Early childhood education
Early childhood education

The Early Childhood Education Directorate monitors, supports and regulates early childhood education services in NSW.
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Public schools

Everything parents and carers need to know about NSW public education, finding schools, understanding enrolment and accessing support.
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Teaching and learning

Information on curriculum taught in schools, Aboriginal education and communities, personalised support and professional learning and assessment.
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Student wellbeing

The Wellbeing Framework supports schools to create learning environments that enable students to be healthy, happy, engaged and successful.
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Our priorities

We're working to enhance outcomes for all students, to improve teaching quality, to innovate for the future and to work more effectively.
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About us
About us

We ensure young children get the best start in life by supporting and regulating the early childhood education and care sector. We are the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.

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Teaching visual grammar in the context of digital texts
Jennifer Asha explores using the metalanguage of visual grammar and targeted questioning to scaffold student interpretation of digital texts.
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Make a difference (MaD) – spotlight on teacher librarians
Teacher librarians share insights into their teaching practice, learning spaces and library initiatives.
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SPaRK – NSW ecosystems on show
This SPaRK shares teaching activities and resource ideas for geography and science Stage 2 and Stage 5, based on the website ‘NSW ecosystems on show’.

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Teaching visual grammar in the context of digital texts

Make a difference (MaD) – spotlight on teacher librarians

SPaRK – NSW ecosystems on show