education
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Chess ace happy, mate
It was Myiesha Maunder’s grandfather who introduced her to chess. “She just came home one day and said ‘mummy I want to play chess’,” Myiesha’s…
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Seniors get tech savvy
Older Brimbank residents can open up their technological horizons with a short course designed to improve their understanding of IT and new technologies. The course…
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Six sets of twins breaks school record
Sydenham-Hillside Primary School celebrated multiple milestones when six sets of twins, including three identical, started at the school last week. Sydenham campus principal Glenn McGarigle…
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Prices soar in Albion zone
A booming property market is having a flow-on effect for an Albion school. Research from Domain.com.au shows the house price growth in the Albion Primary…
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MY BRIMBANK: Tim Blunt
What’s your connection to Brimbank? I have been working in Sunshine since 1979 when I commenced teaching at Sunshine Technical School and have worked…
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Environment award for St Albans teacher
A growing need to think deeper about how we interact with the environment was behind a St Alban’s teacher’s desire to educate the next generation.…
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Anzac stories revisited
A student and a history teacher from Keilor’s Overnewton Anglican Community College are preparing for a walk through time after being selected to take part…
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Vaccination rates should be public: Guy
Vaccination rates at every government primary and secondary school would be made public under a new plan put forward by the state opposition. Liberal leader…
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Mentors help through tough times
Just two hours of your time each week could be enough to change a young person’s life, says Carol Sandiford. The program director of Raise,…
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Technology boost for Taylors Lakes Primary
Australian of the Year Professor Alan Mackay-Sim has put science and innovation top of the agenda for 2017 – and Taylors Lakes Primary School is…
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Former Keilor Heights Primary principal charged
By Henrietta Cook/The Age Former Keilor Heights Primary School principal Michael Giulieri is one of six men charged over their alleged involvement in a…
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Brimbank duxes look ahead
Carl D’Souza used to go to the library on weekends and borrow non-fiction books about chemistry, physics and mathematics. The teenager said completing his VCE…
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Ardeer Primary reaches out to community
Ardeer Primary School has been getting into the Christmas spirit, delivering handmade woodwork games to Estia Health Ardeer nursing home last week as part of…
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Furlong Park school wins community grant
Furlong Park School for Deaf Children will use a $5000 windfall from Credit Union Australia’s Airport West branch to build on a circus of new…
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A new vision for the three Rs
Free eye tests will be offered at 22 primary schools across Brimbank, thanks to a new state government initiative. The Glasses for Kids program aims…
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