How can I help – without making it worse? Celia Harris and Penny Van Bergen have some suggestions. As school gets back, parents and teachers might each be faced with the familiar chorus of “I can’t find my school jumper” and “I left my hat at...
Campion Education has teamed up with the Alannah & Madeline Foundation to help protect children from violence, trauma, and online harm. Why child safety matters now more than ever Six in ten Australian children experience maltreatment, and half of young people report being targeted by hurtful online...
NAPLAN is just one test, writes Sally Larsen, Senior Lecturer in Education Rawpixel/ Getty Images The latest round of NAPLAN results is out, along with a string of news reports about “students falling behind” and “failing”, and experts sounding the “alarm” about school progress. In March, all...
Virginia Prior writes that helping your child learn another language does more than expand their vocabulary – it boosts brainpower, emotional well-being, and future career prospects. From improved memory to long-term cognitive benefits, here’s why raising a bilingual child is one of the best investments...
Australian kids BYO lunches to school. Researchers Liesel Spencer, Katherine Kent and Miriam Williams ask What would it take to introduce at-school meals? Australian parents will be familiar with this school morning routine: hastily making sandwiches or squeezing leftovers into containers, grabbing a snack from the...
With a government review underway, report Marilyn Campbell and Shannon O'Brien, we have to ask why children bully other kids. The federal government has launched a “rapid review” to examine what works in preventing bullying in schools. Led by mental health experts, the review will inform a...
Is this a good idea? Professor Paul Kidson looks at the new powers and what it means for students and staff. When does a school’s responsibility for student behaviour end? Is it at 3pm when the bell goes? Or does a school still have to respond...
How can we support them better? ask researchers Lucy Lu and Jennifer Hammond About one quarter of Australian school students are learning English as an additional language or dialect. This means their first language or dialect is something other than English and they need extra support to develop...
Lily Trew looks at how you can help your child give up on the pursuit of perfection. Setting goals and trying their best can help young people find success and happiness, but striving for unrealistic goals and unattainable standards, and being self-critical when they don’t meet...
Lisa Johnson comes to the realisation that she is reliving her own past disappointments through her son. The Dance, the Awards, and the Quiet Fury Every second year at my son’s school, there is a dance. Each child attends a series of lessons to learn dances such...
