Bee blasts NAPLAN woes away
Teachers across Australia have flocked to register more than 51,000 students for the annual Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee as NAPLAN results highlight ongoing foundation literacy challenges
Teachers across Australia have flocked to register more than 51,000 students for the annual Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee as NAPLAN results highlight ongoing foundation literacy challenges
Australia has a vast treasure-trove of exceptional sporting exports, but our best athlete of the past 25 years has been named – do you agree with the top pick and who else made the list? Take our poll
Is this the world’s most stubborn neighbour? A homeowner in China refused to budge for developers and defied demolition – how did his eccentric resistance succeed?
Table manners were missing in action as a flock of sheep crashed a casual coffee catch up in China – should someone have stopped this woolly wag from chugging the caffeine? TAKE OUR POLL
First inspired by a fictional chess player, rising Australian whiz kid Reyaansh Chakrabarty has since beaten Grandmasters for real – here’s his plan for becoming Australia’s first world champ
Zoey the dog has always gained attention for her super-long tongue. Now it’s been officially named the longest in the world
Woman knocked out at this year’s annual Cheese Rolling event in the UK and still wins race
New York City taxi drivers have famously seen it all – but cartoonist Mark Knight’s humorous take on Harry and Meghan’s now infamous ‘ordeal’ asks who was really doing the chasing
Adventure-seeking surfers have risked incredible wipe-outs as rare 12m-high waves smash a Sydney beach
Wonderful walkers from four Victorian schools sported their biggest smiles and sturdiest shoes for a 50km fundraising walk for a great cause
An artist famous for using recycled materials to build giant trolls is sending fans on a worldwide ‘troll hunt’ to find his 100th creation
We’ve extended our hunt for the next generation of news breakers. The Junior Journalist competition now closes on Friday, October 27. Click here for more info and to enter
Like many of you, Healthy Harold loves pizza! He also loves fruit and he reckons combining the two makes a nutritious and delicious dessert. Find out how to make it
Her dad’s a former NRL hero, but Chloe Covell is making a name for herself as a skateboarder. And she has her sights on the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Tasmanian grandfather Steven Ransley got guinea pigs to keep his lawns under control. Before long he had 37 of them, had built them a village and had a social media sensation on his hands
Kids have always loved skimming stones across water. And everyone knows a thin, flat stone is key. Or is it? See what a group of mathematicians has to say on the subject
Nine-year-old aspiring palaeontologist Molly Sampson certainly had a Christmas Day to remember when she found an ancient megalodon tooth on a fossil hunt at the beach
We think it’s time for some end-of-year fun with some special activity sheets from author and comedian David Walliams to celebrate his latest book, Spaceboy. Download them now
More Aussie kids signed up for club cricket in the two seasons since the pandemic began and hopes are high for a summer of fun as junior players across the country reach for the bat and ball
The 2022 Spelling Bee national winners have put Anthony Albanese to the test in a visit to Canberra neither the Prime Minister nor the champs are likely to forget
