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‘My Story’ Competition
Send us your story and win cool prizes! My Story is Vibe’s writing, drawing and story-telling competition open to students of all ages. Stories can be written, drawn or captured with a mobile phone, Nintendo DS, iPod, Flip Camera, or XO laptop or other mobile device. By submitting a story on a chosen topic, you […]
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A Great Start in Life
Children develop quickly between the ages of three and five and make many major breakthroughs in their use of language and motor skills, as well as developing their social and intellectual skills. A quiet achiever who delights in working with this age group is Suzie Lawson at Gyndarna preschool in Dareton, on the Murray river […]
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Deadly Vibe Class Activity Worksheets
If you’re looking for ways to improve your students’ skills and help them learn faster, then download one of our FREE worksheets. With each Deadly Vibe magazine, we compile educational worksheets from interviews, photos and other magazine content, plus we create a special maths worksheet called “Vibe Time”. They’re all PDFs ready for you to […]
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Connecting through language
Speaking an Indigenous language has a positive impact on health and wellbeing according to a study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth in remote areas. An Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) study highlights the importance of passing down and using language, which is work that the Wa ngka Ma ya Pilba ra Aboriginal La […]
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Educators have created Indigenous underclass, says Sarra
Dr Chris Sarra has taken a swipe at teachers for expecting less of their Aboriginal pupils. Dr Sarra is the director of the Indigenous Education Leadership Institute in Queensland and has just completed a review of education in the Northern Territory. He believes that the Territory’s Education Department has inadvertently created an underclass. He says […]
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Moving to her own beat
Shanaye Baxter loves boxing and playing the drums. Meet the new school captain of Queanbeyan high school. Shanaye Baxter has wanted to be school captain ever since starting high school. “I’ve always been one to stand up and do things,” she says. “I was school captain in primary school and I do lots of public […]
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The Right Start
Families and school “learning together” at Challis Students of the Kartajin Danjoo learning centre in Western Australia put their linguistic skills and vocal chords to the test recently, at the Challis Early Childhood Education Centre’s end of term assembly. Children as young as four performed Noongar language songs for their school and parents, finishing with […]
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Inspired Learning
A new school in Redfern offers hope to the community’s Indigenous children. St. Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney’s Redfern area recently opened a new campus specifically for primary school aged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from Redfern / Waterloo area. The Gawura campus is the result of a concept that arose out of a […]
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Good Vibes For Uncle Pete
Story: Peter Buckskin A leading advocate of Indigenous education for 25 years, Peter Buckskin knows the value of a good teacher more than most. When Peter Buckskin was a student in Western Australia, one of his teachers coolly suggested he stop wasting his parents’ money at boarding school and go and start digging holes in […]
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Distance is no barrier to learning
The Open Training and Education Network (OTEN) recently formed a strategic partnership with the Toomelah community near Boggabilla in north-central NSW. The initiative is part of the Australian Government’s Partnership Outreach Education Model (POEM). The Toomelah POEM project is one of 21 projects across Australia that is managed by the Department of Education, Science and […]
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Back to school
Maybe you’ve always wanted to work as a teacher but you didn’t like the idea of going to university? There is another way – why not become an Aboriginal education assistant? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education assistants, teachers’ assistants or education workers are responsible for providing support to students, teachers and the community. It’s […]
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Lead the Way
Looking to the future? Look no further. Do you have aspirations to become a leader within your community? Are you a young Indigenous person attending or about to attend secondary school or university? Are you or your family currently living in a remote community? Are you eligible to receive ABSTUDY, Youth Allowance, Assistance for Isolated […]
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Access all areas
Name: Geoff Holt One school has totally transformed the education outcomes of its Indigenous students. Swan View in Western Australia has the largest concentration of Indigenous people in the metropolitan area. The nearest town, Midland, currently has the fastest growing Indigenous population in the country. And until a few years ago, the Nyoongar students of […]
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Moggill State School (Moggill QLD)
Winner: Isabella Higgins School: Moggill State School (Moggill QLD)
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New awards have been introduced to recognise the achievements of outstanding vocational students
Story: Honour Roll Students who excelled in Vocational Education and Training (VET) during 2005 have been recognised at the inaugural Australian Vocational Student Awards. The awards have been introduced to highlight the value and importance of VET, and to reward outstanding senior secondary students who have undertaken a VET in Schools program or a School-based […]
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A new game plan
Name: Dimity Trudgett One year out, this young teacher couldn’t be happier When students at Dubbo Senior College were preparing for the HSC recently, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) teacher Dimity Trudgett could well relate to what they were experiencing. After all, it wasn’t so long ago that the 23-year-old was sitting exams […]
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