Does your school adopt a zero waste lunch box policy yet? If not then perhaps you can suggest it - it's easy! You can do small things to help our planet by keeping single-use plastics out of school lunches. Beeswax wraps are a great alternative to using...
ReachOut's new student mental health tool, funded by the Telstra Foundation, launched to help thousands of young Aussies starting high school next week With thousands of Year 7 students commencing high school across the country from next week, Australia’s most accessed youth mental health service ReachOut has launched...
Victoria and NSW are funding extra tutors to help struggling students, write Julie Sonnemann and Jordana Hunter. Here's what parents need to know about the schemes School is back for 2021, and some students will get extra help this year. Students who fell behind in their...
5 tips to help ease your child back into school mode after the holidays Most children in Australia are going back to school this week or next. Children experience a mix of emotions when it comes to going to school. The holidays will likely disrupt usual school...
Wondering if your child is ready to start their early childhood education journey in a kindergarten program? We asked Deputy Principal - Head of Junior School, Mr Chris Lawson, at Yarra Valley Grammar (Early Learning to Year...
Clinical Psychologist, Prof Amanda Gordon, looks how parents can support this milestone School is the most important social network for children there is. As children move from infants to primary to high school, the importance of their friendships increases, almost proportionally to their independence. Children need...
Recntly, the World Health Organisation made an announcement you might have missed, reports Zoë Hyde. It recommended children aged 12 years and older should wear masks, and that masks should be considered for those aged 6-11 years. The German Society for Virology went further, recommending...
Whether to hold a child back from starting school when they are first eligible is a question faced by many parents in Australia each year. Research shows it has little effect on their maths and reading skills, write Sally Larsen and Callie Little If you start...
Schools student may have to learn how to change from school learning to remote learning and back to school again for quite some time yet as long as the COVID-19 virus remains rampant. Students in Melbourne are to go back to remote schooling, report Wee Tiong...
The temporary closure of schools is evidence the system is working as it should, writes Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Brunswick East Primary School and Keilor Views Primary School in Melbourne have temporarily shut down after children from both schools tested positive to COVID-19,...
