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Australian classrooms are recording high levels of carbon dioxide and other pollutants, says Built Environment Professor Mat Santamouris. 

Principal Brendon Donaldson says “designing a system is key so having good experienced people is critical”.

A larger classroom, more students and multiple activities will naturally lead to an increase in noise and when the room is open-plan, the noise is harder to control.

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Not only did the vandalism mean the school would have to pay for repairs, as the robbers caused damage to the tuckshop door during the break-in, but it also frightened the students and staff.

Like a communal smartphone, digital signage offers a modern solution that traditional methods of broad communication lack.  

School News spoke to some of the country’s biggest movers and shakers in the growing sector to find out what these spaces require to qualify as ‘nature play’.

“We have a very environmentally strong curriculum and with the solar, our students can monitor our system with apps, plan targets, etc., they can watch it in real-time as we have set up our facility for students to see the batteries and system working," said Atlantis Beach Baptist College principal Brendon Donaldson.

Private schools in Australia generally have lockers for high school students to store their heavy bags inside, but many state schools report not being able to justify funding for the project.

Professor Michael Nagel says studies dating as far back as the 1930s have shown a link between classroom temperature and learning ability.