Fourth term is always a busy time of year – it’s exam time for senior students, there’s a seemingly never-ending list of end of year concerts, awards nights and classroom parties to attend, with carols by candlelight thrown in for good measure. Here are Nature Play WA’s Top 5 Tips for Surviving (and maybe even enjoying) Term 4. Read more…

I like to think that my kids (13, 11 and nearly 3) are pretty free range, but my thoughts on how free range were blown right out of the water when I read a thought-provoking 12-point checklist from 1979 regarding a child’s readiness for school. Read more…

Fishing instills patience and a respect for our environment. It provides a great opportunity to catch up and be present in each other’s conversations in a way that can be difficult with interruptions of modern technology. Read more…