Honey Festival
West Coast Honey will be holding a Honey Festival as part of the Gidgegannup Small Farm Field Day on Sunday 26 May.
The Honey Festival will include informational talks and activities abou bee keeping, a honey cake competition, a live bee display and more. There will be an opportunity to taste honey and to make beeswax candles. For more information about the Gidgegannup Small Farm Field Day, please visit www.gidgegannup.info/small-farm-field-day.
WA Police Force Expo
The Western Australia Police Force would like to invite students and families to the WA Police Force Expo, to be held at the WA Police Academy, Joondalup on Saturday 23 March 2019.
The Expo will provide an opportunity for members of the community, young and old, to get up close and personal with real-life demonstrations, interactive displays and the latest crime-fighting technolgy on show. For more information about this free event, please visit www.police.wa.gov.au/Expo
Cool Kids Taking Control – Study about Bullying
The Centre for Emotional Health at Macquarie University is currently recruiting for the Cool Kids – Taking Control National Trial.
Cool Kids – Taking Control is an online self-help program that is designed to help children (7-11 years) who have been targets of bullying and who also have high levels of anxiety. Based on the Cool Kids anxiety program developed at Macquarie University in Sydney. The efficacy of Cool Kids – Taking Control in reducing peer victimisation is currently being investigated by a team at Macquarie University.
The program is designed to teach children skills to manage bullying and anxiety with the intent to help them better manage these experiences in social situations. Theprogram runs for 10 weeks, with a total of 8 lessons. These lessons will be delivered via the internet with parental guidance. The child’s progress through the program will be supported by a member of the research team at the Centre for Emotional Health.
To assess the eligibility of your child to take part in this program, the researchers kindly ask you to fill out this quick registration form via the link tinyurl.com/CKTC-intake.
If you have any further queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at takingcontrol@mq.edu.au.
