As Remembrance Day fast approaches, one remote school in Victoria’s North East has captured its significance with a research project dedicated to the Australian Light Horse Brigade. Grade five and six pupils at Corryong College have spent many months researching and collating biographies on the men from the Upper Murray…
The School Governance Network is hosting four forums for members of school councils and school communities and you’re invited! The forums are free to attend and will be held at four locations across Victoria. Each forum will be two hours in length and provide a great opportunity to share ideas,…
The 2018 Energy Breakthrough (EB) is upon us! To be held in Maryborough from November 22 to 25, EB offers the perfect mash of high-energy action and cutting-edge science, all centred on enhancing the learning of young people. For competitors, it’s the culmination of months of team work, dedication,…
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 that…
With a state election looming, the Country Education Partnership (CEP) has pleaded for political parties to commit to an overall of education in rural and remote Victoria. CEP says without significant change, students “from the bush” would continue to fall behind their urban counterparts due to inequitable access to learning…
A Daring Plan … It started as a bold plot to prove the naysayers wrong. They said it would never work in Swan Hill — don’t waste your time, try something else — because a community choir was ‘not the kind of thing this town does’. And so began the…