Preschool
STEM setting preschoolers up for workforce success in 2030
How do you capture the inquisitiveness of four-year-olds and transfer that to the workplace? And what will the workplace of 2030 even look like? A University of Canberra project is hoping to bridge the gap.
Long lost childhood sweethearts matched by dating site 30 years after pre-school crush
Little did newlyweds Amy Giberson and Justin Pounders know, they were sitting next to the love of their life in their pre-school photo 30 years ago.
How fake words can help kids learn to read
A five-minute reading "check" for first-graders that includes made-up words like "beff" and "shup" that has dramatically improved early literacy rates in the UK is set to be adopted in Australia.
I conquered my dyslexia: every kid should have the same chance
My overworked primary school teachers concluded I was just not very bright. But I was lucky. I had a mother who would not accept such a bleak diagnosis for her son.
Two years of preschool have more impact than one, research shows
Children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores than those who attend no preschool or only one year.
Pre-kindy bootcamp 'a waste of parents' time and money'
It's 9am on Friday and four-year-old Nicholas has bowled up to class in Leichhardt's Italian Forum, he's sheepishly holding a piece of paper in his hand. It's his homework, he says, as he presents it to his "school readiness" teacher, Violeta Dimeska.
Starting School
Getting outdoors with your kids is overrated
I love my kids, but from now on, I will be strapping them into my car to drive them three minutes down the road.
Honest letters from kids
When children learn how to write, it unlocks a whole new world of self-expression. Whether it's happiness, gratitude, sadness or anger – the little notes they pen can certainly tug on our heartstrings, give us the guilts, and make us laugh.
Primary School
Outrage over unisex school toilets
A primary school is under fire after introducing gender-neutral restrooms as part of a recent refurbishment.
Mandatory swimming lessons a stroke of luck for cash-strapped parents
An ambitious plan to ensure every student can swim 50 metres by the time they finish grade 6 could have an unintended consequence – free lessons.
Girl raps her way to school captaincy and becomes internet sensation
A 10-year-old Queensland girl has rapped her way to school captaincy with an election speech like no other.
High School
The X factor in Australia's toughest competition: landing a private school scholarship
What does it take to land a private school scholarship in the country's most prestigious schools?
A letter of our year 12 school leavers, ahead of schoolies week
Dr Seuss, in Oh, The Places You'll Go! might have had you in mind.
