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TEDx, invited presentations and the flagship keynote, The Hidden Conditions That Help Children Thrive at School.
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The Conversation · 16 September 2026
Should schools ban students from doing cartwheels?
Brendon Hyndman examines how space, preparation and supervision shape opportunities for active play, and why children's perspectives matter when schools consider restrictions.The Conversation · 2026
School breaks make up more than an hour of the day. Should they be considered part of learning?
A public article examining recess and lunch as parts of children’s education.148,000+ reads Author-reported readership, August 2026TEDx talk · 2025
The Power of Play: Reimagining Schools for Belonging
A public argument for school environments that support doing, thinking, feeling and being.Teacher Magazine podcast · 2025
Setting up for healthy play behaviours at school
A practical Teacher Magazine conversation connecting playground conditions with belonging, behaviour and development.National position statement · 2024–2026
The importance of school recess for active play
National guidance connecting recess with active play, wellbeing, inclusion and school practice.Featured media
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Watch Brendon discuss how school environments can support belonging.
TEDxAlbury · 2025
The Power of Play: Reimagining Schools for Belonging
Brendon explores how the places and conditions of school life can support children's doing, thinking, feeling and being.
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Selected articles, interviews and professional pieces show how the research has travelled across public, professional and policy conversations.
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Public articles
Accessible arguments that connect evidence with questions facing schools, families and systems.
The Conversation · 2025School playgrounds are one of the main locations for bullying. How can they be set up to stop it?
The Conversation · 2022School playgrounds are getting squeezed. Here are 8 ways to keep students active in small spaces
The Conversation · 2019Let them play! Kids need freedom from play restrictions to develop
The Conversation · 2017Too hot to learn. Why Australian schools need a national policy on coping with heatwaves
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Listen and watch
Conversations and talks that bring school conditions into professional and public discussion.
Play Australia recording · 2022The Empowerment of Loose Parts Play in the Primary School Years
ABC Radio National · 2025Could playground design prevent bullying?
Education Review podcast · 2022Playgrounds are essential to student learning
Teacher Magazine podcast · 2014The Research Files Episode 1
ABC Sydney · 2017A proposed heat policy for Australian schools
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Professional writing
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Further work
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Further publications, media and recorded activities are available through Brendon’s Charles Sturt University research profile.