Toni Hetherington

Melbourne

Editor at News.com.au

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Kids News: Climate protesters spray orange powder on Stonehenge

Jun 19, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Toni Hetherington

READING LEVEL: GREENEnvironmental protesters* have shocked heritage* experts and tourists after spraying orange powder on Britain’s ancient* Stonehenge structure. The prehistoric* stones were left covered in an orange substance sprayed from a canister on the eve of summer solstice celebrations, which mark the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
Kids News: Cold snap on eve of winter solstice sends shivers down our spines

Jun 18, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Duncan Evans |Toni Hetherington

greenREADING LEVEL: GREENAustralians have shivered through one of the coldest mornings of the year this week as a cold blast sent the temperature plunging* across the nation. For those in Sydney and Melbourne, Wednesday was the chilliest morning of 2024 with temperatures sitting at just 7C and 1.6C respectively*. However, the “feels-like” temperature felt more like zero degrees thanks to bitter* winds. Freezing temperatures also hit Tasmania, the ACT, and Queensland.
Kids News: Saving hedgehogs and hamsters in Ukraine war zone

Jun 17, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Toni Hetherington

READING LEVEL: GREEN Putting your own life on the line to save injured or lost hedgehogs and hamsters in the middle of a war zone is brave stuff. Imagine when enemy aircraft are dropping bombs from the sky, you not only have to get yourself to a bomb shelter but also armfuls of baby hedgehogs that need feeding. And if the power goes out, you need to ensure the heating mats for the aged or sick hedgehogs still work. This is on top of the struggles of finding food, hay and medical supplies.
‘Drawings are often the only way students and teachers can communicate’

Jun 13, 2024 | kidspot.com.au | Toni Hetherington

They say a picture paints a thousand words, and in the preschool room at Angurugu School in Australia’s Top End, drawings are often the first and only way students and teachers can communicate. Principal Alessa Fremmer explains that local children aged three-five years often start preschool with no English while their educators cannot speak their indigenous languages such as Anindilyakwa or Creole. Art and play quickly bridge the gaps.
Kids News: Aussies hatch breeding programs to save zebra sharks and maugean skates

Jun 11, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Toni Hetherington |Judy Augustine

READING LEVEL: GREENAustralians are behind two successful breeding* programs aimed at saving a duo of endangered* sea creatures — the zebra shark and maugean skate. The future of these sea animals relies on world-first projects to firstly protect pregnant females and then rewild the oceans with lots more of the species* once eggs, shark pups or baby skates are produced.
‘Jimmy Giggle’ of teaching among nation’s best

Jun 11, 2024 | kidspot.com.au | Toni Hetherington |Vanessa Croll |Catherine Nikas-Boulos

Moments of pure joy and laughter are a must every day in Ryan Bubner’s classroom. The reception teacher at Hahndorf Primary School in South Australia has been described as the “Jimmy Giggle’ of education for his bubbly teaching style, but he takes his role to educate the next generation very seriously. “He’s always smiley, bubbly, bouncy. You can feel it as well as see it,” principal Ngari Boehm said. “Ryan is a highly motivated teacher, and he’s amazingly considered in his planning.
‘Jimmy Giggle’ of teaching among nation’s best

Jun 11, 2024 | couriermail.com.au | Toni Hetherington |Vanessa Croll |Catherine Nikas-Boulos

Moments of pure joy and laughter are a must every day in Ryan Bubner’s classroom. The reception teacher at Hahndorf Primary School in South Australia has been described as the “Jimmy Giggle’ of education for his bubbly teaching style, but he takes his role to educate the next generation very seriously. “He’s always smiley, bubbly, bouncy. You can feel it as well as see it,” principal Ngari Boehm said. “Ryan is a highly motivated teacher, and he’s amazingly considered in his planning.
‘Jimmy Giggle’ of teaching among nation’s best

Jun 11, 2024 | ntnews.com.au | Toni Hetherington |Vanessa Croll |Catherine Nikas-Boulos

Moments of pure joy and laughter are a must every day in Ryan Bubner’s classroom. The reception teacher at Hahndorf Primary School in South Australia has been described as the “Jimmy Giggle’ of education for his bubbly teaching style, but he takes his role to educate the next generation very seriously. “He’s always smiley, bubbly, bouncy. You can feel it as well as see it,” principal Ngari Boehm said. “Ryan is a highly motivated teacher, and he’s amazingly considered in his planning.
‘Jimmy Giggle’ of teaching among nation’s best

Jun 11, 2024 | geelongadvertiser.com.au | Toni Hetherington |Vanessa Croll |Catherine Nikas-Boulos

Moments of pure joy and laughter are a must every day in Ryan Bubner’s classroom. The reception teacher at Hahndorf Primary School in South Australia has been described as the “Jimmy Giggle’ of education for his bubbly teaching style, but he takes his role to educate the next generation very seriously. “He’s always smiley, bubbly, bouncy. You can feel it as well as see it,” principal Ngari Boehm said. “Ryan is a highly motivated teacher, and he’s amazingly considered in his planning.
Australia’s Best Teachers 2024: Will Madden’s special bond with students

Mar 22, 2024 | couriermail.com.au | Toni Hetherington

Teacher Will Madden had only been at his new primary school a few weeks before he and the students in his class knew something special was happening. But it wasn’t until two of his pupils penned a letter to “Mr Will” that he realised the true impact he was having on their lives in and out of his Grade 5/6 classroom.