Students in years 11 and 12 will be equipped with the tools to better manage stress and anxiety with the launch of a new program.

At Council, we get many questions about how P&Cs can spend their hard-earned funds. Veronica Elliott answers all your questions.

Most of us know of The Green Shed as a great place to drop off unwanted goods when our cupboards get too full, but did you know that for schools, the Shed offers free items for students to create with, upcycle or explore?

Modern living has not been good for many of our children but communities can turn it around, writes Professor Tom Cochrane of the University of Canberra.

Council’s Policy Officer, Veronica Elliott, looks behind the headlines boasting that ACT schools out-score other states on NAPLAN tests. But if ours are not the country’s best schools, how can Council – with your help – make them better?

It’s smart thinking to have schools sign up to sustainability. It saves money and supports the environment. Jenny Dibley, Manager of the Schools Unit at ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development explains how the Actsmart Schools program helps schools become more sustainable.

It is easy for P&C office bearers to take on too much, struggle with too few volunteers and then feel burnt out at the end of year. The best way to avoid this is to begin planning now.

How can you get more parents involved? It’s a perennial question. We took a look at a friendly approach that is working at Fraser Primary.

At the end of each financial year, P&C treasurers must have their financial records looked-over by a third party. Here are some resources to help with this process.

Creating and promoting healthy canteen foods, without going out of business, remains a challenge for many P&Cs. We caught up with a couple of school canteens to hear about their journeys.