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Date Posted: 4/11/10 22:21:52
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Find out about what is going on in the department across schools, TAFE and our corporate areas.
New deputy director-general appointed
Greg Prior, regional director for Western Sydney, has been appointed as deputy director-general, schools. He will take up the position on 15 November, 2010.
Masters of the chessboard
Westport Public School teacher Craig Ainsworth has seen the difference chess has made in his students' lives.
Aboriginal centre focused on future
It has been more than 40,000 years in the making, but the innovative Western NSW Region Aboriginal Knowledge and Practice Centre is very much focused on the future.
Lighting the fire of understanding
Students from Lake Macquarie High School gained far more than the satisfaction that they had built a barbecue for the Five Islands School when they joined a volunteering program.
Awards for teaching excellence
NSW public school teachers have figured prominently in teaching excellence awards, announced to coincide with World Teachers' Day in Australia.
Report into school ethics trial
An evaluation into the trial of ethics classes in NSW primary schools has found a high level of support for the course in school communities.
Schools recognised for excellence
Forty-two New South Wales public schools have been recognised with one of the education department's most prestigious awards for their significant contribution to public education in the state.
Art and empathy
A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, according to Mary Poppins, but for sick kids in hospital it's the beauty of artworks created by school students that helps the healing process.
Whooping cough alert
Whooping cough alert
NSW Health is warning parents to be on the alert for whooping cough following an increase in the number of school-aged children diagnosed with the disease over the last few weeks.
HSC exams begin
The NSW Higher School Certificate exams begin this week with more than 71,000 students taking part.
Role models rewarded
An exceptional group of public school students was presented last month with the Minister's Award for Excellence in Student Achievement.
Recognising Aboriginal achievement
Aboriginal students in the Sydney region were recognised for their academic achievement at a ceremony last week as part of the 2010 Deadly Kids - Doing Well Awards.
Audrey breaks down the barriers
Audrey Toth, a third year apprentice in jewellery manufacture studying at Design Centre Enmore (DCE) has won the Women at Work – Making a Difference Study Award 2010, made possible by Manufacturing Skills Australia
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