Parenting Ideas Newsletters and a Thank You!

Thank you to all those who attended last Friday's first "Coffee & Conversation".  It was so lovely to meet you, get to know one other a little and to share a hot drink and a piece of (homemade!) cake.  I'm looking forward to offering another morning along the same lines on Friday 21st November and seeing some more parents and carers there.  Thanks to Melissa Crosswell for taking time out of her busy schedule to come along too!

It was the final day for our Yr. 12 students last Thursday and some of you may have been at the Whole School Assembly for their farewell.  Many of the parents who attended "Coffee & Conversation" actually spoke about how wonderful it was that their children were able to participate in the celebration and that they got to share this special senior school experience.  We also spoke about how this can really benefit in terms of their transition from primary in to secondary school.  How gorgeous were the little ones in reading Dr. Seuss?!

Please find attached the latest two interesting articles from our Parenting Ideas school subscription.  .

Oh So Serious
Sexual Behaviours in Children and Young People

Warm regards,
Jo Betti - HCC Social Worker

Parentingideas Newsletter

As mentioned last term, HCC has recently become a Parentingideas "Helping Parents" member and as such now has access to a wealth of great parenting resources.
Fortunately, Parentingideas has also just changed the format of their resources to PDF which means I will now be able to post them directly into my Wellbeing Blog, right here for your convenience.  Today's two articles are all about the secret of raising happy, confident kids and the dangers of online gaming which can turn into an addiction.
I hope you enjoy the insights offered in these two articles.
Jo Betti, HCC Social Worker

Raising happy, confident kids

When does fun flip into addiction?

Coffee & Conversation - take two!!

My apologies for having to cancel last term's introductory "Coffee & Conversation" at HCC.  We'll try again this Friday 24th October 2014.  
For any interested parents and friends of the Early Learning Centre students, this is your chance to enjoy a cup of tea/coffee (and cake!) whilst you network with other HCC parents, make some new friends and share some of your parenting experiences and challenges.   From 9:15am (after Gospel) in the HCC Cafe.  Hope to see you there!  Joanne Betti, HCC Social Worker