Going to School

Follow the links below to find information about starting and finishing school, and related issues such as exams and friendships.

Updated May 2008

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Title:   Children and literacy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Your child is literate if they know how to use their language with confidence. This includes speaking, listening, reading and writing. You are your child's most influential teacher and can encourage them in many ways to enjoy using their language skills.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Media release. 150,000 children join active after-school program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   More than 150,000 children are now playing sport, games and activities after school in the Government's Active After-school Communities program.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Youth work - getting into it
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Young people are often interested in doing work that may help the community. So how do you get into this sort of work?
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   School based vaccination programs
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   General information about the School Based Vaccination Program including how the program operates, the vaccines and eligibility.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Starting boarding school
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains information about making the choice to go away to school, leaving home and making life easier at school
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Life choices - What happens after finishing school
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet has information on dealing with exam results, leaving friends, and moving on from school.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   School mornings
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Ideas, games and routines to take some of the pressure out of school mornings.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Media release. Schools step in the right direction
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The winners of the 'Around Australia in 40 Days Challenge' were announced on 22 December. The challenge was open to teams of junior high school students in years 7, 8 and 9, who were encouraged to walk about 10,000 steps each day to help develop healthy habits for life. Around 35,000 students from more than 300 schools took part.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Study tips
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   There are many things in life that cause us stress. One of the most stressful can be sitting exams or keeping up with study.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Learning to write (easy read)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Writing is easy if you learn how to make the letters right from the start. It takes time.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Starting school
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   School can be a strange and scary place for beginners. Young children usually have to cope with bigger buildings, lots more children who are older and bigger and less adults for support.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Going to boarding school
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Most kids go to school during the day and come home to their families or caregivers at night. Sometimes kids can't go home every night so they 'board' or live at school during term time and go home during the holidays.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   School lunches
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Many children eat much of their food each day away from home. Although some services provide meals, parents often need to send enough food along for the day. Foods will stay fresher and taste better if they're individually wrapped.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Backpacks
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When your child starts school, she will need to carry all kinds of things to and from home, eg. lunch, school notices, readers, etc. It is important to have a backpack which is the right size for your child.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Backpacks - or how to carry your life around with you
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Different lessons, moving between classrooms, taking work home and bringing it back to school are all good reasons for wearing a backpack. Yes, backpacks are great, but you do need to take a bit of care or they could be dangerous.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   School uniform - yuk!
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The word uniform means literally, 'having the same form'. So a school uniform means that every kid in the school wears the same clothes. Uniforms show that you are part of the same group.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Going well at school - projects
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Finding information for projects. Keep your eyes open. Look out for brochures telling you about places that you visit. They can be really helpful for project work. Join the local library and get to know your way round the Reference section.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   About school counsellors
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   We often say 'talk to a trusted adult', and put school counsellor on the list, but what is a school counsellor? A school counsellor is a person who has been trained to help kids with their problems.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Leaving school
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Most young people have spent a large part of their lives in some kind of education. Some people don't mind it, others hate it. For some young people leaving school can be an exciting time, for others it can feel very confusing and uncertain.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Leaving school - strategies for making the transition smoother
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Leaving school to move on to new things can be exciting and might be something you've been looking forward to for a while. It can also mean your life changes in a huge way which might leave you feeling stressed and overwhelmed. Check out this factshet for some suggestions for making the transition smoother.
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