Student Wellbeing

Medication at School

For the safety of each child at Tyndale, we would like to reinforce the importance of no student having medication in their bags, for self-administration, other than asthma inhalers.

All medications must be covered by an approved action plan and handed to the front office, stored, and administered from the Health Care room. Exceptions will need the approval of the School Nurse. 

This is in accordance with our Medication for Students policy no S1.21. 

Kiowa Logan

School Nurse

Sibling Conflict

Sibling conflict is a topic that many families struggle to deal with. Siblings may generally be expected to get on well together, but in some families, this is not the case.

Most modern families experience stresses and strains. Single parents often attempt to do it all, in some families parents may work long hours or away from the family home, and many families have extended family pressures with blended and step-families attempting to restructure and support one another. All these stresses on families may result in children fighting within the home for attention or airtime.

It is normal for siblings to fight, how they resolve conflict or whether they can resolve it themselves are skills which can be taught to children. Teaching conflict resolution through board games, family discussions or meetings, can help reduce conflict within the home 

 Whilst children do need your support in managing disputes at home, they do not need parents who hover and do all the problem solving for them. This does not teach children how to problem solve, because when their parents are not there eg in the playground at school, they don’t know how to successfully negotiate or take their turn. Teaching children to set boundaries and know when to stand up for themselves are important life skills that once learnt can equip your children for the rest of their lives.

For some families, self-isolation and quarantine, brought some added stresses to families or showed areas they need to work on in regard to conflict resolution. For some advice and suggestions for families under stress handling conflict please click on the link below.

https://www.parentmap.com/article/manage-family-conflict-quarantine-expert-tips

Some families during COVID, actually said that their communication improved, and their family squabbles reduced, as the family worked together to establish good routines, communicated more over games or bike rides together or just experienced some much needed ‘down time. In an article in ABC life by Kellie Scott, some couples said that they were happier and closer after self-isolating as they were able to work through some conflicts that needed addressing and then were able to move forward in a new way.

https://www.abc.net.au/life/how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-has-changed-your-relationships/12271050

If you are wanting more help with handling sibling conflict at home, Parenting SA is offering a free webinar and the details of this can be found below.

Sue Chapman and Elona Koop

School Counsellors

Handling Sibling Rivalry - Free Webinar

Free Parenting SA Webinar for handling sibling rivalry proactively so they fight less and stay connected.