Healthy Mind Mondays: Get Active
2021-01-28T09:25:57+11:00Why not start off the month with some fitness? Physical activity plays such a big role in keeping a healthy mind. We understand that sometimes it’s hard to know what [...]
Tuning in Tuesday – Creating Time to Connect
2020-12-29T10:03:48+11:00This week, we couldn’t go past The Gottman Institute’s image around ensuring we are creating space to connect with our families. This can be very challenging over the Holiday Season, [...]
Tuning in Tuesday – Tuning into Yourself
2020-12-23T13:26:10+11:00It’s getting to that busy time of the year again. How do we manage and prioritise our own self-care during the holiday season? This week we encourage you to tune [...]
Find Your 30 – Tiny Trainer Challenge
2020-12-21T14:39:52+11:00Looking for some inspiration to get active outdoors or at home? Wyndham City with the help of the WynActive Health & Fitness team have created a series of Activity Cards for the [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Bee Drinking Pond
2020-12-17T15:02:18+11:00On Tuesday the Girls’ Night program got together online and made these awesome drinking ponds for Bees. They were so easy and fun to make. Bees are very important, and [...]
Tuning in Tuesdays- Emotional resilience
2020-12-15T09:39:53+11:00This week we are encouraging you to tune in to emotional resilience. This will help your young person to manage those strong emotions like change, fear, worry and disappointment. As [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Candle Making
2020-11-25T16:44:52+11:00When we make candles it’s important to take some time to be able to focus on what we are doing. The motions of mixing, pouring and waiting for the lovely [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Terrarium
2020-11-18T16:27:32+11:00On Friday the 1825 crew got together online and had some fun making Terrariums. The Great thing about Terrariums is that they can help to relieve anxiety for some people. [...]
Finding Electro Girl: A conversation with author Lainie Chait
2020-11-18T14:06:26+11:00Wyndham City Libraries recently hosted Lainie Chait, author of Electro Girl: Living a symbiotic existence with epilepsy. Lainie invented her superhero persona Electro Girl when she was diagnosed with epilepsy at 19 years [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Music
2020-11-12T18:18:23+11:00Listening to music when you are experiencing any emotion is something that many people do. With music we are so lucky that we can turn to it each day as [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Sunshine
2020-11-05T17:29:50+11:00Now that we are coming into warmer weather it’s important to make sure we are getting outside, soaking up the sun and getting some fresh air. Exposure to sunlight is thought to [...]
Wynnies Art Prize 2021
2020-11-05T12:14:49+11:00The Wynnies Kids’ Art Prize 2021 entries are now open! Now in its third year, Wynnies is an annual kid’s art competition run by Wyndham Art Gallery for Wyndham residents [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Games
2020-10-28T08:06:07+11:00Playing some games with family or friends and just having some fun can be great for your brain’s health. Playing board games and online gaming can be beneficial for behaviour [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Rocky Road & Friends
2020-10-26T12:20:25+11:00As we know catching up with friends is very limited at the moment. So why not jump on a facetime call and do some cooking or baking together? The 18-25 [...]
Tuning In Tuesdays – The power of sharing your parenting experience with your teen
2020-09-29T16:30:25+10:00We certainly understand the power of sharing in building empathy and understanding for someone elses experience but why don’t we do this with parenting? Sharing with your young person that [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Podcast
2020-10-16T09:57:14+11:00Listening to Podcasts can be a really great way to switch off and relax. Similar to movies and reading there are a whole bunch of topics covered in Podcasts. There [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Cooking
2020-10-08T09:59:23+11:00As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, cooking and baking can be a great tool for self-care. This is a little reminder that making treats for yourself doesn’t always have [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Beyond Now
2020-09-25T08:15:19+10:00Mental Health Problems can be tricky to navigate. We want you to remember you’re not in this alone. Please always discuss with a trusted adult when recognising and responding to [...]
Banana and Strawberry Nice-Cream
2020-09-18T11:52:07+10:00In this recipe Adele shows us a delicious Banana and Strawberry Nice-Cream desert that makes use of any remaining fruits that may otherwise go to waste. Best of all you [...]
Get Active Victoria
Free online workouts, challenges and more at Get Active Victoria. The Victorian Government has launched Get Active Victoria, a new initiative to inspire all of us to move more, every [...]
Thrive: Active Living Program
Victorian University's Thrive online program provides activities to improve your health and keep you active. This includes the great Kids Blast Program, a series of live and pre-recorded videos for the [...]
Find Your 30 – Tiny Trainer Challenge
Finding your 30 minutes of physical activity a day can lead to a happier and healthier lifestyle for you and your family. If you are at home, you can still [...]
Gymnastics Fitness at Home
Gymnastics Victoria’s Fitness At Home is an inclusive series of warm up videos for children to follow while at home. The free videos have been made to help children continue working on [...]
Run, Jump and Throw Yourself Into It
A series of 24 short videos aimed to assist coaches, little athletes, teachers and parents to help teach and learn the basic fundamental skills of a variety of running, jumping [...]