High Performance Learning

Beware of so-called smart devices in your home - they are easily hacked.

Robot vacuum cleaners hacked to spy on, insult owners Multiple Ecovacs robot vacuum cleaners have been hacked to yell obscenities and insults through the onboard speakers.

Start the year with teaching you child good habits about being organised.

How can you help your child tidy up their room (without having a massive fight every time)? There are developmental reasons for children being messy. But there are ways to encourage your child to look after their rooms without stressful conflict.

The time to teach your child good study habits is at the beginning of the year - not just before exams.
A much neglected skill is managing stress.

How can you support your Year 12 student during their final exams? Try and get your student to focus on one thing at a time – helped by a calm, quiet study environment.

Handwriting is a very different skill to typing and it has many advantages in helping children become better thinkers and learners so it is important to keep it in the school curiculums.

Write by hand before tablets take over We learn much better when writing by hand instead of on a keyboard. Using fine motor skills is important for children’s brain development.

Menstrual health literacy is often neglected for the pre-teen girls.

We found teenage girls don’t know vulvas from vaginas or when their menstrual cycle starts Fewer than one in ten teen girls surveyed could identify when ovulation happens in a menstrual cycle – even though many of them had had their period for years.