Tag: Primary Schools
Life lessons lift learning
An innovative Tasmanian program, using games to teach students how to behave, is improving classroom attendance and literacy levels.[MORE]
4 'preppies' bash older student
Four prep students from the Heidelberg Primary School in Melbourne have been suspended for bashing an older senior student.[MORE]
Land set aside for second Margeret River school
A new site has been set aside for a second primary school in Margaret River.[MORE]
MP wants Wimmera builders eligible for school project
The National party is upset that a number of Wimmera-based companies are out of the running to build a local school.[MORE]
Govt under fire over country school maintenance
The South Australian Opposition says the State Government is not funding basic maintenance in many country schools.[MORE]
Students document Cherbourg history
Primary school children in a South Burnett town are trying to teach toddlers how to read.[MORE]
Quilpie's St Finbarr's to close after 57 years
A boarding house at a school in Queensland's south-west will close this weekend after 57 years of operation. [MORE]
Community votes to close 100yr-old school
One of Eyre Peninsula's oldest schools is about to close at the request of its local community.[MORE]
DOCS took wrong girl from school
A DOCS worker mistakenly took the wrong girl out of a school in Sydney's west.[MORE]
Lifeline for Levendale
The Premier has extended a lifeline to the Levendale Primary School in Tasmania's south-east.[MORE]
School closures, mergers announced
The South Australian Government says population changes are behind a plan to close two schools and merge others.[MORE]
Student rashes spark classroom evacuation
A Gold Coast classroom has been evacuated after a number of year four students developed rashes and itching.[MORE]
Environmentally friendly vehicles on show
Some of Australia's most environmentally friendly vehicles will be tested in the central Victorian town of Maryborough this weekend.[MORE]
NT teachers pay dispute comes to an end
After more than 15 months of negotiations, the NT's Education Union has agreed to accept the NT Government's pay offer.[MORE]
School counselling offered in wake of teacher sex charges
The Catholic Education Office says it is providing support to a southern Queensland Darling Downs primary school at the centre of sexual assault allegations against a former teacher.[MORE]
Use SMS to alert parents to stranger danger: Roberts
The State Opposition says the Education Department should consider implementing school-based SMS alert systems following a sex attack against two young students in Perth.[MORE]
NSW to spend $11m improving HSC retention
The New South Wales Government is hoping to encourage more students to stay on to Year 12 by expanding a program that helps primary school pupils make the transition to high school.[MORE]
P and C still hoping for school closure rethink
The P and C Association of a small Pioneer Valley school says it is hopeful the Queensland Education Minister will reverse a decision to close the school.[MORE]
Students moved after school fire
The Principal of the Munno Para Primary School says an arson attack at the school last night has caused classes to be moved because of severe smoke damage.[MORE]
Computers in schools plan unaffordable: Constable
Western Australia's Minister for Education, Liz Constable, says her state can not afford to implement the Federal Government's computers in schools plan.[MORE]
Schools need urgent upgrades: report
A new Auditor General's report tabled in State Parliament says most of Victoria's school buildings need to be urgently upgraded.[MORE]
Principal cleared over controversial artist's visit
Principal cleared of wrongdoing after letting Bill Henson scout for talent in her school.[MORE]
Deputy principal vies for science award
The deputy principal of the Esperance Primary School has been announced as a finalist in the Premier's Science Awards.[MORE]
School defends playground procedure
Largs Bay Primary School says it was following normal safety procedures when a nine-year-old girl disappeared during a lunchtime trip to a nearby oval yesterday.[MORE]
Gillard applauds Tas schools for releasing performance data
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has congratulated Tasmania for being the first place in the country to release data ranking individual schools' performance.[MORE]
