Tech, Transitions, and Triumphs: A Guide to Closing Out the School Year
Introduction 🤔 That end of year feeling settling in? 🤔 It’s the last day of November we are counting down to the end of another school year! In these last …
THE STRUGGLE FOR BELONGING FOR KIDS WITH COMPLEX HEALTH CONDITIONS
Why Belonging Matters The concept of ‘belonging’ is rich with implications, and it’s clear that experiencing a sense of belonging can profoundly influence a young person’s life. Now, the Australian …
ENSURING “LEARN FROM ANYWHERE” PRIVACY IN THE AGE OF TELEPRESENCE TECHNOLOGY
MissingSchool has engaged with hundreds of schools and families to keep students with health conditions connected to school through our See-Be technology service. When considering a telepresence technology connection, schools …
INTRODUCING THE NATIONAL INSIGHTS FOR EDUCATION DIRECTORIES!
It’s been an exciting week at MissingSchool. Last Friday, as part of Australia’s celebration of World Teachers Day (27 October), we launched the landmark National Insights for Education Directories (NIEDs) to the …
HATS OFF TO TEACHERS! ON WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY…
We’ve got some exciting news in this week’s newsletter! Tomorrow, the 27th of October, is World Teachers’ Day, and a celebration of all of the hard work that teachers do, …
TIPS TO CONNECT GIRLS WITH COMPLEX HEALTH CONDITIONS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
Across the years we’ve been running our telepresence technology service, we’ve found some significant differences between the way boys and girls engage with the technology and even the rate at …
MACY CONTINUES TO DEFY ALL ODDS: GEARING UP TO START FOUNDATION YEAR WITH A ROBOT
At just 11 weeks of age, Macy Rawnsley, now five, was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that few doctors in Australia had even heard of, let alone treated. “Macy’s …
KIDS WITH COMPLEX CONDITIONS NEED MORE THAN JUST WORKBOOKS
When you hear “remote learning”, what springs to mind? Before the pandemic, you might have thought of distance education, where students, because of their remote locations, learn from home as …
COVID’S LEGACY: THE PANDEMIC AND SCHOOL CONNECTION
COVID-19 highlighted the significant impact that education gaps and lack of access to peers has on the current generation of Australian children. While the emergency phase of the pandemic might …
EMPOWERING EARLY LEARNERS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
Welcome to another edition of our newsletter! This week we’ll be focusing on supporting children in the early primary school years when they can’t physically attend school for health reasons. …
