WELLBEING
Mrs Luisa Cecala
Thank you to all the parents that came along and participated in the parent seminar last Tuesday night. I hope you walked away with a better understanding and some great strategies to use if/when necessary.
Please find below the presentation Georgina referred to during the seminar and also some extra reading.
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CHILD SAFETY POLICY UPDATE
New Child Safe Standards come into force from 1 July 2022 to better protect children and young people from abuse.
Please read below Victoria's new child safety standards.
In line with the new child safety standards our school Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy has been UPDATED. Please ensure you have read it.
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Puberty Online Session - YEAR 5 and YEAR 6 parents and students ONLY
An online puberty session has been arranged with an external provider for year 5 and 6 students and parents.
Date: June 1st
Time: 7pm
The session will take place in the comfort of your home!
A link will be sent out the day prior via Class Dojo. The day prior to the session an envelope will also come home with your child which will have worksheets required for the session.
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Podcast of the Week
Dr Justin Coulson from the Happy Families Podcast talks about "How do you support kids to be more assertive with their peers?"
- Identity & development
- What does 'being your own person' really mean?
- Positives & negatives of personal qualities
- Assertiveness training
- The I-message
- Allowing children to have a voice and be heard
- Actively and expressly encourage your children to have an opinion at home
- Children need to know that you won't dismiss or disapprove of their emotions
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Family Fun -
Positive coping Goal: Identify positive ways to cope with negative emotions.
Activity: Come up with five things we can do to feel better when we are sad.
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Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) On Students with Disability
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Parent Control Webinar
Date:
Tuesday 31 May 12.30 – 1.30 pm
The presentation will cover:
- the benefits and limitations of parental controls
- how to safely set up iOS and Android devices
- how to safely set up popular games and apps, like YouTube and Roblox
- family tech agreements and other parenting strategies to manage online risks
- how eSafety can help you when things go wrong.
Safer Online Gaming Webinar
Dates:
Friday 17 June 12.30 – 1.30 pm
Tuesday 21 June 7.30 – 8.30 pm
It will cover:
- the games young people are using and how they are engaging with them
- the benefits of gaming and how to mitigate the risks
- practical strategies to use at home and where to find help and support if things go wrong.
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Useful Links