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 ...

An Australia Institute and Rationalist Society of Australia survey found 71 per cent of Australians do not know public school pastoral care workers are hired based on religion instead of qualifications. Two in three of the 1,379 respondents said they ...

A new policy from the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), effective from November 1, aims to lessen administrative workloads for NSW teachers by scrapping principal signatures on accreditation renewal paperwork. Teachers are still required to complete 100 hours of professional ...

Over 20 south coast schools closed on Tuesday ahead of end-of-year exam season after the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued a heatwave warning for NSW on Monday afternoon, as temperatures were not due to fall below 18°C for next three ...

Australian mental health organisation Beyond Blue has rolled out a new campaign to raise awareness of Be You through its ‘Raise your Hand’ campaign to assist teachers and school leaders foster a positive environment and reduce extra work on staff ...

Right now, 40% of young people in Australia are living with mental health difficulties [1]. We also know that around half of all mental health conditions start by the time a young person is in their mid-teens, with over 75% ...

School violence, heavy workloads, teacher shortages, stress and demanding parents have pushed principal wellbeing to the limit, with one in two school leaders at risk of severe mental health issues. According to ACU Australian principals' wellbeing 2022 survey released on ...

In his nearly 15 years of experience as a high school principal, Nick* has been "physically threatened", subject to verbal abuse and threats and been targeted online by parents and students. "As principals, we take on everything on top of ...

Dogs could be a solution to reduce stress, anxiety and depression among staff and students, a former has teacher said. According to wellbeing expert and dog trainer Grant Shannon, having a dog at school considerably boosts student and staff wellbeing, ...

As long as she could remember, Sydney principal Alison Felici always loved dogs. "I've had a lot of rescue dogs over time," Alison told Education Review. "Now I have two pugs, and Micky." In the aftermath of back-to-back Covid-19 lockdowns ...