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October 2024

Celebrate World Teachers' Day 2024

We’re taking our hats off at Â鶹ÊÓƵ to teachers across Australia for World Teachers’ Day 2024 this Friday (25 October).

A big thank you to our amazing teachers for all the work they do to educate and empower students across Australia.

Join the celebrations by taking a selfie with you and your friends using the . 

Or take your very own ‘hats off’ selfie – remember to use #WorldTeachersDay2024 and tag @aitsl when you share it on your social media account so it will appear on the #WorldTeachersDay2024 media wall. 

For more ideas, check out the  to thank your teacher for everything they do. 

Image below: left to right – Simon Collier, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Curriculum Specialist for Science and Alison von Dietze, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Curriculum Specialist for Languages.

Read Â鶹ÊÓƵ CEO Stephen Gniel's column in Education Matters 

In the latest issue of Education Matters magazine, our CEO Stephen Gniel talks about how the 2024 NAPLAN National results paint a broadly stable picture.

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Learn how to be cyber security aware 

October is  – an annual reminder for us to protect ourselves online by securing our devices and accounts from cyber threats.

As cyber security is everyone’s business, make sure you find out the steps you can take to protect yourself.

When it comes to the Australian Curriculum, Version 9.0, there’s new privacy and security content in the Digital Technologies learning area that addresses key skills students need to develop cyber awareness.  

Teachers can support student learning through exploring the connections to Digital Technologies in the .

This resource supports a whole-school approach to online safety and cyber security, and links to some key resources including materials from Australia’s , eSafety toolkits and a best-practice framework for online safety education.