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Technology is playing a significant role in teaching literacy, with online education programs gaining increasing recognition and presence in schools. LiteracyPlanet, a comprehensive program which works alongside traditional teaching methods, is seeing encouraging results from school users. Students are seen to build confidence in their literacy skills after using the program, particularly when they’ve started below…

With 63% of Australian homeowners planning new projects and improvements for their backyard*, Victoria’s first-ever Backyard and Garden Show arrives Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 August at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, just in time for spring. Co-located with the SPASA Victoria Spa & Pool Show, the Backyard and Garden Show will have everything alfresco…

Over 5,590 trade visits from Australia (all states), New Zealand, and Asia and as far afield as Italy and the United States attended the OMEGA19 event in Melbourne from July 19-21, which included 130 exhibitors, over 1,100 Conference delegates and 610 masterclass delegates. The three days of OMEGA19 were jam packed with an array of new…

The school setting is the most critical and untapped site for identification and support of school aged students with mental health concerns, says special education consultant Tim Connell. In his experience spanning more than two decades in a variety of special education settings, Connell has seen many approaches to supporting mental health concerns in the classroom…