Starting School

Five ways to help your child make the transition into school life

Contains:

No free education: Parents spend $592 per child on back to school costs

Contains:

Photo: A new study has found there is a bigger picture to consider when determining whether a child is ready to start school.

One in three kids at risk of 'not being ready' for kindergarten, new study

Contains:

Lunchbox slices, biscuits, cookies

What can I bake for the kids school playlunch? Looking for a little sweet treat for after school snack? Here is a collection of yummy bickies, cookies, slices to pop into their lunchboxes.

Contains:

What to expect from the first year of school

What one mother wishes she knew when she sent her son off to 'big' school last year.

Contains:

Is your child ready for school?

Contains:

What to do if your child hates school

Contains:

Basic literacy knowledge is an important issue

Preparing kindergarten children for school

Contains:

Lunchbox savory snacks and slices

Contains:

School community: you get out what you put in.

Don't be intimidated by school mums

When my first child started school, I'll admit I was intimidated. The intimidation was not vicarious; I was not worried about him. I was intimidated for me.

Contains:

Starting school: Lessons from a school mum newbie

Lessons from my first weeks on the school scene

It's certainly true that life changes when your child starts school and, after only a couple of weeks as a newbie on the scene, I'm realising just how much.

Contains:

When you child is separated from their friends

Helping kids when they find themselves in a class with no friends

Going back to school can be hard for some children, especially when they find themselves in a class without any of the friends they made last year.

Contains:

The number of children taught at home in NSW is ballooning. Perhaps that's partly because of overcrowding in public schools.

Welcome to the rest of your life

"Welcome to the rest of your life," I might have said on that first day, just a fortnight ago, we dumped her on a kindergarten teacher and ran for the door.

Contains:

Lunchtime designs

Make your kids lunchtime extra special this year with these funky lunch boxes and accessories from Lunch Boxes With Love.

Contains:
This article contains a photo gallery

Dad's honest note to school is going viral

When US dad, Patrick Pipino's daughter was late for school, he figured honesty was the best policy.

Contains:

Australia's problem of violence towards women begins in the primary school playground.

Girls deserve to be safe from violent boys in the playground

It is frustrating that a child can so badly assault another child – even to the point of breaking a bone – and nobody will take it seriously.

Contains:

Should there be alcohol for parents at school functions?

Is there no place for alcohol at school functions, even when kids are not present?

Contains:

Here is a really simply way to create a balanced and tasty lunch box.

How to build a nutritious school lunch for your child

Packing your child's lunch doesn't have to be difficult.

Contains:

Twins Amaya, left, and Ellie are starting kindergarten at Turner Primary this year.

Back to school separation anxiety all across the city

The day has come for Canberra parents to wave goodbye to their kindy kids as school returns for the 2016 academic year.

Contains:

Don't let them play before getting ready.

Four rookie mistakes of being a school parent

When your child starts school, it's a big change to adapt to - for them and for us as parents. This adaptation can take time for us all, and there are four mistakes I can see I made as a new school parent:

Contains:

Search pagination