Albany’s first Changemakers Summit was held on Tuesday, with students of all ages learning how to position their voices at the forefront of conversations to enact real change in their communities.
Melissa Sheil
Students and staff from Flinders Park Primary School celebrated National Tree Planting Week by planting more than 50 possum-friendly natives on the school grounds on July 25.
Claire Middleton
In one night-time incident, a student witnessed two men carrying a small axe which they then used to commit a crime.
Bethany Hiatt
We now have three years of stagnating data to tell us that too many children are falling behind. It will require will, collaboration and money to make a change.
Rhianna Mitchell
Every week during the school term, small groups of primary school children gather at the Teach Speak Hear headquarters to engage in intensive literacy lessons.
A rise in the number of children who are starting kindergarten underprepared is feeding into WA’s ‘alarming’ NAPLAN results, the State School Teachers Union of WA has warned.
At least 46,000 WA students in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9 are behind in the literacy and numeracy skills they need to succeed in life.
Jordana Hunter
WA Education Minister Sabine Winton has defended WA’s performance in NAPLAN, saying teachers were grappling with an increase in primary school children with developmental delays and complex needs.
East Manjimup Primary school is set to be centre for major interschool robotics competition this Friday, with students from across the region competing to be the best engineer.
Craig Duncan
Stagnant NAPLAN results paint a concerning picture for Australian students, sparking calls for greater investment to help those falling behind.
Allanah Sciberras and Rachael Ward
One-in-10 students need extra help at school after falling below minimum standards, with location, socio-economic status and background impacting results.
Rachael Ward
That statistics make for worrying reading. Almost 40 per cent of WA Year 3 students failed to reach the national reading benchmark in this year’s NAPLAN exam.
Editorial
At one of Perth’s primary schools, students are doing better than the average. What’s their secret?
WA is the worst performing State in the country for Year 3 reading ability, according to this year’s NAPLAN results, with almost 40 per cent of students below the benchmark for their age.
Three University of WA students dedicated 300 hours of their winter break to revitalising influential community assets to bolster a Wheatbelt town.
Hannah Whitehead
A Sydney PhD student has been suspended after he was allegedly caught with more than 25,000 files of child abuse material on his phone.
Clareese Packer
A woman has allegedly targeted a childcare centre and a high school in a bomb hoax.
Alexandra Feiam
Western Australia’s universities appear divided over a proposal by the Cook Government that has been dubbed ‘the biggest shake-up’ to the tertiary institutions in decades.
Charlton Hart
Australian students are growing cucumbers for a lunar mission, turning classrooms into launch pads for real space science and STEM discovery.
Katelyn Catanzariti
The Sunday Times can reveal the Cook Government has taken a significant step towards a merger in some form between WA’s four public universities.
Joe Spagnolo
A child is injured and workers have freed a female bus driver who was trapped after a school bus collided with a truck and flipped.
The possible reopening of an unfinished “ghost station” in one major city has been described as “hokey” by a local leader.
Nathan Schmidt
A Wheatbelt charity has been gifted a 30,000sqm property to transform into a new community-led education support centre, offering a dedicated space for all ages.
The state’s Education Minister has denied there are any delays to a major review of WA schools despite no public report on it’s findings more than 18 months after it was first announced.
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