A recent trial has expanded ethics classes from primary level to secondary – but the overall growth in ethics participation is being hampered by a lack of volunteers.
The federal and state governments have questioned The King’s School over planned spending on a plunge pool for the headmaster’s residence and business-class flights for senior staff to attend a prestigious British rowing regatta.
Most teachers surveyed rated workload,the diminished status of teaching and salary as the major factors contributing to shortages.
Lifting the school starting age to the year a child turns six would reduce wide age gaps in classes and put students on a more even footing,NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell says.
Educators spend hours “reinventing the wheel” to come up with lesson plans and materials,but those days are numbered.
“Growth in independent school fees has outstripped general inflation over the past few years,” said David Gonski,who led a review into NSW’s Jewish schools.
A mix of nervousness and excitement flooded over nine-year-old Priya Vivek as she walked into the exam room to sit the test for a place in one of the coveted opportunity classes for gifted students.
Public schools are wrestling with major teacher shortages,as vacancies hit almost 1700 last month.
A proposal to turn a six-storey office block into a kindergarten to year 12 private school – which would accommodate up to 1550 students – was lodged this month.
Teacher Stephanie Salazar held “parent masterclasses” where she explained how literacy,reading and vocabulary is taught to their children in the earliest primary years. “We saw a huge improvement,” she said.
Elizabeth Stone has been appointed the first female head of Winchester College,a boarding school founded in 1382.