16 April 2019

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Students’ best is teachers’ goal

Classroom the focus: Academic Misty Adoniou’s forum for teachers was described as a “significant day” for teachers. Picture: Gary Sissons

TEACHERS took their turn in the “classroom” during a professional development day at Mt Martha. The Tuesday 2 April Central Peninsula Network of Schools forum at the New Peninsula Centre in Craigie Road attended by 600 teachers from 24 schools in the Mornington, Mt Eliza, Frankston and Langwarrin areas heard from the University of Canberra’s Misty Adoniou, who teaches Language and Literacy in undergraduate and post graduate courses. The forum discussed how reading and writing get harder as students move through school; whose job it is

for teachers and a key message in Misty’s work,” he said. “Helping students achieve their best is a key focus for all schools in the Central Peninsula Network and we saw this as a significant day as it will assist teachers in being even more effective in their role as educators of the next generation.” Ms Adoniou’s work is widely published and she has worked extensively within the Department of Education in Victoria. She has appeared through many media outlets for her ideas and opinions on supporting the development of education in Australia.

to help students handle the complexity; what reading and writing looks like across the different disciplines; and strategies for teaching language across the disciplines. Mt Eliza Primary School principal Brett Bell said Ms Adoniou’s address covered teachers being educators of literacy, especially with “subjectspecific literacy that either enables or prevents students from fully engaging in a specialist subject, whether that is science, art or mathematics”. “Taking students deeper into their education, rather than skimming over the surface of a topic, was also a focus

Councils link up on transport Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula and Frankston councils want to meet with the Minister for Public Transport Melissa Horne and Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan to dis-

cuss extending the electric train service to Hastings. The two councils have written to the state government “clarifying their combined support for the electrification of the existing rail line from the Frankston city centre to Hastings on the Mornington Peninsula”, according to a news release from the municipalities.

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Frankston mayor Cr Michael O’Reilly said the councils would support “Frankston-Langwarrin as stage one and Langwarrin-Hastings as stage two”. While acknowledging “the complex consideration for the future metropolitan train network”, both councils opposed locating any stabling

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or maintenance centres “in valuable green wedge land or altering the urban growth boundary”. The councils say they are committed to working with Public Transport Victoria and bus companies to ensure that the electrification of rail includes improved bus services and connectivity to support the peninsula and Frankston.

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