As the end of the school year quickly approaches, it’s important to turn your mind to how you can spend your time during the holiday period to effectively switch off. Here, 3 teachers share their strategies for relaxing and recharging.

Year 5 and 6 students from MidCoast Christian College in regional New South Wales were tasked with designing their own video games. We speak with educator Melissa Tindall about the process of designing the games from scratch, and how it allowed students to explore the 21st Century skills of critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication.

In this episode of our podcast series School Assembly, we speak with Principal Ray Boyd and Associate Principal Rachael Lehr about how they have connected with their new school community, in the lead up to the opening of Dayton Primary School in Western Australia next year.

In this Q&A, Teacher speaks to Dr Gabi Mocatta about the Curious Climate Schools project. The initiative connects experts with schools so that students can have their questions about climate change answered.

The Deadly Gaming action research pilot project is investigating how the use of digital gaming might engage and motivate Indigenous learners in the primary school years. In this reader submission, project leader Dr Troy Meston shares details of the initiative and some of the early findings.

In this episode of The Research Files, we’re focusing on The Smith Family’s Pathways, Engagement and Transition Study. We’ll be unpacking some of the early findings and student feedback on how teachers and careers advisers can best support them in making informed decisions about possible jobs and pathways, connecting with employers, and applying for further study or training.

‘Evans shifts the narrative away from dysphoria and tragedy, and provides a space for euphoria, friendship and belonging to really shine.’ Editorial Assistant for Teacher, Zoe Kaskamanidis, shares her review of Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans.

In our annual reader survey we ask you to finish the sentence ‘to me, wellbeing means…’. In this infographic, we share some of your responses.

Navigating the breakdown of a friendship or relationship can be challenging and negatively impact our overall wellbeing. In this article, we speak with PhD researcher and Casual Academic at UNSW, Ratih Arruum Listiyandini, about how we can support ourselves through a relationship breakdown.

This month at Teacher, we’ve shared a range of content on teacher welfare – from how to access supports at your school, to coping with violence from students. In this episode of Teacher Staffroom, we bring you up to date on these stories and more highlights from October.