Daily Maverick on MSN15d
First day of school: emotions, challenges, and a new era of learning begin
As schools across South Africa welcomed their new pupils for 2025, excitement over the start of the new academic year was dampened by placement backlogs, budget cuts, teacher shortages and ...
I was only seven when my father said I was too fat to carry. His constant cruel jibes about my weight have ruined my life and driven me to anorexia... and my mother's l…
When I got my first boyfriend at the age of 15 I did everything in my power to keep him away from my sister Isabelle, who was ...
My son, 18, was knifed in the heart… now kids young as EIGHT carry blades at school and stab each other over video games
WHEN two 10-year-olds got into a fight about a computer game during lunch, it looked at first like just another childish ...
The Times of Israel12d
Canadian Jews to Florida-Now!
Today, if you are Jewish, it is no longer safe to walk the streets of Montreal and Toronto and so many other cities and towns ...
Knowing our son Jimmy Mizen's drill rapper killer has had airtime on the BBC feels just as painful as the day he was murdered
Jimmy Mizen's parents chose the hymn Make Me A Channel of Your Peace for his memorial service in 2008, aware of the power of ...
The Citizen7d
Broken classroom windows and toilets leave parents fuming on first day at Dulcie September Primary School
Photo: Sphiwe Masilela The broken toilets and windows situation at Dulcie September Primary School has disturbed the school’s first day of the 2025 academic year. Angry parents from the school ...
Daily News6d
Primary students take over school admin for a day in Naula
Naula Nalanda Sudharshi Primary School Deputy Principal, Nimal Kanaheraarachchi had delegated his responsibilities along with the teaching duties of the staff to the students for one day with an ...
The Straits Times25d
Learning to let go when my child goes to primary school
Several weeks ago, when I asked my six ... that day. His lack of enthusiasm and anxiety made me wonder: Was it him or me who was more anxious about his going to primary school?
Manchester Evening News9d
"I was screaming for my daughter": Primary school locked down after man 'pulls knife out on parent in playground'
"I was concerned about my daughters welfare and if she was worried. We live so close to the school so is terrifying also. You don’t think something like that would happen in a primary school." ...
The Straits Times28d
As school bus fares rise, some parents look for other ways to get their kids to school
About 300 students have signed up for Lylo’s school transport service in 2025, the company’s spokesman told The Straits Times. Around 40 per cent of them are primary school pupils, with the ...