Eyes Open Social Media – Student and Parent Workshops

In term 3, Students in years 4/5/6 and their parents will have the opportunity to engage in a workshops about online safety. 

A Social Media Safety Awareness session will be offered to students in years 4, 5 and 6.  This session covers the main risks and dangers on social media and empowers participants to make the best choices to reduce these risks.

A night time Parent Social Media Safety Information Session will be offered to parents. This session covers the main risks and dangers on social media and empowers parents to make the best choices to reduce their own risks and the risks for their children.

A night time Security and Privacy Setting Workshop will be offered for both Parents and Students to attend together.  This session is a practical hands-on session where parents and students bring in their personal mobile devices. Participants will be shown how to add privacy and security to their accounts step-by-step for a social media site to reduce the risks and dangers that were covered in the first awareness session.

More information about dates, costs and how to register for these workshops will be emailed home to parents in the near future.

Thank you Mr C!

Mr Curness has recently been recognised for 25 years of service for representative sport. We are lucky to have Mr Curness on staff at YSS, for his advocacy and support for students in sport. Thanks Mr C!

Under 8s Day

Families and all under 8s welcome. 

Our school and local community are invited to attend our Under 8’s celebration.

When:  Friday 21^st June

9:15 – 10:45am

Where:  Yeronga State School

What:  Games, craft, sports, goop play, nature play clay constructions and much, much more!

Learning asset:  Self-Management

How can we help our children use self-management skills to regulate their emotions?

What is self-regulation?

Self-regulation is the ability to understand and manage your behaviour and your reactions to feelings and things happening around you.

It includes being able to:

• regulate reactions to strong emotions like frustration, excitement, anger and embarrassment
• calm down after something exciting or upsetting
• focus on a task
• refocus attention on a new task
• control impulses
• behave in ways that help you get along with other people.

Why self-regulation is important

As your child grows, self-regulation helps them:

• learn at school
• behave in socially acceptable ways – because self-regulation gives your child the ability to control impulses
• make friends – because self-regulation gives your child the ability to take turns in games and conversations, share toys, and express emotions in appropriate ways
• become more independent – because self-regulation gives your child the ability to make appropriate decisions about behaviour and learn how to behave in new situations with less guidance from you.

How and when self-regulation develops

Children develop self-regulation through warm and responsive relationships. They also develop it by watching the adults around them.

School-age children are getting better at controlling their own wants and needs, imagining other people’s perspectives and seeing both sides of a situation. This means, for example, that they might be able to disagree with other children without having an argument.

Pre-teens and teenagers are better at planning, sticking with difficult tasks, behaving in socially appropriate ways, and considering how their behaviour affects other people. For example, your teenage child might think about your perspective when they’re negotiating with you about their curfew.

Helping children and teenagers learn and practise self-regulation:

Here are practical ways you can help your child learn and practise self-regulation:

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