Read With Me at Home is back in 2021!
2021-01-22T10:57:46+11:00If your child needs help with their reading, sign up for Read With Me at Home, Wyndham City Libraries' reading buddy program. Read With Me at Home is an online [...]
If your child needs help with their reading, sign up for Read With Me at Home, Wyndham City Libraries' reading buddy program. Read With Me at Home is an online [...]
This week the Tutor Doctors image around creativity really stood out. For some families this will look a little different, but it’s a simple start and give some ideas. ‘Don’t [...]
This week we want to focus on giving, by giving we are meaning to: Give time to reflect Give self-soothing Give wonder Give acceptance Give a hug The importance of [...]
This 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, [...]
It’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 [...]
Feeling bored and would like to read and can’t find your book or not sure what to read? Relax and read along with me! Join YA Librarian Sharyn and Read [...]
This week we encourage you to take a step back and allow your young person to problem solve on their own. It’s important for us to slow down and allow [...]
Quite often we find ourselves commenting on unpleasant emotions that we may notice in those around us. We might say something like “Hey you seem really angry, is everything ok?” [...]
Do you often find it difficult to lessen the impact of highly emotional experiences? Does your teen find it hard to deescalate heightened unpleasant emotions? This can be really challenging [...]
Do you live, work, recreate or study in Wyndham? Are you aged between 12-17? Do you get bored over the holidays? We have just the thing for you and the [...]
Wyndham 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 [...]
The Rotary Club of Wyndham Harbour is running a Peace Essay competition for children in Grades 5/6 enrolled in any Australian school. Entry is FREE and there are three great [...]
As 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 [...]
The 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 [...]
We 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 [...]
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 [...]
Do 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, [...]
Do you have a tricky conversation that you need to have with your teen? Do you find yourself shying away from important conversations because you feel unsure about the best [...]
There is no denying that at a time like this, there may be some added tension in the home. We are all trying to work, study and be entertained, all [...]
In 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 [...]
Are you a young person aged 15-25? Do you need help crafting your resume, applying for jobs online and answering interview questions? Book into Online Resume Help to get one-on-one [...]
Hosted by Wyndham City’s Youth Services team, this webinar recording provides practical strategies to help you recognise and respond to young people experiencing mental health concerns. If you or [...]
Help your child’s understanding of Australian history by exploring the Healing Foundation’s Stolen Generations resource kit. The website offers online activities for Foundation to Year 9 students, sharing firsthand experiences of the Stolen Generations through stories, [...]
Wyndham City staff member and recipe developer Daen shows us how to make her extremely delicious yet simple lemon butter cake. This cake sings of citrus flavours thanks to the lemon zest [...]