70 Things to Put In Your Kids’ Bento Box

Not sure what to pack the kids' for lunch again? Become a school lunch ninja with our go-to bento guide. ...

16 February, 2021

Get a Bee Bonus for your School or Community!

Woolworths gets the next generation of environmental champions buzzing with $1.5million in grants for Australian schools Primary schools and early learning centres across the country are set to get a Bee Bonus as part of a $1.5million investment by Woolworths into the 2021 Woolworths Junior Landcare...

15 February, 2021

Would you like ethics with that? The possibilities and risks of (Mc)Mindfulness in school

It’s easy to get excited about the prospects of mindfulness in education, writes Christopher T. McCaw However, as I see it, in the rush to implement mindfulness in schools we may be neglecting some important, complex issues to do with its conceptualisation (how we define and...

15 February, 2021

How creative use of technology may have helped save schooling during the pandemic

It is estimated around half the world’s students’ schools remain shut down, writes Neil Selwyn. All told, this has been a potentially damaging disruption to the education of a generation. But one of the few positive outcomes from this experience is an opportunity to rethink how...

14 February, 2021

Scholarships provide a measure of support

Scholarships offer many bonuses to recipients and their schools, writes Donna Reis. ...

12 February, 2021

AFLW star urges asthma check-up as kids back to school

AFLW West Coast Eagles player, Kate Orme, is urging parents to check that children with asthma have a healthy and safe start to the school year and avoid the February “back-to-school asthma spike”. Kate, the new Ambassador for the National Asthma Council Australia said that as...

03 February, 2021

4 principles learned from enforced online teaching

Four lecturers from Monash’s Faculty of Education, reflect here on their experience of teaching in an enforced online situation – how they attempted to address teacher-student relationships, and maintain connections with their students. The importance of teacher-student relationships in the classroom, and the impact it...

03 February, 2021

24 Extracurricular Activities For Kids That Can Aid Them With Skills For Life

Not everything can be taught at school. So here are some educational activities for kids that will help them gain some handy life skills. ...

03 February, 2021

Group tables, ottomans and gym balls: kids told us why flexible furniture helps them learn

Group tables, ottomans and gym balls: kids told us why flexible furniture helps them learn, write Julia E. Morris and Wesley Imms. The COVID pandemic has meant many students learnt from home for a lot of the year. But with schools returning to normal across Australia,...

03 February, 2021

Back-to-school: some tips for a zero waste kids lunch box

Does your school adopt a zero waste lunch box policy yet? If not then perhaps you can suggest it - it's easy! You can do small things to help our planet by keeping single-use plastics out of school lunches. Beeswax wraps are a great alternative to using...

01 February, 2021