Sydney schools are integrating nature and outdoors into their learning areas in an effort to reap the benefits of students connecting to the outdoors while they learn and play. Off the back of studies that show people are in general ...
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The problem of school bullying part I: Students
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2022 report Australia’s Children says 70 per cent of children aged 12–13 experience at least one bullying-like behaviour a year, and almost half of those students (46 per cent) go on to ...
More »NAPLAN: Some results to be released after a month, Ramadan begins
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) announced on Monday that schools will receive preliminary NAPLAN results earlier than ever this year. Reading, language conventions, and numeracy results will be released four weeks after the final tests on March ...
More »Mental health grant slipped under radar
A one-off federal government mental health grant that schools can use to assist students with the negative impacts of Covid-19 has gone largely unnoticed, a student wellbeing support body said. The Student Wellbeing boost, rolled out in February last year, ...
More »Counsellors can’t fill school counsellor roles
Qualified counsellors are not considered for public school counselling roles in any state but Victoria despite nationwide school mental health practitioner (MHP) shortages. The Victorian Department of Education will now allow registered counsellors to fill MHP roles in secondary schools ...
More »Understanding challenging behaviours: From the ‘what’ to the ‘why’
Science has come a long way in understanding why humans behave the way they do, and why children might behave in ways that we find challenging. Yet, the way people deal with these challenging behaviours hasn’t changed nearly as much. ...
More »Vic primary schools move away from ability grouping
Victorian primary schools are moving away from streaming students according to ability amid fears it is doing more harm than good, and is damaging to students self-esteem and wellbeing. Northcote Primary School in Melbourne's inner city is leading the way, with parents ...
More »Student wellbeing: The importance of play
It's well established that play is important for children's physical and mental development, but research also shows it is necessary so that you can have quiet and attentive students in the classroom. Play is defined as voluntary, uninstructed, and joyful ...
More »Activist pushes reform to food and wellbeing curriculum
The 'food and wellbeing' curriculum has been overhauled after a mother, former teacher and member of Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA) led a campaign to change to how schools can teach food and nutrition. Foods can no longer be described ...
More »Playground and cyber bullying increases
The eSafety commissioner has released data that found a 40 per cent jump in child bullying last year, with cyberbullying reports increasing from 1700 in 2022 to 2383 in 2023, an increase of 71 per cent. Just over two-thirds (67%) ...
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