard box last year, which draws attention to the need for
teachers to be provided with extra support staff for such
students, a mother says...
MEDIA
More top ABC drama
ABC News, 26 Sep 2018
A meeting of ABC staff has called for ABC
board chairman Justin Milne to stand aside over claims he had
attempted to get journalist Emma Alberici sacked at the request
of the federal government...
 STEM AND GIRLS
STEM stereotype stubbed
The Conversation (opinion by Rose O'Dea and Shinichi
Nakagawi), 26 Sep 2018
Contrary to accustomed
wisdom, a large survey shows that boys and girls perform
similarly in STEM subjects. (The inequality comes later.)...
 MEDIA
ABC head sacked
ABC News, 24 Sep 2018
The ABC's managing
director, former Google executive Michelle Guthrie, has been
sacked by the ABC's board over her leadership style, halfway
through her five-year term...
FEDERAL EDUCATION FUNDING
Recognise disadvantage
Tas Govt media release, 21 Sep 2018
 Tasmania's level of
disadvantage must be recognised in any new federal education
funding deal, education minister Jeremy Rockliff says...
Public schools sector
fight ahead, ABC News, 21 Sep 2018
NSW government rejects
federal education funding plan, ABC News, 21 Sep 2018
Catholic primary parents can pay more, The Conversation
(opinion), 21 Sep 2018
Government schools being deprived yet Catholic schools receiving
more, ABC News (opinion), 23 Sep 2018
Catholic schools benefit won't deprive government schools,
ABC News (opinion), 23 Sep 2018
Public schools losing out, The Conversation (opinion), 24
Sep 2018
SCHOOL FARMS
Farm teacher allocations announced
Tas Govt media release, 20 Sep 2018
 Additional
funding allocations and teacher allocations of either 0.5 or 1.0
FTEs to Tasmania's 15 active school farms have been announced by
primary industries minister Sarah Courtenay...
Tassie farm education
resurgence, ABC News, 22 Sep 2018
FEDERAL EDUCATION FUNDING
$4.5b package for non-government schools
ABC News, 20 Sep 2018
Funding for Catholic
and independent schools will change from the Gonski-recommended
school postcode basis to a newly-negotiated parental income tax
basis under an agreement announced today by the Prime Minister,
Scott Morrison ...
FOOD
SAFETY
Fourth fruit scare
ABC News, 20 Sep 2018
A Royal Gala apple purchased at Huonville is Tasmania's fourth
item of metal-contaminated fruit...
Woolworths stops selling
needles, ABC News, 20 Sep 2018
Boy admits placing needles in
strawberries, Yahoo7,
19 Sep 2018
Girl admits placing needle in
strawberry, Daily
Mail, 20 Sep 2018
TEACHER NUMBERS
Teacher recruitment drive begins
Tas Govt media release, 19 Sep 2018
An advertising campaign aimed at securing the government's
promised extra 250 teachers commences this weekend, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
 STUDENT RELIGIOUS VIEWS
Teens' religious beliefs complex
The Conversation (opinion), 18 Sep 2018
Today's teenagers are
possessed of quite a range of spirituality views, an ANU survey
shows...
FOOD
SAFETY
Needle strawberries allegedly in Hobart
ABC News, 17 Sep 2018
Police are investigating any link to recent mainland strawberry
contaminations over a Facebook report claiming a punnet of
strawberries containing a needle was returned to Woolworths at
Rosny Park. The social media account has now been deleted...
STUDENT POLITICAL EXPRESSION
Anthem stand
The Conversation (opinion by Gwenda Tavan), 15 Sep 2018
 A nine-year-old
Queensland girl has refused to stand and sing the national
anthem at a school event on the grounds that the history of
Australian Aboriginals is disregarded by the country being
described as "young and free"...
WEATHER
ALERT
UPDATE 16 Sep
2018: The following weather advice no longer applies.
Winds100-110km/h
in north
BoM, 14 Sep 2018
 Winds gusting to 100-110km/h are
predicted for tomorrow (Saturday) in the north west, north coast
and islands tomorrow...
BoM
warnings
Power outages
Road
closures (Police)
SES
HEALTH
Launceston teen is 9th case of meningococcal
The Examiner, 13 Sep 2018
 A 15-year-old boy from
Launceston is in the Launceston General Hospital with the B
strain of meningococcal disease...
Meningococcal disease fact sheet,
DHHS Tas
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Teacher walk-off next week
AEUTas website, 13 Sep 2018
 Australian Education
Union members are being encouraged to leave work on time on
Thursday next week, 20 September, as part of a Quality Education
Campaign...
Walk off for Workload information sheet, AEU Tas
 SEX
EDUCATION
Sex ed in Australia
The Conversation (opinion by David Rhodes), 12 Sep 2018
There are compelling
reasons why all students need to learn about sex, sexuality,
respectful relationships and gender, an education lecturer
writes...
HEALTH
NW girl is 8th meningococcal case
ABC News, 12 Sep 2018
A 4-year-old girl from
East Devonport is in the Royal Hobart Hospital with
meningococcal disease.
The girl has the B-strain of the
virus...
Meningococcal disease fact sheet,
DHHS Tas
COMPUTERS AND ASSESSMENT
First Year 12 computerised exam
ABC News, 11 Sep 2018
 Australia's first fully
electronic Year 12 end-of-year examination will be held in South
Australia and the Northern Territory this year in the subject
English Literary Studies...
WEATHER
ALERT
Winds
90-100km/h tomorrow
BoM, 11 Sep 2018
Winds gusting to 90-100km/h are
predicted for tomorrow in the west and south of the state...
BoM
warnings
Power outages
Road
closures (Police)
SES
 BULLYING
Prep bullying explosion
ABC News, 11 Sep 2018
An almost doubling of the number of Queensland Prep and
Year 1 students being suspended or expelled over four years
appears to be a reflection of society...
SCHOOL HOURS
Fee for early drop-off
ABC News, 10 Sep 2018
Two Queensland schools
are to charge parents a fee if they drop their children off
before the official morning supervision period begins...
 MOBILE PHONES POLICY
Tassie school mobile bans begin
ABC News, 10 Sep 2018
New Town High School
is among a number of Tasmanian schools to address cyberbullying
and unwanted classroom distractions by banning mobile phones..
MEDIA LITERACY
Give schools media literacy curricula
The Conversation (opinion by Kathleen Williams and
Jocelyn Nettlefold), 10 Sep 2018
 Given today's
heightened need to distinguish fact from fiction in the news,
Australian schools
require a dedicated media
literacy curriculum along with teacher professional development
and resources, two media experts say..
Fake news 'weaponised;
average age of ABC 7pm News watchers is 73 years, ABC News, 11 Sep 2018
 STUDENT HEALTH AND WELFARE
Commitment to Stay ChatTY
Tas Govt media release, 10 Sep 2018
Education minister Jeremy Rockliff has
reaffirmed the government's commitment to spending $1 million
over four years on the Relationships Australia Stay ChatTY
Schools Program to build resilience in and support the mental
health of young people..
 VISUAL ARTS
Young Archies entries displayed
Tas Govt media release, 9 Sep 2018
An exhibition of winners and other entries
in the 2018 Young Archies Awards portrait competition for K-12
students has been opened by arts minister Elise Archer..
MOBILE PHONES IN SCHOOL
Mobile phone review looms
AFR, 8-9 Sep 2018 [pdf]
 The NSW review of
mobile phone use in schools has some big issues to consider, and
it comes at a time when France has introduced a nationwide
mobile phone ban for all students up to 15 years...
Quelle surprise!
French students survive mobile phone ban, The Guardian, 8 Sep 2018
MEDIA LITERACY
Media Literacy Week looms
ABC media release, 6 Sep 2018
Next week, Mon 10 to
Sun 16 September 2018, has been declared Media Literacy Week by the ABC which promises it will run
a program to help people distinguish between fact and fiction in
the news...
STUDENT SAFETY
Ropes courses reviews
ABC News, 6 Sep 2018
Outdoor education ropes
course operators will have to review their procedures after a
14-year-old Queensland student narrowly survived after being
strangled by two safety ropes on a school camp...
MEDIA LITERACY
Fake news concern
The Mercury (opinion by Jocelyn Nettlefold and
Kathleen Williams) [pdf], 6 Sep 2018
Schools and parents
need to ensure young people receive more media literacy
education to help them distinguish fake news from real news, two
journalism academics write...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Fire destroys national museum
ABC News, 3 Sep 2018
Brazil's national museum in Rio de Janeiro, home of more than 20
million items, has been destroyed by fire...
SLEEP EDUCATION
Teach correct sleeping in primary school
AFR, 1-2 Sep 2018 [pdf]
 To help combat the widespread
extent of sleep deprivation in today's society, special sleep
programs should be implemented for primary school students, Perth (WA)
sleep expert David Hillman says...
HEALTH
Seventh meningococcal case
ABC News, 1 Sep 2018
A 64-year-old man from
Hobart's eastern shore is Tasmania's seventh case of
meningococcal disease this year. He has the W strain...
Meningococcal disease fact sheet,
DHHS Tas
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