Michelle O'Shea, Hazel Maxwell and Megan Stronach look at what a parent needs to know about learning how to swim in Australia and why it's so important. Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional death from injury worldwide. From July 2018 to June 2019, 276...
Fraudsters are ruthless and will use any means necessary to gain financial advantage, reports Cassandra Cross Earlier this year, as Australians were battling the devastating bushfires, fraudsters were tailoring their approaches to exploit the good intentions of citizens wanting to help victims. And come March and the...
Looking for something different to do, stuck at home with the family? Are you curious about what Van Gogh’s Starry Night looks like up close? Or the difference between modern and contemporary art? Would you like to wander round a museum halfway across the world? How about...
RSPCA Victoria has launched Animal Wellbeing: Awareness, Responsibility, and Education. 'AWARE', is a free online education program for students and teachers that improves animal welfare knowledge while supporting learning outcomes outlined in the Victorian Curriculum. The aim of AWARE is to help young people develop...
Most of these books are part of a series or the author has written more books in the same genre - so plenty of reading to find here! Carly Mills Pioneer Girl –‘A New World’ -Time Travelling Adventure #1 by Jane Smith (Big Sky Publishing, PB, RRP$12.50)...
After a remarkable success in flattening the COVID-19 curve, Australia’s States and Territories are now charting the course back towards school-based learning, write David Browning and Dr Christopher T. McCawThe shift to remote and online learning presented immense challenges for students, parents and teachers, and...
Boys, younger children and children from relatively advantaged families and neighbourhoods – particularly in Sydney – are more likely to delay starting school, report Mark Hanly, Ben Edwards and Kathleen Falster These are some of the findings of our study on who chooses to delay sending...
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...
Take a moment to reflect on your school years, what were they like? asks Kelly-Ann Allen Perhaps you fondly recall memories of quality time spent with friends, when you had schoolyard crushes, and did just enough classroom work to get through until the weekend. You might...
Lisa Bricknell writes that New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian has called for more businesses to register as COVID Safe, as the state recorded 19 new cases of coronavirus in the 24 hours to 8pm recently. Berejiklian said: If I walk into a venue and I’m...
