Health & Wellbeing

Resilience. When it comes to your kids, you’ve probably heard this word many times. From teachers, on social media posts, even from other parents on the playground – it seems that resilience is the watch word of the day. And as parents, we want our kids to be strong and good, so they can weather the storms of life.

But resilience isn’t just for kids.

As parents we’re faced with challenges every day. We have a seemingly unending list of little tasks, like making lunches and getting our kids to after school commitments on time, soothing the daily hurts – both physical and emotional – in our children.We need to meet homework demands, push music practice, make dinners, kick footballs, and much more.

And we do all this while trying to manage our own physical and mental health and responsibilities at work and home.

It's no surprise that research shows that parents are more burnt out than ever.

But research also tells us that being resilient helps us bounce back from adversity and frustrations, and return quickly to a state of healthy functioning.

So now all we have to do is figure out how to become a resilient parent so we can teach those skills to our own kids. Introducing...

FREE WEBINAR

Thursday 9 March8pm AEDT | check my timezone

The Resilient Parent

The Resilient Parent is a FREE webinar for parents who sometimes feel overwhelmed with the challenges of the parenting gig. (And I’ve never met a parent who doesn’t!)

In the webinar I’ll share:

the research behind parental burn out, and how this could be hurting you and your family
the five solutions you can take to boost your resilience and make you and your family happier, and
the tools and techniques you can use to build your own reserves of parenting resilience and help you model resilience for your kids too.

This 30-minute FREE webinar is designed for parents who are ready to leave burnt out parenting behind for good, and bring more resilience and strength to their own children.I hope you'll join me,

They’re Back!

It is that time of year, the students have settled back into school routines and so have the head lice! We have had a few cases of head lice this week and we seek your cooperation in checking your child’s hair.

Head lice do not transmit infectious diseases – they are transmitted by having head to head contact with someone who has head lice. Head lice are common in school-aged children and are the most adaptable of creatures. They have survived living solely on humans for 10,000 years!!!!

What can you do?

We seek your cooperation in checking your child’s hair and in those instances where head lice or eggs are found, treating your child’s hair. Please visit www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au and search for “head lice (nits)” for advice on finding, treating and preventing head lice.

Health regulations requires that where a child has head lice, that child should not return to school until the day after appropriate treatment has started. Please note, this refers only to those children who have live head lice and does not refer to head lice eggs. More information about exclusion requirements can be found by searching for “school exclusion table” at www.health.vic.gov.au.

Solway is aware that head lice can be a sensitive issue and will do our best to deal with this appropriately. Students who are identified as having live head lice will be required to be sent home for treatment.

Gastro

A number of our students are currently experiencing upset stomachs, stomach aches and vomiting. Please see the guidelines below from the Department of Health, regarding viral gastroenteritis symptoms and please keep children who are unwell at home.

Primary school and children’s services centre exclusion for viral gastroenteritis

"As viral gastro is very infectious, people with symptoms should not go to work or attend child care centres, kindergartens or schools until 48 hours after symptoms have stopped."

We thank you for your support with keeping everyone safe and well.

Kate Nancarrow

Assistant Principal