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Australian Government Programmes for Schools Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines: 2005 to 2008  
URL:http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/programmes_funding/forms_guidelines/quadguide/schools_quadrennial_administrative_guidelines_2005_to_2008.htm
Category:School Policy & Guidelines  School education topics 

The Administrative Guidelines set out the objectives, administrative requirements and funding allocations for Australian Government programmes for schools. Also included is the Annual National Report (ANR) Information Framework.

Australian Mathematics Trust  
URL:http://www.amt.canberra.edu.au/
Category:School education topics  General mathematics resources 

The Trust is a national non-profit organisation. It administers mathematical enrichment activities for Australian and international students and publishes books on mathematical enrichment. Its Trustee is the University of Canberra and its Board comprises representation from the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Mathematical Society, the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, and a number of academics and corporate people. Its activities include the Australian Mathematics Competition and the Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee (AMOC), which runs many mathematics activities, culminating in selection of a team of students who represent Australia internationally, and the Australian Informatics Olympiad Committee (AIOC), which runs a number of activities in Informatics (Computer Science), culminating in selection of a team of students who represent Australia internationally.

Bravehearts  
URL:http://www.bravehearts.org.au/
Category:Youth Issues  School education topics  Safety 

Bravehearts aims to 'Break the Silence' about child sexual abuse, provide healing and support, engender child sexual assault prevention and protection strategies; advocate for understanding and promote increased education and research. Their work includes: counselling and support program; Ditto's Keep Safe Adventure CD-Rom an education program; Respect MySpace; Fair Play training and awareness workshops; White Balloon Awareness Campaign; advocacy. lobbying and campaigning; sexual assault disclosure scheme; Loud & Clear educative booklet; Crisis information pack; and research program.

Building a Healthy, Active Australia  
URL:http://www.healthyactive.gov.au/
Category:General health and physical education resources  School education topics 

The site provides access to practical information and updates, news for families, parents, teenagers, children and their carers and older Australians on healthy eating, regular physical activity and active living. Information is provided on the 'Healthy School Communities', Active After School Communities' and the 'Active School Curriculum' initiatives.

Bullying in school: guidelines for effective action  
URL:http://www.education.unisa.edu.au/bullying/bguide2.htm
Category:Behaviour management  School education topics 

This article provides ten guidelines for effective action to reduce bullying in schools. Information is also provided about questionnaires for assessing bullying in schools.

Career Education Lighthouse Schools Project  
URL:http://www.careerlighthouse.deewr.gov.au/
Category:Careers  School education topics 

The Career Education Lighthouse Schools Project recognises good practice and encourages innovation in school career education programmes by providing funding to schools. The aim of the Lighthouse project is to improve the delivery of career education in schools through disseminating positive examples of career education programmes which encourage other schools to develop a planned and coordinated approach to career education.

Consumer and Financial Literacy Professional Learning Program  
URL:http://www.financialliteracy.edu.au/
Category:General curriculum priorities  School education topics 

The Consumer and Financial Literacy Professional Learning Program aims to build the capacity of teachers in primary and secondary schools to engage students in consumer and financial literacy. The Professional Learning Package includes a facilitator guide consisting of introductory notes and three separate modules - core, primary and secondary - with a CD-ROM of slides; and a teacher guide containing a collection of resources to assist teachers to build their understanding of the context for consumer and financial literacy. Links are provided to teacher and student resources.

Counselling Services for Parents and Children  
URL:http://www.aifs.gov.au/nch/resources/counselling.html
Category:Child safety  Youth Issues  School education topics 

The Australian organisations and links described on this page from the Australian Institute of Family Studies provide a focus on counselling support for children and parents. Many are good starting points for locating other organisations or links in this area.

CoursePlus  
URL:http://www.curriculum.edu.au/ccsite/cc_career_information_management,28445.html
Category:Delivered in Australia  School education topics 

CoursePlus is a joint initiative of Curriculum Corporation and The Good Guides Group. CoursePlus undertakes the most extensive course, job and career data collection in Australia, regularly contacting over 2,000 sources of information to populate a central database on behalf of Australia's Education Ministers.

Curriculum Council WA - Application / Order Forms  
URL:http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/internet/Communications/Application_Order_Forms
Category:School Policy & Guidelines  School education topics 

The Western Australian Curriculum Council provides includes a list of form applications including how to get a copy of a results document.