Coles’ customers and team members raise more than $2.5 million to support medical research, health and wellbeing for children. Coles team members with Hummingbird House staff L-R: Ellen Whittaker, Filippa Byrne, Lucy Hirst, Nick Bannan and Kelly Oldham Funds raised in this year’s local fundraising drive will...
Celebrate the Sydney Opera House's 50th Anniversary! Watch Yuldea, performed by Bangarra Dance Theatre, a company of professional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contemporary dancers, drawing on 65,000 years of culture. In celebration of Sydney Opera House’s 50th anniversary, Yuldea is one of 50 iconic performances available...
The Alannah & Madeline Foundation, in collaboration with Monash University, has launched the Trauma-Informed Practice: A Guide for Early Childhood Organizations (TIO Practice Guide). This guide helps early childhood organisations integrate trauma-informed approaches into their operations. This invaluable resource, developed with the support of Gowrie Victoria and...
Many schools promote teaching the ‘whole child’, but to do this, education cannot only focus on knowing and doing – it must explicitly embrace being, writes John Quay. When we learn, we are knowing and doing and being - educators work with all three. While that...
New research unveiled on the occasion of headspace Day has revealed a concerning trend among young Australians. It appears that a significant portion of our youth prefers to grapple with their emotional issues in solitude, often driven by apprehensions about societal judgment. The implications of this...
Daryl Higgins writes: The following story deals with reports of childhood maltreatment, including neglect and physical and sexual abuse. In April 2023, we released results from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study. It is the first national survey of the population aged 16 years and older about their...
Mary Woessner, Alexandra Parker and Aurélie Pankowiak look at what it doesn’t tell us. In the Netflix documentary Beckham, the footballer is asked how he coped with the abuse of his entire country after the 1998 men’s football World Cup. David Beckham responds: I was able to...
An Australian first app which aims to make learning to swim more accessible and affordable for all ages and abilities, has been launched on Queensland’s Gold Coast. The app was created by Rackley Swimming, a company with extensive experience in the swimming industry, operating over 30...
Looking for a fun Australian gift for your kids this Christmas? Nearly all of the books reviewed here are by Australian-born and based authors and illustrators - perfect to put under the tree for young readers! For the littlies: Roobee Roo Series by Nico and Candy Robertson, pub...
That’s getting a bit wild, kids! Why don’t you play something quieter? How often have you found yourself saying something like this to your children as they’re rolling around on the lounge room floor? asks researcher Emily Freeman? Even if they are smiling and clearly having fun,...
