Student Well-being
Spotlight: Prep Community
Focus: Meditation and 100 Days of Prep!
This term we have been taking time to relax and focus our minds and bodies using the Smiling Minds program.
Smiling Minds is a quick meditation session with themes and stories for all ages. It’s a great way to help us to stay focused whilst learning from home and to help us to relax and regroup when we are feeling a little overwhelmed.
Our families have been joining in on the sessions with us too and love it just as much as we do! It’s just the ticket during ISO 2.0!!!
Sooo, why don’t you try it!
Oh, and did you hear? We celebrated something EXTRA SPECIAL on Monday. We celebrated 100 days of Prep!!! We dressed up as old people and did activities all to do with the number 100. We have learned so much since we started school 100 days ago including letters and sounds of the alphabet, numbers and counting and of course, we have made lots of fabulous friends.
Here’s cheers to the Preps!
Hip Hip Hooray!
FREE Webinar for Parents
'Lightening the Lockdown Load'
-WEDNESDAY 19th AUGUST, 8pm
We have signed our school up to receive this FREE Parent Webinar! It sounds so helpful and just what we need right now! Here is some information about it! I hope to 'see' all of you there!
Lockdown is hard. It hurts our kids and it’s a drain on parents. The first time was tricky. There were challenges. For some, it was horrible. But most of us managed okay and got through it.
This time it’s different. The pressure is higher. The demands are greater. The children are more oppositional. The home learning stretch will be longer. There’s work stress, family stress and stress about being stressed!
While we can’t click our fingers and make it magically disappear, there are real strategies that parents and children can rely on to not just survive, but thrive – even in a far-too-long lockdown. They’re simple ideas that you can start on right away.
Join Dr Justin Coulson, one of Australia’s most trusted parenting specialists, as he shares 4 secrets to make it through the pain of the winter COVID-19 Victorian lockdown. By the end of this FREE webinar, you’ll:
- Feel reassured, with less stress and pressure around your kids, their schooling and life
- Have concrete strategies you can start on immediately to make your family happier
- Know how to be on the same page as your partner
- Be able to develop habits and practices that will ensure your children – and YOU – can get your daily work done, even while everyone is stuck at home.
Haylea Anderson
Student Wellbeing Leader