A report from CoLab has highlighted the importance of developing executive function skills and self regulation in early childhood. Click...

Earlier this year, the team at Positive Pieces Education were lucky enough to visit a Second Step school in Invercargill, New Zealand....

This guest blog is written by Monique O'Keefe, Specialist Educator with Samaritans. In this article, Monique shares her experience...

Our guest blogger, Roslyn Green is a Guidance Officer at a Brisbane state school. She holds qualifications in Psychology and is a...

Most students will be returning to school today, many of whom have been directly or indirectly affected by the devastating bushfires that...

Recently, I was privileged to attend a Positive Education Schools Association seminar on school belonging presented by Associate...

Recently, the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) presented a webinar on principals' perspectives of Social...

As many of you know, the Positive Pieces team recently attended the inaugural CASEL Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Exchange in Chicago...

This year marks 70 years of Guidance Officer services in Queensland state schools. We have come a long way in this time. Who of us...

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

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

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...

A new report created by Microsoft and McKinsey and Company's Education Practice, highlights the skills our students will require to...

Trauma effects many children in our schools. The diagram below outlines the primary types of harm inflicted on abused children in...

This article, written by Giancarlo Brotto for Edsurge, titled The Future of Education Depends on Social Emotional Learning: Here’s Why...

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

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

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

The second instalment of the Gonksi education reforms were announced yesterday to mixed reviews. Among many suggestions provided in the...

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

Happy New Year! All Australian schools are now back for Term 1 so there's no better time to get back into the swing of things! We hope...

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

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...

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...