I’ve created a free QLD school calendar to help you track term dates, school holidays, public holidays and more. It’s particularly helpful for tracking the ‘week’ references that schools insist on making. Where else does everyone refer to “week 1” and “week 2” rather than an actual date? Ah, school life, huh? Free QLD school …
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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 …
Think about your own experience for a moment. When you got out of high school, did you have all the life skills you needed to survive in life, let alone succeed? If you were lucky, you knew how to read and had some basic history and maths skills, and if you were even luckier, you …
As an ex-teacher, I’m constantly surprised how many parents don’t read school reports with their kids! If you knew how much blood, sweat, tears and effort goes into putting those reports together… More than that, reports are prepared by teachers not just to give parents an overview, but also to highlight areas where kids can …
Last year, Victoria’s Department of Education and Training announced that escalating disputes between parents and teachers and principals would lead to independent mediation. Mediation seems extreme, and expensive, so it’s timely to ask: how can teachers and parents prevent conflicts from intensifying? article by Rebecca English, Queensland University of Technology When I was a teacher, …
I’ve got two in high school this year – Year 7 and Year 8 – but we still feel really new to it all. Especially the workload. Trying to help two not-very-organised kids get organised at high school is doing my head in. I tried to find some tips for high school organisation around the …