September

Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, announced a record 69,261 students across NSW are getting ready to sit their Higher School Certificate. Students will be able to access a range of resources to assist with their exam preparation, including an advice line and website. Find out more.

NSW Health advises that children should remain indoors as much as possible today, 23rd September, and that they should do as little vigorous physical activity as possible, especially outdoors, but also indoors. Read more.  

Legislation being introduced to the NSW Parliament will give courts greater powers when dealing with parents failing to ensure their children attend school. Read more.

Thirty-nine of NSW's best and brightest public school students have been honoured at the 2009 Minister's Award for Excellence in Student Achievement. The students were chosen for their achievements in academic excellence as well as sporting, cultural, leadership and community contributions. Find out more.

The NSW Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, said the NSW Government had established an audit squad to ensure value for money in the implementation of the education stimulus package. Find out more.

The NSW Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, announced parents could access a new website to help them understand reports about their child and their school's performance in national literacy and numeracy tests. Find out more.

Parents of students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 that sat the 2009 National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will receive a Student Report which will outline their child's performance on an achievement scale for each assessment area of reading, writing, spelling, grammar, punctuation and numeracy. Read more.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and the NSW Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, have announced details of a $41 million program to improve literacy and numeracy in NSW public schools. Find out more.

Premier Nathan Rees visited his former high school in Northmead to deliver on his commitment to provide more creative opportunities for around 1400 students in Western Sydney. Read more.

Through involvement with the NSW Cancer Council's Fruit 'n' Vegie Family Challenge, hundreds of public schools across the state are boosting the information given to students about healthy eating. Read more.

The Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, has announced a new website is now available for anyone seeking information about projects being constructed in NSW under the Building the Education Revolution. The website will contain information on all Building the Education Revolution programs: Primary Schools for the 21st Century, National School Pride and Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Schools. Find out more.

Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard and the NSW Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, have announced the delivery of the first laptop computers to public secondary schools in NSW under the Australian Government's Digital Education Revolution program. Find out more.

The Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth has announced that every government school in NSW would receive a grant of up to $14,000 to buy sporting equipment under the Premier's Sporting Challenge. Under the Sports Equipment to Schools Grants, $7.5 million is available to schools this financial year. Read more.

2010 is the first year that students must stay at school until 17 to gain skills for their future. Are 2009 Year 10 students affected? What options and choices for planning do parents and students have? Find out more.