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Stanmore Public School

Respect - Resilience - Responsibility

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Parenting Resources

This page serves as a comprehensive knowledge hub, amalgamating a curated collection of articles from the school's website. Packed with engaging and valuable insights, it caters to families with young children attending primary school, offering a plethora of helpful and practical information.

Friendships & Conflict

Friendships and Conflict

During primary school children go through many stages of making friends and along the way will experience conflict at some stage. If your child does experience conflict, this is a wonderful teaching moment to guide them and help them learn about how to get along with others.

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Published: 11 Apr 2024


 

The Student Wellbeing Hub

The Student Wellbeing Hub

The Student Wellbeing Hub has been developed by Education Services Australia for the Australian Government Department of Education. The Hub offers games, videos, websites and resources on various topics like how to deal with bullying and how to stay safe online.

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Published: 11 Apr 2024


 

Children's active travel

Children's active travel

As part of their ‘healthy lifestyle programs for primary schools’, NSW Health encourage children to participate in active travel.

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Published: 5 Apr 2024


 

Live Outside the Box

Live outside the box

Live Outside the Box is a NSW Health initiative to encourage kids to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle.

Live Outside the Box is an interactive, fun, one-week activity for Stage 3 (years 5 and 6) primary school students.

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Published: 5 Apr 2024


 

Smiling Mind

smiling mind

Smiling Mind is a FREE mindfulness meditation app developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life.

Just as we eat well and stay fit to keep our body healthy, mindfulness meditation is about mental health and looking after the mind.

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Published: 3 Apr 2024


 

Get the facts on the dangers of vaping

dangers of vaping

The NSW Health Vaping Toolkit was launched to support parents, carers and young people to know the facts and dangers of vaping.

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Published: 28 Mar 2024


 

#MathsTrainsBrains for the future

Mindfulness Meditation for Children

Parents and carers can explore the importance of mathematical skills with the Everyday Maths experience, featuring activities, resources and explainers targeted to year groups.

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Published: 28 Mar 2024


 

Mindfulness Meditation for Children

Mindfulness Meditation for Children

When we teach mindfulness to children, we equip them with tools to build self-esteem, manage stress, and skilfully approach challenges.

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Published: 26 Mar 2024


 

Learning Support Guides

Learning Support Guides

The NSW Education Standards Authority have published parent and carer guides to help support your child at home in the learning areas of Maths and English.

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Published: 20 Mar 2024

 


 

Encouraging a growth mindset

Encouraging a growth mindset

What is a growth mindset? What are its benefits? And how can it help kids achieve their goals?

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Published: 19 Mar 2024

 


 

Wellbeing Wheel

Wellbeing wheel

The Wellbeing Wheel a framework for children and young people. It views wellbeing in a way that brings together the different elements a child needs in order to thrive.

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Published: 15 Mar 2024

 


 

Raising Resilient Children

Raising Resilient Children

How ideal would it be to live in a world free from bullying, peer pressure, disease, death, poverty, crime, divorce/separation and war? Unfortunately, shielding children from adversity is impossible, yet, as parents, it is a natural behaviour to want to protect them.

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Published: 11 Mar 2024


 

Head to Health

Head to Health

Head to Health is an Australian Department of Health website which offers multiple ways of searching for digital health resources to support the wellbeing of families.

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Published: 7 Mar 2024


 

Nailing the Nude Food Lunchbox

Nailing the Nude Food Lunchbox

At Stanmore Public School we encourage families to pack a "nude food" lunchbox. A nude food lunchbox uses no disposable wrappers or single use packaging like plastic, foil or zip lock bags. Even small changes will help the school reduce some of the estimated 16.8 tons of waste each year.

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Published: 1 Mar 2024


 

Five Ways to Wellbeing

Five Ways to Wellbeing

It’s never too late to give your family’s wellbeing a high priority. The ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’ will help you to develop a wellbeing plan for your family.

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Published: 27 Feb 2024


 

Promote a Lifetime of Healthy Eating Habits

Promote a Lifetime of Healthy Eating Habits

Crunch & Sip and school lunch are a great opportunity to promote healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.

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Published: 27 Feb 2024


 

Active vs Passive Screen Time

Active vs Passive Screen Time

Do your children spend night and day with iPads in hand? Are you sick and tired of trying to convince them to abandon useless screen time? The time they spend in front of screens doesn’t have to be all bad.

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Published: 6 Feb 2024


 

Healthy Lunch Box

Healthy Lunch Box

Save time and money and help your kids to eat healthily by following some clever tips and tricks to help build a healthier lunch box.

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Published: 6 Feb 2024


 

The Triple P - Positive Parenting Program

The Triple P - Positive Parenting Program

The Triple P - Positive Parenting Program is a multi-level system of support to prevent and treat social, emotional and behavioural problems in children (0-11) by enhancing parent knowledge, skills and confidence.

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Published: 11 Aug 2023


 

The Uneaten Lunchbox

The Uneaten Lunchbox

Are you a victim of the boomerang lunchbox - what goes in the lunchbox, comes back untouched or barely eaten? There are many reasons why children may not eat their lunchbox foods. Consider these next time you pack your child's lunchbox.

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Published: 22 Jun 2023


 

Go4Fun FREE program

Go4Fun FREE program

Go4Fun Online is a FREE program that provides children aged 7 – 13 years and their families with 10 weeks of support relating to healthy eating, physical activity, self-esteem and fun.

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Published: 26 May 2023