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Shailja Prasad and her daughter, Jiya Lyer at Mount Carmel College. Pictured on 8th October 2025. Picture: Ben Clark

Don’t panic about exam anxiety – it can actually boost your brain

Teenage brains are physically rewired by the stress of year 12 exams – but a leading neuroscientist says these simple techniques can help students perform at their best.

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1/10/25. Year 12 Exams - How parents can best support their teens as they complete their year 12 exams. Yr 12 CBC student Travis Cappelluti -17yrs with mum Alison.Picture: Keryn Stevens

What year 12s need to hear from mums and dads right now

Parents can be even more anxious than their kids during year 12 exams. Here’s how experts say mums and dads should support their teens at this stressful time.

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22 October 2025Hampstead Primary School for story about schools where the demographics are changing as more well-educated professionals move into the area and enrol their children.Drushti 11, Adara 12, James 12 and Sultan 11.Pic RoyVPhotography

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Ranked: Every state’s most upwardly mobile schools

Official data for every Australian school reveals some have recorded a meteoric rise in the social status of their families over the past decade. Explore the stats for your school.

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Shocking exam bungle: Could you pass a Caesar test without any study?

Nine Queensland schools taught students the wrong topic for a year. How would you go on a Julius Caeasar test without any study? TAKE THE QUIZ

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Footballer Jack Riewoldt is the face of the Tasmanian government's Every School Day Matters campaign. Picture: Supplied

School attendance under 60pc – carrot or stick to fix truancy crisis?

What works best to get the lost generation of Australian students back in schools – footy stars and free food, or threats and fines? Explore the shocking data and take our poll.

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A parent has confronted a 12 year old student at a Gilles Plains school accusing them of bullying her child. Picture: Supplied

‘Slit your throat’: Mum loses job after threatening year 7 ‘bully’

A mum who stormed a classroom and threatened to slit the throat of her daughter’s alleged bully has been condemned by a magistrate.

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MELBOURNE, OCTOBER 8, 2025: Research shows 75 per cent of private primary students are driven to school compared to 62 per cent public. The Fulfaro girls Angie, 10, Daniella (dark hair), 9, and Izzy, 6, walk to school. Picture: Mark Stewart

‘I’ll drive my kids 300m’ – why few students still walk or ride to school

Most children are now driven to school every day – and experts say parents are the reason ‘it’s only taken one generation for Aussies to stop walking or riding to school’.

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The principal of the Adelaide Hills’ largest private school, Tom Brennen, has resigned

Hills private school principal reveals shock resignation

The principal of the Adelaide Hills’ largest private school has resigned, citing “personal family reasons”.

Multiple students were involved in the alleged targeted attack. Picture: Channel 9

Two arrested after violent high school attack

Police have arrested two people following an attack that forced Greenvale Secondary College into lockdown and left two students injured

Year 12 students (LtoR seated) Ziah Case,17, and Raphe Thomas,17, (LtoR back) Aryan Alavi,17, and Katie Wolfenden,17, with teacher, Kirsty Raymond, a teacher of 20-years, sharing why exams results don't define us. 26 September 2025. Picture: Dean Martin

Veteran teacher’s message that every year 12 should read

Experienced teacher Kirsty Raymond has an important reality check for year 12s fretting about their future as final exams loom.

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HSC students Eloise Marquard and Aaryn Philips studying at the State Library of NSW ahead of their final exams. We've run five years of exam data through AI to find common themes, questions and traps that could give year 12 students an edge. Picture: Richard Dobson

Ultimate HSC exams guide: What AI says year 12s need to know

Exclusive analysis using AI to study five years of papers reveals the common questions, topics and traps of the most popular HSC exams. Here’s what NSW year 12s need to know.

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Professor Phil Parker graduating from university.

‘Not bad for a boy who didn’t have the marks’: Inspiring prof’s path to success

Professor Phil Parker has come a long way from being an equity entry student to holding a PhD. He has an important message for every student from a disadvantaged background.

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ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Advertiser Photos OCTOBER 11, 2025: Brothers Harris, 14, (M) and (L to R) Edward & Fergus, 12 (twins), at home ready for sports action. Picture: Emma Brasier

Revealed: The eye-watering cost of kids’ after-school activities

New data reveals the high price of putting your child through dance lessons – and which sports are a cheaper alternative. See the list.

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Adelaide Hills teacher Jude Crowe outside the Mount Barker Community Library. Pictured on 10th October 2025. Picture: Ben Clark

‘Make libraries safe again’: Are these books harmful or vital sex ed?

Two mums have called for restrictions on what they claim as ‘over-sexualised’ sex-ed books, but experts say it will just expose teens to online horrors.

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