Dubbo College Senior Campus will be part of a simultaneous country-city launch of Education Week 2019 on Monday, August 5.
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It will join with St Marys North Public School in getting the annual celebration of the achievements of public schools, their students, staff and communities under way.
Dubbo College Senior Campus captains Grace Gower and David Woods, and St Marys North Public School Year 4 student Elizabeth Braid and Chifley College Year 9 student Chloe Zrebiec, will introduce the launch simulcast which will be beamed worldwide through YouTube.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will launch the Sydney event, while Minister for Education and Early Learning Sarah Mitchell, will do likewise at Dubbo.
Dubbo has also been chosen to host the first regional Game Changer Challenge on Friday, August 9, as part of Education Week.
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The theme of the 65th Education Week is 'Every student, every voice'.
Department of Education secretary Mark Scott said the theme was "about more than just giving students a say".
"It is about us listening," he said.
"The idea of a genuine conversation is important.
"Recent research, co-funded by the department, shows that valuing and acting on the ideas, opinions and expertise of all students has significant positive impacts on student well-being.
"Student perspectives, experiences and aspirations shape and enrich our schools and communities and actively influence our decision-making as we strive to be the best education system in Australia."
The NSW Department of Education reports that the country-city launch of Education Week 2019 will give a green light to a range of activities in public schools.
"Public schools across the state will hold showcase events for their communities including open days, special assemblies, performances and even principals swapping schools," its spokesman said.
On Tuesday, August 6, about 150 primary and secondary public school students and their teachers, from as far west as Broken Hill and north to Kingscliff near the Queensland border, will converge on Sydney for the three-day Game Changer Challenge.
They will be asked to find a solution to the question of "How might we humanise technology?"
The design-thinking challenge will be launched at Google headquarters with students getting the chance to ask questions of some of the nation's leading minds on technology, the future, ethics and adventure.
The challenge's first excursion to regional NSW on August 9 will be supported by 100 students and teachers.
They will travel to Dubbo from north-western NSW.
