{"id":3552,"date":"2019-11-25T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T00:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T03:26:54","slug":"cooler-classrooms-create-safer-environments-and-improve-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/union-win\/cooler-classrooms-create-safer-environments-and-improve-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooler classrooms create safer environments and improve learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MEDIA RELEASE<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cooler classrooms create safer environments and improve learning<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Safer working environments and improved learning outcomes for students will be among the benefits of air-conditioned classrooms being rolled out in 300 more state schools across Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Teacher aide and school cleaner members of United Workers Union welcomed the $50 million commitment announced by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping students focused as they swelter in classrooms over the hotter months has always been a challenge,\u201d Inala teacher aide Kim Maudsley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHot classrooms are also a major health and safety issue for many students and school staff,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome the Government\u2019s commitment to ensuring safer working and learning environments in our state schools and the improved learning outcomes that will result from cooler classrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United Workers Union Public Sector Director Sharron Caddie said school cleaners would also benefit from air-conditioned classrooms as they would provide an environment that would allow cleaners to work safely and comfortably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause cleaning is a physical job, it can get very hot in the summer months, potentially leading to health risks,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government\u2019s announcement comes as welcome relief, and will make working in our local state schools much safer and more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA RELEASE &nbsp; Cooler classrooms create safer environments and improve learning &nbsp; Safer working environments and improved learning outcomes for students will be among the benefits of air-conditioned classrooms being rolled out in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[202,52],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-3552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-union-win","tag-cleaning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65061,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3552\/revisions\/65061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}