School fitness a runaway success
Whether it’s striving for a personal best each week or just getting out there and having a crack, the free before-school St Monica’s Primary School Run Club has really hit its stride with students
Schoolyard Shoutout is Kids News’ dedicated hub for school stories from across our news network. We also warmly invite schools to share newsworthy student accomplishments and initiatives with us directly.
Schoolyard Shoutout will share school news in four categories: Sport, Academic, Creative and Community – please find submission guidelines below.
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Aussie kids are active kids! We want to help keep them fit and healthy by sharing inspirational shoutouts of students who are jumping higher, running faster, swimming stronger and every other way young people love to play sports. On your marks, get set, GO!
Whether it’s striving for a personal best each week or just getting out there and having a crack, the free before-school St Monica’s Primary School Run Club has really hit its stride with students
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Staff at a small central Victorian school are coming together to train for the Run For The Kids in support of one of their young students
Schools are the heart of every Australian community. We can learn from each other by sharing all the ways in which your students are making the world a better place through volunteer service, fundraising for worthy causes, environmental activism and more
NSW students at Ashbury Public School embraced the Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s annual Great Book Swap and were empowered helping Indigenous children access the magic of books
South Australia’s Morphett Vale East School hothouses young heroes, with no less than four students honoured with the Aussie of the Month Award run by the Australia Day Council
Just outside one of the Northern Territory’s most beautiful national parks, a class of students traded whiteboards for red dirt to keep their connection to country strong
Darwin’s Henbury School is the first Northern Territory campus to join a national pathways program to support the education of students with disabilities through hands-on learning experiences
New ABS data reveals the number of kids who don’t eat any fruit has doubled in a decade but students at St Andrew’s Primary School in Marayong are bucking the trend thanks to their teacher
Creativity is a force for good! Your school’s gifted artists, writers, thespians and musicians are probably too busy creating beautiful things for the rest of us to enjoy, so you need to sing their praises! Please share their wins with us, from the modest to the magnificent
Student superheroes must work together to free a favourite cartoon character from his cage at Port Douglas State School, as the new Escape Room activity fires imagination and teamwork
The multi-site showcase of the most outstanding NSW artworks by HSC visual arts students is here – meet these exemplary young artists and see their amazing works as they set out after school
How have your students distinguished themselves in the pursuit of academic excellence? Whether your student is a STEM star, a dare-to-dreamer or a deadly debater, we want to help shout it from the rooftops when dedication and ability equal achievement
Nominated by a parent in the Australia’s Best Teachers campaign, Foundation teacher at Our Lady of Pines Michael Zerbi said being a bit silly allows school starters to reset and learn
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