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What Cranbrook boys said to Cranbrook girls before their first day at the school
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (859+ words) February 2, 2026 " 7:30pm It could be the start of any other school year. But look closer and you'll see a trio of teenage girls, chatting and carrying new laptops they collected ahead of class starting. In 2026, they are making Cranbrook history by…...
This early VCE subject is giving students a pathway to medicine. Find out your school’s top electives
11+ hour ago (828+ words) February 2, 2026 " 5:00am Melbourne High School student Daniel Wanglikitkoon is thinking about studying medicine. The year 12 student said he had been drawn to maths and physics in earlier years, but he wanted to expand his science study, so he took VCE biology…...
The public school with ocean views catching the eye of parents
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (624+ words) February 1, 2026 " 7:15pm For decades, distracted students uninterested in Macbeth or trigonometry have gazed out the window at the green oval of Forest High School, their peers doing archery, playing soccer, or engaging in unsanctioned activities in the adjacent bushes. But those…...
The 10 signs a child is ready to start kindergarten
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (845+ words) February 1, 2026 " 5:00am Spencer Paine, who will turn six in March, and four-year-old Arielle Katrib are 15 months apart in age " but they will both sit on the carpeted floors of a kindergarten classroom for the very first time when they start primary…...
Parents need better guidance on when to send kids to kindy
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (385+ words) February 1, 2026 " 5:00am For many parents the return of classes could not come sooner, after weeks of juggling school holiday programs, days with the grandparents and working from home to patch together care for their children over the year's longest break from…...
The secret formula adding up to VCE maths success at this expanding school
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (775+ words) February 1, 2026 " 5:00am Many students who love maths fall for it while breezing through arithmetic in primary school. Not so Eva White, who was drawn to it in kindergarten: "I just remember loving to solve patterns," she says. The Bacchus Marsh Grammar…...
‘I feel like everything’s changed’: Kids in bushfire-ravaged Victoria are returning to school
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (994+ words) January 31, 2026 " 6:56pm Six-year-old Jemima Jeffery stands on the blackened block near a school bus stop. "I feel like everything's changed," she says. In bushfire-ravaged areas of Victoria, families are still putting out fires, have had to euthanise their livestock and defend…...
Kids are back at school. But they won’t be taught one crucial thing
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (875+ words) January 31, 2026 " 5:01am It's back to school in Australia and New Zealand " but with one key difference: Kiwi kids will now learn about money. What started with first New Zealand's Labour and then National party leaders promising to introduce money lessons at…...
University life may be rosier than we think
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (433+ words) January 31, 2026 " 5:01am Australian universities have been crying poor for so long that an unexpected and large surplus has quite suddenly painted a rosy picture of the presumed beleaguered sector. A report quietly released by the federal government late last year shows…...
The schools that are getting more top scores in VCE English
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (866+ words) January 31, 2026 " 5:00am Haileybury College and Yarra Valley Grammar have achieved among the most sustained improvements in high English scores over a decade of VCE performance. Both schools credit their success to incremental changes built on over time and students receiving firm…...