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Skills for Success - Ready for the Future
SEL Day is a global, grassroots celebration of social and emotional learning to support children’s academic achievement and well-being.Â
Majella McNeese
Mar 3

Everyone Belongs
We believe that Social Emotional Learning (SEL) provides the crucial foundational skills that empower students to stand up against bullying.
Majella McNeese
Aug 12, 2024

Early Learning Matters Week
At Positive Pieces Education, we are committed to the social and emotional development of all children - especially our littlest learners!
Stephanie Williams
Aug 5, 2024


Is your SEL program SAFE?
Is your SEL program SAFE? Effective SEL instruction is characterised by four elements: Sequenced, Active, Focused & Explicit.
Majella McNeese
Aug 2, 2024


Positive Pieces Education attends Inaugural CFC International ForumÂ
What better way to solidify our connection as humans, than to come together and share our work in helping young people and adults...
Majella McNeese
Apr 29, 2024


Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Leaders - SEL Day 2024
At Positive Pieces, it’s our firm belief that every day should be SEL Day – SEL Day is a global, grassroots campaign for SEL.
Majella McNeese
Mar 1, 2024

Trauma-informed Social & Emotional Learning
Trauma-informed SEL aims to create stable learning environments where students who have experienced trauma can develop positive relationship
Majella McNeese
May 8, 2023

SEL Day 2023 - Uplifting Hearts, Connecting Minds
Did you know that schools and communities around the globe come together each year on the 2nd Friday in March to celebrate the importance...
Stephanie Williams
Mar 10, 2023


Student Wellbeing a key recommendation in Review of National School Reform Agreement report
The Review of the National School Reform Agreement (NSRA) report was released on 20 January 2023. It examines how well national policy...
Stephanie Williams
Jan 30, 2023


Second Step and the Australian Curriculum
In the last blog we looked at a recent report to come out of the Grattan Institute, an independent think tank that aims to improve...
Stephanie Williams
Nov 28, 2022


Teacher Workload and Second Step
Teacher workload is gaining increasing significance as education systems around the world struggle to recruit and retain adequate numbers...
Stephanie Williams
Nov 21, 2022


The Imperative of Tier 1
getting tier 1 right is pivotal for student success by ensuring positive school climate, wellbeing and equitable outcomes for all.
Stephanie Williams
Oct 12, 2022

R U OK? Day – No Qualifications Needed to Connect and Listen
As important as the annual R U OK? Day is, these really are skill sets that we need to practise more than one day a year.
Stephanie Williams
Sep 8, 2022


Integrating Social Emotional Learning & Positive Behaviour for Learning - Part 2
Research shows that prosocial and problem behaviours are mediated by social, emotional and cognitive processes.
Stephanie Williams
Jul 27, 2022


Integrating Social Emotional Learning & Positive Behaviour for Learning - Part 1
When neuroscience is applied within the field of education, we generally see changes in policies and practices which are more conducive...
Stephanie Williams
Jul 20, 2022

Welcome to a New School Year
All around Australia, school students and their families are getting back into school routines of lunches, uniforms, searching for lost...
Stephanie Williams
Feb 9, 2022


Resilience Activities for all Students
Resilience Activities for all Students - Second Step have put together a free resource to help students build resilience.
Stephanie Williams
Nov 11, 2021


Managing emotions during extended lockdown periods
As lockdowns continue across many states and the uncertainty of this pandemic persists for all of us, let's remember the importance of...
Stephanie Williams
Jul 28, 2021


How to engage your Emotional Intelligence to Support your Student’s Social-emotional Learning
There are many reasons to enhance your own emotional intelligence, one important factor is that emotions are contagious
Stephanie Williams
Oct 14, 2020

Principals Are More Ready Than Ever to Bring SEL to Their Schools
Recently, the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) presented a webinar on principals' perspectives of Social...
Stephanie Williams
Nov 22, 2019
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