Tag: education
Lancefield kinder program cancelled
Children enrolled in a three-year-olds’ program at Lancefield kindergarten for the next year have been offered places at Romsey or Riddells Creek.
Macedon Ranges council...
Woodend robot workshop for youth with autism
Young people with autism can build robots – and develop their social skills – as part of a workshop at Woodend.
The event, organised by...
$2.5 million boost for Sunbury, Macedon schools
Sunbury and Macedon Ranges schools will share more than $2.5 million of state government funds to improve teaching resources and student performance.
While the state...
Migrant worker program wins state award
A conversation between a training expert and the human resources manager of Woodend’s biggest employer has led to lasting benefits for workers from a...
No handbrake on job prospect
Mainstream education doesn’t suit all learners, especially those who prefer practical approaches over the theoretical.
For the practical types, Concern Australia (CA), a group founded...
Premier’s wife visits Romsey Primary School
Catherine Andrews joined Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas and dozens of grade 1 pupils for a special storytime in Romsey on Friday.
The wife of Premier...
Wide-eyed world of sports
Five young reporters from Salesian College Rupertswood are off to Samoa to cover the Commonwealth Youth Games.
After close to a year of media training,...
Schools share in extra maintenance funding
Sunbury and Macedon Ranges school classrooms, gyms, canteens and art areas will be upgraded, with the region’s state schools to share more than $1.81 million...
Students debate right to be racist
Is racism freedom of speech? That’s the question to be debated by close to 100 young people who will meet for a regional schools...
Manufacturing workers thrown lifeline
La Trobe University is offering retrenched manufacturing workers a jobs lifeline.
The university has tailored a 17-week free program for staff made redundant by Ford,...
Students on mission to eradicate education diadvantage
Sophia D’Ambra is on a mission to eradicate education disadvantage, starting with Melton Secondary College.
Ms D’Ambra is a Teach for Australia (TFA) associate on...
Premier visits Sunbury and Kyneton colleges
Premier Daniel Andrews visited Sunbury College today, to announce funding for a new wellbeing support service that is expected to play a crucial role...
Youth justice centre with a focus on the future
Authorities believe a $46 million upgrade at Malmsbury’s youth justice centre gives young offenders somewhere to lay the foundations of new lives, rather than...
Sunbury mum wins design award
A Sunbury woman who completed an advanced diploma of building design as a mature-age student has won a statewide competition.
Melinda Sanz, who is continuing...
School to open secondary campus
Macedon Ranges parents will soon have an another alternative to government and Catholic education, with a Gisborne school planning to offer an International Baccalaureate...
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