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The Queensland Teachers' Union is an Australian trade union with a membership of more than 46,000 teachers and principals in the Queensland Government's primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, senior colleges, TAFE colleges and other educational facilities. More than 96 per cent of eligible teachers are members.
The Queensland school system is based around Queensland state schools, independent schools and catholic schools. [1] Schooling in Queensland begins with a preparatory year (Prep) followed by 12 years of study. Primary schools teach Prep through to Year 6, while high school or secondary school is from Year 7 to 12.
In 1826 the first primary school was conducted in Brisbane, then the Moreton Bay penal settlement of New South Wales, by Esther Roberts, a soldier's wife.Although her stipend of £10 was drawn from the funds of the New South Wales colonial government, her school was actually administered by the Anglican Church because in those days it was generally believed that it was the duty of the Church ...
On 1 April 1896, James Clancy McMahon built and furnished a school building and also paid a teacher's salary. At the start of 1897, it became Wheatvale Provisional School with the teacher being appointed by the Queensland Public Instruction Department. [6] However, the sale of the land on 28 February 1901 caused the school to close.
In the 19th century the Colonial governments, which would later form the Commonwealth of Australia as states, established a variety of state schools. These schools were both demanded by the Australian trade union and labour movement, for the free education of the working class, and also used as a way to control the education and free time of the children of the Australian working class.
Queensland state schools are government-funded primary schools throughout Queensland, Australia that provide universal free education from Prep to Year 6 (Primary schools). Queensland state schools are funded by the Department of Education. In some rural communities, state schools can provide education up to year 10, roughly until students are ...
The School's newsletter. Coombabah State School is a public co-educational primary school located in the City of Gold Coast suburb of Coombabah, Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 729 students and a teaching staff of 54, as of 2023. [2]
Ascot State School is a heritage-listed [1] independent public, co-educational, primary school, located on Pringle Street, in the City of Brisbane suburb of Ascot, in Queensland, Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Designed by the Department of Public Works (Queensland) and built from 1919 to 1939, the school was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on ...