Lauren Donley and her daughter Audrey who was born during the pandemic. 6 November 2025. Photo:Eddie Jim.

The world’s most locked-down kids are about to start school. Here’s what has experts worried

Melbourne’s pandemic babies will start school within months,and experts are warning parents and teachers to be vigilant.

  • Nicole Precel

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Hands up who’s loving learning … a World Teachers’ Day tribute.

An unexpected letter arrived at my dad’s funeral – it contained one of life’s great lessons

Its author was a legendary teacher who struck fear into prankster girls – and transformed our lives.

  • Melissa Coburn
Chef Michael Galton-Fenzi serving lunch to principal Bec Spink and students Kevin Patel,Kabir Sharma-Fenzi and Riva Shah.

A Melbourne public school hired a chef. It was an instant hit with students and parents

Schools providing hot lunches has been linked to boosting a student’s lifetime earnings. But that’s not why this Melbourne school is doing it.

  • Bridie Smith
The ban will come into place in less than 50 days.

‘They don’t have a clue’:WA schools,students,not prepared for looming social media ban

Experts have said if students remained in the dark about the ban,the consequences will be far-reaching – including rising distress,fractured relationships and classrooms “struggling to contain emotions”.

  • Holly Thompson
Anh Tran-Nam and her son Jake.

This eastern suburbs school didn’t have a selective class. So parents created their own

From term one next year,the school will run a full-time selective stream after places were cut at the local opportunity class.

  • Lucy Carroll
Getting in early:kindergarten students at The Entrance Public School,which is among schools tackling the numeracy challenge from the outset.

Go figure! If we catch them young,kids will solve our numeracy crisis

Nearly half of 15-year-olds aren’t proficient in maths. We can only correct that by rescuing them when they’re much younger.

  • Glenn Fahey
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Primary school students will have daily 90-minute limits imposed on the amount of screen time. But the new measures do not apply to secondary students.

High schools urged to follow cuts to screen time for primary students

Primary school students will have daily screen time restricted to reduce distractions,and one academic believes high school students should follow suit.

  • Bridie Smith
Tutor Nathan Kerr with primary school teacher Gabby Kitchingman in Stanton Library North Sydney are concerned that North

Tutors are ‘clogging’ libraries – now one Sydney council wants to charge them

A cash-strapped Sydney council would introduce new fees targeting private tutoring sessions in public libraries in a move supporters say would stop the facilities being “overrun″⁣.

  • David Barwell
An example of what the ChatJCT would have looked like developing the app.

WA students need laptops and the internet. But what happens when families can’t afford them?

Living on a pension,Perth grandfather John Paulson could not afford a laptop or internet for his five grandchildren,and they were falling behind in school.

  • Holly Thompson
The Victorian government says it will strengthen school community safety orders.

Principals’ powers to ban aggressive parents from school to be strengthened

It is about to get easier for principals to bar aggressive parents from school grounds.

  • Nicole Precel