Why is sleep so important? Sleep is vital for children’s and adolescent's wellbeing. Sleep supports healthy development of the body and mind. Evidence shows that children and adolescents who do not get enough sleep have more trouble learning. They are less attentive and motivated, have poor problem solving, more confusion, increased irritability, reduced memory, impaired communication, slowe...

The importance of education as a means to changing one’s opportunities is generally widely valued in society. It is sometimes difficult for our students at Siena College to value their education and understand that it is a privilege as much as it is their right. It is at times uncomfortable to acknowledge the class stratification that clearly exists in Australia, but we live in a world that ...

As the Learning Centre prepares to celebrate Book Week 2019, it is timely to reflect on the importance of literacy in the lives of our students and at the same time acknowledge that illiteracy is a major issue facing Indigenous Communities. While Siena’s Learning Centre is stacked with shelves of contemporary fiction and non fiction texts and junior English classes enjoy the opportunity to ...