APPLY NOW!
Applications are now open to every primary and secondary school in Australia for the 2009 Schools First Awards.
Schools are encouraged to apply for Impact and Seed Funding Awards in order to share in up to $5million award funding. To apply, visit our Awards page and download an Application Pack.
Schools First on Channel 7's Sunrise
You might have seen us on Channel 7's Sunrise weather cross this week with Fifi Box! Fifi met with the Schools First team in Mildura, VIC to see a fantastic school-community partnership in action.
Our Schools First Awards have just opened, so if you'd like to learn more about it then visit our Awards page now.
Get Connected!
We're offering everyone a chance to win an 8GB Apple iPhone!
Click here to refer three friends and you'll go into the draw, its that easy.
Partners in Understanding
We visited Nagle College in Bairnsdale, Victoria to see how they partner with different areas of their local community in order to provide students with an array of cultural learning experiences.
Click here to view our latest case study showing school-community partnerships in action and you can read about the partnership in The Age's feature article.
Inspiring Partnerships
Fairfax Media has produced a special report around Schools First inspiring school-community partnerships which was included in Monday's edition of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers.
Visit our Toolkit page to download a copy and learn more about Schools First.
On iTrack to Success
We visited The Smith Family in Melbourne to see how their online mentoring program, iTrack, is helping students from a range of schools get career advice and guidance from mentors in some of Australia's biggest corporations.
iTrack is an excellent example of how partnerships between schools, non-profit organisations and the corporate sector can create new opportunities for students, regardless of whether they're based in the city or country.
A Musical Story...
Our case study 'The Last Post' illustrates the benefits of a school-community partnership in action.
View the clip to see how Newport Lakes Primary School works with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to engage and inspire their students through a unique learning experience involving music and live performances.
Visit our Case Studies page for more examples of school-community partnerships.
Become a Facebook Fan
Schools First is getting social - that's right, we have our very own Facebook page and we'd love you to become a fan!
Visit our Schools First facebook page and become a fan today.
Our Feature in The Age Online
The Age's online Education Resource Centre will be regularly updated with Schools First news, interesting articles about school-community partnerships and blog updates until December 2009, so keep checking it out!
To learn more about making partnerships work, read our current feature online.
