Tag Archives: School

With school holidays just beginning, it’s time to start planning how you will keep the kids entertained – and keep yourself sane! Luckily there are an abundance of activities that you can do inside and outside the house that are… Continue Reading >

Camp Quality’s Big Walk for Little Kids is the latest fundraising challenge seeing Australians lacing up their trainers across the country. Will you join in the fun? This year, the stakes are the highest they have ever been, with 9,100… Continue Reading >

In August 2019 a Brisbane newspaper article reported that toddlers are now being taken to tutors to help them get ready for school. As a primary school principal, I was horrified to read this article and learn that parents are… Continue Reading >

School holidays are nearly here again! Soon you will get questions from your little kids, or maybe not so little kids, about what to do and where you will take them.  You’ll wonder what will keep them all busy and… Continue Reading >

If the classroom teacher is the ‘school parent’, then the teacher librarian is an aunty. They are a caring, supportive presence in a child’s life. A person with responsibility and a high level of investment in the child, they are… Continue Reading >

Choosing a school is one of the biggest decisions parents make for their children in their formative years. Coupled with this decision is parents’ understanding their children’s readiness for the challenges and rigour of primary school. In recent years more… Continue Reading >

School can be a slog – there’s no doubt about that. It’s a place where great memories and lifelong friendships are forged, both inside and outside the classroom, but it has its fair share of natural negativity too with the… Continue Reading >

By Krissy Regan The Wellness Poet   The holidays feel so rushed at times and extraordinarily long at others. Before I had children of school age, the school holidays meant nothing to me as a working professional, with disposable income…. Continue Reading >

Starting school for the first time, or making the transition to ‘big school’, can be an exciting time for child and parent alike. It’s only natural to want to document the occasion and share the photos online to express just… Continue Reading >

When parents are preparing their children to start school for the very first time, there are a few areas that parents can address to ensure: 1. That the children feel comfortable with a set of life skills which will allow… Continue Reading >