Girton Student Wellbeing

Insights Issue 8

Insights Resource Roundup

The Parents Website

Asthma Australia

Summer holidays are an important time for kids with asthma.

During all the festivities, please don’t forget to keep up your child's asthma management and medicine as prescribed. Good asthma management over the holidays means less time off school when kids return in the new year, and less time off work for you.

To make sure your child stays as healthy as possible over the break and into 2024, you can take the following steps:

Check your child’s medication to make sure they’re still in date.
Keep using your child’s preventer medicine as directed over the summer holidays, even if they’re feeling well.
If you’re leaving the house or going on holiday, make sure you pack your child’s asthma medicines and a spacer.
Book an Asthma Review with your doctor to get an updated written Asthma Action Plan during the holidays. You'll need this for Term 1 2024. Book in early as doctors can have limited appointments over the Christmas period.
Use Asthma Australia's School’s Checklist for parents and carers: https://asthma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AA_BTS2022_Asthma-Checklist__digital.pdf

Internet Safe Education

eSafety Newsletter

Keeping children safe online during summer holidays

During the summer break, children often spend more time online. Help them to have fun and keep them safe from online risks like inappropriate contact, online grooming and extortion. Here’s how:

Stay involved – Regularly check their online activities and connect with them by playing online games together.
Set family rules together – Decide which devices and apps are okay and when to use them.
Teach consent – Use holiday photos to discuss why asking people before taking or sharing their picture is important. These everyday opportunities to talk about consent can make it easier to say no to an online request that makes them feel uncomfortable.
Stay informed – A new joint resource with Crime Stoppers NSW and the ACCE includes tips on signs to look out for and ways to protect your child online. eSafety also has several r esources for parents on how to keep your child safe online.
Know where to get help – If your child is under 18, the best way to get help with inappropriate contact is to report it to the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation. For reporting to eSafety, learn what you can report and how to report.

Keep your child safe online and enjoy the holidays!

Looking for safe tech gifts? Explore the eSafety Gift Guide

The latest technology can make great gifts for children and young people, but it’s important to be aware of the risks that come along with these gadgets. The eSafety Gift Guide offers advice on what to consider when giving children gifts like gaming consoles, wearables and drones, as well as whether a device is age-appropriate and what parental controls are available. Remember, the gadgets we choose do more than entertain; they can influence personal safety and the wellbeing of our families.

Safer Internet Day is coming!

Mark your calendars for Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 6 February 2024! It’s a global initiative that brings together the community, families, schools and organisations from more than 160 countries so that, united, we can create safer online spaces.

This Safer Internet Day, we’re encouraging all Australians to take three simple actions when approaching online safety: Connect. Reflect. Protect.  

Connect safely by keeping apps and devices secure and reviewing your privacy settings regularly. 
Reflect on how your actions online may affect others or your safety. 
Protect yourself and others by visiting eSafety.gov.au to find out how to stay safe online and report online abuse.

We have downloadable resources available that you can share with your community, workplace or school to help raise awareness about online safety.