Wellbeing Zone
Open Parachute - How to Support Your Child at School
Open Parachute is an online platform that we are using as a school to dig deeper into student well-being. In class students view videos of age appropriate challenges faced by students, and are then provided with proven strategies by clinical psychologist Dr Hayley Watson. This creates proactive positive mental health, and comes from research designed to reduce incidents of a range of mental health challenges, potential conflict and bullying.
Below is a link to a learning module called "How to Support Your Child at Elementary (Primary) School".
It takes around 30 minutes to complete, with the learning objectives of:
- help your child transition to primary school
In order to access the link, you will need to:
- use Google Chrome as your browser
provide an email address so you can access the course
https://learn.openparachuteschools.com/standalone/how-to-support-your-elementary-child-at-school
Overview of the module:
Open Parachute - Big Emotions, Resistance & Anxiety
Online Safety Resources
Online safety - A guide for parents and carers-
Online safety - A guide for parents and carers- in other langauges
https://www.esafety.gov.au/communities/cultural-linguistic/translations
Esafety Webinar for parents:
There's a number of Webinars that parents can look into to learn more about online safety, parental controls and supporting healthy technology use.
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars
Smile Squad
The Smile Squad team from Cohealth are coming to our school soon.
Smile Squad is the Victorian Government free school dental program. Any Student enrolled in a Victorian Government PS are eligible. This means all students can get a free dental check-up, preventive services, and treatment at school Annually.
Smile Squad will be attending Sunshine Heights mid March.
How to access free dental care
We need your consent before we can provide services. Consent is usually provided by a parent or guardian.
Sign up to Smile Squad at: https://bit.ly/smilesquadvic
OR use the below QR code:
Prep Nurse School Program
The Primary School Nurse Program is a free program offered by the Department of Education to all prep students. The program aims to assist in the early identification of children with potential health and development related learning difficulties.
Today, Prep students will come home with an envelope. Families will be asked to register, give consent and complete an online health questionnaire by Friday 20th February. This ensures that your child can be seen at a later date when the school nurse comes to our school.
Creative Brimbank Art Workshops
The Bowery Theatre and Brimbank Council have some educational programming they’d like to share as follows:
Free weekly community arts workshops
Free regular workshops across artform for all community members to enjoy.
Creative Brimbank | Brimbank Multicultural Community Choir Rehearsals…
Creative Brimbank | Way Out West | Workshop 2026
Creative Brimbank | Kids Art Lab - Term 1, 2026
Creative Brimbank | Yarn & Stitch | Term 1, 2026
Creative Brimbank | Lil Legends Dance Workshop - Term 1, 2026
Creative Brimbank | After School Hangs - Term 1, 2026
Mission to the Moon, By Highwire Entertainment
Performance Date: Saturday 28 March 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Suitability: for children 3-12years (and their grownups)
Running Time: 70 mins (no interval)
Blast off with Mission to the Moon, a captivating journey through space with three energetic, acrobatic astronauts. The show blends circus, theatre, and real space science, and imagines jugglers defying gravity and tumbling among the stars!