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Susie O’Brien is a columnist and journalist at the Herald Sun, writing on family, social, political and lifestyle issues. She also writes about parenting, or “sharenting” as it’s now known thanks to Facebook. Susie often writes about her three kids, but this is getting harder as they now regularly Google their names to check up on her. Susie is an experienced media performer who appears on Sunrise every Friday where her main audience is women on treadmills watching with the sound turned down. Over the years she’s been on The Project, The Circle, Mornings, Today, Weekend Today and Sky News and every other news show. She has a PhD in Education, but please don’t hold this against her.

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Signage is seen at St Kevin's College in Toorak, Melbourne, Thursday, February 20, 2020. Court action by a teacher has put more pressure on St Kevin's College in Melbourne after the school's headmaster resigned following a child-grooming scandal. (AAP Image/Erik Anderson) NO ARCHIVING

St Kevin’s student injured in balcony collapse

A year seven student at St Kevin’s College has been rushed to hospital after falling when a balcony gave way at the Toorak school.

ANOTHER school has closed over coronavirus fears after a staff membertested positive. Ultra orthodox Jewish school Yeshiva-Beth Rivkah College wrote tofamilies early this morning to advise the school, early learningcentre and cr che would be closed today.ÒWe write to inform you that further to our communication on Mondayregarding the families that were identified as being on flight QF94and the steps that were taken to send them home, we have now beenadvised that one of those people has come back with a positive testresult for COVID-19,Ó principal Shimon Waronker wrote. Picture: Sarah Matray

‘You don’t expect this’: ‘Heil Hitler’ hate attack on Jewish schoolgirls

One of the five Jewish students from Beth Rivkah Ladies College said the vile antisemitic abuse from the schoolboys had left the group shaken and shocked.

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Calculators gave some students an unfair edge in VCE maths exam

Questions are being asked about the use of powerful calculators in VCE maths exams after a question in Friday’s test gave some students a “big advantage” over others.

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The real cost of sending your child to private school in Victoria

As the annual fees for private school in Victoria soar, compulsory levies and extra charges are adding thousands of dollars to already whopping costs. See what you’ll pay.

Auburn South Primary School in Hawthorn East where a car has driven into the school. Picture - Mohammad Alfares

Most dangerous Victorian school roads revealed

More pedestrian crossings, 40km/hr zones, traffic lights, barriers and speed cameras are needed near scores of Victorian schools, with the Auburn South Primary crash tragedy highlighting potential dangers.

Students were asked to analyse a notice informing Gym members at Our Local Gym it had received an offer from a lolly shop to fund the gym. Picture: Facebook

VCE students ‘ecstatic’ to put English exam behind them

VCE students have celebrated the end of their first exam by sharing memes and jokes online about questions in the gruelling three-hour English test.

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O’Brien: Halloween doesn’t need to be an eco-green fever dream

Halloween is now less about watching the kids go psycho on a sugar-high and more about guides, checklists, workshops and eco-friendly initiatives – and it’s ruining the fun.

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Sexual harassment, rape threats: New reality for female teachers

Half of teachers in schools and kindergartens – almost all female – have been victims of routine sexual harassment, mostly by male students, a shock new study has found.

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‘Freaking out’: Cruel VTAC scam targets VCE students before exams

A cruel VTAC scam has targeted Year 12 VCE students on the eve of the English exam.

HOLD FOR FOR HERALD SUN EXAM GUIDE - Year 12 students set to tackle the english exams at Lauriston Girls School. [clockwise from left] Daisy Clarke, Celine Manikhode, VCE English teacher Elspeth Maddocks (vce English teacher) Minna Willig, and Alice Fletcher. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Last minute study guide: How to ace the VCE English exam

With less than 24 hours to go before Victoria’s year 12s sit the English exam, examiners, tutors, teachers and star pupils offer last-minute tips and trick to ace the test, as well as the key pitfalls to avoid.

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