School Resources, Information & Advice

How to prepare your child for their first school experience

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How to save cash on back to school supplies and uniforms

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CHOICE reveals the cheapest retailer for back-to-school supplies

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One-third of all preschool centres could be without a trained teacher in four years

With many expected to drop out, modelling shows a significant shortfall by 2023.

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Cooper, from Diamond Creek Memorial Kindergarten, gets into his wet-weather clothing. Every child at the kindergarten is ...

Back to nature: Children reap benefits of braving the cold

Despite extensive research highlighting the benefits of outdoor play, many parents and kinder and school educators are still reluctant to let children outside during winter.

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Children at Blyth Street Early Learning Centre have set up their own council and are learning about democracy.

The childcare centre where kids make the decisions

A Melbourne childcare centre has embarked on an experiment to teach children about democracy and decision-making.

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The 'million word gap': the reason some children have a higher vocabulary than others

How many books do you read with your child each day?

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Children with autism thrive in mainstream preschools, study finds

Early intervention delivers positive results.

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If we’re serious about supporting working families, here are three policies we need to enact now

Universal low-cost childcare and workplace flexibility will help mothers return to the workplace.

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How to prepare your child for their first school experience

Some important advice to parents of kids starting school this year.

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How to save cash on back to school supplies and uniforms

Ease the back to school wallet strain with these budget-friendly ideas.

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Five tips to help ease your child back into school mode after the holidays

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'I was overwhelmed': the one thing we forget to tell new school parents

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Can you really get away with buying $15 school shoes?

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Sorry parents, but it doesn't get easier when your kids start school

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CHOICE reveals the cheapest retailer for back-to-school supplies

Last year's winner of the cheapest back-to-school basket has been toppled.

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Are odd-numbered school years really the hardest for kids?

The theory is put to the test.

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Join at your own risk: the truth about WhatsApp parenting groups

WhatsApp groups - they are an essential tool of modern parenting, right?

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Do high schools need to teach adulting classes?

This year, as our high school graduates make their way, bleary-eyed, out of their darkened bedrooms and into the big wide world after surviving exam season and celebration season, I'm blown away by the knowledge they've attained in pursuit of their studies.