Strengthening Families
Strengthening Families provide educational programs, workshops and courses to help families grow together in strength and unity. For parents we provide parenting courses, workshops and playgroups to equip parents with knowledge on positive and healthy parenting skills and gather parents in the same season of life to engage with and encourage one another.
Educate for Life/Courses Available:
- Building Safer Families
- Early Childhood Education Sessions
- NEWBUBS – Parents with babies
- Playgroup
PLAYGROUP: for more info contact alexandra.garbers@volunteer.hillsong.com
PARENTING EDUCATION & NEWBUBS GROUP and Building Safer Families: for more info contact lesley.llewellyn@volunteer.hillsong.com | Phone: (02) 9679 7900
Building Safer Families
A one hour interactive workshop, which is aimed at equipping parents of children (2-12 years) with the tools and skills necessary to help them keep their children safe and build strong and unified families.
This workshop covers: What is child abuse? How does abuse affect the child? Building strong communication in your family, Knowing the people in your child’s life, Boundaries and positive parenting and Internet safety.
Date: Mon 25 Oct 2010
Time: 7.30pm - 9pm
Location: City Campus 188 Young Street Waterloo
Cost: There is no charge to the participant.
Bookings for this workshop is ESSENTIAL – LIMITED SEATING.To register or for more information, email safe@hillsong.com or phone (02) 8853 5295
Date: TBC
Location: Hills Campus 1-5 Solent Circuit Baulkham Hills.
For more information email lesley.llewellyn@volunteer.hillsong.com or phone: (02) 9679 7900
Early Childhood Education Sessions
Monthly information sessions for parents with children 1 to 5 years of age, occurs in conjunction with playgroup; includes guest speakers discussing topics such as behaviour management, brain gym workshop for children, healthy foods for children, dental & medical care for children and sibling rivalry. Sessions also include fantastic morning tea & the time to develop friendships with other parents in the same season of life.
Cost: Free
These sessions run in 2 different locations during playgroup:
Where: Hills Campus 1-5 Solent Circuit Baulkham Hills, The Hub Nursery
When: dates tbc
Where: City Campus, 188 Young Street Waterloo, Cubbyhouse
When: dates tbc
For more information email lesley.llewellyn@volunteer.hillsong.com
Register Online Here
NEWBUBS - Parents with babies
Monthly information sessions for parents with babies newborn to 12months of age, includes guest speakers discussing topics such as first foods, back in shape after birth, communicating with your baby, settling your baby and aquatics and resuscitation for babies. Sessions also include fantastic morning tea & the time to develop friendships with other parents in the same season of life.
Cost: free
Where: Hills Campus 1-5 Solent Circuit Baulkham Hills
When: 28th June, 26th July, 23rd Aug, 20th Sep, 25th Oct, 22nd Nov
For more information email lesley.llewellyn@volunteer.hillsong.com
Register Online Here
Playgroup
A weekly educative program for children aged 6 mths-5 years with a parent / carer; includes fantastic morning tea & great friendships. Age appropriate activities, music, story times and more.
Cost: $4.00 per family per session
Playgroup runs during the school term in 5 different locations:
Where: Hills Campus 1-5 Solent Circuit Baulkham Hills, the Hub Nursery
When: 23rd July - 3rd December
Where: City Campus, 188 Young Street Waterloo, Cubbyhouse
When: 23rd July - 3rd December
also held at Burwood Extension, St Marys Extension and South West Campus
For more information email alexandra.garbers@volunteer.hillsong.com
Register Online Here
*NB. No playgroup held in school holidays, on public holidays or pupil free school days
