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Free Surfside Parent Workshop: Supporting Healthy Technology Use for your Child in 2026

Next term, Surfside will be offering a free parent and caregiver workshop to support families navigating children’s technology use in a balanced and positive way. The session runs alongside targeted student learning, helping ensure consistent messages between school and home.

As technology continues to evolve — including the rapid growth of AI and social media influences — many families are wondering how best to guide children’s use while maintaining trust, connection and wellbeing. This workshop focuses on practical, realistic ways to support young people to build healthy habits, make safe choices online and develop confidence in managing the digital world.

Rather than focusing only on risks, the session explores how adults can foster open conversations, support emotional regulation around technology, and create clear expectations that work for their family.

All parents and carers are warmly encouraged to attend, whether your child is just starting to use devices or already highly engaged online.

Please see the flyer below for further details and session information.  Watch this space for further details on how to register.

Spotlight on Supports 

Spotlight on Supports shares practical strategies, resources, and stories that highlight the power of inclusion and belonging within our school community.

This week, we are featuring a selection of children’s picture books that explain and celebrate neurodiversity. These books are thoughtfully written,  many by authors with lived experience or professional expertise in supporting neurodivergent individuals. These books provide meaningful opportunities for children to understand different ways of thinking, learning, and experiencing the world while promoting self awareness, empathy and respect for others.

 The Brain Forest

 By: Sandhya Menon

 Uses nature imagery to explore 

 the diversity of brains.

The Rainbow Brian

By: Sandhya Menon

Describe what it's like to be 

both autistic and ADHD.

Some Brains    

By: Nelly Thomas

A fun, inclusive Aussie picture book      

celebrating differences in how

brains work. 

My Brain First Aid

By: Orlanda Bettison

Nurtures mental wellbeing by educating children about their brain.