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Designing a strong moral future for your child

Claire Orange
Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Emotions, Wellbeing - Society, Wellbeing - Uplifting
You might have heard the phrase ‘Virtues and Values’ in your school community and wondered what that actually meant. Surely that’s the very foundation of all good parenting? Teaching the values of hard work and determination, respect, inclusion, tolerance – parenting bread and butter. But is it? In a world of rapid change, of struggling…
Blond child wearing red crying at home

What sinks your child’s emotional boat?

Claire Orange
Early Childhood, Parenting
There’s a bit to cope with in childhood. Getting used to the way the big people in your life show their love and care. Learning a whole language. Learning about building relationships with other little, middle-sized and big people. Experiencing new tastes, sensations, smells and sounds – all at differing levels of intensity and sometimes…
small children playing tug of war and having fun

Part 2: The importance of play in bullying prevention – the reactive skills

Claire Orange
Bullying, Early Childhood, Wellbeing - Emotions, Wellbeing - Social
Proactive and reactive skills – we need them all It used to be a big saying – respond, don’t react. Somehow the word ‘react’ conjures images of a loud, messy and rather undignified emotional meltdown to one of life’s harsh realities. However, in this context we’re going to use ‘reactive’ to describe a set of…

Part 1: The importance of play in bullying prevention – the proactive skills

Claire Orange
Bullying, Early Childhood, Wellbeing - Emotions, Wellbeing - Learning, Wellbeing - Social
The link between decreased play and increased bullying With more and more time taken from play in the early years of education is it little surprise that there is an increase in bullying behaviours in the primary years.  Whilst children may (and this is questionable) be leap-frogging ahead with the 3 R’s – Reading, wRiting…
Frustrated woman rubbing her head and looking concerned

When childhood trauma becomes teacher trauma

Claire Orange
Wellbeing - Educators
“In 2015-16, there were 225,487 Australian children suspected of being harmed or at risk of harm from abuse and/or neglect. This resulted in 355,925 notifications being issued by state and territory authorities (a rate of 42.0 notifications per 1,000 Australian children).” Australian Institute of Family Studies Every day in the average Australian classroom, one child,…
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