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. [...]
Craft Activity: Basket of Flowers
2020-11-16T11:11:11+11:00Wyndham City’s Children and Family Resource Team have put together a series of activity ideas to enjoy with the kids, using simple materials around the home. In this simple activity [...]
Craft Activity: Potato Painting
2020-11-16T11:09:28+11:00Wyndham City’s Children and Family Resource Team have put together a series of activity ideas to enjoy with the kids, using simple materials around the home. In this simple painting [...]
Craft Activity: Paint a Rabbit
2020-11-16T11:06:42+11:00Wyndham City’s Children and Family Resource Team have put together a series of activity ideas to enjoy with the kids, using simple materials around the home. In this simple painting [...]
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 [...]
Kids Drawing Competition
2020-11-11T16:22:39+11:00The Drawing Competition is an annual event for children aged 5-12. This year the theme is Curious Creatures. Open the Create a Curious Creature document on our webpage and find [...]
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 [...]
Tuning In Tuesday – Role modelling our way through challenges
2020-11-06T08:01:32+11:00As a parent or carer, do you sometimes feel like you need to have the answer for every question or the solution to every problem? Do you sometimes feel [...]
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 [...]
Behind the Bids for connection
2020-10-30T13:52:51+11:00Following on from our post last week about bids for connection, what they mean and how they might present, we couldn’t go past The Gottman institutes “behind the bids” [...]
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 [...]
Tuning into Teens: Bids for Connection
2020-10-27T10:32:45+11:00Have you ever noticed your young person wandering around the house with no real purpose? Watched them as they open and close the pantry without selecting anything? There will [...]
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 [...]
Play Time
Sensory play, craft ideas, songs, backyard cricket and more! Wyndham City’s Children and Family Resource Team have put together a series of activity ideas to enjoy with the kids, [...]
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 [...]
Tuning In Tuesdays – The power of sharing your parenting experience with your teen
2020-10-15T09:25:48+11:00We 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: 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: Reading
2020-09-30T14:45:14+10:00Reading can be great for your mind; it has been found that during reading, our minds can feel a similar experience as meditation. Reading can help the body and mind [...]
Family Information Session: Responding to a Mental Health Crisis Webinar
Hosted by Wyndham City’s Youth Services team, this webinar recording will help you learn how to recognise and respond to mental health crisis in young people, including suicide and [...]
Learn to Hula Hoop
Dust off the hula hoop and learn some new tricks with Yvette from Circus Fit Studios. This virtual workshop will start you off on hula hooping basics and deliver [...]
Learn to Juggle
Dust off the hula hoop and learn some new tricks with Yvette from Circus Fit Studios. This virtual workshop will start you off on hula hooping basics and deliver [...]
Tuning In Tuesdays – Conversations to build connection
2020-09-25T12:18:51+10:00Do you feel like you are running out of things to talk about at home? Feeling like you are stuck in a bit of a hampster wheel of work, school, [...]
Tuning In Tuesdays – Communicating Self Care Needs
2020-09-25T08:20:00+10:00Tuning In Tuesdays – Communicating Self Care Needs This week we could not go past a post we saw on The Gottman Institute Facebook Page about how to communicate [...]