Another great announcement was that world-leading child health researchers, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, have been tasked with looking at the mental health and wellbeing of NSW primary school students and helping to create innovative social and emotional support measures for our youngest learners. The work will be completed by February 2023.

You don’t need to wait though, as our own Wellbeing professional learning – The Anxiety Project – is ready to be factored into your school improvement plan.

Many well-being initiatives don’t specifically target anxiety, rather, they are generalised well-being programs not addressing the issue of child anxiety.

This is a whole of school approach to manage anxious behaviour and build resilience co-designed with principals using cognitive behavioural therapy techniques that require “seemingly modest changes to significant adults” behaviour.

Expressions of interest for The Anxiety Project close on 7 November and we are keen to get started by the end of the year.

Clicking on the image will take you to the NSWPPA website Anxiety Project Page where you can read the flyer and download an EOI.