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Grace Sudjono, a Year 6 student at Harkaway Hills College, has won ISV's Student Poetry Competition 2021 in the Years 5-6 category for her poem, Awaiting Spring. Here, she recites her winning poem.

Nechama Davis, a Year 8 student at Beth Rivkah Ladies College, has won ISV's Student Poetry Competition 2021 in the Years 7-8 category for her poem, Dancing with Tempestas. Here, she recites her winning poem.

Melis Benli, a Year 10 student at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, has won ISV's Student Poetry Competition 2021 in the Years 9-10 category for her poem, Lighting the Fire. Here, she recites her winning poem.

Emma Jones, a Year 12 student at Tintern Grammar, has won ISV's Student Poetry Competition 2021 in the Years 11-12 category for her poem, Father and Daughter. Here, she recites her winning poem.

Have you found yourself feeling out of whack lately? Feeling flat and ‘blah’?
Well, you’re not alone. This feeling has a name: languishing. Turns out it is the predominant feeling of 2021 as the team from batyr explain.

Our teenagers have been doing it hard in the pandemic. Leading adolescent psychologist Andrew Fuller offers them some advice and tips on how to get through it.

Looking for fun, science-based activities for kids at home? Lili-Ann Kriegler suggests four easy experiments they can do in your own science lab – the kitchen.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards, celebrating writers who give our children stories that connect them to their communities.

Watch the entire webinar from renowned educational neuroscientist and Harvard graduate Dr Jared Cooney Horvath when he took us on a tour through the teenage brain and gave us tips on how to support our teens