Archive for January, 2010
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Over the past week newspapers all over Australia have featured articles and editorials on the Federal Governments new tax payer funded website "My School" which will allow parents [and others] to see how their schools rates against the national average in a series of tests [NAPLAN] and benchmarks [ i.e. ...
Posted in Industrial Issues, Reading, politics, school | No Comments »
Monday, January 18th, 2010
I've been following a conversation started by Chris Lehmann and joined by Dave Sherman questioning whether student engagement is a worthwhile improvement goal for schools to set.
The conversation is worth some thought as Victorian schools like Elsternwick Primary are mandated to set student engagement improvement goals as part of the ...
Posted in Instruction, Teaching, Uncategorized, reflections, school | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 18th, 2010
This photo of the new school gym and performing arts centre was taken over the January 2010 school holidays. Part of the governments recession proofing strategy in 2009 was to build much needed school buildings.
Elsternwick Primary School was entitled within this package to a new school gym. The building is ...
Posted in construction, school | No Comments »
