SchoolNews - Australia

Write what you know: the COVID experience is a rich resource for year 12 English exams

Classroom-based research has long supported the importance of “harnessing students’ own knowledge, experience, imagination and…

NSW Update: STEM comp, HSC prep & regional school restrictions

2021 HSC enrolment snapshot released

Teaching a ‘hatred’ of Australia? No, minister, here’s why a democracy has critical curriculum content

Are all teachers secretly writers?

Seamless furniture refurb turns heads at SA school

The project included a significant refurbishment of the school’s original 1952 Spence building and was…

Literacy learning levels post-pandemic

Lots of schools are moving to ‘hot desking’. Is there any benefit for my child?

Tools to make classrooms more inclusive

In debates about opening schools, we’re neglecting an important voice: our children’s

Macarthur school adapts quickly to home schooling during COVID-19 pandemic

Headmaster Dr Nockles takes us through his school's layered process: "The planning we undertook included…

Green space around primary schools may improve students’ academic performance

We examined how greenery and traffic-related air pollution were associated with the average 2018 NAPLAN…

$20m program lifts out of school hours care places

Op-Ed: How to deliver high-impact remote learning experiences

NSW Growing more green thumbs in schools

School of fish: how we involved Indigenous students in our investigation of a 65,000-year-old site

First, it’s not an instruction manual: 3 things education ministers need to know about the Australian Curriculum

Education ministers across the country will likely consider approving version 9.0 of the curriculum in…

More reasons to teach in the bush

Op-Ed: Are all teachers secretly writers?

Schools are surveying students to improve teaching. But many teachers find the feedback too difficult to act on

Leverage 7 learning zones to boost children’s conceptual understanding

Videogames or homework? Why not both, as ACMI has 75 game lessons for you to try

The research into the effectiveness of game-based learning seems highly contextual...

Cutting edge student design at Salisbury High School

Increased support for learning from home

CASE STUDY: Stellar science room revamp for St Catherine’s School

Dyslexia Resources: Reading between the lines

Security! Keep your school safe in 2022

Many schools choose to create their own security risk management plans and policies, sometimes with…

Missing out on PE during lockdowns means students will be playing catch-up

A new study sounds like good news about screen time and kids’ health. So does it mean we can all stop worrying?

More children are self-harming since the start of the pandemic. Here’s what parents and teachers can do to help

From vaccination to ventilation: 5 ways to keep kids safe from COVID when schools reopen

Schools need to know classrooms’ air quality to protect against COVID. But governments aren’t measuring it properly

In September, Victoria announced a $190 million program to improve ventilation in government and low…

QLD Gov to Build New ‘Game-Changing’ Facilities at Smithfield High

CASE STUDY: Brisbane Grammar School models modular classrooms

Getting to grips with outdoor furniture options

Children need playgrounds now, more than ever. We can reduce COVID risk and keep them open

‘It was the best five years of my life!’ How sports programs are keeping disadvantaged teens at school

It is important educators consider the students’ individual needs and interests in designing specialist sports…

Forest High students in a league of their own