Short reads about Year 7 and the year before it — what changes, why it changes, and what you can do about it. Written for the parent, not about the child.
Raising ThinkersHelping your child settle into high school takes longer than most families expect. Here is what makes the first six weeks hard, and what actually helps.
Raising ThinkersThey spent Year 6 planning it together. Then the enrolment letters came, and they ended up in different schools. What that really takes from a twelve-year-old.
Raising ThinkersNew clothes, new opinions, a new way of talking. What is ordinary about a Year 7 reinventing themselves, and the point where it starts to cost them.
Raising ThinkersThe child who ran the playground in Year 6 has gone small in Year 7. Why confidence does not transfer between schools, and how it gets rebuilt again.
9 things to sort out before high school, built from what Australian parents told us worries them most. Each one comes with what to say, and one thing to try tonight.
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