Ava Govanstone investigates the conversation about quiet quitting and the hard realities of caregiving professions.
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Thriving with Youthrive: Young Rural Victorians Embracing Leadership Opportunities With Non-Profit
Journalist Demi Ball explores how non-profit Youthrive is shaping the next young leaders in sustainability from rural and regional Victoria.
Ausome Hoops
Editor Jessie Wang sits down with Phoebe from Ausome Hoops, a basketball program designed for young people diagnosed with autism.
Benny Dominish: uni2beyond allows adults with learning disabilities to go to uni
It is estimated that 10-16 percent of students are perceived by their teachers to have learning difficulties. These can be caused by internal factors (inherent, medical, physical, neurological), and/or external factors like family, communities, opportunities and experiences. And yet, many of these students have negative experiences with the educational system and feel like their needs fail to be addressed.
Teaching PE in COVID-19 - Challenges and Champions
With physical fitness becoming more important for people’s mental health during the pandemic, many students are finding it difficult to balance their daily classes, and their physical fitness. For World Teachers’ Day, we chatted to Physical Education and Health teacher Nam Nguyen about his experience conducting PE classes via web chats for his year 7-10 students in regional Victoria.
The Library Boys: Kickstarts
Earlier this year, Zane Borg shared the story behind his coming of age movie, The Library Boys, with KOS. Two months on, having reached his $15,000 fundraising target, Borg reflects on his Kickstarter success and looks ahead to his plans for the rest of the year.
Space of Wonder
Jess Tran, co-founder of 100 Story Building and Manager of its Story Hubs and Evaluation, explains how this new concept in education aims to expand the imagination and creativity of children and young people of marginalised backgrounds.
The Library Boys: A Film for the Ages
The Library Boys is a coming of age feature film about three best friends surviving their last year of high school together. A dynamic team of young individuals have created this project in order to ensure personal stories like these can be told, empowering the voices of young people. They are asking for 15,000 dollars to fund the post-production of this film.