Public Health Emergency in the ACT
A Public Health Emergency has been declared in the ACT for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Business managers are used to handling staffing, maintenance and equipment issues that come with the operation of a school. When ACT public schools moved to remote learning, they found their roles adapted to include helping to communicate with the school community around the unfolding situation.
Australian School-based Apprenticeships (ASbAs) offer students the opportunity to build a career path they’re passionate about by developing relevant experience, skills, and qualifications as part of their education program.
This week 150 new educators will teach their very classes in ACT public schools, delivering their own lesson plans and beginning to build relationships with the students and school community that they will call home.
With the first day of Term 1 less than two weeks away, preparations for the upcoming school year are in full swing. This includes the annual New Educator Induction Program, which started today.
Students at Yarralumla Primary School are at the forefront of scientific discovery this year, as they gear up to take part in the What’ll happen with the wattle??! program, run by the One Giant Leap Foundation.
For Year 11 students, 2020 has been a year of change. During their first year at college they transitioned to remote learning and back to learning on-site.
When schools in Canberra moved to remote learning in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Education Directorate swiftly mobilised a team of experienced teachers and Education Support Office employees to support ACT public schools to transition to learning at home.
The Kaleen Primary School Green Team are leading the school community’s sustainability efforts through multiple initiatives, including recycling, power use and fertiliser creation.
Today the achievements of secondary students across the ACT were recognised in the Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BSSS) Recognition of Excellence Ceremony.
Congratulations to Gordon Primary School who were national runners up in Australia’s first NAIDOC Minecraft Education Challenge.
