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Publishers help honour teachers with free books

<h2>Teachers really do matter&comma; and <em>School News<&sol;em> is excited to announce that we have selected our first winning entry for <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;education&sol;oh-captain-my-captain-high-school-writing-competition&sol;">our young writers&&num;8217&semi; competition<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h2>Although we may have lost Robin Williams&comma; that phrase from Dead Poets’ Society will never die&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Oh Captain My Captain” will forever echo in the minds of educators around the world&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Last issue&comma; <em><i>School News<&sol;i><&sol;em> invited high school students from around Australia to acknowledge a teacher they would stand on their desk to honour…and full details of the winning student&comma; their school and the student&&num;8217&semi;s piece will  appear in our next print edition due out this month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"box shadow alignleft" style&equals;"width&colon;50&percnt;">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"box-inner-block">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon"><&sol;span>&NewLine;<p>We would like to thank Scholastic Australia who have shown their commitment to producing quality literature for schools&comma; by donating &dollar;500 worth of books for the winning school’s library&period; Details unveiled in our Term 4 print edition&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5650" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;MASTER&lowbar;SCHL&lowbar;MASTER&lowbar;SCHL&lowbar;MASTER&lowbar;SCHL&lowbar;REDBARLOGO&lowbar;CMYK&lowbar;STROKE-300x38&period;jpg" alt&equals;"scholastic logo" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"38" &sol;> <img class&equals;"alignleft wp-image-5649" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;8452790-1-195x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"8452790" width&equals;"218" height&equals;"335" &sol;> <img class&equals;"alignleft wp-image-5648" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;8337804-1-198x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"8337804" width&equals;"222" height&equals;"336" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"box shadow alignright" style&equals;"width&colon;50&percnt;">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"box-inner-block">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon"><&sol;span>&NewLine;<p>Hachette Children’s Books are excited to sponsor <em>School News<&sol;em> Magazine’s &OpenCurlyQuote;Oh Captain my Captain’ competition for Term 1 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignleft wp-image-5651" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;hachette&lowbar;childrens&lowbar;PASSION&lowbar;SHARED-300x126&period;png" alt&equals;"hachette&lowbar;childrens&lowbar;passion&lowbar;shared" width&equals;"262" height&equals;"110" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-5645" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;Memory-Book-198x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Memory Book is among the titles to be donated by Hachette in Term 1&comma; 2017" width&equals;"198" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-5644" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;Bone-Sparrow-192x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Bone Sparrow is among the titles to be donated by Hachette in Term 1&comma; 2017" width&equals;"192" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&NewLine;<p>Entries now open for Term 1&comma; 2017&excl; So gather your budding writers before the end of the year and send in their entries for your chance to win &dollar;500 worth of books for readers aged 12-17 for your school library&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Entries for Term 1&comma; 2017 close on January 20&comma; 2017&comma; so don&&num;8217&semi;t leave it till Term 1 next year&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The winning entry will be published in our print magazine and there will be space dedicated on the <em>School News<&sol;em> website for highly commended entries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Teachers matter&comma; so <em>School News<&sol;em>  asks all school leaders&comma; English head of departments and any other educators to engage with their students&comma; and offer them the opportunity to formally acknowledge their most inspirational teacher in a piece to be published in national education magazine&comma; <em>School News&comma;<&sol;em> Australia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There will be space dedicated on the <em>School News<&sol;em> website for highly commended entries&comma; and one stand-out piece will be selected for publication in our print magazine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"box shadow alignleft" style&equals;"width&colon;50&percnt;">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"box-inner-block">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon"><&sol;span>&NewLine;<p>Oh Captain my Captain&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" wp-image-4784" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;SNAU01-Oh-Captain-Stock-1-233x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poets' Society" width&equals;"232" height&equals;"299" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Entries to <a href&equals;"mailto&colon;editorial&commat;school-news&period;com&period;au">editorial&commat;school-news&period;com&period;au<&sol;a> and must include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>composition of no more than 500 words<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>a photo of student and teacher &lpar;not necessarily together&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>student name<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>age and year level<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>school name and contact details<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Suzy Barry

Suzy Barry is a freelance education writer and the former editor of School News, Australia.

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