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parents and schools to create closer ties 25 february 2008 The Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Ms Julia Gillard, has announced that the Federal Government will set up a national Family-School and Community Partnership Bureau in a bid to make schools ‘more welcoming to parents.’ Read more here...
24 february 2008 Reports commissioned by the Australian Council of Deans of Science (ACDS) have found that the number of university students studying maths, chemistry and physics has dropped significantly over the past two decades. Yet Australia’s chief scientist, Dr Jim Peacock, believes that the ‘depressing’ decline of students studying science will soon begin to shift. Read more here...
AISV's response to The Sunday age 18 february 2008 The Association of Independent Schools of Victoria's Chief Executive, Ms Michelle Green, has released a Media Release responding to The Sunday Age, which has asked: Should private schools have their federal funding reduced? Read more here... Commonwealth Government's National Secondary Schools Computer Fund 16 february 2008 Government, Catholic and independent schools across Australia have been invited to apply for a grant under Kevin Rudd’s $1 billion National Secondary Schools’ Computer Fund. Read more here...
11 february 2008 The Association of Independent Schools of Victoria and Geelong Grammar School are hosting a Visiting Lecture Series on Positive Psychology. Dr Martin Seligman, an international expert on the ‘psychology of happiness’, will be working with Geelong Grammar School’s staff to encourage students to live happier and more resilient lives. Read more here... Fight to keep languages and physical education on the curriculum 9 february 2008 Language and Physical education academics and specialists believe that languages other than English, sport and physical education should be ‘given the same weight’ in primary school curricula as literacy and numeracy. The response follows last year’s proposal by the Australian Primary Principal’s Association to cut back the amount of key learning areas in the current primary school curriculum. Read more here...
parents warned about mathematics programmes 3 february 2008 The Victorian Minister for Consumer Affairs, Mr Tony Robinson, recently issued a media release advising parents to be cautious of companies ‘using aggressive sales tactics to sell expensive mathematics programmes.’ Read more here...
national benchmark results are in 1 february 2008 The Ministerial Council of Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs has released the results of the 2006 national reading, writing and numeracy benchmarks for years 3, 5 and 7. Read more here...
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