Enter the Wellbeing Zone

Welcome to the Wellbeing Zone. When you enter the zone, you will find a wealth of information about all the things happening in the Wellbeing space at Sunshine Heights PS as well as strategies, articles, book recommendations and events that will help build our dream and culture of Wellbeing throughout our school community, inside and outside of school, so that we can sail together through a universe of possibilities with all the emotional and social skills we need to thrive.

Have you booked your Know, Show, Grow Festival experience?

With 2 weeks to go until our amazing Know Yourself, Show Yourself, Grow Yourself Mental Health Festival arrives, we hope our families are booking in their Know, Show, Grow adventure. The whole week of activities is FREE but bookings are essential, so head over to Eventbrite now to book your know, show, grow experience!

Know Yourself, Show Yourself, Grow Yourself Mental Health Festival Community Block Party

We will finish off our mental health festival with an amazing Community Block Party on Friday 25th March. As it is Harmony Week, our amazing students will take to the stage and perform for the whole community for our Harmony Day celebrations. More information will be shared with families in the coming weeks.

For now, here's all the magic that will be happening at our block party!

On Friday 25th March, our community will come together to celebrate our uniqueness and wonder with a block party guaranteed to bring the magic. Sunshine Heights Primary School will be transformed into a universe filled with food trucks, performances and entertainment, experiences, creativity, a makers stands and community service booths.

On the main stage, you'll find our legendary MC - Greg Perkins from Big Childcare - bringing the hype. He'll be joined by guest speakers - the Mayor of Brimbank, Katie Hall MP and Sunshine Heights PS Principal David Cocks. The festival will launch with a traditional smoking ceremony, Welcome to Country and didge performance by a Wurundjeri elder, before launching into hours of endless entertainment featuring:

Our very own Sunshine Heights PS students flash mobbing en masse for Harmony Day

Local Sunshine sisters, 2ndGlance

Florence's community choir

Sunshine College's Band

Inkrewsive Hip Hop Crew

DJ Joey Lightbulb

And a very special guest appearance from Big Childcare's Mike the Monster

Around the stage, you'll find roving performances from Balloonatic Bruce, Princess on Skates, Ricky Resilient and Big Childcare's Mike the Monster.

But that's not all - there'll be interactive art installations, a whole lotta games from Big Active, a compliments stand to bring the good feels, a photo booth so the memories will never fade, some epic inflatables, art making and face painting too! And we'll have LIVE FM broadcasting live with student-created and driven content that will capture all the good vibes.

Did we mention there'd be a lot of food? We've got a stellar line up of local foodies ready to serve up a delicious assault on your tastebuds. Our food truck line up includes -

MarsTown

Ama's Delights

Sweet Forbidden Journey

Mr Fresh Truck's Gelati & Icecream

Kilted Haggis

Flaming Wheels Taste of Malaysia

Bboy's Filipino BBQ

Sunny Heights Sausage Sizzle

We can't have you eating in silence though, can we? Don't worry about that, we've got DJ Nashuan serving up the groovalicious beats while you eat. There'll be plenty of space at the oval for you to get the groove in your heart and your feet, or take a seat at the chill zone.

There'll be a Makers Space brimming with local makers, creators and artisans selling it all - diversity books, sensory toys, handmade facial products and scents, jewellery and tees, crocheted buntings, flowers and much more! We'll even have our very own merch stand there too, so you can snare yourself a Know, Show, Grow tee to mark the memories.

Most important of all, there'll be an abundance of community services at the Community Space so you can come find out what supports are out there, how you access them and what a community support eco-system looks like.

We can't wait to journey with you as you know yourself, show yourself and grow yoursself.

Don't forget to follow us on socials @knowshowgrowfestival for all the good vibes leading up to the festival.

Volunteers Needed

Do you have some spare time over the next month to volunteer for the Mental Health Festival? We have a range of tasks that we need support with -

Promotions (getting flyers and posters out into the community)
Helping create signage
Packing showbags
Contacting community radio and newspapers for coverage
Organising donations
Hosting a sausage sizzle at the block party
Covid marshals
Volunteering at events to assist facilitators

... and a whole heap more!

Got time? Get in touch by emailing Francine.Sculli@education.vic.gov.au

You can also add your name to the volunteers list for the Community Block Party HERE

Dynamic Young Citizens Program

This week, four of our young Grade 6 leaders had the great privelege of participating in the first session of Brimbank City Council's 'Dynamic Young Citizens Program' - a Brimbank Youth Services initiative. As part of their involvement in the program, they get to learn about the role of Council and how they can have an impact in their community. On Wednesday, they spent the day at Council Buildings - meeting the Mayor and Counsillors. They will take their learnings and transform them into an impactful project at school.

Young Broadcasters of Sunshine Heights PS

Meet the young broadcasters of Sunshine Heights. They'll be working with Ralph Barba over the next few weeks to capture stories in our community that promote belonging, inclusion, mental health and wellbeing, and which share everything that we love about our school and community as part of the mental health festival, where they will broadcast from!

Do you have a story of impact to share? Or know a local celebrity who is making a difference?

Our young broadcasters would love to hear from you. Reach out to Francine - Francine.Sculli@education.vic.gov.au to share your story or connections!

Need to reach me?

To discuss anything Wellbeing related, feel free to contact me via email or the school phone number!

EMAIL - Francine.Sculli@education.vic.gov.au PHONE - 8311 7100

Event	Dates

Bike to School Day	Friday 19th March
Mental Health Festival https://www.knowshowgrowfestival.com	Monday 21st to Friday 25th March
Harmony Day	Friday 25th March
End of Term 1 - no Uniform, school day finishes at 2:30pm	Friday 8th April

First Day of Term 2	Tuesday 26th April
Year 5/6 Camp	Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th April
School Photo Day	Thursday 5th May

Important Dates and Events

Whole School Events