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Step-by-step travel tips - including how to use those fancy blue light goggles - if you’re travelling East to West, or West to East these holidays.
But holiday clubs can help.
The knock-on effect for schools is a heavy burden.
From the informative to the whimsical to the flat out hilarious, here are ten Australian books to keep your child’s brain active through the holidays.
Picking over the government’s claims that missing class to go on holiday impacts on attainment.
A selection of some of the best books to share between children and parents on the topic of family and friends.
Prosecutions of parents have increased – but is this really targeting persistent truants?
As the school summer holidays beckon, families will be seeking out places to visit with their children, including museums, art galleries and science centres. It may be a way of keeping older children occupied…
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