It’s time to put belonging and connection first on the agenda for Melbourne’s school students. Year 3 to Year 10 students have been learning at home for most of the year, and have now been put last on the list of students to return to “normal”...
“Is my child ready for school?” It’s a question many parents ask as their child reaches the age of four or five. The first five years of a child’s life is crucial in the development of their social and emotional skills, as well as their communication, language,...
As a community we need proactive, positive strategies to reduce youth self-harm and suicide, writes Sarah Stanford. Suicide and self-harm remain taboo topics in schools, despite the fact youth suicide has reached a ten year high. Recent statistics show around eight children and young people die by...
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...
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...
Making the most of educational videos in the classroom. Matthew Fyfield and Michael Henderson look at ways teachers can make learning by Video more engaging for students. Video is now embedded in education at all levels. In both secondary and tertiary contexts, educators are heavily relying...
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...
COVID-19 thrust our school communities into a rapid transition to remote learning which affected almost every facet of school-based education, write Associate Professor Wee Tiong Seah, Catherine Pearn, Dr Daniela Acquaro and Dr Natasha ZiebellUnderstanding the effect on our school students and teachers is crucial...
