St Patrick’s Catholic School is based in the small township of Winton, Central West Queensland, and is attended by a total of 20 students. But neither their small school size nor remote location has prevented them from benefiting from a unique partnership between teacher Jessica Carroll and insect ecologist Dr Andy Howe from the University of the Sunshine Coast more than 1000 kilometres away.
  They have never met in person but are partners through the STEM Professionals in Schools program, which brings real STEM to life in classrooms around Australia by partnering STEM professionals with teachers.
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Wakakirri Festival Director, Adam Loxley felt it was time to invest in some independent research to uncover what teachers and students really think of the Wakakirri experience. So, in late 2020 Wakakirri engaged TKP, an independent research company, to explore the benefits of participating in Wakakirri. Using qualitative methodology, a series of focus groups with teachers and students were run.
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Brigitte Maibom, Learning Links CEO says neurodivergent children, such as those on the autism spectrum or others who experience a range of social and emotional difficulties can often be misunderstood due to the different ways they may communicate or interact with others.
   Supportive, play-based learning programs can provide these children with an opportunity to socially interact and make connections with others. Read more

A little help from your friends works well; peer support, mentoring and tutoring all have positive effects on a school community, but they in turn need support.
   Peer tutoring and mentoring have been found to be effective in multiple randomised trials, compared to usual practice controls, students receiving peer-tutoring demonstrated significant improvements in academic performance.
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Industry based pathways to work used to be common and their effectiveness is being rediscovered through St Philip’s Christian College and Alphacrucis College’s reformative ‘Hub model’ for tertiary teacher training.
   Trainee teachers are immersed in a school environment while they undertake their course with the aim of leaving them classroom ready by the end.
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Damien Nicholls of Mylor Primary School, South Australia, is this year’s recipient of the Public Education Foundation’s Teachers Health Early Career Scholarship.
   He teaches Year 4 and Year 5 students and covers all subjects from Literacy, Numeracy to Health and Social Sciences and PE.
   The scholarship supports public school teachers who are in the first three years of their teaching career. Read more