Some of the most eager students at St John’s Anglican College are now its parents. The education role reversal is all thanks to a simple, yet powerful parent engagement research [ … ]
Category: Reading
The books boys love and tips to engage reluctant readers
Have you drawn on the incredible experience, wisdom, energy and creativity of your school’s teacher librarian to support your child’s reading journey? These passionate literary guardians know books and the [ … ]
Raising readers in the age of digital distraction
There’s something magical about seeing a child curled up in a quiet space, lost in the pages of a compelling book. But in the age of digital distraction, encouraging a [ … ]
Become a Ready Reading volunteer
Queensland parents can now apply to become Ready Reading volunteers. The Queensland Government wants to train a volunteer army of 3,000 mums, dads, carers and community members to help enhance [ … ]
Accept the Premier’s challenge and get your child reading
Igniting a love of reading in a child is one of the most powerful things parents can do to support their child’s learning. It’s never too early or too late [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]