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Should parents watch horrifying Netflix viral hit with their teens?

A new Netflix show about a high school couple tormented by an anonymous bully has become an international sensation. But do experts think it’s too disturbing for kids?

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Cherrybrook Technology High School year 12 students sit an HSC English exam in 2022. Picture: Jonathan Ng

HSC students reveal which exams they want to move online

The majority of Year 12 students want to ditch traditional pen and paper exams, new research has revealed, as NSW’s examiners prepare for the HSC’s first ever computer-based coding exams.

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Daniel Bachi is an Auslan teacher at NSW TAFE. Picture: Supplied

Sign me up: Australia’s fastest-growing new language isn’t verbal

Auslan sign language is emerging as one of the most popular new language options in primary schools – but we’re running out of teachers despite TAFE enrolments soaring.

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Brock Sawtell, Maryline Medard and daughter Ella Sawtell from Cairns enjoying free activities in a Darwin playground these school holidays. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Parents’ staggering spend on school holidays fun revealed

Aussie families are spending more than a billion dollars a week on school holidays activities as the cost of keeping kids entertained skyrockets.

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Corrine lee-Cheu, who was in Year 8 at Atherton State High School in Far North Queensland

Told to die: Shocking bully tactic that happens every week

At least one student in Queensland is told to “kill themselves” by an online bully every week

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Queensland teenager Corrine Lee-Cheu took her own life in September last year, leaving behind her loving and heartbroken family. They say she was a victim of relentless bullying. Photo: Supplied.

Hounded to kill herself: Family’s torment after teen’s tragic death

When Corrine Lee-Cheu started spending hours trying to get her face “right”, her family put it down to typical teenage behaviour. It was only after her death by suicide that they learned of the relentless cruelty she’d been subjected to by school bullies.

Gold Coast mum-of-two Joanne Rahn with seven-year-old daughter Valentina and nine-year-old son Andreas ahead of back-to-school next week. Story is about anxiety.Picture: Nigel Hallett

Fears ‘traumatised’ Qld kids will struggle at school

Wild weather events, new Covid waves and cost-of-living pressures are expected to cause a surge of back-to-school anxiety for Queensland students. This is what you can do to help your children cope.

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Vape teenager. Young cute girl in casual clothes smokes an electronic cigarette near the wall outdoors in summer day. Bad habit that is harmful to health. Vaping activity.

Vape makers’ insidious method of brainwashing Qld schoolkids

E-cigarette companies are using insidious methods to preach to Queensland schoolchildren and circumvent advertising laws.

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Belva Zhuang and her daughter Jane Song, who is in Year 12 at St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School, ahead of external exams, Sherwood. Picture: Liam Kidston

Year 12 exam stress: Warning signs for parents to watch for

A psychologist has warned parents to watch for signs their child is becoming overwhelmed by the stress of the QCAA exam block – which has reached the halfway point.

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Cheatsheets and crash courses: Insider’s guide to using TikTok for Year 12 exams

Queensland Year 12 students are turning to TikTok and other online services to get a handle on this year’s QCAA exams.

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State’s top students reveal study hacks to ace Year 12 exams

Almost 40,000 Queensland students are in the final stages of their study ahead of the “toughest four weeks” of their lives with the QCAA external exam block starting on Monday.

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Care for Kids will host an Australian first virtual open day for parents looking to educate themselves on early childhood learning centres. Topics covered will be sleep, behaviour, managing sickness, school readiness and learning styles and care types. Picture: iStock

Childcare rebate: the unexpected downside

Childcare inquiries in Australia have reached ‘record-breaking’ levels since the government’s new rebate, but there is a worrying downside.

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Group of teenage girls are walking down the school hall with books and laptops in their arms. They are talking and laughing as they walk and there is a female teacher using the printer.

Qld teachers forced to deceive parents over student gender, pronoun changes

A leaked state school email reveals teachers are being told to use a student’s preferred name, pronoun or gender in the classroom without parental consent, a move that is making them uneasy. VOTE IN OUR POLL

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Beat lunch box guilt with the dietitians’ guide to healthy snacks

New research shows Queensland parents are reporting huge food wastage and associated lunch box guilt en masse. Here’s how the experts say you can beat the school snack conundrum.

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