Secret to doing well in school – Inspirational Quotes
It is good to remember that success and being good at something is not an innate quality but something you work for.
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Social and Emotional Skills
School Routines
There are several things to consider when putting together before and after school routines for children, including your child’s age and personality. Something that works for the family down the road may not work for you.
Music Lessons – the rewards and benefits
Learning an instrument can be rewarding and challenging. Most kids at some stage will try out an instrument, even if just the humble recorder. Why would you want your child to play an instrument? I have collected some useful information here to help you decide.
Becoming Independent
Young people need to think about Medicare, Tax File Number, Banking, Centrelink and other support services to prepare for more independence and maybe moving out or away for education purposes.
Covert Bullying
To define the difference between acceptable group formation and bullying is simple: if the dynamic is causing feelings of fear or inadequacy, it is bullying and should be dealt with.
Wellbeing and school performance PISA 2003-2015
The triennial PISA study has been tracking school social environments for some years, recognising the connection between academic performance and student wellbeing.
Single-sex schools
Society has changed so is this remnant from colonial days still serving us well? Elsewhere in society today, you find sex segregation only in ladies’ gyms and gentlemen’s clubs.
Good teachers providing better futures
Child poverty is one of the great challenges of developed, industrialised countries today. How can we ensure the best opportunities for poor children to grow up and be better off than their parents? Professor of Economics at Stanford University, Ray Chetty, made a presentation in the University of Oslo Aula on the 24 October 2016. This is a summary of the presentation. Link to the full presentation below this article.
Get your child to talk about his or her day
If you cannot get your child to talk about his or her day, it is not the child it is something wrong with, it is you. Get some hints from the experts about how to talk to your child and why it is important for a child’s cognitive development.
Critical thinking in the age of Facebook and YouTube
the schism in tomorrow’s society will be between those who know how to access, assess and use the multitude of information becoming available and those who just drown in it and do not possess the critical thinking ability to use what’s available.
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Depression in children and young people
The thing about low moods within the normal fluctuations in life is that such moods can provide opportunities for growth and development of the selves into mature and responsible adults with some degree of personal skills and resilience. The lack of personal skills and coping skills in children and adolescents combined with a lack of life experience are partly the causes of the high degrees of stress and anxiety in young people. When do you need to seek help and where do you go.
Intervention Pathways – getting help for depression and anxiety
Getting help for depression and anxiety in children and young people can be very difficult. Depression and anxiety in children and young people can present with quite different symptoms as compared to adults. As a parent or carer of a young person, you need to know what to look for and also how to manage to get help.
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