Starting school can be a stressful time for little kids. Watch out for big feelings when they come home in the afternoons.
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Good tutors should welcome parents’ questions about their methods and set clear expectations about what sessions will achieve.
Just as adults need annual leave to reset, children also need extended downtime.
A new study looked at interventions aimed at improving reading skills in students between Year 4 and Year 12.
A new report details how student absences are changing post-pandemic. It also shows how Australia can look to England for ideas on what to do.
Even megastars like Barbra Streisand have suffered from stage fright.
On Wednesday, we got the results of how individual schools performed in this year’s NAPLAN tests.
‘Big school’ can sound grown up. But if a child is anxious about starting school, it can make the change loom larger in their minds.
Research suggests teaching typing and word processing skills should start in primary school, much like writing with pen and paper.
Full-service schools combine education, health, social and wellbeing supports inside the school. They aim to remove barriers to learning and combat disadvantage.
Metacognition is often described as ‘thinking about our thinking’. It involves being aware of how our mind works and using that awareness to improve how we learn.
There is no need to discourage finger counting at any time. Children naturally stop using their fingers when they no longer need them.
The odds of developing an asbestos-related disease from any exposure in this scenario are very low.
The move to Year 7 can be a really daunting time, moving away from friends, travelling to a new place and starting very different routines.
While parents may be hearing about AI in their work or in the news, they may not realise it is also being introduced into their child’s classrooms.
The internet long ago extended cruelty beyond the school gate and into bedrooms and group chats. The powers of AI extend this reach.
The federal government has released its ‘rapid review’ into school bullying. Most of the submissions came from parents.
Children need physical play to develop their strength, coordination, and motor skills.
Suspending or expelling a student should be a last resort. But our study shows it is more common than it should be in NSW public schools.
New research highlights how there is little to no Australian regulation of tutoring at either state or federal levels.
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Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
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