Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

Call Number
Nef 331.8809944 EDU
Created/Published
Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
Issue
Vol. 82 No. 02 (26 Feb 2001)
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Contents

EDUCATION JORNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHRS FEDRATION 1
Many events to showcase public education 1
Roundup of celebrations 1
Remote towns alarmed by unfurnished Teacher Housing Authority villas 1 , 2
NEWS Submission calls for more funds 2
Advertising 2
Officers 2
Executive 2
Temporary teacher questions answered 3
Careers advisers: will your students be ‘Ready For Work’? 3
Schools granted continuous registration 3
Advice for Annual School Reports writers 4
Chemical safety package remains inadequate 4
Advice unchanged 4
Clean-up cleans up for East Timor 4
Ramsey recommends more relevant behaviour training 5
Electrical testing requirements under discussion 5
New law to protect carers 5
Support for public schools 5
No job description says ‘be assaulted’ 6
Library has substantial indigenous resources 6
Advertising 6
Corrective Services salary increases finalised 7
Advertising 7
Plenty to see and do at the National 7
Win tickets to folk festival 7
Advertising 7
The President Writes Convincing the politicians 8
Lower class sizes in the early years 8
LETTERS to the Editor 8
Would you like a copy? 8
Race against party time 9
Save for retirement 9
Heed the warning 9
Political drama 9
No furniture is final nail 9
Advertising 9 , 10
ADMINISTRATION Casual vacancies on Council 11
Gender equity isn’t boy bashing 11
protest? To promote or 11
Advertising 11 , 12 , 13
Retired Teachers Associarion Second Friday of each month, 1.30 pm. Teachers House, Mary Street, Surry Hills Sydney. 14
Letter from America 14
Term 2 Anna Stewart program 14
One woman’s experience 14
TAFE Get involved on March 15 15
Continue lobbying in lead up to funding meeting 15
Seaforth TAFE future unknown 15
PTCs needed for effective union 15
Other options ahead of redundancies 15
Increase to workload not agreed to 15
New award 15
PTCs to be paid for compulsory training 15
Advertising 16
REVIEWS Theatre The labour movement needs the New 17
Website Surfing for days is as easy as ABC 17
Our Fed Reps 17
Anna Stewart program offers union insight 18
Advertising 18
Up, Up and Away Road to nowhere 19
Cheap WINE Wine and margaritas in Las Vegas 19
FILM Sensational films 20
Computer Corner Hyper Studio morphs into improved product 20
Back-to-school tales Mr Yen’s world 21
Teaching down the track 21
Advertising 21 , 22 , 23
DT SMITH 23
Abecedarian 23
THOSE WHO CAN’T 23
INSIDE 24
Sweat goes with that at Sussan 24
Two rallies to mark day 24
Advertising 24

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EDUCATION  

JORNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHRS FEDRATION  

Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

Vo 82 0.2 February 26. 2001  

Many events to showcase public education  

by Barry Johnson and  

Kerri Carr  

Schools and colleges throughout  

NSW are getting behind Public  

Education Day on March 15. vari-  

ety of activities are being planned to  

celebrate the excellent work under-  

taken by students and teachers in our  

great system.  

Teachers from the Lower Blue  

Mountains Teachers Association  

have decided to make Sir Henry  

Parkes’ gravesite at Faulconbridge  

site of celebration.  

Henry Parkes’ is widely known  

as the Father of Federation and is  

also acknowledged as the “Parent of  

Public Education” in NSW, being  

primarily responsible for the Public  

Instruction Act of 1880, which  

began free public education in this  

state.  

Lower Blue Mountains Teachers  

Association President Robert  

Treasure said: “Henry Parkes,  

Faulconbridge resident, was not  

only great fighter for public educa-  

tion. His priorities were very clear:  

in 1882, two years after the passage  

of the Public Instruction Act, state  

aid to all private schools ceased.  

From that time onwards, schooling  

became fully government funded,  

secular and compulsory for the chil-  

dren of NSW.”  

Public schools throughout the  

Blue Mountains will be celebrating  

in different ways. There will be  

singing, dancing, school banners,  

student speakers as well as quotes  

from some of Parkes’ speeches.  

Other activities planned through-  

out the state include lunchtime  

concert and BBQ at TAFE college,  

morning tea with the P&C, morning  

tea with the parents, morning tea  

with students telling them about the  

great things happening in the school,  

BBQ lunch for community mem-  

bers, generations day, inviting par-  

ents and prominent ex pupils, per-  

forming arts and fitness displays and  

grade activities in classrooms.  

Activities of this nature on the  

day will be deemed to be varia-  

tion of normal school routine.  

Schools with outside commu-  

nity noticeboards have been  

requested to consider displaying  

generic message for public educa-  

tion in the week commencing  

March 12.  

The production of leaflets for  

schools and TAFE colleges is now  

under way. The schools leaflet will  

be provided for distribution to  

every household on the afternoon  

of March 15. multilingual ver-  

sion will be available. separate  

TAFE leaflet will also be distrib-  

uted.  

While the focus is on schools and  

colleges and their local communi-  

ties, central event will take place  

that day at the Conservatorium High  

School at Australia Technology  

Park in Redfern. Contrary to previ-  

ous advice it is not possible to  

broadcast the event via OTEN. It  

will celebrate public education  

before an audience of students, par-  

ents, and teachers.  

Advertisements for radio and  

television are currently being pre-  

pared. The first will be placed to  

go to air up to March 15 and  

second to follow March 15. They  

will be funded by the Public  

Education Fund and will explain  

why the profession and the nation  

should be proud of our great pub-  

lic education system.  

Oakhill Drive Public School staff are among 2500 people across the state  

who have bought Federation-designed t-shirts which promote public edu-  

cation and Public Education Day, specifically.  

Roundup of celebrations  

glance around NSW reveals  

that planning for Public Education  

Day is advanced.  

□ Newtown Performing Arts  

High School is planning  

grandparents day.  

□ Cherrybrook Technology High  

School has invited new parents  

to an evening BBQ.  

□ Castle Cove PS will mark the  

occasion with maths day.  

□ Mosman and Roseville Public  

Schools will conduct open  

nights.  

□ Lithgow Teachers Association  

is arranging photographic dis-  

play of school activities to be  

showcased in shopfront in the  

main street of Lithgow.  

□ Mudgee High School will dis-  

play sign celebrating public  

education.  

□ Woy Woy Public School is  

having Teddy Bear’s Picnic  

day.  

□ Rowena Public School’s activ-  

ities will include students  

dressing up as they would have  

100 years ago and playing old-  

time sporting activities.  

□ Gilgandra schools (both pri-  

maiy and secondary) are plan-  

ning competition where stu-  

dents think about “What is  

good about our school”.  

Entries could range from writ-  

ing, dioramas and photographs.  

□ The Entrance Public School  

will show off its new class-  

rooms and hall during an open  

day.  

□ Goolma Public School plans an  

open day and BBQ  

□ Paxton Public School is hosting  

an open day and morning tea.  

□ Beresfield Public School plans  

Promote Public Education Day.  

□ Shoal Bay Public School is  

having picnic, and performing  

arts, arts and fitness displays.  

Remote towns alarmed by unfurnished  

Teacher Housing Authority villas  

by Wayne Patterson  

The decision by the Teacher  

Housing Authority of NSW  

(THA) to discontinue the provi-  

sion of furniture in villa unit  

accommodation is causing serious  

alarm in remote country towns  

where teachers rely on the THA  

for housing. Teachers in centres  

such as Walgett, Nyngan and  

Balranald have approached  

Federation seeking the union’s  

support in reversing this decision.  

In the annual report of the  

Teachers Housing Authority, the  

authority’s chairman begins his  

report by saying, “The availability  

of good quality housing is an  

important incentive for teachers to  

accept country positions.” The  

chairman is quite correct but  

unfortunately his view does not  

seem to be shared by those who  

manage the THA.  

In letters sent to number of  

teachers, the THA general man-  

ager states: “The determination  

and payment of employment  

incentives, including those which  

encourage teachers to work in  

country schools, are the responsi-  

bility of the Department of  

Education and Training, not the  

Authority.” It is this narrow view  

of the role of the THA which pre-  

vailed when the Authority decided  

to abandon the provision of furni-  

ture in THA units.  

THA villa units have been pro-  

vided as furnished accommoda-  

tion, unlike THA houses, which  

are let unfurnished. While circum-  

stances vary, this arrangement has  

reflected the fact that young single  

teachers taking up their first  

appointment often occupy the  

units. These teachers are not enti-  

tled to the Transferred Officers’  

Determination (which provides  

moving expenses) and often do  

not own much furniture. The cost  

of purchasing and transporting  

furniture would be major disin-  

centive to accepting appointments  

in remote areas.  

Casual teachers working in  

long term blocks also use THA  

units. If it were necessary for  

these teachers to transport furni-  

ture to and from remote centre,  

the employment would hardly be  

worth the cost.  

In letters to teachers, the THA  

claims that the number of appli-  

cants who don’t want furniture has  

increased but does not indicate the  

number. The Walgett Teachers  

Association conducted survey  

late last year to which 52 teachers  

responded. Walgett was the first  

permanent appointment of 38 of  

these teachers. Twenty-seven  

indicated that they would not have  

accepted their appointment if fur-  

nished accommodation had not  

been available and 36 indicated  

that it was an important factor in  

their decision to accept their  

appointments. Anecdotal evidence  

from other remote centres sup-  

ports the results of the Walgett  

survey.  

continued page  

Temporary  

teachers  

“If temporary rates are  

better than casual  

rates, why does it look  

like my pay has gone  

down?”  

These and other  

questions answered  

on page 3.  

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N.S.W. Teachers' Federation & New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. (1919). Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation Retrieved July 18, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-680978199

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