Work Health & Safety for Education Support Staff

12th November, 2020

Non-teaching staff work in many different environments such as: offices, laboratories, libraries, classrooms, maintenance workshops, school grounds and buses. This exposes them to a wide range of health and safety risks including: extreme weather conditions hazardous chemicals infections lack of resources for the requirements of …

Kylie Sumner – NGS Scholarship Winner 2020

12th November, 2020

My vision for All Saints Catholic Primary School is to ensure that our staff and children are able to have an understanding of the local language and culture. It is therefore important that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture is targeted in an authentic and …

Duty of Care – does it apply to support staff as well?

12th November, 2020

Reprinted with permission – original article appeared in IE Magazine, Issue 3, Vol 50, 2020. Education support staff are increasingly aware there can be legal consequences for the things that happen in the course of doing their jobs. Students get hurt. Parents get angry. People …