Dear families and friends,

Today the staff of St Peter's attended and participated in an online webinar 'Staying safe and connected online'. Our presenter was Greg Gebhart ,one of Australia’s leading online safety presenters. We explored current technology trends and issues for young people, realistic scenarios and responses to enhance young people's online safety as well as strategies to engage and support the school community. We felt that this was extremely important and we prioritised this as Education is critical for prevention and keeping children safe online. Children and young people are expected to spend more time online during COVID-19, including staying connected to friends and family, playing games or for online learning.

By understanding what young people SEE, SAY and DO online and the challenges they may face, educators, parents and carers are more equipped to help their children navigate some of these issues and know what to do if their child needs help.

I highly recommend the following website.

https://www.thinkuknow.org.au/

I would like to encourage you all to follow our school on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If you have not yet seen any of our posts, please look us up @stpetersclayton on any of the platforms. This is a really effective way for us to be together and keep in touch. Thank you so much to those of you who are already liking posts and commenting.

In Social and Emotional Learning next week we are going to focus on the Worry Waterfall.

This is a handy tool to use with your child. The Worry Waterfall is a way for children to work through worrying thoughts and problems.

ONLINE DANCE CLASSES

K2D~ Student Competition

The Kinect2Dance will be running an online dance competition where the students will be asked to submit a 15-second dance routine of their own creation.

The competition is optional, just something exciting to look forward to.

There will be prizes for the winning students!

www.kinect2dance.com

Click on the above link for more information about the competition.

Beyond Blue is here for everyone in Australia – at work, home, school, university, online, and in communities across the country.

A big part of their focus is on reaching people where they are, and supporting the places where Australians learn, study and work to become more mentally healthy.

Stay Well and Stay Safe, We miss you all.

Until next week. "This too shall pass," Rumi, Persian Poet.

Ms K

St. Peter's Primary School Newsletter

An empowered faith community to enrich the world

Issue 24 · 06 Aug 2020

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