May

The promotion of student participation in sport and physical activity will take centre stage in NSW public schools in a State Government initiative to combat childhood obesity. Find out more.

A secondary student has launched an award-winning website and accompanying kit to ensure young children easily understand antibullying messages and have quick access to support. Find out more.

The 2007 Brother John Taylor Memorial Prizes have been awarded to students who have battled disability or disadvantage to achieve academic excellence in Year 12. Find out who received the prize.

Changes in Australian eating patterns is being reflected in food technology and hospitality classes across NSW public schools, where innovative TAS (technical and applied studies) teachers are looking at creative ways to address the syllabus and cater to the interests and circumstances of their students. Find out how.

In 2005, a small group of teachers and students from Dorrigo High and Karangi Public schools attended the Australian Sustainable Schools workshop in Canberra. The party became so proverbially fired up about global warming that they returned to the state’s north with an impassioned mission to reduce their schools’ carbon emissions. Read more.

Year 10 and 11 girls from NSW public schools in Sydney and Wollongong gained a different perspective on their science studies – and their career possibilities – during a series of seminars held last term featuring the state’s most prominent young female scientists. Find out more.

Vero Joseph has stars in his eyes – and now he and his students can see them at any time of the night or day. The science head teacher at Goulburn High School was the driving force behind the establishment of a dome-shaped observatory on the school farm, complete with a high powered telescope programmed by software to rotate around the sky. Read on.

Schools across NSW are gearing up for Education Week with activities designed to celebrate the week’s theme “A love of learning”. Find out what's going on.

Blaxcell Street Public School principal Sandra Bradley could be forgiven for sounding overwhelmed when her school was the recipient of an extraordinary donation from ABC personality Adam Spencer through the Dymocks Literacy Foundation. Find out more.

Two student bands have taken their first steps towards securing a recording career through performances at Byron Bay’s East Coast Roots & Blues Festival last term. Find out more.

When Kath Puddey took on the role of Karangi Public School principal, she had no idea it was about to lead her to overhaul the school’s environment philosophy. Find out how.