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My mum did school of the air in the 1950s and 60s. Smartest person you’ll ever meet
I did School Of The Air for grades 1 until end of grade 5 in far north WA ( south east of Derby). But back then (early to mid 70s), we had two way radio's, no screens to see our teachers. All school assignments were either dropped off via truckies bringing supplies to town, or the mail service which was dropped via small plane back then.
Australia. Very advanced. We have been doing remote classes since radio and no video. Well before COVID and Zoom happened. We did it first.
We were on a road trip in WA and visited a school of the air, I think at Port Hedland. We found it very interesting. The teacher had a small group on her monitor and was speaking with students. The teacher explained that she was once talking to a young girl who was hundreds of kms away when there was a loud "ka-boom". Horrified the teacher asked what happened. Without flinching the young girl said "Nothing to worry about, mum just killed a king brown with the shotgun".
The kids can talk back with radio because it is two way not a radio station
The Library will post the books to the kids in with their work.
Thank you so much for doing one about
My daughter got bullied out of regular school and hated the school. We live out west, out past woop woop, and I enrolled her into Distance Education and she thrived and loved it.
‘School of the Air’ started in Australia in 1951, using the Royal Flying Doctor Service communications (short wave radio) equipment in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
It is an amazing service, and has done a great job of educating children on remote properties. It's particularly valuable for younger children for whom boarding school would not be a sensible option.
'School of the Air' Lesson broadcast to the Outback 1962 will give you a great idea of what it was like for our outback and remote school children. Thanks for being interested in Australia Ryan from Indiana.
I went to a primary school in a remote area while living on a sheep station. The whole school year 1 to year 6 was 12 kids, one teacher. It took 30 mins to get there on a tiny bus, after crossing a river on a log that spanned it. When it flooded, my mates dad would take us across the river crossing on a four wheeler. The school was called Mingoola school in NSW, I think it’s still going. The teacher use to do a snake check before we went for lunch as there was only a road, a community hall and bush area use. And the teachers accomodation.
school of the air started with 2 way radio
I don't think people in other countries have any idea how vast and isolated some of our properties are.
I believe the kids could talk back, like a ham radio situation for learning. I know of a lot of children of Farmers in remote areas that go to boarding school like the boy in the first video
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I currently watch a series about an outback farming family, The Joneses, the smaller kids there have a live in teacher and radio school supervision and the teens go to an expensive city boarding school during the terms! Also, they learn essential farming tasks at home during school holidays and other skills! 🤗
traveling Australia back in the 80's, have listened yo the school of the air a number of times, it was done by HF radio
I first learned that school of the air was a thing when I saw Sonny Hammond doing his lessons on a 2 way radio at his home at Ranger Headquarters. Skippy used to do the lessons with Sonny and she got an ‘A+’ for an art project she did. Skippy painted a bush scene on white butchers paper using her paws dipped in acrylic paint! 🤣🦘🦘🎨🖌️🖼️
We have multiple versions of 'Distance Education'. I'm in QLD Australia and if we want Home Based Education instead of mainstream schooling, we have over 20 DE schools to choose from just in our state, OR we can register with the state based Home Ed Dept and use our own customised curriculum for each individual child. These options are open to any QLD family, regardless of where we live. It's not usually a 'distance' issue, just a better way to learn that provides flexibility.