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Welcome the Westmead PS TARDIS team twitter account. We hope to use this twitter account to share with you any great resources and ideas we find or create to support your child's wellbeing, particularly in light of the recent switch to Learning at Home.

Seminar for interested parents by @danhaesler who works with our school leadership team: Raising Resilient Kids - Wednesday 13th May - 4pm It's free and you can register here: cutthrough.webinarninja.com/live-webinars/…… If you can't make it at 4pm, you can still register to receive a recording.

This is an excellent story for kids to support them understanding the current situation and our return to school one day per week. It was created by lovely Ms Perry from Cooranbong Public School who has given us permission to share: cdos.run/u-0/sites/1048…

This is a lovely resource shared by Mrs Rajapakse about the benefits of play during difficult times. ipaworld.org/resources/for-…

In your household, you can show kindness by making a meal, cleaning a sock drawer, weeding the garden, washing the dishes. It might take a little time, but imagine the joy it will bring to the person who needs it? We are all in this together, so lets spread kindness! 2/2

Have you heard about the Kindness Pandemic? Wouldn’t it be great to spread a little kindness by paying forward a good deed or kind act? This could be a simple digital card or a FaceTime call, a poem or a letter to someone to say hello or thank you. 1/2

Miss Cicala has created a fun Creative Arts matrix you and your family could choose to try activities from over the holidays. These are just ideas; feel free to try them out or to ignore them and spend your holidays relaxing however you would like to!

We absolutely LOVE this image created by one of our amazing Kindy mums starring some of our beautiful kindy students! Students, teachers miss you all too, but we are so proud of you and your resilience! #StayHomeStaySafe

An interesting article sharing the thoughts of Sydney Uni Vice Chancellor Michael Spencer that the school system is adaptable and encouraging parents to try to not stress too much as teachers know how to differentiate & will get kids back ‘on track’ amp.smh.com.au/national/don-t…

Our Harmony Day creation is hanging up proudly in the hall as a reminder of a key message: we all belong at WPS

A great website shared by Richa from our Community Hub: copingskillsforkids.com/deep-breathing…

@RAMKC63232975 @Saanvi83456841 Our teachers are monitoring the google classrooms constantly during school hours and will be able to provide assistance as needed. I have passed on the messages from these tweets to the respective teachers on your behalf also :)

@RAMKC63232975 @Saanvi83456841 Thanks for your responses parents. For academic help, we strongly encourage your child to post a request for further information on their google classroom. This is important for them to develop some of our key character strengths such as bravery, love of learning and curiosity.

How are you today parents? How are your kids? Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to help

We love the idea a 3K parent shared that their child calls a different WPS friend each break to stay connected. Several of our teachers are calling students to do the same. I know I will be calling more kids today to check in- puts a smile on my face and hopefully theirs! 3/3

One of the key challenges is trying to maintain connectedness and the sense of belonging we all work so hard to ensure we have in our classrooms. We would love to hear from you strategies you are trying to help your child still feel connected to their class and school? 2/3

This article by a Head from Sceggs Darlinghurst highlights some of the challenges being faced by teachers and kids as we take on 'home learning' together. 1/3 smh.com.au/national/a-lea…

The beautiful Venkat family are back and sharing the great strategy they use as a family- GEM: gratitude, exercise and meditation. Here's a snapshot of how they do it: youtube.com/watch?v=1MXgFy…

Here's a fun wellbeing challenge you may want to try!

Mrs Smith can't help but add- this should have 'you're' not 'your'... we didn't make the graphic. But the general ideas in the graphic are good :)

Some fun ideas from @communityhubwps

The World Health Organisaton have put together a great resource for parents about parenting in the time of COVID-19. Well worth a read! who.int/emergencies/di…