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25.01.2022 Free training opportunity for volunteer managers! Volunteering WAs Leading the Way is a free online webinar series, funded by the Minderoo Foundation, speci...fically designed for volunteer managers who work in small volunteer involving organisations. It outlines a best practice approach to launch or re-invigorate volunteer programs and supports the ongoing effective management of volunteers. The webinar series is divided into four modules which will provide pragmatic practices, tips and materials. For more information https://bit.ly/2RuTtyz

25.01.2022 AUSPELDs survey of students with learning difficulties, their parents and their teachers closes on Thursday. Please share your experiences before the deadline!... The information you share will inform AUSPELDs submission to the review of the Disability Standards for Education. Please complete the relevant questionnaire linked below. Parent/Caregiver Survey: https://form.jotform.com/dyslexi/Parent_Carer_Questionnaire Teacher/Educator Survey: https://form.jotform.com/dyslexiaSPE/Educator_Questionnaire Student Survey: https://form.jotform.com/dyslexiaSPELD/Student_Questionnaire (All students under the age of 14 should seek their parent or caregiver's permission to complete this questionnaire.)

25.01.2022 New resources launched on Primezone Academy will "teach school students about the Australian grains industry and ignite their passion for pursuing a high-tech problem-solving career in the $11.87 billion sector." - Grains Research and Development Corporation

25.01.2022 "We say, correctly, that every child has a right to food and shelter, to education, to medical treatment, and so on. We must understand that every child has a r...ight to the experience of culture. We must fully understand that without stories and poems and pictures and music, children will starve." See more

24.01.2022 Join ACARA this Wednesday (2nd September) at 4pm AEST for a free online event: Peter Lelong, an ACARA Curriculum Officer for the Digital Technologies in Focus p...roject (DTiF) will be in conversation with Andrew Harris from Hagley Farm School as they discuss digital systems in agriculture, Register here:

24.01.2022 Congratulations to Amy Kirke - 2020 AgriFutures Australia Rural Womens Award NT Winner! Amy's dedication to the ocean and its inhabitants has seen her develop ...an interactive outreach program focused on education about sustainable fishing. The Darwin-based PhD student and marine biologist is passionate about drawing more women into the world of Science, Technology, Math and Engineering (STEM). Read more: https://bit.ly/34LJ49r

23.01.2022 For anyone with children interested in or studying Australian native fauna, the new documentary series Australia Remastered: Wild Australians, covering a rang...e of different animals is now available to watch via ABC iView. Australia Remastered: Wild Australians: https://iview.abc.net.au//australia-remastered-wild-austra

23.01.2022 Heads up sky watchers.

22.01.2022 Learn more about "Black Diggers" in the lead up to Anzac Day with our free downloadable activities. https://www.wingaru.com.au/blog/anzac-day-2020 #Freebies #TeacherResources #AboriginalPerspectives #AustralianTeachers #AustralianCurriculum

22.01.2022 ICPA (Aust) is hopeful that the Federal Government are able to find a workable solution for families of boarding students who are separated by border closures. ... We appreciate the Federal Government for their understanding and consideration of this matter. Australian Boarding Schools Association ICPA NT ICPA WA ICPA - SA ICPA TAS ICPA NSW Access to Education ICPA QLD INC - Isolated Childrens Parents Association Queensland Inc https://ministers.dese.gov.au//cross-border-issues-student See more

21.01.2022 Have Your Say on the Survey for the 2020 Youth Disability Summit! Are you a young person aged between 12 - 25, living with a disability in WA? Do you want to ha...ve your say on what you care about, and what the big issues really are? THEN WE WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE YDAN 2020 YOUTH DISABILITY SUMMIT SURVEY! Youth Disability Advocacy Network WA Inc. (YDAN) will be holding its Youth Disability Summit in October 2020, as part of the YDAN: Youth Taking Charge Project. The Summit will be a completely free, interactive online event, and we want YOUR feedback to help us shape and create the most effective, informative and FUN Summit that we possibly can! Please click the link below to complete the Survey: https://forms.gle/asgLYnE4iGA7eBwb6 If you need the survey in an alternative format, or have any questions, please email Emma (Project Manager): [email protected] Survey closes: Monday, 30th August, 2020. [Image description: Spray can spraying out blue paint to reveal the words 'Youth Disability Summit'. The words 'Coming October 2020' can be seen in the bottom right corner. A cartoon brick wall can be seen in the background.]

21.01.2022 This episode celebrates all things boarding and who better to guest host than boarding legend Duane Ranger.

20.01.2022 Were looking for 12 and 13-year-olds to help us test a new app designed to promote healthy sun behaviours in young people. If you think your child would be interested in taking part in this real-life research, wed love to hear from you!

20.01.2022 COMMUNITY CHAMPION Congratulations Fatima Merchant, winner of the Commissioner for Children and Young People WA's Participate Award at the Youth Affairs Co...uncil of Western Australia 2021 Youth Awards! The Perth Modern School Head Girl has developed a digital student wellbeing program to support the mental health needs of a diverse student body. Outside of school, she is a member of UN Youth Australia, a zero2hero Mental Health Ambassador and is part of the Youth Steering Committee for Prevent Support Heal. #edunews #YouthWeekWA See more

19.01.2022 Today I launched a new website where parents, teachers, carers and kids can go to access materials to help educate about respectful relationships, peer pressure... and consent. These are important issues that all of us should be talking to our kids about. https://ministers.dese.gov.au//teaching-australian-student

19.01.2022 In the Senate last night I pledged my support for the #nobordersforboarders campaign. We need a nationally consistent and sensible approach so our regional and ...remote students can get home for the holidays without compromising their schooling. We need to do it for our children. ICPA NSW Access to Education Boarding Schools Australia See more

19.01.2022 Thinking about your university options? Under the Governments proposed Job-ready Graduates Package, the cost of nursing degrees for students will be reduced by... almost half from January 2021. As well as learning how to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases and implementing preventative health-care measures, you will gain valuable skills in primary health care, research methods, and customer and personal service. Nurses are on the frontline of Australias response to COVID-19 chose a career that makes a difference. Read more information at https://www.dese.gov.au/job-ready

17.01.2022 Our thoughts are with all of you who have been affected by cyclone Seroja. It’s fantastic to see the community spirit still going strong with a wave of help and support in affected communities. Below are a couple of links for people who may need extra support your not alone https://www.beyondblue.org.au... https://kidshelpline.com.au/

16.01.2022 A new Recovery Package continues the Australian Governments support for families and the early childhood education and care sector to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information visit: https://www.dese.gov.au/covid-19/childcare

16.01.2022 You wouldnt give your child the keys to the car and let them drive off down the highway without lessons. It is the same with devices. Here is a few tips which ...will help your children to navigate the online world better. Talk as a family about what is ok and not ok to share online. For example: Whether any member of the family shares a photo of the house or pets name online. When to share family holiday photos and what ones can be shared. What personal information is not to be shared online. Can parents share pictures of children without their approval? it is a great idea to start asking as young as possible as it teaches children to always ask first. Rules must change over time as the need to be developmentally appropriate and slowly build in more trust, independence and freedom. As they grow, children need more autonomy to be able to express themselves in different ways. Strategise with your children Most young people would first turn to their friends for help..we need to teach young people how to support their friends. By default we are teaching them what to do to help themselves at the same time. Ask them questions: What would you do if a friend came to you because they are being cyber bullied? How would you address your friend who is sharing to much information online? What do you do if a friend shares an inappropriate photo of themselves? then define inappropriate. When you feed this information to a young person so they can support their friends, at the same time you are teaching them that they can be a leader and someone their friends can count on. However..you must always advise when there is no other option other than to get a parent or a trusted adult involved, such as: Friends sharing inappropriate photos. Friends going to meet someone they have met online. Someone is self-harming or talking about self-harm. This way you are giving young people a lot of authority and autonomy but you are also defining strong boundaries. Talk about shared concerns Like identity theft and unauthorised access for example. If there has been a big hack on the news use it as an opportunity to talk about authentication/passwords. Tap into your childs interests what are they really into online and then use that as an opportunity to work through and mitigate the risks together. Set some digital chores If they take out the garbage, and wash dishes maybe they could learn to do the back-ups, update the anti-virus as well and remind everyone to change passwords. If you child is begging you for a phone: Get them to present to you or write a short essay on a topic of cyber safety every week in the lead up to getting their device.that way you will know that they know enough to tell you when things might go wrong.

15.01.2022 With school holidays happening south of the equator it's time to share our list of books to help struggling/reluctant readers....please offer any new books........please READ to your kids of any age and remember audio books can be fabulous too. https://www.maggiedent.com//books-inspire-reluctant-reade/ See more

15.01.2022 ICPA Australia is calling on the Federal Government to formally recognise the role that parents play in distance education with the launch of Geographically Iso...lated Distance Education Day on 1 December. The day recognises and honours the ongoing plight of geographically isolated families who must educate their children at home at all times. ICPA NT ICPA WA ICPA - SA ICPA TAS ICPA NSW Access to Education ICPA QLD INC - Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Queensland Inc See more

15.01.2022 Taste & Learn is a 5-week curriculum-aligned program from CSIRO that focuses on the fun and enjoyment of vegetables. Funded by Hort Innovation, this program ha...s been developed by scientists and educators, extensively tested in schools and has a sound evidence base. Taste and Learn is suitable for years K-6 and comes complete with fully written lesson plans with student worksheets and electronic whiteboard support, as well as an implementation manual and digital teacher training module. This resource is aligned to english, health, mathematics, science and technology. View the resource here: https://buff.ly/31q4HtV

14.01.2022 Can you help? Were currently developing our new departmental website and we want to make sure it meets your needs and expectations. We need people like you to ...give us some feedback on finding your way around and whether you can find the information you need. If you have a spare 5-7 minutes, we would really appreciate your assistance to help us make our website as user-friendly as possible. Visit this link to get started: https://ows.io/tj/83zzz164

14.01.2022 The High Achieving Teachers Program is a springboard into teaching for students with a passion for social justice. The Program combines a Master of Teaching (Se...condary) with two years employment experience in low socioeconomic schools, where program participants can make a real difference while completing their degrees. Find out more in our latest article from the Newsroom: https://www.employment.gov.au/newsroom

13.01.2022 Thank you for taking this issue on board Minister Andrew Gee MP. Australian Boarding Schools Association ICPA NSW Access to Education ICPA QLD INC - Isolated C...hildrens Parents Association Queensland Inc ICPA NT ICPA WA ICPA - SA ICPA TAS https://ministers.dese.gov.au/bringing-our-interstate-board

12.01.2022 ABSA is really looking forward to a Webinar from Taryn Wren, Executive Director at ySafe, on Monday the 14th of September at 11am, discussing the importance of ...Cyber Safety among our boarders. If you haven't yet registered, ensure you do so here - https://www.boarding.org.au//term-3-2020-webinars/term-3-w #absa2020 #weloveboarding #austboarding See more

12.01.2022 I think it would be hard to argue that there are some major flaws with our current early learning/childcare system particularly in terms of its funding structur...e. Universal access to quality, PLAY-BASED early learning and care for our precious children would be wonderful. All parents should have that choice when they are ready as a family and all children should have the right to exceptional, high-quality early learning (particularly after the age of 3 when they are much more capable of creating secondary attachments and socialising with other children). The Thrive by Five campaign is launching on Tuesday night and if you're interested in the future of child care and early learning in this country whether you're an educator, early learning professional, a parent, community group, business owner or otherwise you might be interested to attend this free online event to find out more about this campaign. Julie Bishop, Fiona Stanley, Adrian Piccoli, Nicola Forrest, Michele O'Neil and Jay Weatherill will be among those involved. I am interested to watch this campaign unfold... https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/thrive-by-five-campaign-lau

12.01.2022 WE APPR-EA-CIATE YOU Take the opportunity to acknowledge and thank your EA's next week for Australian Teacher Aide Appreciation Week 2020! The week is to ...highlight the important role of teacher aides, whose hard work and dedication makes a difference to the lives of our students, teachers and wider school community. Share photos and stories about your hard-working assistants with us throughout the week by tagging us! For more information on how to celebrate go to: http://spr.ly/6180GojTO #TeachersAideAppreciationWeek See more

12.01.2022 Announcing the first ever Bundarra Young Artists Competition! We're inviting young, emerging artists (aged 6 to 16 years) to create an artwork that represent...s what this year's NAIDOC Week theme "Always Was, Always Will Be", means to them. This is an opportunity for kids to share their personal spiritual connections with culture and country. The winner will be decided by two of our renowned artists: Luke Mallie, from Kuku Yalanji and Kubin Village country, and Holly Sanders, from Bundjalung country. The winning entry will receive a $500 Bundarra gift voucher and have their design printed on an exclusive collection, with 100% of the profits donated to ALNF, Nutrition Plus and Gunawirra. More info > https://paint4.bundarra.org/ Learn more about our partner charities: Gunawirra: https://gunawirra.org.au/ ALNF: https://alnf.org/ Nutrition Plus: https://nutritionplus.org.au/ View more of Holly and Luke's work: Holly: @hollysanders_art Luke: @lukemalliedesigns ___ Entries are open until October 9th, 2020. Winner announced October 13th, 2020. #naidoc #naidoc2020 #naidocweek #alwayswasalwayswillbe #bundarrafan #mybundarra #bundarra_brand #indigenousfashion #indigenousart #aboriginalart #australianart #artist #art #australianfashion #fashionaustralia #ausindigenousart #ausindigenousfashion #indigenous #australia #aboriginalartist #contemporaryart #australianfashionlabels #artcompeition #kidsart #artcontest #artcollab #kidsartwork #kidsartideas

08.01.2022 Guess whos back? Back again. Harolds back. Tell a friend! Today Healthy Harold is back with his friends from Life Education and theyre answering your questio...ns about the food pyramid and what we should eat to stay healthy. If youd like more information about Healthy Harold or Life Education you can visit: www.lifeeducation.org.au Dont forget to keep an eye out for our next Healthy Harold video!

08.01.2022 Yesterday PIEFA released the findings from our 2020 Food, Fibre and our Future Student Survey. The findings indicate that many primary and high school students... across Australia are still finding it difficult to distinguish where much of their food and fibre comes from. PIEFA Chief Executive Officer, Luciano Mesiti, said that while there have been some changes in the education curriculum to highlight agriculture and its importance to human life, this report shows there is a long way to go. While its encouraging that students knowledge about industries such as eggs, dairy, fruit and vegetables is much better, there is still a limited understanding about the rice, cotton, aquaculture, grains and oilseed industries. Its disappointing that over 60% of students dont know that cotton is used to make jeans and it is derived from the cotton plant, with many thinking its made from a non-natural petrochemical. Read the report in full here: https://buff.ly/3ifCHz9

07.01.2022 The (paddock) boundary between science and art. CSIRO have been mapping 1.7 million paddocks from space and have created images like this: Crops (the red area o...n the left), rivers (in the centre area), bushland (black) and less vegetated areas (green on the right) in this section of Western Australia. Find out more: https://buff.ly/3gFo5Yt

07.01.2022 ICPA (Aust) has declared Tuesday 1 December as Geographically Isolated Distance Education Day! We invite all ICPA members and friends to try our temporary prof...ile picture frame to promote the day. You can use it from today! www.facebook.com/profilepicframes/?selected_overlay_id=180306170132220 ICPA NT ICPA WA ICPA - SA ICPA TAS ICPA NSW Access to Education ICPA QLD INC - Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Queensland Inc See more

06.01.2022 The Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA) has found that Australian school students are unaware of where their food and fibre comes from, wi...th a third of students not knowing that yoghurt comes from a cow or that their denim jeans come from a cotton plant. How many fibres have you imaged? Do you recognize many of these fibres on our educational fibre wheel?

06.01.2022 ABSA is super excited today to be releasing our very own Podcast Series called 'On Duty'. Every Friday a new episode will be released across our platforms which... include: The ABSA Website - https://www.boarding.org.au//on-duty-the-absa-podcast-seri Apple Podcasts - Search Australian Boarding Schools Association or On Duty and look for the logo below then follow! Spotify - Search Australian Boarding Schools Association or On Duty and look for the logo below then follow! We hope that you enjoy all of the insights and happy podcasting! #absa2020 #austboarding #weloveboarding

06.01.2022 On average, one person is killed on our roads every two days giving WA the worst road fatality rate of any State. RAC offer a range of secondary school pres...entations to educate the next generation of drivers on how to stay safe on the roads. Book now for Term 4. Visit: https://rac.com.au//community-programs//for-senior-schools

05.01.2022 Thanks to all our members who signed up for this review, the ACCC are still looking for volunteers:

05.01.2022 It's tough right now for many of our adolescents ... Even without factoring in all the complexities of 2020, at this time of year in Australia, many seniors hav...e their big exams coming up after the holidays. Year 10s are choosing their subjects for senior and having to think about what they want to do when school is done. If you're academic, there's pressure and if you're not-academic there's a different pressure! I was really happy to be a part of this education campaign recently to support parents in inspiring their kids to enjoy school and learning and -- something I often speak about -- to find their spark. Please check out the wonderful range of resources they've put together and I'll share some individual video content we worked on together down the track... https://www.sparktheirfuture.qld.edu.au/

04.01.2022 Today is R U Ok? day. Taking the time to acknowledge others and ask R U OK? Can make a difference for people who are struggling and in need of support. No matter what your going through there are always people who care and want to help. Beyondblue 1300 22 4636

04.01.2022 ARE YOU A RURAL OR REMOTE STUDENT ON A WORKING GAP YEAR IN 2020? ICPA (Aust) invites you to participate in a short survey "ICPA (Aust) COVID-19 Effects on Rural... and Remote Tertiary Students undertaking a Working Gap year in 2020" Please click on this link to take the survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Rural-Remote-Tertiary-Gapyea Your feedback is important! CLOSING DATE: Sunday 27 September 2020 ICPA NT ICPA WA ICPA - SA ICPA TAS ICPA NSW Access to Education ICPA QLD INC - Isolated Childrens Parents Association Queensland Inc Andrew Gee MP Dan Tehan MP David Littleproud MP Senator Anne Ruston See more

04.01.2022 Tips on keeping your kids safe from hidden dangers online. For more information read our blog by Dave, Senior Investigator @ Cyber Report https://bit.ly/36jzxVH

01.01.2022 Hands up if you think its important to teach financial literacy in our schools? We do! Thats why we have developed the following resources to help Australia...n teachers teach tax and super: Paying It Forward - a primary school resource which focuses on values and actions to help establish strong foundations for tax and super. Tax, Super + You - a secondary school resource which teaches tax and super, with fun, animated and interactive elements designed to appeal to students. To find out more about our resources, visit www.ato.gov.au/General/Education-zone/