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The ''Port Hedland School of the Air'' (PHSOTA) is notable amongst the schools of the air in [[Australia]] because its facility is characterised by a high-quality, flexible workforce and learning spaces with a major focus on cutting edge telecommunications technology.  
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The ''Port Hedland School of the Air'' (PHSOTA) is notable amongst the schools of the air in ''Australia'' because its facility is characterised by a high quality, flexible workfoce and learning spaces with a major focus on cutting edge telecommunications technology.  
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The school's motto is "''Working Together - Apart''."
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Teachers communicate with their students daily via on-line conferencing satellite technology. Students complete Learning Programmes put together by their teachers and return them to the school for assessment, feedback and rewards. Home tutor seminar, mini-camps, teacher home visit, morning muster and the annual SOTA muster are highlights of each school year. They are aspects truly unique to PHSOTA that make the school what it is.
Teachers communicate with their students daily via on-line conferencing satellite technology. Students complete Learning Programmes put together by their teachers and return them to the school for assessment, feedback and rewards. Home tutor seminar, mini-camps, teacher home visit, morning muster and the annual SOTA muster are highlights of each school year. They are aspects truly unique to PHSOTA that make the school what it is.
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The Port Hedland School of the Air'se web site is at http://www.porthedlandsota.wa.edu.au/
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The Port Hedland School of the Air's web site is at http://www.porthedlandsota.wa.edu.au/


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Latest revision as of 12:44, 9 May 2012

The Port Hedland School of the Air (PHSOTA) is notable amongst the schools of the air in Australia because its facility is characterised by a high-quality, flexible workforce and learning spaces with a major focus on cutting edge telecommunications technology.


The school's motto is "Working Together - Apart."

The school's main office is in Locked Bag, Port Hedland in West Australia.

Port Hedland School of the Air caters for the educational needs of isolated children from Kindergarten to Year 7, across an area of some 540 000 square kilometers, who do not have access to a mainstream school. These children live on remote cattle stations, micro-tourism industries, small Aboriginal communities, out-stations and smaller rural farming blocks.

The student population can vary across the dry and wet seasons. Aboriginal student enrolment generally comprises about 25% of the school’s population. Around 40 students attend the school in 2011.

The school commenced operations in 1964. It moved into a new, state of the art facility in 1999 reflecting the Department of Education’s commitment to distance education. The school shares this facility with the Royal Flying Doctor Service and is based at the Port Hedland International Airport. PHSOTA is the largest of the five Schools of the Air in Western Australia in geographical terms. Their locations spread from Winning Station in the south, to Anna Plains Station in the north, and to Punmu Community in the far east.

Teachers communicate with their students daily via on-line conferencing satellite technology. Students complete Learning Programmes put together by their teachers and return them to the school for assessment, feedback and rewards. Home tutor seminar, mini-camps, teacher home visit, morning muster and the annual SOTA muster are highlights of each school year. They are aspects truly unique to PHSOTA that make the school what it is.

The Port Hedland School of the Air's web site is at http://www.porthedlandsota.wa.edu.au/

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