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27 & 28 November 2008 - Good Shepherd Convent Ashfield Reunion - 27 November - 7:00pm dinner at the Dong Heng Restaurant in Wests Leagues Club. 28 November - Morning tea at 10:00am at the old 'Good Shepherd', Victoria Street, Ashfield (Now called Cardinal Gilroy Retirement Village). For more information contact Marlene on 0412493124.

Principals, school and kindergarten teachers and staff across Victoria are encouraged to highlight their commitment to education excellence and innovation by nominating for the 2009 Victorian Education Excellence Awards.

New Regional Network Leaders will provide schools with on-the-ground leadership and support to help deliver the Brumby Government’s education reform agenda.

A new directory listing Victoria’s various multicultural organisations and service providers was launched today at the State Library of Victoria, providing more opportunity for diverse community groups to communicate, share knowledge and create new relationships.

Every school in Victoria needs a school nurse to cope with the rising number of anaphylactic children, the Victorian teacher's union has said.

The Australian Education Union state president, Mary Bluett, said teachers were anxious that they had insufficient training or time to cope with the numbers of children with allergies at dangerous levels.