Bill Evans, Chief Economist, Westpac Bank will be one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Christian Schools National Business Conference at teh Crown Plaza, Terrigal from 6 - 8 October.

While the policies of the NSW Department of Education and Training are not binding on Christian and other non-government schools they can provide a useful reference point for a school seeking to determine its own policies in an area. 

In September 2009 a reference group, including academics, curriculum, classroom and Arts industry experts in the disciplines of dance, drama, music, media and visual arts, convened to commence the development process of The Arts curriculum. Professor John O’Toole has been appointed lead writer for the development of the Shape Paper for the national Arts curriculum.

All schools will have received an email headed ‘For Action - Financial Data Collection for My School Income Reporting - Due 17 September 2010’ sent recently by Tony Zanderigo, Branch Manager, School Improvement & Transparency, Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching Group of DEEWR.

It is with a great deal of sadness that we acknowledge the death of Dr Adrienne Jericho. Adrienne was Executive Director of Lutheran Education Australia.

The Labor-Greens alliance signed today raises significant concerns for non-government schools generally and Christian Schools in particular.

Equitable funding and the efficacy of religious school choice must both now be considered at greater risk.

Earlier today the ALP and Greens formally signed an agreement to work together to establish 'a basis for stable and effective government'.