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This year’s NAIDOC Week theme is ‘Heal Country!’
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Special Religious Education (SRE)/Special Education in Ethics (SEE) is not currently permitted in Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour.
Approved providers have modified their authorised curriculum to enable students to learn from home.
Parents/carers may wish to access the SRE and SEE resources through the portal entry points to lesson content below:

Approved providers for All Faiths SRE (Islamic, Jewish, Buddhist, Bahai, Hindu)
Approved providers for Christian based faith SRE
Primary Ethics for SEE

For more information or support on these resources, please contact the approved provider.

Refer to the department’s COVID-19 Advice for families page for more information on school operations.

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Restrictions on certain activities and non-essential visitors – applies to schools outside of Greater Sydney (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour).
All students are expected to be at school unless they have even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms.
Under the current health orders, there is nothing to restrict students and staff who must attend school from moving between two areas with different levels of restrictions. Students and staff should reduce traveling to geographical areas with higher levels of COVID-19 restrictions in place.
A reminder for all families
Students should not attend school if unwell, even with mild symptoms of COVID-19. Any person with any COVID-19 symptoms should be sent home and should not return until they have received a negative test result and are symptom-free. In circumstances where children have other medical reasons for recurrent symptoms a letter from their GP is sufficient to negate the requirement for a negative test.
Anyone

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Learning from home; schools are open for families who need it – applies to schools in Greater Sydney (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour).
Students learning from home. No student is to be turned away. Early childhood education services can continue to operate.
All non–core curriculum related activities are to cease on school site.
Schools should not turn away any student from attending the school site in person. Schools will provide a program of learning for students who attend school, and students who are learning from home.
Schools will revert to their remote learning mode, using existing resources and programs. For additional support, refer to Learning from home.
Under the current health orders, there is nothing to restrict students and staff who must attend school from moving between two areas with different levels of restrictions.
Latest advice
Refer to Advice for families for the latest information.

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This year Ed Week will be held from 26 to 30 July 2021 celebrating the theme Lifelong learners. 
NSW public schools will celebrate Education Week from 26 to 30 July 2021 with the theme Lifelong learners.
Education Week is an annual celebration of NSW public education and it’s your chance to celebrate the achievements of your school, students and learning community.
This year’s theme is ‘Lifelong learners’ and celebrates education as a lifelong journey from before a child enters an early childhood setting, progressing to primary and secondary school, and continuing their learning journey into adulthood; learning a trade, entering tertiary education, or the workforce.
Continuous learning is critical for success throughout life and everyone can be a lifelong learner.
This year’s celebrations will kick-off with a virtual live stream launch from 10am on Monday 26 July, with more events to follow.
Schools can enter the Ed Week video competition by creating a mini documentary that

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Every child in NSW deserves the opportunity to develop the necessary mathematics and numeracy skills to succeed in life, increasing their post-school pathways and life options while building the foundations for future dreams.
From 2022, all NSW secondary schools will have access to the new Numeracy course in Stage 6.  This course is proven to lift student engagement in mathematics and numeracy and contribute to their HSC.
The new course is being rolled out following evaluation of the pilot that was led by the Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE).  The evaluation found an increase in participation and engagement with students of Stage 6 mathematics including Students enrolled in Vocational Education and Training courses, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students and Students in rural and remote areas.

To support and drive awareness of the importance of mathematics in everyday life – a group of well-respected ambassadors and content creators will continue to share with

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The release of the HSC timetable marks the beginning of the final leg of the Year 12 school journey.
As of 29 April, 76,000 NSW school students received their personalised timetable for the 2021 written HSC exams.
HSC written exams will start on Tuesday 12 October with a compulsory English paper and finish with the examination of Food Technology on Thursday 4 November.
Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said the release of the HSC timetables were the final leg of the school journey for Year 12 students.
“The HSC is a logistical behemoth, it includes scheduling 18 days of HSC exams involving around 76,000 students, 129 exams and more than 775 exam centres,” Ms Mitchell said.
“The HSC is the culmination of years of schooling and receiving your timetable makes it all the more real for students.
“Students are already working hard in their final year, and I wish them all the best during an exciting

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Public schools are making sure the sacrifice of war veterans and serving defence personnel is not forgotten.
Across NSW students and public schools last week played a key role in keeping the ANZAC spirit alive.
In the lead-up to the national day of remembrance, students were making artworks, studying literature, writing poems and learning the story of Australia’s military history.
School-based ceremonies also offered children of defence personnel the opportunity to mark their parents’ service.
This included the 28 public primary schools and 10 public secondary schools in NSW that are part of the Defence School Mentor program, which supports the families of current personnel.
The school choir at South Coogee Public School, with defence families from the Randwick and Victoria barracks, continued a 15-year tradition by singing at the Coogee Beach Dawn Service.
At Wattle Grove Public School in Sydney’s west, students created an interactive garden.
The metal poppies are connected to an audio file which is

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Is your child interested in learning new skills at school through virtual vocational education and training courses? 
From next year, schools in NSW will be able to offer 20 new virtual vocational courses to Year 11 students. These new industry focused courses will contribute to a student’s HSC and ATAR. They will also give students great in-demand and practical skills for the workplace. 
The courses focus on current skills needs and include: 

allied health assistant

game design

cyber security 

robotics 

digital supply chain.

The virtual courses are different to ‘online’ learning in that they are delivered via a virtual classroom with a teacher, other students in the class, and an established weekly timetable. This will be complemented with 24/7 access to content, chat rooms and tutorials to connect with other students. 
Each of the new courses is part of an existing NESA Industry Curriculum Framework (ICF) syllabus. 
Expressions of interest (EOI) for the courses are open now but be quick,

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VFest 2021
V-FEST 2021 is premireing on YOUTUBE next Monday 29 November AT 7:00PM.
Here is the link: V-FEST 2021

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