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Hackham West Primary School students Theo, 11, Sheniqua, 10, Matilda, 11 and Lucas, 11, with the school's bus. Picture: Supplied

Search: How 6000+ schools rank for NAPLAN results

From small class sizes to picturesque locations, these are the lesser-known public primary schools giving the cashed-up big boys a run for their money. SEARCH FOR YOUR SCHOOL

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GoFARM managing director Liam Lenaghan. GoFARM is backing new scholarships for agriculture and horticulture students at Charles Sturt University, in partnership with Anthony Costa Foundation and Australian Farming Services. Picture: Supplied

GoFARM backs ag students with $1.3m pledge

Boss Liam Lenaghan says a new partnership with Charles Sturt University will help solve agriculture’s workforce woes.

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Best age to give your kids household chores

Children who help with the housework will kick major goals in other areas of their lives. See expert tips to get started.

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Shine Awards 2022 nominee Julie Aldous at Peterborough, where she grew up. Julie has been nominated for her pioneering work creating a Year 9 agribusiness education program in collaboration with farm. Picture: Nicole Cleary

Mansfield trailblazer turns ag education on its head

Teacher Julie Aldous realised the ag industry would soon be without a workforce unless she took farming lessons out of the classroom.

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Surge in ag college enrolments

Surge in ag college enrolments

Students are flocking to agriculture colleges for tertiary qualifications, after a year in which many farming sectors proved their economic strength and resilience. Find out what is behind the trend.

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Presbyterian Ladies College boarding student Holly Dawson from Tallarook started boarding in Year 7, and will be in Year 9 this year. Picture: Supplied

Same atmosphere, new pastimes: What’s changed for PLC boarders

This Tallarook teen has been looking forward to moving back to the boarding house all summer, but some COVID-induced changes will still be in place when she arrives for term 1.

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Big bucks after uni: Who’s earning more than a lawyer

Big bucks after uni: Who’s earning more than a lawyer

These are the lucrative degrees attracting Australian students with starting salaries as much as a law graduate – or more. Search the list here.

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Melbourne Grammar School Year 12 students Sam Berry, who also plays U18 for Gippsland Power, is one of three country players from Gippsland chosen to take part in Victoria's AFL Draft Combine. The event will be Victorian players one chance to show their skills and fitness this year, after games were not played due to COVID. Picture: Supplied

Maffra’s Sam Berry powers up for Draft Combine

Maffra teen Sam Berry is one of three Gippsland players in the 22 country Victoria boys picked for the state’s AFL Draft Combine. See the full list of 22 who are vying to make an AFL list.

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Families are worried about the death of the school camp in Victoria. The government is refusing to give any information, putting at risk school camp sites which may be forced to sell if they get no bookings. Tom Holley with sons Caleb 4 and Eli 7 build a hideout in the bush like being on camp on their Mount Helen property. Picture: David Caird

School camps explainer for regional Victorian families

Dig out those waterproofs and old running shoes, regional and rural kids can go on school camps in Term 4. Here’s everything we know so far about the return to on-campus education in country Victoria.

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Boarding school students can return to their NSW properties these holidays knowing they can quarantine on school campuses in Queensland next term, instead of isolating in a hotel for 14 days.

‘Huge relief’: Queensland grants exemption to NSW boarding students

In a quiet online announcement, the Queensland chief health officer has granted travel exemptions to boarding students after a #nobordersforboarders campaign drew national attention.

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Group of children listening to the teacher. They are in a classroom. Multiethnic group with Caucasian and Asian kids. School girl is smiling and happy

Public school students to stay home for two days

The Victorian Government has ordered two pupil-free days for public schools to help teachers prepare for distance learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s when they’re set to take place.

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Principal David Shepherd with students from Ballarat Clarendon college. The School uses test results to better target its teaching which has shown huge improvements in student results.

Regional Victoria’s top NAPLAN schools revealed

One Ballarat school puts in another amazing NAPLAN performance, as revealed in an analysis of results from all schools. See how every regional school performed in 2019.

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Apollo Bay P-12 Year 9 students have made huge gains in NAPLAN writing. The principal says teachers made students put laptops away and go back to pencil and paper in English lessons, which has helped. Pictured, last year's Year 9 students.

Laptop ban boosts Year 9 writing

This isolated country school in southwest Victoria made their Year 9 students pack away their laptops during English, and the improvements in writing were phenomenal.

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Every school’s 2019 NAPLAN results revealed

A top girls’ school has dominated the latest NAPLAN, taking out the best results in both Victoria’s primary and secondary categories. SEE HOW EVERY SCHOOL PERFORMED.

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