holidays — Body of Work

Respect

When considering the historical and cultural issues associated with apparent retention of full-time students to year 12, the latest Productivity Commission report tells us that catholic and independent schools (63.8 per cent), despite significant federal and state government funding on top of weighty fees, are unable to retain students at the same rate as their public counterparts (80.4 per cent).

Conceivably it is the diversity of public college offerings and the critical mass of students that drives retention success. And when you add part-time students to the equation with Tasmania having a higher proportion due to caring and work responsibilities, apparent public college retention has hovered around the 80 per cent mark for a decade.

LeadershipBrian Wightman7 February 2021education, retention, comm, teachers, schools, public schools, holidays, classrooms, principal, salary, funding

My Peeps

The setting is not a location that we ever thought would feel comfortable.

Mobile houses crammed in with tents and swags and gazebos taking up the remaining space. A community with unspoken rules that you dare not break for threat of eviction.

A sense of privacy created by strategically parking cars and hanging washing on a mobile clothesline. Just enough to shield fellow holidaymakers from any tiffs that inevitably ensue when living close together.

AnecdoteBrian Wightman7 January 2021caravan park, caravan, community, surf, surfing, fishing, holidays, communal living, Tasmania, East Coast Tasmania, Bicheno, St Helens, Freycinet National Park, Coles Bay, Friends, peeps