Being a school captain is about more than just wearing a fancy badge and getting a good seat in assembly. It’s about representing your fellow students, making the right decisions and leading by example. That’s something that Katie Whitton knows all about. Katie was the 2004 school captain at Duval High School in Armidale on […]
Homework is one of the necessary evils of being a student. You need to do your homework to keep up to date with school subjects so that you don’t fall behind in your learning. If you live somewhere that’s kind of noisy or crowded, or you don’t have the things you need to do your […]
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 […]
Questacon is the National Science and Technology Centre. It is in Canberra and has more than 200 hands-on activities that are not only fun but also help people to understand lots about science. One of the favourite kids’ activities is called Free Fall. You have to climb up to a platform about six metres off […]
Fifteen ambassadors braved the cold and headed to Parliament House in Canberra to the National Indigenous English Literacy and Numeracy Strategy (NIELNS) Ambassadors Conference last month. The group was a mixture of five existing and 11 new ambassadors who recently joined the literacy and numeracy program. At the conference, ambassadors discussed how to promote literacy, […]
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 […]
Education is the key to a better life, and today going all the way to Year 12 is more essential than ever. That is why the Working Together for Indigenous Youth initiative (WTIY – pronounced “witty”) has been devised. WTIY is a program that will help Indigenous students to stay on to complete Year 12 […]
Everyone needs a little hand now and then, especially when it comes to schooling. Many times, a good tutor can make the difference between an average grade and an exceptional one. Whether it’s a subject that your child is struggling with or simply one they want to improve in, tutoring is a great way to […]
MaRT is the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training’s Monitoring and Reporting Team. Some of our colleagues gave us the name ‘SMaRT Team’ last year, and we certainly try to work smarter. The team operates as an important link between Indigenous people around Australia and the Australian Government in Canberra. It’s MaRT’s job to […]
Some of you mob might not have heard the name ‘Murdi Paaki’ (it means ‘black man’s river’). It’s the name for the Western NSW region that the Murdi Paaki Regional Council looks after (it covers the Bourke ATSIC region), and is home to heaps of Indigenous families. There are 16 communities there: Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken […]
A great books program for primary school students, which started in New Zealand 10 years ago, has arrived on Australian shores. The Books in Homes program was originally developed by Alan Duff, the Maori author of Once Were Warriors, when he realised that many students who weren’t interested in reading came from bookless homes. Alan […]
Story: National Literacy and Numeracy Week National Literacy and Numeracy Week, which was held last month, celebrates the progress that Australian schools, teachers, parents, individuals and the community have made towards raising the literacy and numeracy levels of all Australians. The two main features of the week were the National Literacy and Numeracy Week Excellence […]
Story: Kiarna Adams Kiarna Adams grew up in Darwin dreaming of becoming a doctor one day. But as she went through high school, she talked herself out of it, thinking that a career in medicine would be too hard. Instead, she headed to Melbourne to start a degree in health science. Yet that dream of […]
At 27, Aaron Carle has the world at his feet. The former boat- and ship-building apprentice is one of an increasing number of Indigenous Australians who have embarked on a New Apprenticeship. From December 1999 to December 2002, the number of Indigenous New Apprentices in training rose to 6,960 – an encouraging increase of 2,401 […]
Hey, you deadly mob! Want to read about young people just like you who, with a whole lot of drive and determination, have achieved some pretty extraordinary things? Fresh Footprints is a booklet by two young up-and-coming Indigenous journalists, Kate Munro and Michelle Tyhuis. It tells the stories of young Indigenous people who have set […]
Story: Chris Sarra The people of Cherbourg in Queensland have witnessed a remarkable transformation at their primary school over the past five years. Cherbourg State School principal Chris Sarra doesn’t like to say it’s all down to him – he credits much of the radical change to his excellent teachers and to the students themselves […]
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