Tag: Primary Schools

No threat to lollipop crossing program: Pallas

September 1, 2010 10:03:00

The Victorian Government is assuring local councils they do not need to find private funding for their school crossing programs.[MORE]

Tags: schools, primary-schools, state-parliament, melbourne-3000

10-year teaching rule to go under shake-up

August 27, 2010 08:36:00

Teachers will not be forced to move schools every 10 years under a planned shake-up of the SA public school recruitment system.[MORE]

Tags: primary-education, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, professional-development, teachers, vocational, state-parliament, public-sector, sa, adelaide-5000

Merbein school council abandons closure plans

August 20, 2010 09:13:00

A proposal to close two primary schools next year in the Merbein area on the NSW-Victorian border has been abandoned.[MORE]

Tags: education, schools, primary-schools, merbein-3505

Low numbers force Eyre school closure

August 17, 2010 11:36:00

Karkoo Primary School on Eyre Peninsula in SA will close next year because of low student numbers.[MORE]

Tags: family-and-children, primary-education, schools, primary-schools, regional, sa, cummins-5631, karkoo-5607, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540

Librarian takes top gong

August 2, 2010 22:00:00

A southern Tasmanian librarian who increased the number of boys visiting the library in their own time, has taken out a state award for her work.[MORE]

Tags: primary-education, primary-schools, awards-and-prizes, tas, hobart-7000

Townsville kids win award at international film festival

July 28, 2010 11:06:00

Students at a north Queensland primary school have won a prestigious award at the international short film festival in Japan. [MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, education, primary-education, schools, primary-schools, environment, climate-change, human-interest, awards-and-prizes, qld, mundingburra-4812, townsville-4810

Mackay school reopens after asbestos scare

July 20, 2010 07:19:00

A primary school in Mackay in north Queensland will reopen today after being closed for five days to allow for the removal of asbestos.[MORE]

Tags: education, schools, primary-schools, government-and-politics, public-sector, health, asbestos, australia, qld, mackay-4740

Victorian Opposition pledges to keep school alive

July 16, 2010 14:05:00

The Victorian Opposition has guaranteed the future of Eaglehawk Primary School if it wins the state election. [MORE]

Tags: education, schools, primary-schools, states-and-territories, bendigo-3550, comet-hill-3556, eaglehawk-3556

No way to know if children exposed to asbestos

July 16, 2010 14:00:00

A state health advisor has told parents in Townsville in north Queensland there is no medical test to confirm if their children have been affected by asbestos.[MORE]

Tags: education, schools, primary-schools, government-and-politics, public-sector, health, asbestos, qld, townsville-4810

Government plans LOTE teacher boost

July 12, 2010 12:32:00

Education Minister Geoff Wilson says between 70 and 80 extra teachers will be needed to reintroduce foreign language studies in Queensland schools.[MORE]

Tags: education, schools, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, teachers, government-and-politics, public-sector, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, gladstone-4680, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

School facing closure may get late reprieve

July 12, 2010 11:02:00

A working group of teachers, parents and City of Greater Bendigo representatives has recommended cancelling a planned closure of the Eaglehawk Primary School site.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, education, schools, primary-schools, government-and-politics, local-government, rural, community-development, bendigo-3550

Burglary watch at Hobart schools

July 9, 2010 20:10:00

Tasmanian police are urging teachers and students to be vigilant, following a series of burglaries at primary schools in the greater Hobart area.[MORE]

Tags: primary-schools, police, burglary, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250

NSW public school enrolments rise

July 6, 2010 08:49:00

The New South Wales Department of Education says public school enrolments have grown enormously over the past year, especially in primary schools.[MORE]

Tags: education, primary-education, schools, primary-schools, nsw

Parents under fire for letting kids cycle to school

July 6, 2010 07:34:00

Teachers and parents have criticised a British couple for letting their children ride their bikes to school on their own.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, family-and-children, education, schools, primary-schools, children, parenting, united-kingdom, england

Opposition wants BER funding suspended

July 2, 2010 19:24:00

The Opposition says common sense has not prevailed in the Government's decision to inject another $2.1b into the Building the Education Revolution scheme. [MORE]

Tags: education, schools, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, government-and-politics, federal-government, programs-and-initiatives, australia

Buck stops with principal for school building project

July 1, 2010 09:47:00

A Hunter Valley primary school principal says he was told he could lose his house if he failed to manage an $850,000 school building project properly.[MORE]

Tags: primary-schools, black-hill-2322, newcastle-2300

$50m BER windfall for schools

July 1, 2010 09:00:00

The New South Government says 900 schools will benefit from $50 million in contingency funds from the Commonwealth school building stimulus program.[MORE]

Tags: schools, primary-schools, public-schools, states-and-territories, nsw

Schools locked down after phone threat

June 30, 2010 14:40:00

Several schools on the mid-north New South Wales coast implemented their security lockdown procedures yesterday, after a threatening anonymous phone call.[MORE]

Tags: education, schools, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, law-crime-and-justice, police, australia, nsw, port-macquarie-2444

Police question boy with air rifle at school

June 24, 2010 16:08:00

Queensland police are questioning an 11-year-old boy who pointed an air rifle at a school in Logan, south of Brisbane this morning. [MORE]

Tags: education, schools, primary-schools, law-crime-and-justice, police, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, marsden-4132

Chorus of concern about school building waste

June 23, 2010 11:27:00

The Teachers Federation is echoing local concerns about money being wasted on Building the Education Revolution projects.[MORE]

Tags: primary-schools, public-schools, programs-and-initiatives, kyogle-2474, lismore-2480

The crowded curriculum

Feature

June 22, 2010 11:00:00

It seems nowadays that every interest group and government department is calling for their cause to be included in the school curriculum.[MORE]

Tags: education, schools, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, wa, perth-6000

School closures should be harder: Greens

June 21, 2010 09:28:00

The ACT Greens want it to be more difficult for the government to close a school.[MORE]

Tags: education, access-to-education, schools, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, act, canberra-2600

Hobart schools ecology centre an Australian first

June 18, 2010 19:09:00

Australia's first science and ecology learning centre is to be built in Hobart.[MORE]

Tags: education, primary-schools, secondary-schools, environment, ecology, research-organisations, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250

9yo 'threatened classmate with knife'

June 16, 2010 14:45:00

Police are investigating an incident where a nine-year-old boy threatened one of his classmates with a knife at a school in Sydney's west. [MORE]

Tags: education, schools, primary-schools, law-crime-and-justice, australia, nsw, penrith-2750