School of the Air
The School of the Air allows children who are in the middle of nowhere, have a bit of education.
We watched a lesson and how the teachers interacted with the students. There are usually 4 children per class. Students can talk to the teachers via satellite. Kids get to learn something 1 hour each day, every weekday. They also have school camps. I think this program is good for a bit of education, but children should still get much, much more.
Jordan Ralh
The school of the air at carnavon
I found the school of the air interesting, because of kids who live too far away from school can talk to their teachers using their satellites!! They can also teach ordinary subjects online!! Its amazing what the satellite can do!!!
Posted by Adam
School of the Air
The School of the Air was interesting because you got to listen to a real class speak to each other on the computer. The children’s names are Jarrod, Lucy, Caitlin and Belinda. They do this because the school-children live far away from school e.g. 350km. I would prefer to go to school because I could play with friends.
Ben
School of the Air
I went to the School Of The Air and I really liked how the kids from far away could talk to other kids from another farm. The kids really liked it when their teachers came over for a home visit – which they did three times a year. On the video we watched afterwards, the little girl said she really liked school.
Jordan/Adam/Ben/Jordan
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your posts about school of the air.
Before we were married, my wife Bronwyn used to be a governess (teacher) for several kids at Mount Augustus station in the remote outback of WA.
As well as doing school of the air, the kids also had classes and work to do when they were not on the radio. They also got to do lots of fun things every day like riding motor bikes and quad bikes, driving the ute (although they were not old enough to have licenses), cook and flying to nearby stations in planes.
So perhaps not going to school every day has other exciting benefits!!
Ralph (I'm a work friend of your Dad).
Thanks for the post Ralph! It must be quite fun living on a station if you can ride quad bikes and catch planes!
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