Schooldays for Parents, for parents who care about their children's education

What's New.

"A sample of the new educational resources that are available..."

Schooldays' Sizzlers: new children's section!

"An opportunity for your children to test their mental skills and deductions......"

Overseas student exchange

"If you want more out of life for your teenager, a student exchange might be the experience you're looking for........."

Using widevision for the future

"The public exhibition called 'Widevision 2006" was on display at historic Custom House on the Sydney Harbour foreshore......"

"If you're looking for a positive role model for your daughter - finally there is some hope on the horizon. A new Australian band has hit the airwaves and these young ladies are more interested in healthy fun, good living and personal fitness than starving themselves to death......."

"Essentially, one of the biggest decisions you will make about your child's future is determining which school or college is the right educational facility for your son or daughter. To help you make the right choice, Schooldays for Parents has examined what is on offer at some of the nation's most respected centres of learning..... "

"'It was a great night, but why is it that none of the parents I really need to see ever come?' I don't know how many times I have heard that after a parent-teacher evening..."

"Parents who hire a nanny in NSW presently have no guarantee of the quality of childcare they are getting, according to David Wilson from Childcare NSW....."

"Parents should listen to their instincts and pick up their newborn babies when they cry, Queensland University of Technology researcher Professor Karen Thorpe has discovered......."

Meet the Twixters! by Michael Grose

"If you think of parenting as a 'childhood to end of school years' experience, then think again. These days, parenting is a twenty-five year plus, hands-on odyssey, upon which a person embarks...."

The Road to Independence by Stuart Fleming

"Balancing a bank account, doing supermarket cost-comparisons, dividing up restaurant tabs, estimating driving times - all effortless due to the concern of two teachers-in-training......"

Listen to our Marginalised Youth by Deborah Arentz

"It's the generation that's said to have it all, but a recent conference involving some of the world's leading academics has explored why politics, culture wars and growing up in a post-
September 11 world is making teenagers feel more disaffected and disempowered than ever....."

"........I've ofter pondered the seeming contradicton of very loving and caring parents whose children are a mobile disaster area. They cause their poor parents endless grief and struggle, suck their energy and leave a storm of distress and wasted time and money in their wake........... "

Boys and Role Models by Ian Lillico

"There is no doubt that boys need male role models throughout their lives. Many fathers are role models for their sons even though they may never know it...

Counting the Cost

"These days there's no such thing as a free education and with schooling costs soaring, many parents struggle at the beginning of the school year...."

Exams - a word to parents and students by Dr Dale Gerke

"Every year it happens! The new year starts. Slowly the doubts arise and anxiety disturbs all aspects of the caring student's life...."

Good Nutrition can alleviate depression

"The results of this study go far in supporting existing commonsense knowledge of the importance of maintaining a well-balanced diet, by emphasising its potential to relieve the deliverating symptoms of depression......"

Nutrition: The school lunchbox - 7 ways to make it better! by Jacqi Deighan

"School's back and once again we are faced with the challenge of filling up those lunchboxes with interesting, delicious, simple and healthy things for hungry tummies......."

Schooling

Early Literacy Teaching

"The link between children's learning in the early years in English literacy and their teachers' classroom practices has been thoroughly investigated in a new research paper....."

Focus on Literacy

"An initiative that links parents, politicians, teachers and students has been launched to dramatically improve the literacy rates of school students in the Northern Territory......"

Starting school too young by Dr Linda Vining

"In development terms, there is a big difference between a four and a half year old and a five and a half year old. "It does not do a child any harm to wait another year to start school..."...."

Wakakirri National Story Festival 2007

"The Wakakirri National Story Festival opens minds about the world around us and promotes sustainable environmental practices...."

Tough new penalties for HSC cheats

"In an Australia first, a new compulsory course that teaches ethical scholarship and the dangers of cheating has been made available to students online....."

Parents and schools by Ian Dalton

"....There is an ever increasing body of evidence that suggests a feature of effective schools is high quality relationships between teachers and parents....."

Changing rooms for Gen Y learning style

"The natural habitat for "digital natives" during the university season is a social space that encourages easy face-to-face and elaborate electronic communication....."

New Laws Support Modern Education System

"Queensland has formally approved the introduction of a new Prep Year in 2007 and the school starting age will increase in 2008....."

A 'Personal Best' approach by A/Prof Andrew Martin

"..."A personal best approach to learning is when a student aims to do as well or better than their previous best," says A/Professor Andrew Martin, "This can be in terms of a mark or it may be a PB in the way they do things, such as being better organised," he said....... "