As part of our Well-being focus here at Toorak Primary School, we are introducing a Boys Group Program. Boys will be nominated to attend the group as an additional social support and to foster positive relationships with themselves and each other. Furthermore, these groups will be student led with activities to encourage communication, acknowledgement of…
Read moreI attended a presentation this week by Maggie Dent on Raising Boys. It was interesting and insightful yet being familiar with raising boys it was mostly confirming. Boys are fundamentally and physically different to girls – in the way they think and approach life as well as physical features, development and hormonal responses. However, their…
Read moreThis may sound pretty obvious, as we all know sleep is important. If you’ve had children, you’re more than likely to have experienced sleep deprivation on some level, which, let’s face it, can feel like torture! There are however, many aspects to sleep and we don’t need to be overtly sleep deprived to feel the…
Read moreOur Junior Girls’ Groups are currently working on a Super Powers activity. As the girl’s identified, all too often we are able to easily come up with negative words to describe ourselves or we describe ourselves based on what we can ‘do’ rather than who we innately are. Each of the groups had some wonderful…
Read moreKeeping Children Warm Keeping warm is about much more than not being cold or catching a cold. One of the first things we learn as a baby is the nurturing quality of warmth when we are held and wrapped in a blanket. Warmth is very nurturing and supportive and helps us to settle in our…
Read moreA series of Girl’s Groups will be run over the course of the year to provide an extra space for open discussion and development of activities that the girls may feel the need to initiate. The groups will be student led and will provide an opportunity for the girls to explore their individual strengths and qualities and…
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