We’ve all experienced that groggy brain fog feeling that comes from lack of sleep. When you combine sleep-deprived parents with tired and cranky children, the result is household hostility and conflict. [ … ]
Parenting powered by brain research
Parents of every generation have routinely scratched their heads asking, “what was going inside that brain of yours” when their child said or did something that defied commonsense or logic. [ … ]
Apply now for the latest awards and grants
There’s always a multitude of awards, competitions and grants schools and students can enter to earn recognition for their achievements or secure funding to pursue specialist projects. Awards • Queensland [ … ]
Learn and laugh together
In an age where we are more connected than ever through and with technology, it’s important that families leverage it to learn, laugh and have fun together. If you’ve resolved [ … ]
Parents embrace story time: report
Making Australian children and young people a national priority is the clear message from a national assessment of the wellbeing of the nation’s young people. The mixed result report card [ … ]
New taskforce turns spotlight on bullying
The Queensland Government has turned the spotlight on bullying, appointing a 14-member taskforce to draw on proven research and strategies to reduce the incidence of face-to-face and online bullying and [ … ]
Being 14: learn what your daughter is really thinking
Imagine having access to the uncensored thoughts and feelings experienced by today’s 14-year-old girls. It would give parents a welcome insight into what’s really going on inside their minds and [ … ]
Don’t underestimate the power of simply chatting with your teen
The world’s most influential assessment of student achievement has reaffirmed the powerful influence parents can have on their teen’s satisfaction with life, motivation and educational achievement. The OECD’s Programme for [ … ]
Raising readers
“When I say to a parent, ‘read to a child’, I don’t want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.” — Mem Fox, acclaimed Australian [ … ]
School “feel” important to parents
Queensland parents embarking on a fact-finding mission to select a future school for their child are invited to experience the culture and programs of independent schools first-hand at an Open [ … ]