Education

By Melinda Collins As the world economy steadies itself and the tides turn on the financial crisis, a survey reveals half of school leavers are financially illiterate and ill prepared…

By Kate Pierson It has been quite a while since I have been in the company of a principal, but any pre-jitters are imminently abandoned as I sit down with…

By Melinda Collins Homework, or tasks which teachers assign to students to be completed outside of school hours, persists as a controversial aspect of our education system. Whether homework aids…

By Sandy Galland What teachers do is amazing and slightly terrifying! So says the man who has been catapulted to fame as an authority on children. Child psychologist Nigel Latta…

The quest to nourish our children By Kate Pierson Kids will be kids when it comes to junkfood but what about the child who is always tired and can’t concentrate…

By Sandy Galland Statistics report more than a quarter of our students aged 15 to 19 are not in school and some in the teaching sector believe the numbers could…

By Sandy Galland Our world appears to spin faster on its axis each year, thus today’s children are struggling to orientate their compasses to true north. Society is changing continually…

By Kate Pierson A little girl is born and she struggles for breath, as a toddler she struggles to crawl and as a pre-schooler she struggles to write her name.…

As a teacher you are constantly on a tremendous journey of learning. On a daily basis you are walking the path of positive growth – both personally and as a…

By Melinda Collins Immediate and easy communication is with us and here to stay, but with it has arrived the potential and opportunity to abuse the very advantages information-age technology…