{"id":828,"date":"2009-05-27T07:03:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T07:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/2009\/05\/27\/st-michaels-primary-school\/"},"modified":"2009-05-27T07:03:12","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T07:03:12","slug":"st-michaels-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/st-michaels-primary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"ST MICHAEL&#8217;S PRIMARY SCHOOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHESTER GOES BACK TO SCHOOL AT ST MICHAEL\u2019S<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>December 9, 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If computers are the way of the future, St Michael\u2019s Primary School in Traralgon is now a click ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester went back to school yesterday, joining St Michael\u2019s students as they tried out the latest computer additions.<\/p>\n<p>St Michael\u2019s received $70,000 from the Federal Government to purchase new computers, lap tops and two data projectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe school now has 32 new computers, which means more time on line for students and allows them better access to the school\u2019s computer programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school has also purchased a lap top for each classroom and two new data projectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith such a focus being placed on information technology, it is important that students can learn comprehensive computer skills and be comfortable working with other equipment such as data projectors,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>The funding for the computers was provided under the former Coalition Government\u2019s Investing in Our Schools program.<\/p>\n<p>School Principal Richard Wans said the new computers would enhance learning opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a school we are grateful for the support to develop the school\u2019s capacity to access information and communications technology,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cICT in the contemporary learning environment is a vital tool to ensure that our children can continue to access information and develop skills, enhancing their ability to become \u2018enquirers,\u2019 and to find out about the world around them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHESTER GOES BACK TO SCHOOL AT ST MICHAEL\u2019S<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>December 9, 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If computers are the way of the future, St Michael\u2019s Primary School in Traralgon is now a click ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester went back to school yesterday, joining St Michael\u2019s students as they tried out the latest computer additions.<\/p>\n<p>St Michael\u2019s received $70,000 from the Federal Government to purchase new computers, lap tops and two data projectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}