Preschool
What’s up with baby talk?
Your perfectly articulate child is suddenly talking like a baby. Is it just an annoying game or an indication of something deeper?
Inspired by Sesame Street: Canberra start-up secures $4m funding to educate preschoolers
Preschool Play is a brand new online content platform, designed to give preschoolers and their teachers a "really brilliant start to the day" by encouraging learning through a nine-minute burst of singing and dancing.
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.
Starting School
I've avoided having to cover my kid's school books - until now!
The green cover is printed on the front with the school's name so cutting it down makes it look silly. I don't know how my life came to this.
Preschooler's lunchbox treat prompts scathing note home
A South Australian mum of eight got a rude shock last week when she received a note home about a piece of home made chocolate slice she sent in her preschooler's lunchbox, opening up a lively discussion about healthy lunchboxes and communication between schools and parents.
Primary School
Should school hours be changed to 9am to 5pm?
Working 9 to 5 – is that how you'd like to see your child's school days to operate?
Mum shamed by school for child's lunchbox snack with 'condescending' note
Earlier this month a South Australian mother-of-eight was shamed by her child's preschool for packing a piece of homemade chocolate slice in her little one's lunch box.
Too hot to learn – do schools need a policy on coping with heatwaves?
What impact do heatwaves have on schools? And is it time for the government to roll out a national policy on heat protection?
High School
Clever teens twice as likely to smoke cannabis
CLEVER children are twice as likely to smoke cannabis as teenagers due to their curious minds and students who were high academic achievers at 11 are also more likely to drink alcohol in their teens, according to a nine-year study by University College London.
What I learnt when I went to school in my child's place
I thought I had it in the bag, but on the morning of the big day, I was terrified.
