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New and bigger schools announced for Canberra

Local Newstime Media - July 20, 2022

The ACT Government will modernise and expand Majura Primary School, and build a new primary school in the Molonglo Valley.

New schools for Gungahlin announced

Local Newstime Media - July 18, 2022

Gungahlin will have a new high school in Taylor; another secondary college; and 600 more students at the Margaret Hendry School.

Women building school is a clear lesson

Local Newstime Media - July 12, 2022

Barely 2 per cent of construction workers are women, but building a new school will help to break down gender barriers.

Canberra’s first school named after an Aboriginal woman

Local Nicholas Fuller - June 21, 2022

Evelyn Scott School, Canberra’s first school named after an Aboriginal woman, has been called “a symbol of true reconciliation”.

ACT high school program encourages girls to enter construction

Local Newstime Media - May 20, 2022

The ACT Government has a $1 million school program to encourage girls to enter the building and construction industry.

ACT, NSW Catholic school staff to strike next week

Local AAP - May 19, 2022

More than 17,000 teachers and staff from 540 Catholic diocesan schools in the ACT and NSW will strike for 24 hours next week.

Canberra Girls Grammar School: Inspiring young people to be their best

Local Newstime Media - May 12, 2022

Canberra Girls Grammar School has provided an exceptional education for children and young women, for nearly 100 years.

At St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, ‘care’ is our motto

Local Newstime Media - May 5, 2022

St Thomas Aquinas Primary School is a Catholic co-educational Parish School that is committed to the development of each individual child, academically, socially, and spiritually.

NSW teachers strike closes 250 public schools

National AAP - May 4, 2022

More than 250 public schools across NSW are closed as teachers strike for 24 hours over pay and conditions.

Annual school census shows ACT enrolments down due to COVID-19

Local Newstime Media - May 3, 2022

The annual school census shows COVID-19 has had a clear impact on school enrolments across the ACT.

Remote learning on the books as school’s back for Term Two

Local Nicholas Fuller - April 26, 2022

ACT public school students went back today – but some schools could return to remote learning as COVID cases increase during winter.

Face masks no longer required in ACT schools and childcare

COVID-19 Newstime Media - April 22, 2022

Face masks do not need to be worn in indoor spaces at schools and early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings from next week.

Violence in ACT schools must end

Local Bill Stefaniak - April 15, 2022

At Calwell High, Year 7 and 8 have been sent home for the rest of the term because of gang violence by unruly mobs of students who attacked several teachers.