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Helping Children to Maintain Friendships
Transitioning Into a New School Year: How to Guide Your Child
9 Favourite Family-friendly Cake Recipes
Helping Your Child Transition Into High School
Showcasing Winners of The Rocketeers Film Festival
Recycling Activities in Outside School Hours Care
How to Inspire Motivation for Kids
Winners of The Experimental Cookbook Competition Announced
Digital Wellbeing and Focus are the Superskills of the Digital World
How to Thrive in a Digital World
Helping Children to Maintain Friendships
A parent’s wish is for their child to make new friends and be happy. Throughout each year in primary school, this wish does not change. There is one simple reason for this. The basis of happiness at school comes down to friendships. The ability to maintain strong friendships can affect
Transitioning Into a New School Year: How to Guide Your Child
And just like that, the new school year is upon us! 2021 was a massive year, with most families experiencing lockdowns. This year will be an important year for children, no matter what year they are in. From Prep children, just starting their primary school journey, through to Year 6 children,
9 Favourite Family-friendly Cake Recipes
The Experimental Cookbook showcases a selection of family-friendly recipes, including delicious cakes. Substituting some ingredients for healthier options, we challenge you to get busy in the kitchen for a bake-off! Here are some recipes that were submitted by some talented Outside School Hours Care children. Aaradhiya’s Fudgie Brownie Makes 8-10
Helping Your Child Transition Into High School
Entering high school from primary school is definitely one of the most exciting things for all children and parents. Concurrently, it can also be a challenging and anxious period for your child. So, what can parents do to prepare their child for high school and make them feel supported? Let’s
Showcasing Winners of The Rocketeers Film Festival
Over the Spring holiday season, Camp Australia teamed up with StarTime to bring The Rocketeers Film Festival to children across Australia. Over 2,000 children joined us for filmmaking workshops, both online and in-person, creating over 570 amazing films, giving children the opportunity to tell their stories on the silver screen.
Recycling Activities in Outside School Hours Care
Recycling has become part of our daily norm. Children are often asking, “Does this belong in the recycling bin?” And this is a good question to ask. Teaching children about recycling at a young age helps them to understand the environmental benefits of living with a waste-reduction mentality. Households and
How to Inspire Motivation for Kids
The COVID pandemic has caused some kids to act like bears and to go into hibernation. Some have given up on their usual activities, some have retreated from life into the world of screens and others have spent more time alone. Inspiration has lessened, interests have narrowed, and motivation has
Winners of The Experimental Cookbook Competition Announced
We’re delighted to announce the 50 winners of The Experimental Cookbook competition, held 2nd August to 30th August 2021. As part of National Science Week, The Experimental Cookbook competition was an initiative open to children registered with Camp Australia, active schools and Camp Australia team members. With the National Science
Digital Wellbeing and Focus are the Superskills of the Digital World
As part of our Insight Series, Dr Kristy Goodwin, digital wellbeing and productivity expert, outlines the impact that technology has on us and explains how we can thrive in a digital world. School leaders and teachers are increasingly reliant on digital technologies for their professional and personal lives. Emails, Google
How to Thrive in a Digital World
Dr Kristy Goodwin, digital wellbeing and productivity expert, outlines the impact that technology has on us and explains how we can thrive in a digital world. As we rely heavily on technology, in both COVID and non-COVID environments, it becomes apparent that our multi-tasking efforts need to be adjusted. Dr
Helping Children to Maintain Friendships
A parent’s wish is for their child to make new friends and be happy. Throughout each year in primary school, this wish does not change. There is one simple reason for this. The basis of happiness at school comes down to friendships. The ability to maintain strong friendships can affect a child’s happiness and if your child comes home upset when they can’t find any friends to play with, then you take this to heart. It’s confronting and you feel a sense of sadness because you naturally want your child to be happy. Let’s explore some tactics that can help with supporting children to maintain their friendships. The Basic Values
Transitioning Into a New School Year: How to Guide Your Child
And just like that, the new school year is upon us! 2021 was a massive year, with most families experiencing lockdowns. This year will be an important year for children, no matter what year they are in. From Prep children, just starting their primary school journey, through to Year 6 children, who are looking forward to spending more time in the classroom and with their friends…the new school year is always a big milestone, and 2022 is ever-so-important for primary school children. So, how can you guide your child so that they experience a smooth transition into a new school year? How can you ensure your child is ready to step
9 Favourite Family-friendly Cake Recipes
The Experimental Cookbook showcases a selection of family-friendly recipes, including delicious cakes. Substituting some ingredients for healthier options, we challenge you to get busy in the kitchen for a bake-off! Here are some recipes that were submitted by some talented Outside School Hours Care children. Aaradhiya’s Fudgie Brownie Makes 8-10 Ingredients 150g butter, melted 3 eggs 5 teaspoons cocoa powder 1 cup plain flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract a handful mixed nuts, chopped Instructions Preheat oven to 180°C. In a bowl, add melted butter, sugar and the eggs then mix well. Add vanilla extract and cocoa powder and continue stirring. Then stir through the flour, be careful lumps don’t form.
Helping Your Child Transition Into High School
Entering high school from primary school is definitely one of the most exciting things for all children and parents. Concurrently, it can also be a challenging and anxious period for your child. So, what can parents do to prepare their child for high school and make them feel supported? Let’s hear from Art of Smart, who have prepared some all-important guidelines for parents with children transitioning from primary school to high school next year. How Is High School Different To Primary School? Understanding the crucial differences between primary school and high school is the first step all parents should take. As your child transitions from primary to high school, they’ll experience many new
Showcasing Winners of The Rocketeers Film Festival
Over the Spring holiday season, Camp Australia teamed up with StarTime to bring The Rocketeers Film Festival to children across Australia. Over 2,000 children joined us for filmmaking workshops, both online and in-person, creating over 570 amazing films, giving children the opportunity to tell their stories on the silver screen. An online premiere showcased the very talented winners – and included 3 special guests, 13 state winning films and 2 special mentions. We saw children’s bravery, confidence and creativity shine in each and every film and it was wonderful. “𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮. 𝘉𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶
Recycling Activities in Outside School Hours Care
Recycling has become part of our daily norm. Children are often asking, “Does this belong in the recycling bin?” And this is a good question to ask. Teaching children about recycling at a young age helps them to understand the environmental benefits of living with a waste-reduction mentality. Households and schools are on board with the mission to recycle more, so let’s explore some recycling ideas we’ve seen in Outside School Hours Care. The Benefits of Recycling Our climate is negatively affected by the greenhouse gases that are emitted from factories and waste. Recycling reduces harmful chemicals and greenhouse gases as companies are able to source back their own products
How to Inspire Motivation for Kids
The COVID pandemic has caused some kids to act like bears and to go into hibernation. Some have given up on their usual activities, some have retreated from life into the world of screens and others have spent more time alone. Inspiration has lessened, interests have narrowed, and motivation has reduced. Of course, all of this is understandable. It has been a scary time. Even so, it is time to change gears and inspire motivation for kids. Just as bears rise after a period of hibernation, it is time to help our children to get out and enjoy the world. How do Parents Motivate Kids? There is a lot that
Winners of The Experimental Cookbook Competition Announced
We’re delighted to announce the 50 winners of The Experimental Cookbook competition, held 2nd August to 30th August 2021. As part of National Science Week, The Experimental Cookbook competition was an initiative open to children registered with Camp Australia, active schools and Camp Australia team members. With the National Science Week theme of Food: Different by Design, the competition called for chefs and scientists to get creative in the kitchen. We partnered with dietitians, Julie Meek and Kelly Bramble, who imparted their nutritional advice via a suite of blogs and videos to encourage healthy eating habits within the Camp Australia family. They were also the main judges who selected the
Digital Wellbeing and Focus are the Superskills of the Digital World
As part of our Insight Series, Dr Kristy Goodwin, digital wellbeing and productivity expert, outlines the impact that technology has on us and explains how we can thrive in a digital world. School leaders and teachers are increasingly reliant on digital technologies for their professional and personal lives. Emails, Google Classroom, Seesaw, social media, blogs and news sites are now part of the daily vernacular for most in the educational sector. An increased digital load, particularly in relation to their work demands has left many educators feeling the impacts of ‘digital fatigue’ and in some instances, ‘digital burnout’. However, technology is an integral part of educators’ professional and personal lives.
How to Thrive in a Digital World
Dr Kristy Goodwin, digital wellbeing and productivity expert, outlines the impact that technology has on us and explains how we can thrive in a digital world. As we rely heavily on technology, in both COVID and non-COVID environments, it becomes apparent that our multi-tasking efforts need to be adjusted. Dr Kristy Goodwin points out that “Research also confirms that our IQ drops by an average of 15 points when we multitask and it takes us 40% longer to complete the tasks, compared to if we’d mono-tasked.” In order to be productive, one must be able to focus on a single task at hand. Read more about how people have succumbed
Make Beautiful Nature-Inspired prints with Kerry Evitts
Looking for a fun and creative way to bring nature indoors? Let’s turn ordinary leaves into stunning butterfly prints! Inspired by the beauty of the
Play! Why LEGO® Bricks Might Be the Building Blocks of Wellbeing
When was the last time you played just for the sake of it? No agenda. No end goal. Just play. For children, play isn’t just
OSHC Explained: Out of Hours School Care
What is OSHC? OSHC stands for Outside School Hours Care – a place where primary school-aged children (typically 5 to 12 years old) can feel
Bringing back the joy of play: Why it matters more than ever
Bringing back the joy of play: Why it matters more than everChildhood looks a lot different today. With more screen time and packed schedules, kids
Camp Australia Activities For Kids Aged 5-8
Children from the ages of 5-8 years old are full of wonder and enthusiasm for fun activities that keep them engaged and entertained. As parents,
Camp Australia Activities For Kids Aged 9-12
Camp Australia’s before, after school and holiday programs for children in the 9-12 age range offer both participants and parents the confidence that there will
Artforms to Inspire Children
Minnie Zammit is a Creative Arts Therapist and Counsellor working with primary and high school aged children. She writes about various artforms to inspire children below. I’ve seen how art is an opportunity to play, create, find an inner awareness,
How to Encourage Creativity in Children
This article has been written by Dr. Gai Lindsay, School of Education, University of Wollongong It goes without saying that creativity is considered to be important and desirable – in life, art, engineering and architecture and, of course, in education.
Top 5 Tips for Managing Food Allergies and Anaphylaxis When Starting Primary School
On the first day of Prep, as a parent, you have mixed emotions. On one hand, you’re excited for your son or daughter, who put their uniform on in a flash, ready to head off to school. On the other
The Benefits of Holiday Camp for Kids
While summer is a joyous time for kids, it can be stressful for parents. Many parents struggle to manage their schedules while the kids are out of school, and finding activities to keep them occupied away from screens during the
Helping Children to Maintain Friendships
A parent’s wish is for their child to make new friends and be happy. Throughout each year in primary school, this wish does not change. There is one simple reason for this. The basis of happiness at school comes down
Transitioning Into a New School Year: How to Guide Your Child
And just like that, the new school year is upon us! 2021 was a massive year, with most families experiencing lockdowns. This year will be an important year for children, no matter what year they are in. From Prep children,
9 Favourite Family-friendly Cake Recipes
The Experimental Cookbook showcases a selection of family-friendly recipes, including delicious cakes. Substituting some ingredients for healthier options, we challenge you to get busy in the kitchen for a bake-off! Here are some recipes that were submitted by some talented
Helping Your Child Transition Into High School
Entering high school from primary school is definitely one of the most exciting things for all children and parents. Concurrently, it can also be a challenging and anxious period for your child. So, what can parents do to prepare their
Showcasing Winners of The Rocketeers Film Festival
Over the Spring holiday season, Camp Australia teamed up with StarTime to bring The Rocketeers Film Festival to children across Australia. Over 2,000 children joined us for filmmaking workshops, both online and in-person, creating over 570 amazing films, giving children
Recycling Activities in Outside School Hours Care
Recycling has become part of our daily norm. Children are often asking, “Does this belong in the recycling bin?” And this is a good question to ask. Teaching children about recycling at a young age helps them to understand the