How do we recruit (and retain!) quality educators and education leaders in rural and remote communities? This is the question posed and the challenge set at Country Education Partnership's upcoming Rural Learning Summit in Creswick on August 30. If you have an interest in this area, we encourage you to apply to attend this free event.
The Energy Breakthrough event in Maryborough is proving to be as popular as ever - from city to country, across State, Independent and Catholic schools, whether tiny, small, medium and large. Here, we have end of term 2 updates on both our current Entry Lists and our map of participating schools for you.
Eppalock Primary School's Pushcart team have been awarded a coveted CSIRO Blue CREST Award! The Award recognises the fantastic way the students collaborated with Sam, a graduate engineer at THALES in Bendigo throughout their 2018 campaign. CREST stands for Creativity in Research, Engineering, Science and Technology.
Leading a team through the Energy Breakthrough can be richly rewarding and demanding – so it can be wonderful to have support from outside of your school to help give advice and extra input. Our Energy Breakthrough Mentor Program - set to re-launch in Term 3 this year - promises to offer up to 20 interested schools that support. Team Managers should complete an Expression of Interest form today!
Have you got what it takes to be our next Pushcarts Coordinator? We're looking for someone to take charge of this exciting category where students are challenged to assemble their cart in 20 minutes or less, complete a presentation and tackle our sprint, endurance and obstacle courses.
Have you got what it takes to be our next Innovations In Technology Coordinator? We're looking for someone to take charge of this exciting category that currently features the Crafty Design, Moving Water and the Junkyard Challenge - but could be expanded in the future.
Program partner, the Country Education Partnership, is inviting you to a Webinar on Thursday 9 May 2019 to talk 'EB in the Classroom' to explore how different schools are integrating the Energy Breakthrough into their classrooms.
Well, the flurry of 'Entry Open Days' has come and gone for 2019. So, now that we're at the of Term 1 ... what's the wash-up? Event Director, John Stafford, shares his take.
The countdown is on to National Ride2School Day - Friday 22 March - where Energy Breakthrough schools and students can join more than 350,000 students across the nation who will ride, walk, scoot and skate to school.
The Central Goldfields Shire Council (CGSC) are currently developing a sustainability plan to ensure the ongoing success of the Energy Breakthrough event in Maryborough. The Council have commissioned consultants ARC Ventures to undertake research to help develop this plan. ARC Ventures have launched an open invitation for volunteers and local residents to have their say on the Energy Breakthrough event in Maryborough through two surveys: one for volunteers and another for residents of Maryborough and district.
