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ENCOURAGING students to enter their work in competitions to expose them to the realities of industry is a huge focus for media studies teacher Kellie Markwell.

“I try to expose the kids as much as possible to real life experiences in the industry so that they’re making things for assessment but also for a wider audience,” the Cape Naturaliste College teacher says.

Well, that’s what students at Launceston Church Grammar School (LCGS) have been doing  annually for exactly 50 years now.

A STRONG sustainability focus linking students with their local community has played a key role in helping to rejuvenate Wooroloo Primary School.

Principal Peter Jakimowiez arrived at the school, on the outer fringes of Perth, in 2010 at a time when enrolments had fallen from 100 to 37 — his response was to start a renewal program.

IMAGINE a maths program where students have complete control of their learning without timetabled classes or lessons.

That is a reality for the senior secondary students at Hawker College in the ACT.