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A local church run primary school in Kairuku Central province has received a timely donation of desks and and chairs to boost ...
New resources launched by Australia's Education Research Organisation will arm all teachers with the skills to teach writing.
Australia is one of the few high-income countries that does not provide children with a daily nutritious meal at school.
The problem with BYO lunchboxes. In Australia, children either bring a packed lunch or buy food at the school canteen. But the vast majority of these lunches don't meet kids' dietary needs. As a ...
A new study has found children as young as 10 show clinical-level gaming disorder, which researchers say could affect 100,000 Australian children, with a further 350,000 at risk of smartphone ...
Australian parents will be familiar with this school morning routine: hastily making sandwiches or squeezing leftovers into containers, grabbing a snack from the cupboard and a piece of fruit from ...
Uniform retailers have struggled to meet demand as parents buy up more than they need, spending $81 million on uniforms since ...
A new Grattan Institute report has urged Australian primary school principals to take action on declining maths skills. Picture: NewsWire / Christian Gilles. Gift this article.
When Geranium Primary School was forced to close its doors due to dwindling enrolment numbers, it shut a century-old chapter for the tiny town. But then one former teacher with big dreams stepped ...
“Australia has a maths problem, and it starts in primary school,” says Grattan Institute education program director and report lead Jordana Hunter. “Principals do not need to wait for others ...
Zorb, in the 2021 bouncy castle tragedy that killed six children and seriously injured three at Hillcrest Primary School in Tasmania. Gamble was charged with failing to comply with safety duties, but ...