This year saw the twentieth year of Energy Breakthrough in Maryborough in November, with in access of 350 teams and 8,000 people involved in a range of activities and events that showed off students learning from the past twelve months. It now generates in excess of $ 4 million for the Maryborough community.

The South Gippsland Schools Music Program is celebrating 25 years of bringing music to more than a generation of rural students in 2010.  This is a cluster program involving five secondary colleges: Wonthaggi SC, Korumburra SC, Leongatha SC, Mirboo North SC and South Gippsland SC who share resources to employ instrumental music teachers.

Three rural Victorian communities are providing a broader choice of options for young people at the post-compulsory level. This is a result of partnerships developed between government and catholic schools. There is a commitment to provide the broadest possible learning opportunities for young people. Thus encouraging young people to study within their local community, rather than [...]

Rushworth cluster of schools has developed an early years literacy program to promote the importance of reading within their local community focusing on young children before they reach school. Supported by our early years teachers from the cluster schools (two government primary school, local pre school, catholic primary school and the P-12 college), the program [...]

Bruthen Primary School nestles in the hills on the Great Alpine Road 25 km east of Bairnsdale in East Gippsland.  Music had been part of the school curriculum for many years with the Orff Schulwerk approach providing the basis that integrates singing, speech, movement, dance, percussion and tuned instruments use and instruction. Children experiment, explore, [...]

During 2007, the staff and leadership team from St Augustine’s College developed a learning approach that focused on supporting the provision of personalised learning. The overall aim of the program was to support a personalised learning approach for students from Prep through to Year 12 and build stronger links between staff students and parents.

Education is certainly changing as teachers seek ways to improve learning opportunities for students. This is definitely true for Ultima PS.