We have a new name: the Department of Education. To reflect this change, our Twitter handle is now
@VicGovDE
. We deliver high-quality education and early childhood services for children and young people.
@VicGovAu
In the lead up to
#EarlyChildhoodEducatorsDay
, we’re shining a spotlight on last year’s winner of the Victorian Educator of the Year award, Sue Bullock.
Check in with us next week for more on how you can celebrate and acknowledge the day.
Triple threat! 🏊♂️🚴🏃♂️
Cheering on Kambrya College alum Jack Howell as he competes in the para triathlon this weekend at the
#Paris2024
#Paralympics
.
Promoting positive behaviours = fewer disruptions + more engaged students! 📚💡
We’re rolling out new resources for teachers to help students learn about positive classroom behaviours, including strategies, interactive modules and an online course:
There's a new TV news service in town, with some very special hosts.
Frankston Special Development School is part of a groundbreaking program, helping children with disabilities learn by making television programs.
@tomsteinfort
#9News
What’s possible for students at our schools? 🎓✨
Check out how our schools help nurture the leaders, performers, sports starts and innovators of tomorrow 🗣️🎤⚽💡
#EducationState
There's plenty of clapping and cheering going on around the Australia tonight as we celebrate the Honours and Winners of the 2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. You can find the whole list here:
Get insights and tips for teaching students about consent and personal safety 🚸
Join Australia’s Biggest Child Safety Lesson hosted by
@DanielMorcombe
on 3 September.
Primary schools can register and tune in here:
Turning pages and heads! ✨📚
To wrap up Book Week, we dropped in to Alphington Primary School, where book characters put on an eye-catching display.
Who was your favourite book character growing up? Tell us in the comments 👇
#BookWeek
@CBCA
It’s
#NationalSkillsWeek
. We’re spotlighting how vocational learning can open new career paths while completing year 12.
@WodongaSeniorSC
students have been diving into the heat of the action with the Cert II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations):
Meet Grace Lando, a 3-year-old kinder teacher and room leader at Cuddly Bear Kinder & Childcare 🦸♀️🧸
Swipe to discover how she found her calling in early childhood education and how an EC Scholarship led her to a rewarding career.
Learn more:
🌟 New on Bright Side! 🌻 North Melbourne forward Nick Larkey is brushing up on his passion for painting, teaching art to students at Flemington Primary.
Who should we feature next on
#brightside
? Email us at brightside
@seven
.com.au.
@7AFL
@NMFCOfficial
#GoodNews
#7NEWS
Four-Year-Old Kinder is transitioning into Pre-Prep in 2025! 🎲✏️🤝
From 2015, Pre-Prep will offer 16–30 hrs per week in: Ararat Rural City, Gannawarra Shire, Hindmarsh Shire, Murrindindi Shire, Northern Grampians & Shire Yarriambiack Shire.
Learn more:
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Happy Children’s Book Week! 📚✨
Huge thanks to teachers, educators, parents & librarians for making this week magical!
Inspired by a dream,
#PremiersReadingChallenge
author
@GabrielleWang
shares how she started her journey as an author & illustrator✍️
#CBCA2024
@TheCBCA
In the blink of an eye! 🥹👴👵
Victorian primary schools have been celebrating 100 days of prep this month.
Thanks to Inverloch Primary School, Manchester Primary School and Sandringham East Primary School for sending in these adorable pics.
#100DaysOfPrep
#VictorianSchools
To celebrate 100 Days of Prep, we showed Grade 6s at Collingwood College videos of them in Prep – and asked them what they’ve learned since.
Congrats Preps, teachers and families on this milestone!
#100DaysofPrep
#schools
The NAPLAN results are in! And this year’s participation rate was the highest it has been since the first year of testing in 2008! 📖✏️
Congrats to students and their dedicated teachers 🌟🙌
This week is Bullying No Way: National week of action, with the theme ‘Everyone belongs’.
Teachers, visit the below link for tips on making every student feel valued and safe 💬🌟
Learn more:
At the Victorian College of the Deaf, VCE students are experiencing the possibilities of science, thanks to a partnership with the STEM Centre of Excellence 🎓💡
Check out the student’s highlights below and watch the full video:
Game on! 🥇🎽
Watch students at Grahamvale Primary School represent different countries as they competed in their own mini Olympics – with events like the bean bag scramble – on Tuesday.
#Olympics
#ParisOlympics
#SportsInSchools
Would your kinder benefit from a bush kinder program? 🌿
We have $6K grants to help kinders develop nature programs, which:
💪 boost kids’ wellbeing
🧮 promote hands-on STEM learning
🌳 foster a deep connection to nature.
Apply by 4 September: