March

Senior secondary students will be given lightweight laptop computers while NSW public schools will receive a $1.1 billion funding boost over the next five years as part of an agreement between the Federal and State governments. Find out more.

While most of us were taking a well-earned break over the holidays a small school in the Riverina was on duty. With about 70 per cent of Kapooka Public School’s parents working at Kapooka Army Base, its student population is in constant flux as parents are sent on defence postings around Australia or overseas. Learn more here.

Sarah Hay was relieving deputy principal at Chifley College Bidwell campus last year when she started training to perform and compete as a medieval jousting knight. Read more here.

Students with special needs in 265 NSW public schools will be better supported in the classroom with the launch of a program this term to provide and train specialist teachers. Find out more.

A critically endangered frog is being given a second chance at survival due to an innovative partnership between Taronga Zoo and public school students in Tumbarumba. Read more here.

Students at Cronulla South Public were part of a pilot program in 45 NSW primary schools that taught children about safe and environmentally friendly fishing. Learn more here.

Wollumbin High School students are getting a jump on their peers through an interview process that focuses students on quality learning and developing communication skills. Find out more.

In Rob Deacon’s mind, the story of Lawrence Hargrave is one every person should be familiar with. To make this view become a reality, Mr Deacon has been a driving force behind a biennial memorial event that highlights Hargraves’ achievements in flight. Read more here.

A group of Granville Boys High students pounded the pavement to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer by walking from Sydney to Woy Woy. Find out more.

Cabbage Tree Island Public School has focused on developing a strong preschool transition program, with interagency support, to help turn around community attitudes to learning and ensure students were ready for Kindergarten. Learn more here.

When Western region teacher Kerry Pinnell starts talking about her kids – both the twolegged and four-legged variety – she can’t help but sound extraordinarily proud. The agriculture coordinator and her students have worked together over an incredible 27 years to build one of the most highly accredited goat studs in Australia. Find out more.