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Every Modern Way to Music

DEBORAH Richter takes pride in her work as a teacher and her students love the way she uses technology to teach. The 54-year-old was one of a handful of teachers to win recognition in the Advertiser State Government SA Public Teaching Awards last year.

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Game on for New Style of Schooling, May 01, 2012

CHILDREN are emerging as winners in the epic fight between video games and school work, as teachers and parents increasingly turn to a gaming as educational tools.

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Explosions Spark a need to Learn- May 01, 2012

AN EXPLODING exploding volcao is a sure way to capture the attention of would-be scientists of any age as one of a group of teachers found out during a professional development session recently

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Hands Up For Your Favourite Teacher- Apr 22, 2012

OUTSTANDING public educators accross the state will be recognised in the 2012 South Australian public teaching awards.

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Westminister School Stages Shakespeare Week- Apr 04, 2012

WESTMINISTER School is taking its students back to the Elizabethan age, holdinf a Shakespeare week as part of National Year of Reading celebrations.

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College Turning Japanese for a Day- Apr 01, 2012

JUNIOR primary students are turning Japanese to celebrate the language and culture they're learning about.

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APY Lands Graduates Learn to Inspire- Mar 28, 2012

Experience to Key Learning- Feb 14, 2012

Reception students are challenging what they are being taught in the classroom- demanding the information is relevant to the real world, a teacher says.

Goodwood primary school teacher Jane Foster said educators were aware today's children would grow up in a world requiring skills such as creative thinking.

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Writing Sonnets, Ballads or Free Verse is Not Going Out of Style -Jan 31, 2012

A new generation of writers and poets is proving these skills still exist by having their work published by their school.

For the second year running, Prince Alfred College has published a book, Shades of Red - a collection of prose, poetry and illustrations.

English teacher Melody Marshall said the students rose to the challenge and proved not all boys shy away from writing emotive poetry or prose.

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Mentors Inspire with Message of Support - Dec 13, 2011

FUN and games devised to build relationships, self-esteem and teamwork are bringing junior and senior students together at Mary MacKillop College.

Since 2004, all Year 10 students at the school have been trained as peer support mentors and usually about 15 girls go on to mentor groups of six to eight Year 8 girls.

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Now That's a Mural We'd All Settle For - Dec 13, 2011

A CHANCE to be involved in this year's Proclamation Day, which will celebrate 175 years of settlement in SA, had students from St Leonard's primary putting their thinking caps on.

The school was one of several invited by the Holdfast Bay Council to participate in the project by sending local historians and artists to assist students.

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Letters of Lore - Nov 22, 2011

ANANGU-SPEAKING students living in remote communities of South Australia are learning to become interpreters through study at TAFE SA.

The Diploma of Interpreting has been delivered on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands and other parts of regional SA over the past three years.

Twelve SA Aboriginal students completed the program and are now qualified interpreters, with another five, including Hilary Williams, expected to graduate soon

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Modern Twist to an Old Story - Nov 22, 2011

THE tradition of the Christmas nativity play is alive and well at St Peter's Girls school thanks to some creativity and innovation.

On Friday, December 9, the school's Reception, Year 1 and 2 students will present the traditional Christmas tale with a modern twist.

"We take a story and we turn it into a script that works around the nativity," Year 2 teacher Liz Sandercock said. "It is a nativity but it's set within a little contemporary story.

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Wildlife Warriors Track Penguin Trail - Nov 22, 2011

VICTOR Harbor Primary School students are trying to solve the mystery of the disappearing fairy penguins on Granite Island.

It is a local environmental issue that the school is tackling from an educational perspective as a trial of the sustainability strand in the national curriculum.

School staff are documenting the Penguins' Sustainability Project so that other schools can eventually access the resources which are being developed for the program.

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Cultural Links on Display - Nov 8, 2011

WARRIAPPENDI School students are proudly displaying their cultural heritage on hoodies adorned with their own designs.

The students collaborated with indigenous hip-hop artists to research their cultural identity and design a motif for the tops as part of SACE subject Community Studies.

The Year 11 and 12 students then wore their hoodies in a film clip to the song What Do We Want by artists Karnage & Darknis about land rights and connections to culture.

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