Student Wellbeing

Are Students Becoming Attracted to Distraction? There are 200 billion tweets sent per year worldwide. There are 74 trillion emails sent per year worldwide. Holding our attention and not getting sidetracked by someone or something else has never been more challenging. Online we are bombarded by ads that distract or attract us from the task at hand. We are primed to move from what we find as unpleasurable to something more pleasurable. This does, however, set us up to be attracted to our distractions.

Inner Strength Takes Centre Stage in Wakakirri 2025 Festival National Results Registrations for Wakakirri 2026 are now open. Next year’s theme is Guardians of Us.

Wellbeing in a Time of Exam Stress Mental health and support are embedded in this school’s fabric.

How to Empower Educators to Prevent Sexual Violence Eradicating sexual violence should involve the education sector.

Creating Safe and Trauma-Informed Learning Environments: A Culture of Excellence in Schools and Universities A culture of care is also a culture of excellence: learners and staff who feel safe are more engaged.

All the Likes Promotes Online Safety Card game opens conversations about online safety and instills strategies for safe interneting.

Phone Ban Benefits Mental health Less phone time in school is better and research underlines the transformative nature of the phone ban.

Ethical leadership in Education is no Longer a Nice-to-have, it's a Must-have An ethical framework gives students a way of navigating the modern world.

Socials Ban - Throwing Baby Out with the Bathwater? Online behaviours reflect what is happening in wider society, education and strategies could be a better bet than a ban.

Schools Critical in Addressing Body Image Social media provides an accelerated pathway to body image issues.

The Impact of Tobacco/E-Cigarette use on Youth Wellbeing: the ‘Big 6’ breakdown blog series Often incorrectly dismissed as ‘less harmful’ than tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes can still deliver high levels of nicotine, a highly addictive substance.

The Impact of Alcohol on Youth Mental Health: the ‘Big 6’ breakdown blog series The fifth installment of this six-part series about “The Big 6:” the six major health behaviours that play a critical role in the physical and mental health of youth.