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On Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 January, 33,000 government school students will be returning to the classroom ready for another successful year of learning. Non-government school term dates and schools with a flexible school year may differ.
Media Statement – Temporary School Closures
Following extensive heavy rain throughout the Territory, access to a number of remote schools in the Alice Springs and Barkly regions has been affected. Due to impassable roads the following remote schools will not be able to open as scheduled to do so from Tuesday 31 January:
Novice educator Charlotte Cooper has described her first week as a teacher as challenging, overwhelming, but very rewarding.
In 2016, 1399 Northern Territory Year 12 students received their Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET). This is the highest number of students in the history of the NTCET and an increase of 61 students from 2015.
Territory choralists bound for Gondwana
A record number of Territory students have been chosen to participate in the Gondwana National Choral School, to be held at the University of New South Wales next year.
Phoebe Dixon is the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship, one of five Territorians and 106 Australians to be selected this year for the prestigious award.
Novice entrepreneurs earn business tributes
Two Darwin High School students eclipsed the competition at the 28th annual NT Youth Business Awards, winning in two of the three contest categories.
Villers-Bretonneux - a study of heroism in Hell
Chief Minister Michael Gunner announced the winners of the 2017 Chief Minister's Anzac Spirit Study Tour at Larrakeyah Barracks.
Dedicated to the highest ideals of service
Darwin High School principal Trevor Read, and the department’s Infrastructure Operations assistant director Ken Lehmann, are recipients of the Chief Minister’s Medal. The honours were conferred at the Chief Minister’s Awards for Excellence in the Public Sector, held on 4 November 2016.
Nightcliff twitchers tot-up tourists
Migratory shorebirds making a Darwin stopover are the focus of a scientific study by Nightcliff Primary School students. The long-distance refugees from above the Arctic Circle have paused in their seasonal movement along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway to rest and recuperate locally.