Wellbeing Matters
Body Kind Families is a Butterfly Foundation initiative for parents of teenagers. It provides FREE resources and important tips on supporting positive body image and being body kind. This initiative compliments the work we are doing in school as part of Body Kind Schools. It includes resources for parents on:
- Resilience to media pressures
- Healthy eating and exercise behaviours
- Talking about appearance and weight
- Body acceptance & compassion
- Boys’ body image
- Warning signs and what to do if concerned
For more information and to receive resources (videos, tips sheets, family activities & more), click on the link below.
Talking about online safety with your teen: Tips from parents of Discord users
Online safety is more than just which app your teen uses. Making sure they are able to think critically about their behavior online, the content they encounter, and how they interact with others will go a long way in keeping them safe. Check out the link below which has some great tips on how to keep your child safe on Discord.
Anxiety webinar available for 3 more days!
Dr Justin Coulson
Last Wednesday our school community participated in the live Webinar with Dr Justin Coulson on understanding 'Anxiety in Your Child' and ways to manage this for both you and your child. It was a great presentation full of tips and ways to speak to your children to help build their resilience. We are fortunate enough to have access to the recording for the next 3 days. Please take the time to watch this one-hour webinar via the link below.
Connecting & communicating with your young person
Dates: Monday 13 and Wednesday 15 September
Time: 7pm (45 – 50mins)
Mode: ZOOM via event registration
Cost: FREE
Initiated by Headspace National, in response to a demand for parent and carer mental health education, the webinar will cover:
- Understanding your young person, and recognising mental health difficulties
- Managing the challenges of parenting young people today
- Having better conversations with your young person
- Connecting your young person with the right help and support.
A secondary webinar focusing on professional supports will follow in 4-5 weeks’ time.
Brand-new for Spring we have Animation Online, the exciting intersection between storytelling, art, and technology! Your child will create their own clay and LEGO movies using stop-motion animation. Sessions take place within our online platform, Code Camp World. Your child will be welcomed each morning via Zoom, before following our comprehensive learning materials to learn the skills to produce their animated movies. Live tutor support will be on hand to assist!
And for the budding coders we have Coding Camps Online, starting with beginner's drag & drop coding at Spark and advancing to JavaScript, 3D design, and web building. At Spark and Ignite your child can even design, code and create their own DC Super Hero game featuring BATMAN, WONDER WOMAN, or SUPERMAN!
Select a week of the school holidays and your child will receive 2 hours of exciting and engaging activities to complete each day. This means you don’t have to complete the program at the same time each day. It’s flexible. Your child can be creative when it suits their schedule!
Our live tutor team will be online Monday - Friday between 9:30 am - 3:30 pm to help your kids over the course of the week.
Ms Dilek Yucel (Head of Wellbeing), Ms Rachel Felmingham (Mental Health Practitioner) & Mr Jack Crameri (Teacher Counsellor)
