Welcome

Hello and welcome to School Daze, the blog that will cover just about every aspect of schooling from primary to tertiary. This blog is more about providing advice where needed, since as experience suggests, people are more likely to take advice from a blog than they are the newspaper! (Also, blog posts can be saved, liked, commented on etc. by reasonably sane people. Newspapers, not so much)

This blog will have a mix of different articles, bits of advice, my own opinion on various educational matters relating to the articles above and also keeping you up to date with any news regarding various educational sectors.

About Me:
I have worked across the entire educational sector in some shape or form for about the past 3-4 years, from student teaching in primary school, to tutoring in high school, to my current administration role in the tertiary sector. I have a Bachelor of Special Education and have also worked in out of school hours care (OSHC/"After Care") for about 18 months. What this has given me is a fairly nuanced perpsective on things as there are things that go on behind the scenes that parents and the general public aren't aware of.

Blog Posts: 
So what exactly will my blog posts cover? Well, to keep things fun and vaguely engaging, I've opted for the following titles to help you filter out what's unnecessary.

Peaceful Primary: This will cover everything relating to primary school aged children.

Scholastic Secondary: This will cover everything relating to high school aged children.

You may be wondering "but wait, my child's school has a "middle school"/my child attends a middle school!" Unless I otherwise note it, you are invited to read both the primary and secondary blog posts depending on your child's age group.

Also due to the fact that only one state currently recognises Year 7 as primary level schooling, I will be lumping any articles involving Year 7 students into the secondary category, regardless of state. I will cover my views on this in a later post.

Transcendent Tertiary: This will cover anything relating to universities, TAFEs, private colleges or Registered Training Organisations. Take note that apprentices and trainees will also be covered here as they are usually studying. This will also cover Year 10-12 students who are undertaking a school-based apprenticeship or a TVET program.

Board Of The News: This will cover news articles relating to all three sections and my opinions on them. Where this differs from the three categories listed above is that this will cover news articles only, while the other three categories will cover anything that is NOT a media article, in addition to general advice.

Charismatic Childcare: this will cover everything related to childcare, including media articles. Part of the reason behind this (and why I'm not covering it in other sections) is that the childcare sector encompasses both daycare (birth-5/6) and also school-aged childcare (OSHC) and many news articles relate to the cost of fees or places. In addition, while daycare centres will typically communicate things such as fees and regulations to parents, many bits and pieces of information about early childhood are not as easily accessible to parents and may be only found out via Centrelink, GP or similar.

So enjoy, comment, leave suggestions on what you would like me to cover! I will do my best and if I do forget anything, please let me know!