We hope this newsletter finds you well and if you have been affected by COVID that you are on the road to recovery.

If you are finding that your child(ren) are anxious over these times our lovely Mana Ake counsellor has provided us with information about Mental Health Education Resource Centre (MHERC) who are running some workshops via zoom.

Supporting Anxious Children: Thursday 31 March, 7.00pm - 9.00pm

1. Venue: Online via Zoom
   Cost: FREE

• Learn different strategies and skills to help your child manage anxiety and stress, and help them build resiliency
• Understand how anxiety works in the body and mind
• Feel more confident to manage anxiety in your child
• Understand resilience and how to build in your children
• Learn parenting strategies and skills to support children

https://mherc.arlo.co/w/events/538-supporting-anxious-children/1730

1. Supporting Young People and Children through Change: 5 April 2022, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM NZST

• Understand the changes that children and young people may face
• Understand what makes certain changes more difficult for some people, especially in the context of modern life
• Learn strategies to support children and young people through change

Explore the important role adults play in supporting and managing change

https://mherc.arlo.co/w/events/619-supporting-children-and-young-people-around-change/1731

Recently, the Triple P parenting programme has also been made free online, which is a really great resource with tools that may be useful. You can find out more through this link: https://www.triplep-parenting.net.nz/nz-uken/find-help/triple-p-online/ 

Kaiapoi North School – International EducationCultural Exchange with Chinese Schools – March, 2022

At Kaiapoi North School we are proud of the wide range of opportunities we offer our students. One of these opportunities is a cultural exchange with schools in China. The Global Youth Ambassadors Programme initiated by One World Education invited Kaiapoi North School to share some cultural lessons [online] with Chinese schools. The lessons we provided included Māori legends, rakau, poi, haka and koru design. The Chinese schools shared, calligraphy, tai chi and Chinese dancing. There was also the opportunity for questions from our students and the Chinese students. The Chinese students were fascinated by ‘no homework’ and the amount of sport we played. Our students were interested in the wide range of hobbies and the long hours the Chinese students had school.  A special thank you to the Year 7 and 8 students who participated and Mr Dale and Mrs Anderson who coordinated the programme.