Education
Your child's education
Australian children attend school from around 5 years of age for approximately 12 years, depending on which State or Territory you live in.
Computer test catches children with ADHD
Nicky Phillips Researchers have developed a computer test that can diagnose children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with 96 per cent accuracy.
Never too early for a piggy bank
Bina Brown It is never too early to learn the value of money and how to budget and save. The earlier you teach children about saving versus spending, the better prepared they will be to manage their own money.
Teaching kids to get organised
Sonja Walker Parents and teachers commonly complain about kids’ inability to plan and execute even the simplest of tasks.
Shush, folks, we're trying to read
Anna Patty Children with language difficulties could make big improvements if their parents changed how they read to them, study finds.
Back-to-basics approach for Australia's classrooms
Michael Bachelard and Jill Stark Australia's national school curriculum will return history, grammar, literature and phonetics to the classroom.
Try walking and talking
Ben Rossiter As another school year begins, the roads will become a lot busier. Not because the streets will be full of children walking to school, but because the roads around schools will be packed with cars...
Parent power wins top spot on My School
Phillip Coorey and Brian Robins The federal government has confronted concerns that information on its My School website is too limited by promising to expand the site's content to include details such as the level of bullying and...
School lunches - finding the right balance
Paula Goodyer As domestic items go, a school lunch box seems simple - until you try filling it up, says Kate Di Prima of the Dietitians Association of Australia.
Beat the school holiday blues (NSW)
Keeli Cambourne Historic ghost tours or prehistoric dinosaurs, breadmaking or flying foxes - here are some activities across Sydney and beyond for these summer holidays.
Keeping back-to-school costs down: Our top five tips
Analaura & Wilson Luna Getting the kids ready to head back to the classroom can be a very expensive process and when you're inundated with 'back to school' ads and kids who want one of everything, it can be hard to know...
How to beat the first-day blues
Ann-Maree Moodie It's your little one's first day of school. She's standing beside you at the school gate wearing a uniform that makes her look so grown up. Her backpack is almost as big as she is.
Lessons for parents as kids start high school
Jane Southward If you can still remember the morning you first set foot in the high school playground, that's not a surprise. Jane Southward talks to the experts who say starting high school is a key point in life.
Technology in the classroom
Keeli Cambourne Forget the chalk dust, the dog eared textbooks, even the more modern DVD player. Today's school students are downloading homework on iTunes, listening to lessons via podcasts, communicating with...
Lack of sleep akin to behaviour disorder
Paula Goodyer Sleep deprivation can affect a child's mood, behaviour and academic performance, writes Paula Goodyer.
Cricket and footy face competitive challenge
Alex McClintock So-called alternative sports - such as badminton, skateboarding and triathlons - are threatening the dominance of traditional pastimes such as cricket or footy.
First-day jitters
Jane Southward A student starting year 7, a first-time teacher and a new kindy parent come clean about their first-day nerves, writes Jane Southward.
What do children want? Time, not toys
Julia Medew A word of advice for their parents: forget about showering them with gifts, do not over-schedule their time and get down on their level to engage with them as much as you can.
Aussie school kids need to 'fit' in
While most parents think they know how to pick the right school shoes – 1 in 3 confess their kids have complained of sore feet shortly into the new school term!
Kids in hot cars
Kidsafe With summer well and truly on its way, so are the safety risks when combining kids, cars and hot weather. The heat of an Australian summer can be extreme and it can be dangerous for kids.
