Education week 2020
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2020 Vaucluse Woman of the Year
Congratulations to former RBSC student Maddy Darke for being awarded the 2020 Vaucluse Woman of the Year!
Alumni success story
Congrats to our Alumni Ho Jun Tang (2016) for co-founding the Yellowbox tech start up!
Updates to COVID-19 restrictions affecting NSW schools
Latest COVID-19 case locations in NSW
NSW Health has a website to inform you of the actions you should take if you have been in a location where there have been confirmed cases of COVID-19 within NSW. Monitor the site and follow the relevant health advice if you have been at any of the locations at the specified dates and times.
Students and staff who have travelled through or visited Victoria
All students and staff who have visited Victoria must have a permit to enter NSW and are required to self-isolate for 14 days.
Except for students and staff who reside in a border town, all students and staff who have visited Victoria in the 14 days before the commencement of school should not attend school until they complete the 14 days self-isolation period since they left Victoria.
Students and staff who are unable to return to school due to these self-isolation requirements will be supported to
New resources to help HSC students stay healthy
With only a month until the first written HSC exams, Year 12 students have an extra place to look for support.
Year 12 and the HSC can be a stressful time, and this year’s students have already overcome bushfires, floods and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The department has brought together new and updated tools to help HSC students stay healthy, active and connected as they finish their final weeks of school.
Stay healthy HSC includes:
advice about looking after your own mental health and checking in on friends from ReachOut.com
exam tips from the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
on-demand video lessons, written by teachers, to help with study.
Visit Stay healthy HSC to explore the resources.
Hardy St harvest market
Outside of Literacy and Numeracy, programming within the Inclusive Education Faculty (IEF) often holds a focus on transferrable skills and holistic tasks, which cover a wide scope of outcomes across multiple Key Learning Areas.
Let the Game Changer Challenge begin
The semifinalist teams for the virtual Game Changer Challenge 2020 have been announced.
From all corners of NSW 420 students will use their design thinking skills to explore tangible solutions for a real world wicked problem in the 2020 Game Changer Challenge.
Hundreds of applications from NSW public schools were received for the Game Changer Challenge, which this year will be delivered as a colossal virtual event with seven semifinals culminating in a grand final.
The 84 primary and secondary student teams will aim to solve the real world problem: “How might we use technology to bring everyone in our community closer together?”
The student applications covered COVID-19 restrictions, including innovative ways to social distance and sanitise, cutting-edge technology like aerial transport systems, and new ways to ease social isolation, combat racism and build community for people with disability.
Department of Education Secretary Mark Scott said today’s students will solve the great challenges of the
Schools Spectacular remixed for television
Relive memorable acts and performances from the past four years in a special televised Schools Spectacular event.
The annual Schools Spectacular, cancelled this year due to the pandemic, will entertain audiences with a special television broadcast next week.
The Schools Spectacular 2020 Remixed will air on Channel 7 on Saturday 5 December at 7pm.
The two-hour broadcast will feature memorable acts and spectacular moments from the past four years.
The show will also feature a surprise digital performance from this year’s graduating Class of 2020 with the Year 12 students sharing their passion and talents while celebrating with NSW Education for one last time.
This technical feat aims to inspire audiences as more than 70 dancers, singers, instrumental musicians and signing performers from across NSW assemble virtually for the performance.
Mark Scott, Secretary of the NSW Department of Education, said this event is an opportunity to revisit memories of past performances and celebrate the talents of
Our public school students are top class
Public school students have again dominated the HSC honours securing 71 of the 126 First in Course awards announced today.
Among the high achievers, Sariena Ye from James Ruse Agricultural High School became only the fourth person since 1991 to secure first place in both Chemistry and Physics – and the first female in 27 years to top both subjects.
NSW Education Secretary Mark Scott congratulated the winners and also paid tribute to every student that had completed their HSC in 2020.
“Those students who received a First in Course – and their families – should be rightly proud of their achievements,” Mr Scott said.
“Considering the particular challenges of 2020, we are extremely proud of every student that has shown the determination and resilience to achieve their best and finish their HSC.
“They now leave school with the skills to embark upon a successful life, no matter what they choose next.”
Public school students secured
Tournament of Minds 2020
This year was a year of change for this competition. The 10 minute live play became a 5 minute video to be submitted, with some slightly relaxed rules.