School playgrounds are shrinking and some schools across Australia, particularly in metropolitan cities, have been left with less ‘play space’ per student than a prison cell, reports show. According to Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Education at Charles Sturt ...

With Term 3 underway, teacher wellbeing will once again be strained, but an expert says educators shouldn't wait until the holidays to focus on their mental health. Life and leadership coach and staff wellbeing teacher, Katrina Bourke, spoke with Education ...

Exhaustion, stress and burnout are some of the reasons teachers are leaving the classroom, yet a simple peer support program might be the solution to keep teachers afloat. A new study by La Trobe University used peer support techniques borrowed ...

The covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns have taken a toll on teenagers' mental health, with a new study revealing girls have been hit harder than boys. According to Professor of pharmacology at James Cook University, Zoltan Sarnyai, the state ...

Free sanitary items will be made accessible to students across schools in Queensland yet six out of ten students do not feel comfortable talking to their teachers about their periods.  State schools in Queensland will soon provide free sanitary products ...

Teacher’s sources of stress at work reflect the broader school climate, new research has highlighted. Managing stress is not only the responsibility of the individual teacher – schools also have an important role to play in developing a supportive workplace ...

Schools across Australia have installed mini-supermarkets on their grounds in order to help students with disabilities gain life skills.  The project launched in 2017 and has been implemented at 12 schools so far, and is set to expand to 25 ...

The number of teenagers using e-cigarettes has doubled in just a year, an ‘unsurprisingly’ rapid growth the NSW Secondary School Principals’ Council said. Recent data from the NSW Population Health Survey found that 11.1% of 16 to 24-year-olds are regular ...

Students are often subject to stress that can prevent them from staying focused in class while impacting their learning. However, by spending time in nature, students can restore their mind, increase their mood, boost their social skills and improve their ...

When it comes to mental health problems, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and this is especially true of our youth. Left untreated, mental health issues can lead to increasingly challenging outcomes in childhood and adolescent ...