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Useful Websites

Education Queensland
Includes information on a number of initiatives to promote health and wellbeing in schools.
Building a Healthy Active Australia
The homepage of the Building a Healthy, Active Australia initiative includes useful information and resources for schools to assist in the development of a balanced approach towards nutrition and physical activity.
Health Promotion with Schools – A Policy for the Health System
New South Wales Health
Australian Health Promoting Schools Association
World Health Organisation
School Health – Health Promoting Schools
The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
Charter for action to achieve health for all presented in Ontario, Canada in 1986.
Eco-Schools
The eco-school site seeks to assist schools in transforming schoolyards into vibrant ecosystems for outdoor learning

Health promoting schools…a storybook of success stories
The storybook provides information about school experiences in implementing the health promoting schools framework during the Western Gateway Health Promoting Schools Grant Scheme 1999-2002.
Health promoting schools…a second storybook of success stories
This second storybook shares the experiences of schools participating in the Health Promoting Schools Mentoring Project 2004-2008. They were mentored by seven schools which participated in the Western Gateway Health Promoting Schools Grant Scheme 1999-2002.