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Early childhood education
Early childhood education

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

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

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

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

Punctuation

Punctuation is used to support both meaning and the smooth reading of texts. It signals to the reader how a sentence is constructed and how it should be read, ensuring that the main idea of the text is clear.

Teaching strategies for punctuation

Early Stage 1 – capital letters and full stops

Stage 3 – commas

Stage 4 – semicolons

Stage 4 – colons

Stage 4 – dashes

Stage 4 – hyphens

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This information is current as at 12/11/2019 12:09pm, AEDT. For the most up-to-date information, go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/school-safety.

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