With just under three weeks until the mandatory vaccination date, over 6000 NSW school staff are not fully vaccinated and there is still no clarity over what happens to staff who do not meet the deadline. The Victorian Government has ...
More »Is the teaching profession on life support?
It may not be surprising to know that many teachers have left the sector after teaching for only three to six years. In fact, often when a beginning teacher explains they're leaving, it’s not treated as a big surprise: statistics ...
More »Schools steel themselves for wave of kids back at school before original return date
*Since this story was published it has been confirmed that schools will commence face-to-face learning one week earlier than planned. Kindergarten and years 1 and 12 will return from October 18 and teachers must be vaccinated. Principals across NSW are ...
More »Should this year’s HSC be scrapped in NSW?
With the announcement that the NSW lockdown has been extended for four more weeks and continually rising COVID-19 cases in the greater Sydney area, this years' HSC has been thrown further into chaos. Alongside the lockdown announcement, Premier Gladys Berejiklian ...
More »Mark Latham accuses school of ‘losing the plot’
Outspoken One Nation politician Mark Latham has launched a scathing attack on a task assigned to a Year 8 class in a NSW school. The task is part of the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PHPE) curriculum and asks ...
More »Union calls for masks for all in NSW schools to curb virus cases
As schools in NSW continue to be linked to growing clusters of COVID-19 cases, the Independent Education Union is calling for the government to explicitly recommend that all staff and students in the state wear masks on school grounds. The ...
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