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Williamstown Sailing Club - Summer holiday sailing for teens

Summer holiday sailing courses for teenagers at Williamstown Sailing Club are now open for booking! Try something new and #DiscoverSailing

Learn 2 Sail 4 Teens: 16-18 January, 9am-4pm

This Australian Sailing accredited courses take you from beginner to knowing the fundamentals of dinghy sailing. Open to all 12-17 year olds, you don't have to have sailed before!For any younger brothers or sisters, we are also running Tackers, which is a fun games-based sailing program designed for kids aged 7 to 12. It's a great introductory program for kids to allow them to try sailing in a friendly, protective and fun environment. TACKERS is all about having a great time with other kids, playing loads of games and going on adventures while learning how to sail together.

TACKERS 1 – Having Fun: 8-12 January, 8.30am-12.30pm
TACKERS 2 – Tricks & Techniques: 8-12 January, 1pm-4pm
TACKERS 1 – Having Fun: 15-19 January, 8.30am-12.30pm
TACKERS 2 – Tricks & Techniques: 15-19 January, 1pm-4pm
TACKERS 1 – Having Fun: 22-25 January, 9am-2pm
TACKERS 2 – Tricks & Techniques: 22-25 January, 9am-2pm

The courses cost $280, or $224 for WSC sailing members (plus $20 Australian Sailing booking fee). Booking is via the club website - www.williamstownsailingclub.org.au/events. If you've got any questions, please get in touch by email training@williamstownsailingclub.org.au

Altona College Run4Fun Colour Explosion

Get your colour on, Altona College is hosting a Run4Fun Colour Explosion fundraiser!

The event will be on Friday December 1st, from 1 PM to 3 PM.

Not only are we hosting an awesome explosion event, but students can win up to 15 awesome automated incentive prizes by fundraising via online sponsorship donations.

Students have received a sponsorship book with instructions on setting up their cybersafe, online fundraising profile at www.australianfundraising.com.au.

This is an entirely online fundraiser; all cash donations must be converted to online donations to redeem your prizes.

Extra Incentives to Fundraise!

Online Golden Coins – complete fun online tasks to redeem an extra $75 towards your prize credit.
Monty the Monstar’s Bonus Prizes – achieve milestones to unlock Monty’s bonus prizes.
$10,000 JB HI FI Spending Spree for one organisation’s highest fundraising student – it could be you!
Our school will win an extra $5,000 if we have the highest average funds raised amount per student in 2023.
A Play Station 5 Gaming Bundle – see your child’s sponsorship booklet for more!

For more information,

please contact Sarah Prismall at altonafundraisingcommittee@gmail.com

Happy fundraising!

Supported Playgroups

https://www.mackillop.org.au/programs/supported-playgroups

MacKillop’s supported playgroups provide a fun, social outlet for parents, carers and their children. The playgroups provide parents and carers with the opportunity to meet socially and for their children to enjoy activities that encourage their development and social skills.

MacKillop’s supported playgroups are available to families living in Melbourne’s metropolitan western region. With a focus on multicultural families, the playgroups bring together children and their families of different cultures. Staff at the playgroup can connect parents and families to MacKillop's parenting teams and support the community.

MacKillop provides guest speakers throughout each term to speak on topics parents have told us they would find helpful to hear.

The playgroups are free to attend and morning tea is provided. Bookings are not required. The playgroups are available to families (parents and carers) of pre-school aged children at the following location:

Braybrook Community Hub

107-139 Churchill Avenue

Braybrook VIC 3019

10am – 12pm every Thursday during school terms

Footscray Playgroup

MacKillop Family Services

116 - 122 Commercial road

Footscray VIC 3011

10am – 12pm every Tuesday during school terms

Enquire: Regional Parenting Service regionalparentingservice@mackillop.org.au

03 9680 8444

Fear-Less Triple P program

for assistance with managing anxieties

Coming to the end of the year, we know that anxiety can be seen kicking in for some students (and families!). The Federal Australian Government has now fully funded the Fear-Less Triple P program online, to support parents.

Triple P is one of the few parenting programs in the world with evidence to show it works. There are (literally hundreds of) trials and studies to show Triple P works for most families, in many different cultures, and in many different family situations. Triple P Online is also the first online parenting program proven to work. The program is focused on helping parents to learn a variety of cognitive behavioural strategies for anxiety management, encouraging them to apply these themselves for all their children. It is a useful tool for engaging parents (or caregivers) of children with anxiety aged from 6 to 14 years.

WHAT IS COVERED IN THE SESSIONS?

Session 1: Anxiety – what is it and how does it develop?

Session 2: Promoting emotional resilience in children

Session 3: Encouraging realistic thinking

Session 4: Understanding avoidance

Session 5: Parental strategies for responding to children’s anxiety

Session 6: Constructive problem solving – how to promote it and maintain gains

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

The Fear-Less Triple P Online course has 6 modules. Each module of the Triple P Online Course only takes about 30 minutes to an hour. You don’t need to do it all in one block, either. Some people prefer to just do ten or fifteen minutes a day.

The link to sign up is: https://www.triplep-parenting.net.au/au/free-parenting-courses/fear-less-triple-p-online/

For any enquiries or concerns around the program please contact triple P directly, contact details are listed here: https://www.triplep-parenting.net.au/au/contact/contact-us/