Student health and wellbeing

If you're a parent, see our parenting site for health information.

Student wellbeing

Child Protection and Child Safe Standards (PROTECT)

Mandatory reporting, child safe standards, identifying and responding to child abuse
Mental health

Suicide response, building resilience, social and emotional learning, referral matrix
Bullying

Identifying and addressing bullying, cybersafety, support plans
Out-of-home care

Reporting concerns, partnering agreement, requirements for providers
Homelessness

If you are concerned about a student who is at risk of or experiencing homelessness
Healthy eating

Advisory service, canteen kit, confectionary guidelines

Head lice

Management kit, consent forms, alerts
Anaphylaxis

Guidelines for management, risk minimisation, training requirements
Immunisation

Requesting immunisation status, managing infectious disease outbreaks

Drug education

Effective strategies, roles, engaging parents
Sexuality education

Catching on resource, teaching and professional learning
Respectful Relationships

Model respect and equality, build healthy relationships, resilience and confidence
Traffic safety

Road safety resources, agencies, professional learning
Health promotion

Achievement program with the Department of Health
Hand hygiene

Disease prevention, learning resources, lesson plans, posters
Swimming and water safety

Curriculum information, swimming instruction policy

Student support services

Allied health services to support students facing barriers to learning
Primary welfare officers

Program to promote a whole school approach to health and wellbeing
School nurses

Primary and secondary school nursing programs, entry assessments
Chaplaincy services

National program, governance, funding, accountability