After every school day there’s a sprint to the school gate as kids race to attend extracurricular activities. Most kids, most families, are committed to some kind of after school activity on most days of the week. The things is, there are so many brilliant extracurricular activities available that it’s hard to limit our kids. …
High school
When your kid is starting high school, it’s almost as daunting as when they started ‘big school’. Because, let’s face it, high school is the real big school. Starting high school is the beginning of both the end and the beginning. Yup, it’s a very confusing time. My eldest two kids are in Year 8 …
I’m not sure why we call them ‘back to school‘ tips. Kids go ‘back to school’ a small number of times, but they are ‘at school’ for thousands, and thousands of days. Don’t tell them that! You know there are probably more back to school tips floating around than there are school children. It’s not …
Trying to get your head around the school holiday and term dates each year is diabolical, isn’t it? Not to mention the fact that schools refer to ‘weeks’ instead of actual dates like the rest of us. It did my head in, until I sorted it by creating a school calendar that had the lot. …
Positive education brings together the science of positive psychology with best practice teaching programs to not only help kids to flourish at school, but also to support their families and the wider school community. Kids who are happy at school learn more effectively and perform better academically. School can play a big role in the …
With all the distractions we’re presented with from the internet and other forms of media these days, it can be very difficult for kids to focus on homework. It is so convenient to tweet what you’re doing, text your friends, watch Smosh on YouTube, or to do an infinite number of things when you’re supposed to be …