President Emmanuel Macron has announced compulsory schooling in France will begin at age three, instead of six, as part of new reforms set to shake up the country’s education system. “Kindergarten will be a founding moment in our school journey,” Mr Macron […]
A global survey of parents has reignited debate about the value, or otherwise, of homework for schoolchildren, according to a report on ABC Radio Melbourne. The survey of more than 27,000 parents was conducted by the Varkey Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated […]
School bullying is damaging and dangerous and not always obvious. It is distinct from interpersonal conflicts or ‘rough play” and while disagreement, teasing and conflict are part of growing up, bullying is an extreme form of peer conflict or teasing and can […]
As the holidays dwindle down, kids can start to become more restless and nervous for the new school year ahead, this could be due to it being your child’s first year of school, their first year of high school, or maybe they’re switching […]
I am three days returned from a two week holiday as I write this homage to the washing. No, I’m not some sort of freak. I don’t like ironing or putting it away into drawers but standing beneath a line, hanging out […]
We all love feedback right? It’s important to get an assessment of our achievements in order to reassess our goals. But is this the way parents view their child’s report card? Funnily enough, I see parents taking their child’s grades as a confirmation […]
When I first sat down to write a blog about school readiness I was at the forefront of it all. My children, born eighteen months apart, skipped off to school one after the other in quick succession however with rather different reactions. […]
This morning as my daughter played at the park, I looked around at what the girls were wearing. Overwhelmingly, I saw shorts, tights and long pants. I saw one girl in a skirt, and not a single one in a dress. You are probably […]
It was with great sadness that I read there will be more compulsory testing in our schools. Now it is the six year olds who’ve been targeted for testing in literacy and numeracy. From my years of experience as a teacher I believe […]
Imagine being born with a face that was different. Not with lots of freckles, or a large nose or big ears, but with a face that is considered freakish, caused by a mutation in a gene that caused the bones in your […]
Yes, it’s early days yet, but here are some tips for surviving the rest of the school holidays: Respect their tiredness – the struggle is real. These little people have been busting their bods to get through the half-year – concerts, party […]
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