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Almost 65,000 kindergarten students will start at NSW public schools this week as a new syllabus that mandates the use of phonics when teaching pupils to read is rolled out in all classrooms. Read more....

Nineteen Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta schools have `switched on’ to free solar power and energy efficient LED lighting, under a program tipped to reduce carbon emissions of 2,442 tonnes each year across the schools. Read more...

Cienna DeLuca, 9, had judges in a spin at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Long Beach, California, bringing home eight medals — including six gold. Mother Amanda DeLuca said the St Michael’s Primary School pupil was one of five dancers to earn a 30-day scholarship to return to the US next year. Read more...