Victorian secondary school students are invited to enter the Law Week 2010 school poster competition. The winning design will be used as the official poster to promote Law Week 2010 throughout Victoria.  ...read more »

Cancer Council Victoria is inviting all Australians who have been touched by cancer to share their experiences creatively by entering the internationally recognised Cancer Council Victoria Arts Awards 2010.  ...read more »

Catholic Education Week (CEW) will be held in 2010 from 13 to 19 March. The theme is ‘Called to Bring Hope’.  ...read more »

The Commonwealth Secretariat website has resources and information on the 54 countries that support each other and work togehter towards shared goals.  ...read more »

GLOBE at Night is an annual 2-week campaign in March. People all over the world record the brightness of their night sky by matching its appearance toward the constellation Orion with star maps of progressively fainter stars.  ...read more »

March is Women's History Month - the 2010 theme is Demeter's daughters: women's harvest history.  ...read more »

The Sydney Writer's Festival conducts a creative writing competition for NSW and ACT students in Years 7 to 9. Choose one of the three ‘Story Starters'  - then continue the narrative, completing a short story.  ...read more »

The History Teachers’ Association of Australia (HTAA), together with HTAA State affiliates, conduct this competition for year 9 and 10 students on behalf of the Australian Government.  ...read more »

Win a Surfing Scientist Prize Pack.  'What is your favourite surfing scientist fact?'  ...read more »

Royal Life Saving Society competition: School has just started and your swimming carnival is coming up. It is an exciting time to be at the pool. Whether you are racing, cheering or just having fun at the pool, there are still rules and guidelines to be followed.  ...read more »

Royal Life Saving has been serving Australia for over 110 years and is the leading water safety, swimming and lifesaving education organisation in Australia.   ...read more »

Organised by the University of Sydney, the groundbreaking youth series What Makes A Young Champion? kicks off in Singapore to explore what championship is. What Makes A Young Champion? (Singapore 2010) is its inaugural installation and an explosive youth-focused forum where young people from all over gather to uncover the intricacies of the champion's mindset. 

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The National History Challenge is an exciting contest that encourages students to use research and inquiry based learning to discover more about Australia and its past.  ...read more »

The Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) motivates young people to learn about the brain - and has been created to inspire students to pursue careers in neuroscience research.  ...read more »

Racism. No way! (RNW) has a new filmmaking competition starting in January 2010. Australian school students will be invited to submit their own anti-racism messages via digital film or DVD.  ...read more »

The Premier’s be active Challenge is open to all South Australian students from Reception to Year 9.  The Challenge encourages children to be moderately to vigorously physically active.  The Challenge is to do at least 60 minutes of physical activity on at least 5 days of the week for at least 4 weeks.  ...read more »

The Federal Government has announced that 2010 will be the ‘Year of the Girl Guide’ with the Australian Government’s funding helping girls celebrate through a series of celebratory events, including:  ...read more »

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world is invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard the variety of life on earth, biodiversity.  ...read more »

Intensive summer film school taught by Australia's leading film industry professionals, as part of Melbourne University's Screen Studies' film education programs. For aspiring filmmakers of any age.  ...read more »

November 2009     Minister for Veterans' Affairs Alan Griffin was pleased to present the awards for the winners of the 2009 National History Challenge at Parliament House in Canberra today.  ...read more »

November 2009     I recently received an email from a relieving teacher, Jim, who has recently taken a class at a school in Melbourne’s West.  The school is a large school with a multicultural population, and many new immigrants.  The Grade 3 / 4 class he taught had had several teachers during the year and was experiencing low morale.

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November 2009     The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) today announced the winners in the 2009 national Screen It competition and they are all model cyber citizens.  ...read more »

A Smart Online Safe Online initiative,  Web Warriors helps kids to take a stand against cyberbullying by playing this online game.  ...read more »