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Teacher swaps chalk for wax
Name: Margie Mills Teaching is one of the most important and challenging professions around and few people understand the pressures many teachers face. After 15 years of teaching physical education, Margie Mills has found that the perfect way to unwind after a hard day’s work is to get down to the ocean and escape into […]
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Salisbury North Primary School ASSPA: Assisting With Excellence
Story: Salisbury North Primary School ASSPA There are approximately 3,800 Aboriginal Student Support and Parent Awareness (ASSPA) Committees operating throughout Australia. An ASSPA Committee is a group of parents of Indigenous students who get together with their school to plan activities to improve their children’s. ASSPA committees have been around for 10 years and approximately […]
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From little things big things grow
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 […]
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Indigenous students among winners of Prime Minister’s Award for Skills Excellence
Two Indigenous students are among a group of 17 winners of the Prime Minister’s Award for Skills Excellence Last year, 467 students were recognised by the Australian Government for outstanding achievement in Vocational Education and Training (VET) through the awarding of Australian Vocational Student Prizes (AVSP). This year, the top AVSP winner in each of […]
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Connecting with kids
Name: Peter Henwood Peter Henwood likes wide open spaces as well as classrooms. He has been a schoolteacher for 25 years, and has spent many of them in remote bush towns and communities. Now he is teaching media and computer studies at Tennant Creek High School, in the heart of the Northern Territory, and he […]
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Tim Goodwin: Young Knight From The Roundtable
Story: Tim Goodwin He’s just 17 years old, but Tim Goodwin has accomplished more than many people three times his age. Friendly, articulate and energetic, the Canberra-based student is committed to improving opportunities for Indigenous young people around Australia. Last year Tim was chosen to sit on the Australian National Youth Roundtable, a forum set […]
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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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A Real Solution
The key to a healthier future lies in education. An education can do more than just open up future job opportunities. It has also been shown to have a profound impact on health and well-being. In the remote Jawoyn Indigenous communities to the east of Katherine, in the Northern Territory, a special project is helping […]
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Tranby Aboriginal College
Deadly Vibe Issue 81 There were some hot nominees in the education category at this year’s Deadlys but of course there could be only one winner. Tranby Aboriginal College, an independent adult education facility set in charming grounds in Sydney, took out the honour of being declared the deadliest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
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A whole new spin
Name: Paul Woodhead Paul Woodhead has been a favourite teacher at Dubbo West Primary School for the past 15 years. Paul, who got into teaching 25 years ago after winning a scholarship, says he still loves his job after all those years in front of a blackboard. “I love working with kids,” he says. “But […]
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Margate Primary School’s Aboriginal Education Centre
Story: Margate Primary School What started out as a disused classroom on the grounds of Margate Primary School has quickly turned into one of Tasmania’s major ‘school excursion’ drawcards. It’s only been open for a few years, but last year some 1,300 school children from all over the island state visited Margate’s very own Aboriginal […]
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Role models rug up
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, […]
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Pathways to Success
Story: Pathways to Success Indigenous education specialists come together to improve our outcomes. The second annual Indigenous Higher Education Conference was held in September of this year at the University of Western Australia, Perth. The Conference, called Partnerships, Pathways and Policies: Improving Indigenous Education Outcomes, focused on improving partnerships between key organisations to develop guaranteed […]
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Elizabeth Wandihnu
A Lesson in Pictures A new book shows us the importance of holding on to culture. Indigenous Publisher Magabala Bo oks has released a special new book written by a mother and daughter duo Elizabeth and Wandihnu Wymarra are the proud authors of Wandihnu and the Old Dugong, a contemporary Torres Strait children’s picture book. […]
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Fun and Games
Name: Sarita Lawler Sarita Lawler has been teaching for only 15 weeks, but already she’s been making an impact at Katherine High School in the Northern Territory. After completing her teaching degree at the Queensland University of Technology last year, Sarita found it tough going trying to find a good job in her home state. […]
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Vegas Shows The Way
Story: Vegas Shows The Way Is VEGAS: a) The gambling capital of the world; b) A guidance scheme for Indigenous school students; or c) Another word for ‘vegetarian’. Give up? The correct answer is b). (The gambling capital of the world is Las Vegas, while a ‘vegan’ is someone who doesn’t eat meat, eggs or […]
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