NT community fights to keep popular preschool program
A popular preschool trial has been quietly scrapped by the CLP, leading to members of a rural community to fight for it to be reinstated.
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Learning and leading: Biggest NT education stories of 2024
This year has been marked by significant societal change in the NT – none moreso than a change of government – but nowhere has it been seen more than in education. These are the most significant milestones.
Beach better than classroom for kids’ maths, science results
Kids who play at the beach have been shown to have greater science and maths knowledge than those confined to a classroom.
September school holiday program launches
The September school holidays are rapidly approaching, but a jam-packed program of activities is set to keep the kids entertained.
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Sequel dropped for popular Top End children’s book
Marty the Mallard is returning to book shelves in a new adventure that features cyclones, Darwin Waterfront and a new best friend.
Assaults, threats: Two in three principals targeted in NT schools
Two in three NT principals were victims of threats or assault in 2023, with a local education leader sounding the call for help before an “exodus” within the profession occurs. Read the report.
Bookworms rejoice: Reading challenge launched for NT kids
Chief Minister Eva Lawler says she wants to break records with the 2024 Reading Challenge, fostering literacy, engagement, and lifelong learning across the Territory’s schools.
Childcare could cost just $10 a day: See if you will be eligible
Relief is on the way for Aussie parents with changes planned to childcare fees and paid parental leave. See how they affect you.
’Glow in the dark’: Billion-dollar boost to re-engage kids with school
A billion-dollar agreement will fully fund public schools for the first time in the Territory’s history. Here’s what it means.
Why advocates are split over billion-dollar schooling boost
Union reps have praised a billion-dollar boost to end ‘shameful’ underfunding in NT public schools, but an east-coast politician has slammed the deal as ‘half-arsed’.
The community program aiming to reduce diabete rates in remote NT
A healthy-eating initiative has come to the remote town of Ampilatwatja, that has a diabetes rate nearly two times the national average.
Double take: Twins take over NT preschool
Having twins in a classroom can make life difficult for any teacher, so spare a thought for NT preschool teacher Alice Milne, who has not one but four sets to handle. See the pictures.
School attendance rises after eight-year ‘sharp decline’
Two education leaders have weighed in on what the Territory’s slight boost in attendance means after an eight-year ‘sharp decline’.
Free kinder comes at a cost
With the number of local children aged four or younger set to jump by more than 50 per cent by 2041, more than $200m could be needed to build new kindergartens in Geelong.
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