The Oxford Australian 2020 Children’s Word of the Year (CWOTY) is ‘virus’, shining a light on how deeply the COVID-19 pandemic, remote learning and school closures have impacted students this year. To come to this decision, children’s language experts analysed ...
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Lockdown stories offer glimpse into the student perspective
Cold. Dark. Lurking. Those were some the words children used to describe the coronavirus in Australia’s largest annual story-writing event. This year, Storyathon asked children to write about the topic ‘A different world – living in lockdown’ and 20,000 kids ...
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