Target: happy, healthy and resilient kids

Education State school targets have been developed to focus our efforts on the range of factors that allow students to develop and achieve their best.

Happy, healthy and resilient kids

School will be a positive experience and nurturing environment for our children to develop confidence, social skills and healthy life habits.

By 2025:

The proportion of students who report high resilience will grow by 20%.
The proportion of students doing physical activity for an hour a day, five times a week, will grow by 20%.

2017 Happy, healthy and resilient kids factsheet (pdf - 276.8kb)

2017 Happy, healthy and resilient kids factsheet (docx - 221.64kb)

2016 Happy, healthy and resilient kids factsheet (pdf - 158.71kb)

2016 Happy, healthy and resilient kids factsheet (docx - 3.12mb)

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