Education

Good readers use a full repertoire of skills, each dependent on the other. And a whole language approach to teaching reading is about arming new readers with this repertoire.

We interview one of Australia’s most iconic school principals and world-renowned young adult fiction author, John Marsden.

Principal McDermott describes how, since the implementation of this model, his school has seen a significant increase in interest from staff in seeking leadership roles.

40% of children manage to learn to read without explicit and systematic phonics instruction due to a confluence of biological and environmental advantage

Schools can engage students in being environmentally conscious by taking steps to become more sustainable themselves.

Surveys of senior students indicate they believe maths is too hard, too guarded by a rigid set of rules and not applicable to real life.

Shocking stats: More than 12% of students with disability are being refused school enrolment, and over 40% are being excluded from school events and activities.

"It’s a shocking situation to have a Prime Minister who is so blatantly in favour of the private sector when the vast majority of students are in public schools."

Maths will be compulsory for all students in the revised NSW curriculum.

Priming them for jobs in cyber security, students will be offered mentoring, work experience and practical training to improve their real-world skills.