With the Maryborough Energy Breakthrough celebration event to be held over the weekend of November 23 - 26, preparations have been 'ramping up' in education settings all over the state and beyond. As one of the biggest educational events in Australia, forging strong...
Like all towns, St. Arnaud, (a township of just under 3000 residents), has witnessed a shift in demographics over some time. Unfortunately for St. Arnaud, this change has come with challenges and has been the result of a number of factors; including an ageing...
On the road between Albury and Corryong, nestled just beside the Murray River, lies the small township of Walwa (population 300). Here, the local primary school- Walwa Primary School- is the sole education provider for the immediate community and have been utilising...
Last week at a rural school in East Gippsland (Nambrok Denison PS), buses of students from across the Sale Rural Cluster starting to arrive to be involved in an engaging day with their peers to explore the learning theme "Community and Technological advances" with...
Early Years Literacy development for 0 to 8 years is one of the key areas of activity for the Nathalia Learning Community's new Action Plan launched at a whole of community gathering in early May, in a real attempt to increase the literacy skills and ability of their...
Apollo Bay P-12 College has recently received national recognition for their Music program, and as a result has had a big win in receiving $100, 000 to be injected into their music program thanks to Yamaha Music Australia. Not only did they receive this generous...
Borne from a desire to broaden their students learning experiences and programs beyond their immediate communities, a trio of schools have forged an innovative partnership based upon their students needs and opportunities. Over the past five years, Bright P-12 College...
The Pyrenees region of the state has established a strong cluster approach across a group of small rural schools to ensure that their students are provided with a high quality education into the future, and their staff have access to quality professional conversations...
The hidden perks of learning from play! From humble beginnings of a Lego set and one sphero robot “Techspace” has developed into an extensive and well-resourced area that is exceedingly popular with all students across Rainbow P-12 College. With a student enrolment...
The Specialist Setting Teachers team from Maryborough Education Centre are celebrating their recent Victorian Education Excellence Award – announced by the Minister for Education just over a week ago. Check out the schools acceptance speech after receiving their...
This year at Cobram Primary School we have focused on lifting the aspirations of our students, and engage them in their learning, especially in the upper end of our school. Through the recent school student survey results we saw students highlight the low engagement...
Early years students in "Chickpeas" at St. Mary’s Primary School have recently completed one semester of regular reading with their Secondary College "Reader Leaders". Once a week, six "Reader Leaders" spend quality one on one time with two or three buddies from the...
This is a story of how three rural primary schools who have begun working together to enhance and improve education opportunities and outcomes for their students. “Isolation is the enemy of improvement.” Michael Fullan Patrick’s Primary School, Pyramid Hill; St....
Student leadership has been a key area of interest amongst the schools who comprise the Karmai Learning Alliance in South Gippsland. Centred on the rural town of Korumburra, the schools have been keen to develop a Learning Alliance Leadership program for all their...
Offering students with a breadth of learning opportunities in a small rural school is often challenging, especially when one is looking for the expertise to offer something like a language. How do you entice a teacher into the country for a half day of teaching? -...
Ten upper primary school students from a number of the Mallee Track Cluster are involved in an exciting partnership project with the State Library of Victoria. As one Researcher shared: “I was bewildered because I never in a million years thought that I would...
Over the past few months students at St Arnaud Secondary College have been receiving assistance with their numeracy and literacy skills from a group of community members three afternoons a week. In what has been called the “Power Hour”, up to 40 students, 15 community...
Lavers Hill K-12 College is a unique school. Set in the beautiful Otway ranges, not too far from the Southern Ocean, and the Great Ocean Road, our College has 100 students from 3 years of age to 18 years of age. Student Voice is a key focus area for our College, and...