Health & Safety

More than a quarter of students in years 4 to year 9 in South Australian schools and more than a third of all employees in Australia have been bullied at some time.

To find out what schools should be doing, we spoke to Cancer Council CEO and professor Sanchia Aranda, a high school principal, one former teen vaper and a couple of education experts.

The Victorian Government is investing $12.4 million to deliver the resources schools need to securely store student mobile phones, ahead of the state-wide school ban starting next year.

At a time when Australia holds the number two spot in the world for cyber bullying (dropping down from number one last year), John Marsden’s recent commentary in relation to bullying is considerably disturbing.

Only 35% of children aged five to 12 and 20 percent of children aged 13 to 17 meet the sedentary screen-based behaviour guideline.

When implementing a school sun protection policy, schools are encouraged to consider shade as part of a suite of sun safety tools.

Being informed, teaching help-seeking behaviours and empowerment is proven to reduce vulnerability to harm before it happens.

Nothing like this has been done before in a school setting.

Alarmingly, 17% screened positive for having probable alcohol abuse or dependence.

Schools have a legal obligation to address bullying behaviour of pupils and provide support for both the victim and the perpetrator.