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News: tagged with "children"

• Webinar: Inclusion for Play

  Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2021 in: Training With tags: webinar, recreation, children, disabilities
  Join this FREE online conversation from Play Australia with leading advocates for inclusive play. All are welcome

• Launch of new online Waitaha Infant Feeding Resource

  Posted: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: resources, event, breastfeeding, children, families
  The NZCOM Canterbury West Coast Focus Group - Rōpu Arotahi Whakangote invites you to join a gathering to celebrate the launch of their new online Waitaha Infant Feeding Resource. All members welcome. Date: Tuesday 3rd August 2021.Start Time: 2pm

• Co-chair needed for CCN Child and Youth Health Workstream

  Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: vacancies, children, Community, health, young people, leadership
  The Canterbury Clinical Network (CCN) is seeking a co-chair for their Child and Youth Health Workstream

• Calling all knitters: Woollen hats needed for newborn babies

  Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: families, children, volunteers
  Sandi and the whole team at Christchurch Women’s Hospital maternity department would like to thank all the people who have donated

• Child wellbeing reports highlight need for ongoing action

  Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: research, children, young people, Report, wellbeing, mental wellbeing, poverty, families
  Beehive media release: 13th May 2021 The Government has released the first Annual Report for the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy and the second Child Poverty Related Indicators (CPRI) Report, both of which highlight improvements in the lives of childre

• Ben Brown is first Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador

  Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: reading, children, wellbeing
  Beehive media release: 4th May 2021 Lyttleton writer Ben Brown (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Paoa) will be New Zealand’s first Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador, promoting the value of reading for children and young people, Internal Affairs Minister Ja

• Children’s emotional and behaviour problems linked to mobile screen time

  Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: technology, children, development, research
  Safer Technology Aotearoa New Zealand (STANZ) media release: 3rd May 2021 A new Australian study has confirmed that young children who spend large amounts of time on mobile screens are more likely to have problems sleeping and managing their emotions and

• New HPA campaign: Drive smokefree for tamariki

  Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: families, children, smokefree, transport, smoking, young people, campaign
  Drive Smokefree For Tamariki delivers an empowering message to promote smokefree cars

• Help keep your child safe at Selwyn Aquatic Centre

  Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: safety, pools, swimming, children
  Selwyn District Council Newsline: 27th April 2021 Help to keep children under 8 years old extra safe while swimming will be available at Selwyn Aquatic Centre

• Canterbury Health in All Policies Newsletter: April 2021

  Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, health in all policies, Climate Change, planning, water, transport, biodiversity, children, health determinants
  With ever increasing coverage of the urgency to act on climate change, we are proud to bring you this issue focusing on planetary health – the ultimate determinant of health

• Apply now for the new Te Kiwai Fund

  Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: funding, sport, young people, youth, children, support
  Te Kīwai is a new fund developed in partnership between Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu and Sport New Zealand Ihi Aotearoa. This two-year pilot fund is designed to support Māori wellbeing through play, active recreation and sport

• Take part in the Matisse RSV Vaccine in Pregnancy Study

  Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, volunteers, research, women, disease, immunisation, vaccination
  You’ll give your children. Could protection from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) be one of them? Midwives from the University of Otago Christchurch are looking for local pregnant women to take part in this international vaccine study

• Council offers students hands-on learning opportunities

  Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, education, waste, recycling, children, youth
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th January 2021 Christchurch school students will get hands-on lessons this year on how to minimise their waste thanks to a free Learning Through Action programme run by Christchurch City Council

• Get your kids swimsmart before summer

  Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, water, safety, young people
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 21st September 2020 Christchurch parents are being encouraged to make sure their children have the skills to stay safe in the water this summer by enrolling them now for Swimsmart lessons

• A dancing dream comes true

  Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, arts, children
  Selwyn District Council media release: 25th August 2020 The dreams of a class of children at Rolleston School to make their community beautiful is coming true through a huge community effort

• Help teach Selwyn kids safe road crossing skills

  Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, transport, safety
  Selwyn District Council media release: 11th August 2020 Drivers can help children learn safe road crossing skills by only stopping for pedestrians at kea crossings when the stop ‘lollipop’ signs are out

• Kiwi pre-schoolers losing teeth to preventable tooth decay

  Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, research, water, oral health
  Canterbury District Health Board and University of Canterbury media release: 28th July 2020 Kiwi kids are suffering unnecessarily from severe tooth decay that could be prevented according to research published today in JAMA Paediatrics - the highest-ranki

• Solving severe sleep problems in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

  Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: research, children, Sleep, autism, parenting
  University of Canterbury (UC) media release: 22nd July 2020 University of Canterbury (UC) researchers have made a major step forward in treatment of sleep problems in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), in new research recently published in the

• New learn-to-read series supports learning at home after lockdown

  Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: reading, children, development, learning
  School is going back, but there’s no reason for parents to lose their hard-won connection with supporting their children’s learning. Many parents will have enjoyed sharing books and stories with their whānau during lockdown

• Christchurch City Libraries Storytimes goes live

  Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: resources, families, children, maori
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 28th April 2020 Digital Wā Kōrero is going live as Christchurch City Libraries hosts special online Storytimes sessions featuring several familiar library faces

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