Annual Meeting Report The Country Education Partnership (CEP) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week, with representatives from rural education communities, education sectors and stakeholder groups in attendance. Chair, Mike Stephens, provide a comprehensive report of CEP’s activities throughout 2018, including the way in which the organization has…
Proud to be Small With an enrolment of 21 students, the Myrrhee Primary School in the King Valley region of North East Victoria proudly identifies as being ‘small’. Teaching Principal Ash Graham has been at the helm for almost five years now and says, in that time, it’s been…
Imagine this. You’re a dedicated but nervous Year 12 student settling into the rigours of the “most important year of education” at your local, rural school. You’ve got five subjects; English, Health and Human Development, Further Maths, Psychology, and Sociology. On one particular day, you roll into school ready…
Cooking Up a Treat at Katamatite Primary If you’d have dropped into the Katamatite Primary School on Wednesday last week, you’d have been greeted by the delicious smell of a baking sensation, involving stuffed zucchini, mashed potato, bacon and plenty of cheese on top. It was a cooking treat…
Professional Learning at Bastow The Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership, a branch of the Department of Education and Training, offers leadership professional learning for Victorian primary, secondary and early childhood education professionals. See Bastow for information on the full suite of programs, courses, professional practice and events. Current opportunities…
In the Spotlight: NSW Snow Gums Learning Alliance In the rural reaches of northern New South Wales, there’s something clicking in education. Together, five small schools are flourishing under the success of a well-established partnership, in which almost every element of school ‘life’ is integrated for the shared…