❓ The Minister for Education details the developments in providing education for isolated children in WA, focusing on the new Meekatharra School of the Air headquarters and its technology-driven approach to distance learning.
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EDUCATION — ISOLATED STUDENTS
Before I ask my question, I recognise in the public gallery today the Zonta Club of Perth Northern Suburbs, whose members are accompanied by Hon Liz Behjat, and the year 7 students from East Wanneroo Primary School. As a father and a farmer who used to live quite some distance outside of Geraldton, I am very aware of the need for the government to prioritise distance education. Could the minister please inform the house about the developments in the provision of education for isolated children in Western Australia? Dr E. CONSTABLE
Before I ask my question, I recognise in the public gallery today the Zonta Club of Perth Northern Suburbs, whose members are accompanied by Hon Liz Behjat, and the year 7 students from East Wanneroo Primary School. As a father and a farmer who used to live quite some distance outside of Geraldton, I am very aware of the need for the government to prioritise distance education. Could the minister please inform the house about the developments in the provision of education for isolated children in Western Australia? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and I recognise his great interest in this area, especially since we opened on Friday last week the headquarters of the new Meekatharra School of the Air, which is in his electorate of Geraldton. The headquarters of the school is located in these new buildings, and services what might be the largest school in the world—a school that covers over 2.5 million square kilometres. Through the use of modern technology we can provide the students with the best and most up-to-date education we possibly can. The children live across this huge area, from Wiluna at the beginning of the Gunbarrel Highway to Wubin in the Wheatbelt, Newman in the Pilbara and Mullewa in the Mid West. They are children from K–7, so the Meekatharra School of the Air is actually a primary school. Most of the students live on very remote stations. The new buildings underline our commitment to making sure that children living in rural and remote areas are serviced by the very best education that we can provide. The new buildings at Bluff Point in Geraldton house a museum that contains a lot of old equipment that dates back to the beginning of the school, which opened in 1959. There are examples of the pedal-power radios that were used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in Meekatharra at the beginning of the school’s life, when it was housed in a small two-room cottage. In 1975, the school moved to an area adjacent to Meekatharra District High School, which was upgraded in 1995. Sadly, in 2006 those facilities were destroyed in a fire and the school moved to Geraldton where it has been housed ever since in demountable buildings at the Beachlands Primary School. These buildings were temporary, at best. The rebuilding of the school at the Bluff Point site will make a huge difference, I am sure, to the education of these children and certainly will be celebrated by the parents, who play such an important role in their children’s education. The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
As a father and a farmer who used to live quite some distance outside of Geraldton, I am very aware of the need for the government to prioritise distance education. Could the minister please inform the house about the developments in the provision of education for isolated children in Western Australia? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and I recognise his great interest in this area, especially since we opened on Friday last week the headquarters of the new Meekatharra School of the Air, which is in his electorate of Geraldton. The headquarters of the school is located in these new buildings, and services what might be the largest school in the world—a school that covers over 2.5 million square kilometres. Through the use of modern technology we can provide the students with the best and most up-to-date education we possibly can. The children live across this huge area, from Wiluna at the beginning of the Gunbarrel Highway to Wubin in the Wheatbelt, Newman in the Pilbara and Mullewa in the Mid West. They are children from K–7, so the Meekatharra School of the Air is actually a primary school. Most of the students live on very remote stations. The new buildings underline our commitment to making sure that children living in rural and remote areas are serviced by the very best education that we can provide. The new buildings at Bluff Point in Geraldton house a museum that contains a lot of old equipment that dates back to the beginning of the school, which opened in 1959. There are examples of the pedal-power radios that were used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in Meekatharra at the beginning of the school’s life, when it was housed in a small two-room cottage. In 1975, the school moved to an area adjacent to Meekatharra District High School, which was upgraded in 1995. Sadly, in 2006 those facilities were destroyed in a fire and the school moved to Geraldton where it has been housed ever since in demountable buildings at the Beachlands Primary School. These buildings were temporary, at best. The rebuilding of the school at the Bluff Point site will make a huge difference, I am sure, to the education of these children and certainly will be celebrated by the parents, who play such an important role in their children’s education. The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and I recognise his great interest in this area, especially since we opened on Friday last week the headquarters of the new Meekatharra School of the Air, which is in his electorate of Geraldton. The headquarters of the school is located in these new buildings, and services what might be the largest school in the world—a school that covers over 2.5 million square kilometres. Through the use of modern technology we can provide the students with the best and most up-to-date education we possibly can. The children live across this huge area, from Wiluna at the beginning of the Gunbarrel Highway to Wubin in the Wheatbelt, Newman in the Pilbara and Mullewa in the Mid West. They are children from K–7, so the Meekatharra School of the Air is actually a primary school. Most of the students live on very remote stations. The new buildings underline our commitment to making sure that children living in rural and remote areas are serviced by the very best education that we can provide. The new buildings at Bluff Point in Geraldton house a museum that contains a lot of old equipment that dates back to the beginning of the school, which opened in 1959. There are examples of the pedal-power radios that were used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in Meekatharra at the beginning of the school’s life, when it was housed in a small two-room cottage. In 1975, the school moved to an area adjacent to Meekatharra District High School, which was upgraded in 1995. Sadly, in 2006 those facilities were destroyed in a fire and the school moved to Geraldton where it has been housed ever since in demountable buildings at the Beachlands Primary School. These buildings were temporary, at best. The rebuilding of the school at the Bluff Point site will make a huge difference, I am sure, to the education of these children and certainly will be celebrated by the parents, who play such an important role in their children’s education. The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and I recognise his great interest in this area, especially since we opened on Friday last week the headquarters of the new Meekatharra School of the Air, which is in his electorate of Geraldton. The headquarters of the school is located in these new buildings, and services what might be the largest school in the world—a school that covers over 2.5 million square kilometres. Through the use of modern technology we can provide the students with the best and most up-to-date education we possibly can. The children live across this huge area, from Wiluna at the beginning of the Gunbarrel Highway to Wubin in the Wheatbelt, Newman in the Pilbara and Mullewa in the Mid West. They are children from K–7, so the Meekatharra School of the Air is actually a primary school. Most of the students live on very remote stations. The new buildings underline our commitment to making sure that children living in rural and remote areas are serviced by the very best education that we can provide. The new buildings at Bluff Point in Geraldton house a museum that contains a lot of old equipment that dates back to the beginning of the school, which opened in 1959. There are examples of the pedal-power radios that were used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in Meekatharra at the beginning of the school’s life, when it was housed in a small two-room cottage. In 1975, the school moved to an area adjacent to Meekatharra District High School, which was upgraded in 1995. Sadly, in 2006 those facilities were destroyed in a fire and the school moved to Geraldton where it has been housed ever since in demountable buildings at the Beachlands Primary School. These buildings were temporary, at best. The rebuilding of the school at the Bluff Point site will make a huge difference, I am sure, to the education of these children and certainly will be celebrated by the parents, who play such an important role in their children’s education. The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
The new buildings at Bluff Point in Geraldton house a museum that contains a lot of old equipment that dates back to the beginning of the school, which opened in 1959. There are examples of the pedal-power radios that were used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in Meekatharra at the beginning of the school’s life, when it was housed in a small two-room cottage. In 1975, the school moved to an area adjacent to Meekatharra District High School, which was upgraded in 1995. Sadly, in 2006 those facilities were destroyed in a fire and the school moved to Geraldton where it has been housed ever since in demountable buildings at the Beachlands Primary School. These buildings were temporary, at best. The rebuilding of the school at the Bluff Point site will make a huge difference, I am sure, to the education of these children and certainly will be celebrated by the parents, who play such an important role in their children’s education. The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
As a father and a farmer who used to live quite some distance outside of Geraldton, I am very aware of the need for the government to prioritise distance education. Could the minister please inform the house about the developments in the provision of education for isolated children in Western Australia? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and I recognise his great interest in this area, especially since we opened on Friday last week the headquarters of the new Meekatharra School of the Air, which is in his electorate of Geraldton. The headquarters of the school is located in these new buildings, and services what might be the largest school in the world—a school that covers over 2.5 million square kilometres. Through the use of modern technology we can provide the students with the best and most up-to-date education we possibly can. The children live across this huge area, from Wiluna at the beginning of the Gunbarrel Highway to Wubin in the Wheatbelt, Newman in the Pilbara and Mullewa in the Mid West. They are children from K–7, so the Meekatharra School of the Air is actually a primary school. Most of the students live on very remote stations. The new buildings underline our commitment to making sure that children living in rural and remote areas are serviced by the very best education that we can provide. The new buildings at Bluff Point in Geraldton house a museum that contains a lot of old equipment that dates back to the beginning of the school, which opened in 1959. There are examples of the pedal-power radios that were used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in Meekatharra at the beginning of the school’s life, when it was housed in a small two-room cottage. In 1975, the school moved to an area adjacent to Meekatharra District High School, which was upgraded in 1995. Sadly, in 2006 those facilities were destroyed in a fire and the school moved to Geraldton where it has been housed ever since in demountable buildings at the Beachlands Primary School. These buildings were temporary, at best. The rebuilding of the school at the Bluff Point site will make a huge difference, I am sure, to the education of these children and certainly will be celebrated by the parents, who play such an important role in their children’s education. The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and I recognise his great interest in this area, especially since we opened on Friday last week the headquarters of the new Meekatharra School of the Air, which is in his electorate of Geraldton. The headquarters of the school is located in these new buildings, and services what might be the largest school in the world—a school that covers over 2.5 million square kilometres. Through the use of modern technology we can provide the students with the best and most up-to-date education we possibly can. The children live across this huge area, from Wiluna at the beginning of the Gunbarrel Highway to Wubin in the Wheatbelt, Newman in the Pilbara and Mullewa in the Mid West. They are children from K–7, so the Meekatharra School of the Air is actually a primary school. Most of the students live on very remote stations. The new buildings underline our commitment to making sure that children living in rural and remote areas are serviced by the very best education that we can provide. The new buildings at Bluff Point in Geraldton house a museum that contains a lot of old equipment that dates back to the beginning of the school, which opened in 1959. There are examples of the pedal-power radios that were used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in Meekatharra at the beginning of the school’s life, when it was housed in a small two-room cottage. In 1975, the school moved to an area adjacent to Meekatharra District High School, which was upgraded in 1995. Sadly, in 2006 those facilities were destroyed in a fire and the school moved to Geraldton where it has been housed ever since in demountable buildings at the Beachlands Primary School. These buildings were temporary, at best. The rebuilding of the school at the Bluff Point site will make a huge difference, I am sure, to the education of these children and certainly will be celebrated by the parents, who play such an important role in their children’s education. The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and I recognise his great interest in this area, especially since we opened on Friday last week the headquarters of the new Meekatharra School of the Air, which is in his electorate of Geraldton. The headquarters of the school is located in these new buildings, and services what might be the largest school in the world—a school that covers over 2.5 million square kilometres. Through the use of modern technology we can provide the students with the best and most up-to-date education we possibly can. The children live across this huge area, from Wiluna at the beginning of the Gunbarrel Highway to Wubin in the Wheatbelt, Newman in the Pilbara and Mullewa in the Mid West. They are children from K–7, so the Meekatharra School of the Air is actually a primary school. Most of the students live on very remote stations. The new buildings underline our commitment to making sure that children living in rural and remote areas are serviced by the very best education that we can provide. The new buildings at Bluff Point in Geraldton house a museum that contains a lot of old equipment that dates back to the beginning of the school, which opened in 1959. There are examples of the pedal-power radios that were used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in Meekatharra at the beginning of the school’s life, when it was housed in a small two-room cottage. In 1975, the school moved to an area adjacent to Meekatharra District High School, which was upgraded in 1995. Sadly, in 2006 those facilities were destroyed in a fire and the school moved to Geraldton where it has been housed ever since in demountable buildings at the Beachlands Primary School. These buildings were temporary, at best. The rebuilding of the school at the Bluff Point site will make a huge difference, I am sure, to the education of these children and certainly will be celebrated by the parents, who play such an important role in their children’s education. The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
The new buildings at Bluff Point in Geraldton house a museum that contains a lot of old equipment that dates back to the beginning of the school, which opened in 1959. There are examples of the pedal-power radios that were used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in Meekatharra at the beginning of the school’s life, when it was housed in a small two-room cottage. In 1975, the school moved to an area adjacent to Meekatharra District High School, which was upgraded in 1995. Sadly, in 2006 those facilities were destroyed in a fire and the school moved to Geraldton where it has been housed ever since in demountable buildings at the Beachlands Primary School. These buildings were temporary, at best. The rebuilding of the school at the Bluff Point site will make a huge difference, I am sure, to the education of these children and certainly will be celebrated by the parents, who play such an important role in their children’s education. The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
The building includes up-to-date information technology rooms, a library, staff quarters, a classroom, studios and other work areas, and is very beautiful. It cost $3.7 million and is a top-class facility by any standards. The technology being used these days is a web-based technology called Centra that enables children to have a one-on-one lesson with their teacher or for a classroom of children to see and communicate with each. That technology is about to be upgraded to allow video representation as well. Teachers not only work with the children through this modern technology, but also visit the stations and work their programs to fit in with the mustering and shearing seasons, as they always have done. Probably the most important thing about the School of the Air is the relationship between parents and teachers, because parents really are the home tutors. Parents come to the school for a week once a year for an induction of their children for the next year of schooling. The new Meekatharra School of the Air is co-located on the same site as the camp school. Children can come in for a week and be part of the school, living basically at the camp school. As well as the induction period, parents receive weekly updates from the teachers through the centre of IT technology. They keep in very close contact. I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
I would also like to encourage members to visit the school if they are in Geraldton. The school is setting up the opportunity for visitors and tourists to see the school at work. It really is worth a visit. I am very proud to say that this government is providing such up-to-date facilities for children living in the far-flung parts of our state.
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