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Families urged to voice opinion on national education agenda
Have your say: free kindy proposal for Queensland families
Living Away From Home Allowance – rural and remote families seek urgent increase
EPIC 2023: Our parent engagement project, supporting schools to effectively ‘engage’ parents
Non-State School Accreditation Board Reviewer announced
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Families urged to voice opinion on national education agenda

QIS Parents Network - May 24, 2023May 24, 2023

The national panel of education experts tasked with improving learning and wellbeing outcomes for Australian students is encouraging parents and teachers to have a say on “what is working and [ … ]

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Have your say: free kindy proposal for Queensland families

QIS Parents Network - May 22, 2023May 24, 2023

The Queensland Government announced on 21 May 2023, that it was considering expanding the current fee-free kindy model to all Queensland families. Currently 14,000 children already receive access to a [ … ]

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Living Away From Home Allowance – rural and remote families seek urgent increase

QIS Parents Network - March 28, 2023May 24, 2023

Queensland’s rural education advocacy group, the Isolated Children’s Parents Association Queensland (ICPA Qld) is campaigning for an increase in the Living Away From Home Allowance Scheme (LAFHAS). The LAFHAS, administered [ … ]

Events

EPIC 2023: Our parent engagement project, supporting schools to effectively ‘engage’ parents

QIS Parents Network - March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

On March 10, school leaders, teachers and parents from eight Queensland independent schools gathered together to listen, co-generate and learn with us during our first in-person event for EPIC 2023. [ … ]

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Non-State School Accreditation Board Reviewer announced

QIS Parents Network - March 15, 2023May 24, 2023

Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ) has welcomed the appointment of Cheryl Vardon as independent reviewer of the accreditation framework for non-state schools in Queensland. ISQ Chief Executive Officer Christopher Mountford said [ … ]

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Queensland independent school sector continues to grow

QIS Parents Network - February 15, 2023February 15, 2023

New data shows a growing number of parents are choosing to enrol their children in Queensland’s independent schools. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on 15 February [ … ]

NAPLAN

NAPLAN: the changes ahead for 2023

QIS Parents Network - January 27, 2023February 13, 2023

The annual NAPLAN test – a point in time assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 – will move to Term One from 2023, with new benchmarks [ … ]

Back to school

‘First impressions are important’: Why forming a good relationship with your child’s teacher is worth your time

QIS Parents Network - January 16, 2023January 17, 2023

If you want your child to do better academically, emotionally and socially, there is one key relationship worth investing in – and that’s the one you have with your child’s [ … ]

Family

EPIC: World-leading findings from our parent engagement research

QIS Parents Network - November 30, 2022March 28, 2023

The ‘how to’ of engaging parents in their child’s learning and wellbeing – a concept known as parent engagement – is a step closer thanks to world-leading findings from a [ … ]

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Busting myths: Queensland families from all income levels choose independent schools

QIS Parents Network - November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

A new report released today has busted common myths about parental income and school choice, revealing Queensland families from all income levels choose independent schools. The report also shows more [ … ]

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