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5 spooky, ooky STEM activities for Halloween
 

5 spooky, ooky STEM activities for Halloween

Whether you're teaching chemistry to senior schoolers, or want to inspire young primary students with STEM activities, here's a few fun ideas to share

 
 
 
 
 
Schools join forces with law firm to tackle domestic violence

Schools join forces with law firm to tackle domestic violence

Principals and teachers can only do so much to mitigate the insidious nature of abusive behaviour, which remains unacceptably high within Australian culture

 
 
 
 
 
Schools can help save the frogs by taking part in Australia’s biggest frog count

Schools can help save the frogs by taking part in Australia’s biggest frog count

FrogID Week takes place November 9-18 as the next phase of the Australian Museum (AM)’s FrogID citizen science program, which is aimed at collecting frog calls across the nation - at a moment in time - to establish a benchmark from which frog populations can be monitored annually.

 
 
 
 
 
Young Indigenous Australians report improvement but challenges remain

Young Indigenous Australians report improvement but challenges remain

For young Indigenous Australians aged 20–24, there was an increase in year 12 or equivalent attainment from 47% in 2006 to 65% in 2016.

 
 
 
 
 
Nine in ten public school teachers use own money for supplies

Nine in ten public school teachers use own money for supplies

Of this number, nearly eight out of 10 public school teachers buy stationery or classroom equipment, while nearly half of public school teachers buy library resources and textbooks.

 
 
 
 
 
Teachers can apply for a fully-funded mentorship with Australian national theatre company

Teachers can apply for a fully-funded mentorship with Australian national theatre company

The teachers will receive ongoing support from Bell Shakespeare artists and staff throughout the year, as well as access to in-school and in-theatre programs to support their continued learning.

 
 

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Oh how the turntables: QLD's massive NAPLAN improvement overshadows poor national student progress

Oh how the turntables: QLD's massive NAPLAN improvement overshadows poor national student progress

While Victoria's advantaged students and NSW's disadvantaged students lack progression, ACT was the worst performer in the Grattan Institute's latest  measure of student progress. 

 
 
 
 
 
Improving education for non-urban schools could add $56B to GDP, according to Gonski report

Improving education for non-urban schools could add $56B to GDP, according to Gonski report

To put the figure in perspective, $56B is larger than the contribution of the entire Australian tourism industry and four times the size of the Australian beef industry.

 
 
 
 
 
Meet the STEM teachers who met the Prime Minister & won $50k

Meet the STEM teachers who met the Prime Minister & won $50k

Primary teacher Brett Crawford has transformed science learning at his state school, where English is a second language for 60% of students and there’s a large cohort of hearing-impaired children. Deputy principal, STEM, for the Cessnock Learning Community, Dr Scott Sleap created a program to help students struggling with numeracy catch up with the help of robotics.

 
 
 
 
 
Top-of-the-line school gym helps students activate body, mind and soul

Top-of-the-line school gym helps students activate body, mind and soul

St Philip’s Christian College principal Darren Cox is a firm believer that “fitness grows brain cells”.

 
 
 
 
 
Term 4 push to stave off truancy

Term 4 push to stave off truancy

The last term of school is typically when we can start to see an increase in unexplained student absences from school

 
 
 
 
 
Why R2D2 could be your child's teacher sooner than you think

Why R2D2 could be your child's teacher sooner than you think

Humanoid robots are a unique case for teaching programming skills to students, because students desire to teach the robot how to do things without initially knowing how to do so.

 
 

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Ensuring quality care

Outside of school hours care (OSHC) services have come a long way – from volunteer-based models to P&C committee-led models to the more regulated model we currently see in most schools today.

 
 
 
 
 

St Andrew’s Cathedral School hydrates students with World Class Sensor Drinking Stations

Help students say no to sugary drinks and yes to refilling their water bottles! St Andrew’s Cathedral School worked with CIVIQ to roll out four new Elkay EZH20 Bottle Refill Station with single drinking Fountains to do just that.  

Situated in the heart of Sydney Square, St Andrew’s Cathedral School has installed new…

 
 
 
 
 

St Andrew’s Cathedral School hydrates students with World Class Sensor Drinking Stations

Help students say no to sugary drinks and yes to refilling their water bottles! St Andrew’s Cathedral School worked with CIVIQ to roll out four new Elkay EZH20 Bottle Refill Station with single drinking Fountains to do just that.  

Situated in the heart of Sydney Square, St Andrew’s Cathedral School has installed new…

 
 
 
 
 

The minds and resources revolutionising education at the National Education Summit

National Education Summit, held from 31 August – 1 September 2018 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

 
 
 
 
 

This Western Sydney School’s Lockable Display Systems make safe, secure announcements

CIVIQ teamed up with Wentworthville Primary School to install three FlexiDisplay TuffLok Premium Outdoor Lockable notice boards.

 
 
 
 
 

Top 8 Novated Lease Questions Answered

A Novated Lease allows you to pay for a new or used car from your pre-tax salary.

 
 
 
 
 

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