Health & Safety

Can proper bike storage get kids moving?

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

Schools neglect the shadiest solution to harmful rays

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

Op-ed: The warning signs of bullying

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

Public schools revolutionising help for children with severe behavioural problems

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

Teachers are more depressed and anxious than the average Australian

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

If your kid is bullied and hurt on school grounds, can you sue the school?

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

Let’s make it mandatory to teach respectful relationships in every Australian school

Schools are not a panacea for transforming the ills of society but the history of respectful relationships or gender-based violence education indicates schools can play a significant role...

Not every school’s anti-bullying program works – some may actually make bullying worse

But a 2010 synthesis of many studies found programs encouraging students to help actually made bullying worse. This study was a meta-analysis, meaning it pulled together results of well-designed studies conducted at that time on the effectiveness of anti-bullying programs.

Students & staff take on 10-week sports challenge

This year #TeamDizdar – led by Deputy Secretary, School Operations and Performance, Murat Dizdar – will face off against another 19 teams in the 10-week staff challenge.