For parents, school success can easily become associated with marks, homework, behaviour and attendance. But another factor may be just as important: whether a child genuinely feels that they belong. A major international review led by Monash University has examined research into school belonging — the...
Choosing a high school can seem enormous. How do you know if one is right for your child? Across Australia, reports Tania Leach, Year 6 families are doing the rounds of high school open nights, information evenings and tours. Perhaps in your area, you don’t get...
From pretend shops to saving for something special, Gemma Beames shares five simple ways to help primary school children learn about money – without lectures, spreadsheets or expensive apps....
Loneliness happens whenever a person feels a discrepancy between their desired and actual connections. It’s different to social isolation, which involves a person having objectively fewer social contacts, social roles, and relationships. And it’s different from being alone, which is an objective experience of being...
Sometimes the best way to help a teenager through exam stress is to celebrate progress before the work is finished, writes motivational speaker Lizzie Williamson....
In other words, students who get better at handling adversity in academic life may also become better at handling disruption. And students who get better at handling disruption at school may become better at handling adversity....
The challenge for education is not to erect an artificial barrier between culture deemed worthy and culture deemed popular. It is to give students the skills to recognise the difference between simply consuming something and understanding it....
Many students in years 7 and 8 begin choosing their own electives at school for the first time, write researchers Donna Pendergast and Katherine Main. These are typically subjects such as technology, arts, languages and music, that are taken alongside core units, including English, maths...
While we tend to focus on building adolescents’ knowledge, starting conversations about consent as early as possible, and having them as often as possible, is the best approach....
Ready for the next step after beginner books? The Your Next Read Gold series offers funny, engaging chapter books for emerging readers aged 7–9....
