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Liv Monaghan and Cain Roberts drop of their daughter Peggy for Peggy’s first day of Prep at South Melbourne Primary School.

As preppies start their first day, a principal reflects on missing his

When five-year-old Tyra Zuidam locked eyes with fellow prep student Harrison Castelino at the school gates, they fell into each other’s arms in relief. 

  • Nicole Precel

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Any one primary school class will contain students as much as five years apart in maths skills, and teachers struggle to differentiate the lessons.

New primary schools announced for Perth’s booming suburbs

The new schools will open at the beginning of the 2027 school year and cater to rapidly growing suburbs in the city’s north and south.

  • Holly Thompson
(Clockwise from left) Zac and Alex Boyd-Plymin, Ranveer and Rajveer Verma, Jacob and Olivia Kristiansen, and Ranbir and Harbir Brar are four of the five sets of twins starting year 7 at Marymede Catholic College’s new campus in Doreen.

The Melbourne suburbs facing the back-to-school crunch

As a million students return to their classrooms this week, schools are struggling to meet growing student demand.

  • Noel Towell and Daniella White
School zones require motorists to slow down.

Safety concerns stop kids travelling to school alone: report

With classes resuming on Tuesday and 25 per cent of drivers admitting to speeding in school zones, motorists are being urged to exercise caution.

  • Nick Dent
Belleville run Project Stationary, which collecting unused school supplies and repackages them.

How parents are erasing stationery waste

Vast quantities of costly school stationery goes to waste each year.

  • Noel Towell
Photo of Rabbi Effy Block at his hhomr in St Kilda on Wednesday 22 January 2025. Photo THE AGE/ LUIS ENRIQUE ASCUI

‘Tension is much higher now’: Jewish students told not to wear uniforms amid antisemitic attacks

An attack on a childcare centre in Sydney has increased security concerns for Jewish educators already on edge.

  • Alex Crowe
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The Victorian government is backing anti-vaping classes for children as young as 10 in the state’s schools.

Victorian 10-year-olds to learn how to escape the vapes

Quit campaigners are moving to stay ahead of the vape industry’s youth-targeted marketing machine.

  • Noel Towell
Thousands of parents let students stay home with “unjustified” reasons for their absence.

9,729,900 days lost in one year: The shocking truth about our schools

A decline in attendance has been recorded in private, public and Catholic schools despite a post-pandemic uplift.

  • Christopher Harris
Monica Tratt at Bob Stewart’s Kew store with her son, Lachlan, 6.

This prep pupil’s parents went through a rite of passage spanning generations. Now it’s his turn

A local institution nearly folded during COVID, but returned from the brink to serve another generation of schoolkids.

  • Carolyn Webb
State Schools’ Relief Acting CEO Anshika Spooner says the not-for-profit school uniform provider is experiencing record demand.

Back-to-school costs send families to the financial brink

The soaring costs of equipping children for the new term has resulted in record numbers of parents asking for help.

  • Noel Towell

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