Schools are eligible for Government ASISTM funding between $20,000 and $120,000. http://www.asistm.edu.au to form a cluster of school, and non school partners like YNDK Pty Ltd to develop a new science, technology and maths e-learning initiative.
This is easy to do by developing e-learning objects that can be accessed from the school website, but schools need to form into clusters of 4 schools with a non school partner like museums, hospitals, environmental, teacher or principal professional organisations, tertiary education institutions, industry and the broader community. However it may be easier to work with local groups like YNDK or Parents and friends that have the skills for a start.
More information is available
on http://www.asistm.edu.au/eoiform.asp but I have much of the form filled
in and will send a copy to each school and whoever they decide to be project
manager and deputy project manager for a cluster as soon as I receive a
positive response. The Project manager for each cluster must send in the
on line applications by 29th of July and we hope to help make this easy
if 4 schools come together as a cluster with a partner.
Healthy School $1,500
Grant
You are also encouraged
to develop the Healthy School Communities program with a $1,500
grant. This is administered by the Australian Government Department of
Health and Ageing and a hotline has been established for inquiries (free
call 1800 805 172). E-mail: healthyschools@health.gov.au
The $15 million Healthy School Communities program invites a non-government organisation linked to the school (such as Parents and Citizens/Friends Association, school auxiliaries like the school canteen and a researsh company like YNDK Pty Ltd) to apply for the $1,500 grant.
Healthy School Communities also involves dental health because fermentable carbohydrate in most of the foods we eat, are trapped between teeth and inside grooves on chewing surfaces where the brush cannot reach and almost all cavities occur.
Chewing cheese before eating seals grooves in chewing surfaces to prevent food being trapped while eating so plaque cannot change sugar to acid.
Chewing a stick of celery after eating helps saliva remove food, neutralise acid and repair demineralised tooth. See the teachers kit http://ndk.biz/kit
Almost all cavities occur
where the brush cannot reach plaque or trapped food between teeth and inside
grooves on chewing surfaces.
Over 80% of cavities occur
inside grooves.
When having x-rays at the dentist it is possible to chew Barium Sulphate with the dental foam to see where food is trapped inside chewing surfaces. This helps the dentist advise mineralisation therapy, sealants or fillings if necessary when a cavity is seen inside the tooth.
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