This site is a community portal, a place for school friends, parents and teachers. By joining our community you will have access to post your own blog, school news, school events and reunions announcement's, communicate privately with others, create and respond to polls and access many other special features.
Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join the Schoolmates.com.au today!
The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard and Minister for Youth, Kate Ellis today announced a $3 million national pilot project aimed at addressing cyber-bullying in Australian schools.
The Rudd Government is deeply concerned at the emergence of cyber-bullying in our schools and the impact it is having on students.
The Federal Government has scrapped the controversial broadband tender process and will instead form a new public/private company to build a national network, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced.
To boost jobs and invest in Australia’s long term future the Rudd Government will build or upgrade buildings in every one of Australia’s 9,540 schools.
Building the Education Revolution is a $14.7 billion long term investment to improve the quality of facilities, like gymnasiums, libraries and science labs in Australian schools.
The federal government will pump an additional $719 million into NSW's education system as part of a new national education agreement.
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard and NSW Premier Nathan Rees made the announcement on the first day of the school year for teachers at Sydney's Rydalmere East Public School.
A dedicated television channel for children will be among the recommendations from the 2020 summit to be adopted by the Federal Government.
It will be one of about six policies to be contained in the Government's final response to the hundreds of ideas generated at the 1000-strong talkfest held in Canberra last year.
The Federal Government will boost funding for its computers in schools program after complaints from the states and territories that the scheme was under-funded.
The states told the Federal Government its original funding of $1,000 per computer would not cover installation, maintenance and upgrade costs.
Primary school students are neglected in education funding, as extra resources are being directed to infants and high school students while the primary years receive less funding than any other school year.
NSW secondary school students could be issued with $56 million worth of Linux-based laptops as part of Kevin Rudd's digital education revolution.
The state wants government secondary school students to tote around computers built specifically for the education market.
