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Aug 9, 2019

Guest Blogger: Roslyn Green - SEL from a Guidance Officer's Perspective

Recently, I shared the below info-graphic with our wonderful teacher assistants at my school. As you can see, it really does cover...

Jul 26, 2019

The Economic Value of SEL

There is a widely used statistic looking at the economic benefit of SEL programs. Columbia University's 2015 study found an 11:1 return...

Jul 24, 2019

Second Step in Australian Schools

Have you seen our new video showing a Second Step lesson in action? The wonderful Year 4 class at Belmont State School in the suburbs of...

Jun 28, 2018

Webinar now available! Social Emotional Learning and the Second Step program

The team at Positive Pieces Education is happy to advise that our Webinar is now available to watch on our website. This Webinar explains...

Jun 6, 2018

In Case You Missed It - What is SEL and Why it Matters article

Generation Next, A social enterprise providing education and information to protect and enhance the mental health of young people,...

May 10, 2018

A video message for Australian Schools from Finland!

Positive Pieces Education is proud to be part of an international network of Second Step publishers. Finland is one of those countries...

Mar 16, 2018

Bullying Prevention - Bystander Power

Friday 16th March marks the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA) so we thought it fitting to commemorate this...

Oct 28, 2017

21st Century Learning

The New Basics report which was delivered to many school principals this year and authored by Foundation for Young Australians (FYA)...

Oct 18, 2017

Practising Mindfulness

According to Mindful.org, "Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and...

Oct 13, 2017

Let's talk about Empathy

We talk a lot about empathy in the Positive Pieces office. You could say it's becoming a bit of a buzz word at the moment and for good...