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Health and Wellbeing
Giving up sport not an academic strategy
Every year, as students approach Years 11 and 12, the same conversation recurs: “I’m giving up sport so I can focus on the HSC/VCE/QCE/etc.” The decision seems sensible – school becomes harder, assessments matter more…
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In The Classroom
Record numbers for PM’s Spelling Bee
The 2026 Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee opened for business last Monday with record-setting day-one numbers of 10,425 student registrations, an 58 per cent increase on 2025. Since then, more than 1800 teachers have added 27,300…
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In The Classroom
Ill-equipped for sex education, teachers say
We surveyed 482 teachers working across government, Catholic and independent schools who deliver relationship and sexuality education and found they often feel ill-equipped to deliver lessons on sex, consent and respectful relationships.
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Top Story
Sea of red as Vic teachers strike
Tens of thousands of Victorian state school educators walked out of classrooms and on to the streets of Melbourne CBD…
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In The Classroom
What should an Australian teacher look like?
A review of Australia’s Professional Standards for Teachers is closing on August 7. Decisions made now could shape teaching for the next generation. Following recent reforms, there is a genuine fear that we will see a further shift from…
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Policy & Reform
AERO review could ‘undermine trust’ in resources
AERO has objected to the public release of a performance review over fears it would undermine the quality of its resources and damage its reputation.
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Health and Wellbeing
School readiness for choking incidents
A choking emergency is a low-frequency event in schools, but when it happens it demands fast, coordinated decision making. That combination can expose gaps that ordinary safety checks miss: staff may know first aid but…
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Opinion
Dealing with anti-feminist beliefs in classrooms
Teachers are increasingly experiencing harmful, sexist, and misogynistic behaviours in the classroom, while one in four girls feel unsafe in school due to boys’ behaviour.
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