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Students from Balingup Primary School and Manjimup Primary School during the Pitching In Challenge on Thursday.

Robot warsPremiumManjimup school set to host major interschool robotics event

East Manjimup Primary school is set to be centre for major interschool robotics competition this Friday, with students from across the region competing to be the best engineer.

Craig Duncan

There's been a jump in year 7 and 9 students needing extra support in writing and numeracy. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumOne-in-10 students need extra school support: NAPLAN

There are encouraging signs students' maths skills are improving but one in 10 need more support, with family background a huge factor in NAPLAN results.

Rachael Ward

Girls performed better in the latest NAPLAN literacy tests. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumHow kids' gender and location impacted NAPLAN results

One-in-10 students need extra help at school after falling below minimum standards, with location, socio-economic status and background impacting results.

Rachael Ward

Rear view of primary school teacher writing on a clear whiteboard in classroom with students.

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WA schools should be top of the class

That statistics make for worrying reading. Almost 40 per cent of WA Year 3 students failed to reach the national reading benchmark in this year’s NAPLAN exam.

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Yyear 3 Ballajura students Muhaymin Ali, Imogen Gillespie, Airalyn Chuah and Reyansh Arora Andrew Ritchie

EducationCommentsPremiumPerth primary school that bucked NAPLAN trend reveals secret

At one of Perth’s primary schools, students are doing better than the average. What’s their secret?

Rhianna Mitchell

WA Education Minister Sabine Winton said it was pleasing to see the results remained stable.

EducationCommentsPremiumNAPLAN results reveal a ‘worrying’ trend for WA students

WA is the worst performing State in the country for Year 3 reading ability, according to this year’s NAPLAN results, with almost 40 per cent of students below the benchmark for their age.

Rhianna Mitchell

Shire of Wagin chief executive Kenneth Parker with University of WA interns Fred Hawkins, Krish Jain and Anna Naiju.

INTERN INFLUENCEUWA students internship to bolster Wagin community assets

Three University of WA students dedicated 300 hours of their winter break to revitalising influential community assets to bolster a Wheatbelt town.

Hannah Whitehead

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UPDATEDPremiumHorror find on uni student’s phone: cops

A Sydney PhD student has been suspended after he was allegedly caught with more than 25,000 files of child abuse material on his phone.

Clareese Packer

A woman has been charged for allegedly making bomb hoaxes to a high school and a childcare centre in Brisbane’s south.

NewsPremiumBomb threats made at childcare, school: cops

A woman has allegedly targeted a childcare centre and a high school in a bomb hoax.

Alexandra Feiam

Murdoch University Campus.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumUniversity in the dark over ‘major shake-up’ merger plans

Western Australia’s universities appear divided over a proposal by the Cook Government that has been dubbed ‘the biggest shake-up’ to the tertiary institutions in decades.

Charlton Hart

Australian school kids are supporting a mission to create a garden on the moon. (HANDOUT/STILE Education)

EducationPremiumSchool kids inspired by space salad mission to the moon

Australian students are growing cucumbers for a lunar mission, turning classrooms into launch pads for real space science and STEM discovery.

Katelyn Catanzariti

Dr Tony Buti has announced a new committee to investigate university mergers.The University of Western Australia, Curtin , Edith Cowan and Murdoch Universities will all come under the microscope.

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WA universities set for major shake-up with merger plans

The Sunday Times can reveal the Cook Government has taken a significant step towards a merger in some form between WA’s four public universities.

Joe Spagnolo

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NEWSPremiumSchool bus collides with truck, flips

A child is injured and workers have freed a female bus driver who was trapped after a school bus collided with a truck and flipped.

Alexandra Feiam

Woollahra railway station could be reopened according to a secret plan. Woollahra Council

UPDATEDPremiumKey questions about ‘ghost station’ proposal

The possible reopening of an unfinished “ghost station” in one major city has been described as “hokey” by a local leader.

Nathan Schmidt

Sister Sahaya and Sister Mery from Divine You Co have been working to transform a Graham Road property into Narrogin’s new education support centre.

SUPPORT CENTREPremiumNew Narrogin support centre for children and elderly

A Wheatbelt charity has been gifted a 30,000sqm property to transform into a new community-led education support centre, offering a dedicated space for all ages.

Hannah Whitehead

Education Minister Sabine Winton.

Education PremiumMinister denies delays to major WA schools review

The state’s Education Minister has denied there are any delays to a major review of WA schools despite no public report on it’s findings more than 18 months after it was first announced.

Charlton Hart

Ed Connect Harvey volunteers Kathy O’Shaunessy, Susan Niven, Jim Turner, Carol Clinch, Gerarda Stapp and Elle Bennier.

Helping hands PremiumHarvey community share wisdom with EdConnect Australia

Several Harvey community members have joined with Ed Connect Australia’s school volunteer program, giving their time to mentor and encourage students. 

Craig Duncan

An after-school provider has been hit with $220k in fines.

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Popular after-school care provider hit with $220k in fines

The fines total more than what was levied against the entire sector in the State in 2024.

Katina Curtis

People with student debt are set to be the first winners of the new Albanese government. NewsWire / Damian Shaw

EducationPremiumDebt soon to be slashed for millions of Aussies

Labor is set to introduce one of its biggest election promises this week, and it would mean a huge debt cut for this group of Australians.

Brendan Kearns

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese conceded parents were let down by governments.

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Childcare crisis ‘priority’ for PM after parents let down

Parents have been let down in the past by governments and regulators, Anthony Albanese has admitted as Labor scrambles to fix a childcare crisis with new laws to cut off funds to substandard centres.

Nicola Smith and Katina Curtis

Young people are more likely to take party drugs than older generations.

NewsPremiumWorrying party drug trend on the rise in Australia

A spike in GHB-related call-outs has experts worried as young Australians turn away from expensive alcohol amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Alexandra Feiam

SSTU president Matt Jarman said the campaign was calling for a united community effort to bring respect back into schools.

EducationCommentsPremium‘Your kids are watching’: Stern message to students’ parents

The teachers’ union has kickstarted a new campaign calling on parents to show respect for staff in public schools - and to consider whether their own child’s behaviour could be a problem.

Bethany Hiatt

Journalist Caitlin Vinci uses a road map to get from the Seven West Media offices in Osborne Park to Ezy Plus in Morley.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumArt of reading a map is dying out: UWA Professor

As WA celebrated the remarkable survival story of Carolina Wilga, the aftermath questioned - could Aussies survive with just a map?

Caitlin Vinci

National statistics show one in five students in Years 4 to 9 reported experiencing online bullying every 12 months. 

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Forcing kids to be besties with bullies sends bad message

It’s staggering to think some WA schools are dealing with bullying incidents by encouraging the victims of the torment to become friends with their bullies. 

Ben O'Shea

Ben O'Shea