July 30, 2014
By Marcus Priaulx
Barambah PaCE
Cherbourg’s effort to help lift the nation’s school attendance has taken the next step.
The Education Dreams ads it made have been used across Australia to help boost the Federal Government’s Remote Schools Strategy in 40 regions, and been heralded as a huge success.
Now talking posters using graphics from the commercials have been produced.
These are to be installed in schools and will talk to people when pressed.
They outline possible career options people can have and how going to school every day helps them to achieve their dreams.
“Education doesn’t discriminate. It gives everybody a fair crack at having a great life,” Cherbourg State School principal Peter Sansby said.
He added the Remote Schools Strategy also had a positive effect on his students’ outcomes.
“It’s allowed us to hire local people who give us additional classroom support and that spills into family support,” Peter said.
“It’s getting parents engaged with the school and their children’s learning on a positive level.
“It’s strengthening the parent-school connect and that’s having a great result.
“It creates a level of mutual respect and that’s a great thing for the learning outcomes of our children.”
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