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Benefits of early reading
A NEW program that encourages Wyndham parents to read to their children from a young age is being offered through Wyndham Park and The Grange…
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At home in Manorvale, crowd adores PM
DURING a day of new leadership whispers, a week of vicious electioneering and a month of sliding opinion polls, Prime Minister Julia Gillard beamed with…
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Wyndham kinders fall behind national benchmark
CHILDREN enrolled at Wyndham’s council-run kindergartens are falling behind a new national benchmark of 15 hours of preschool each week. Three months out from a…
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$200m for TAFEs ‘won’t lower fees’
VICTORIA University hopes it will be given a share of the $200 million in funding the state government is returning to TAFEs. The government cut…
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Second shot at life for Mowbray
TEACHERS at a new Melton school will soon dust off the shelves to educate a new generation of students at the former Mowbray College campus. …
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Playground’s real work at Hoppers Crossing secondary
STUDENTS at Hoppers Crossing Secondary College are about to learn what it’s like to work in the building industry. The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning…
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Back-to-school cost pain
PARENTS across Wyndham are struggling to meet the costs of sending their children back to school, with welfare organisations inundated with calls for help. Families…
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Rounding out 20 years at Cambridge Primary
WERRIBEE’S Cambridge Primary School has celebrated its 20th anniversary. Pupils took to the oval last week to form a number 20 to feature in aerial…
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So far, sew good at Bethany primary
PUPILS at a Werribee school have been busy stitching and sewing quilts to donate to soldiers serving overseas. Bethany Primary School pupils (pictured) have created…
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About-face on bus subsidy, but no fix
MANY Wyndham students will still be ineligible for a subsidy to cover the cost of travel to school despite the state government back-tracking on the…
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TAFE cuts effect spelled out
STUDENTS at Victoria University will join education leaders to assess how hard state cutbacks to TAFE will hurt the western suburbs. Williamstown Labor MP Wade…
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TAFE cuts push jobs out of reach
MASSIVE cuts to TAFE funding in the western suburbs will cause considerable harm to the area’s prospects, according to a new study. The Social Impacts…
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