Yang Yang shares how encouraging her daughter to ‘live bilingual’ carries on her culture. Communication has become difficult since my daughter Yolanda turned four last year. She switches to English when she feels she isn’t understood or can’t find the right Chinese word to convey her...
Why do so many schools have cupboards full of musical instruments gathering dust? Dr Alexander Crooke looks for possible answers. Musical participation in schools has been increasingly linked to a range of benefits deemed critical for today’s students. This includes fostering creativity, offering unique ways of...
My children might not get it right or even seem to want to get it right for now, writes Maria Tedeschi. But once they leave the safe haven of the family home, I need to believe that those skills that I tried so hard to...
Kids spend nearly three-quarters of their school day sitting, report Natalie Lander and Jo Salmon. Here's how to get them moving during lessons. Regular physical activity is linked to improvements in physical and mental health including anxiety and depression. It can also improve cognitive functioning such...
Students across Australia have started the new school year using pencils, pens and keyboards to learn to write. In workplaces, machines are also learning to write, so effectively that within a few years they may write better than humans, predicts Lucinda McKnight. Sometimes they already do,...
Australia will be among the first countries to launch the LEGO Braille Bricks with hundreds of tool kits to be distributed by Vision Australia to schools and institutes that have children who are blind or have low vision. Playing LEGO with her younger brother Simon in...
Barriers preventing high-quality mental health care for children have been revealed by Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) The clinicians surveyed have called for a system-wide shake-up, including improved access to child psychiatrists, mental health training, co-located support services and referral pathways and Medicare funding changes. Research...
Kids born to Aussie couples who met online will be in the majority by 2038 says the first ‘Future of Dating’ report from Monash University and eharmony. They have predicted the effect online dating will have on families and relationships over the coming decades. By...
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...
