Wellbeing 

Dear Bundoora, Primary School families,

The Smile Squad team from Banyule Community Health are coming to our school soon.

Smile Squad is the Victorian Government free school dental program.

This means all students can get a free dental check-up, preventive services, and treatment at school.

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:

Please complete and submit the consent form by 13/05/2024. 

Paper copies of the consent form are available. Please contact the school office if you would like to request one.

The electronic consent form can be translated into more than 100 languages, and the paper form is available in 13 languages.

Smile Squad dental packs. 

All children deserve a healthy smile, and the Smile Squad free school dental program is working hard to help make sure this happens. 

Your child(ren) will soon receive a free dental pack to bring home. The dental pack contains a toothbrush, full sized toothpaste, and an oral health brochure. Please take the time to read the brochure. It’s full of helpful hints and tips to help your whole family eat well, drink well and clean well – for life.

Standard strength toothpaste

Smile Squad provides standard strength fluoride toothpaste that is generally used by ages six and over, unless recommended by a dental or trained health professional.

If your child is under six, please talk to a dental or trained health professional to find out if your child might benefit from using this toothpaste. You can also choose to put the toothpaste away until they turn six or give it to someone else in your family to use.

Do I need to attend my child’s appointment?

No, you do not need to attend your child’s appointment. You can attend if you would like to, and you can take your child to the community dental clinic if you prefer.

The Teaching Resilience Project Team are looking forward to our school communities upcoming Digital Wellbeing for Families Webinar (with other schools) on Tuesday 4th June from 6:30 - 7:30pm AEST.What you can expect.

This 60-minute presentation gives parents/carers the opportunity to reflect on their family’s digital wellbeing. They will explore practical tips and strategies to create healthy habits around screen time to positively impact relationships and strengthen connections within the home. Throughout this presentation parents and carers will:

• Gain insight into the latest research around family screen time and its impact on individual and collective wellbeing in the home.
• Be provided with ideas strategies to enhance their own digital wellbeing to role model for their family.
• Feel equipped to support their children’s device usage with practical strategies without screen shaming, banning or removing devices.

Accessing the webinar.  Please click on the following link to register for the webinar. 

https://au01web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cpdeuppzoqHdwKxhGunx_6Ucl-3nzi7koo

CALM is a youth led organisation that seeks to empower children and young people through meaningful tailored engagement programs. 

CALM Youth facilitated their Inspiring Purpose Through Passion (IPTP) program to 20 selected 5/6 students at our school, this week. It is an early intervention program, co-designed by young people. The sessions unpack the CALM core values- Composure, Ambitious, Leaders, Mentality and culminate in students presenting a 5-week self-discovery portfolio centred around their passions.

The program, which we are grateful to receive another year of funding for, is highly sought after. The program will run for 5 consecutive weeks, onsite, the students really enjoyed week one and they are looking forward to the upcoming sessions with Michael, AJ & Khalid.

Kate Bonazza.