FREE Cockburn ARC workouts online You can currently access 100+ free online workshops from Cockburn ARC and you don't need to be a member. Access the ARC website here and find the ones suited to you and your family. Check out Fit Kidshere for exercises for your children to keep fit - scroll down to view. Post Pregnancy Workouts There are lots of options like 8 Post Pregnancy Videos (showing you how to lift after childbirth, techniques to reduce back and neck pain while breastfeeding, core and pelvic floor work etc.) Skaters listen up Our skateparks have been very empty, but some skaters have not been idle. Check out these girls skating in isolation videos at Skateboarding WA here. We currently have skateparks in Bibra Lake, Spearwood, Coolbellup and Atwell. We want to know what you think of a skatepark in Aubin Grove. Tell us what you think here
Ted needs a T-shirt
Calling all youth aged 5-17 years! Cockburn Volunteer Ted needs a new wardrobe with t-shirts for all occasions like Christmas, volunteering, beach clean-ups, helping the community, going to events and more! Design a t-shirt for Volunteer Ted and if your design is judged as a winner it will be printed on a t-shirt for Volunteer Ted to wear out in the community and you could win one of these great prizes: First Prize - Toy World Voucher (valued $100) Second Prize - Jim Kidds Sports Voucher ($100) Third Prize - Cockburn Ice Arena Family Pass ($85) Fourth Prize - Glowing Room pass - 3D Mini Golf Family Pass ($76) Fifth Prize - Cockburn ARC Family Pass (valued at $20) All winners will also receive a Volunteer pack including a photo of you and Cockburn’s Volunteer Ted wearing your t-shirt, winner certificate, 20cm Volunteer Ted - teddy bear, drink bottle, lanyard and pen. (value $20) Download the T-shirt Template, Design the t-shirt and Submit (photo or scan) and upload via Online entry form by Wednesday 20 May 2020. Website link here
Parenting programs & support
South West Metro Parenting Service are providing the following : Meerilinga Parenting Service has a new online weekly group in May - Family Fun Time. A session focusing on songs, stories and connection games to help with tricky times and transitions. More information here or email Belynda.Smith@meerilinga.org.au or view the website. Cockburn Parenting offers Cockburn Parent Connect, a phone support service for parents available Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm. We understand the challenges of parenting and provide a supportive and non-judgemental listening space. We offer ideas, strategies and information about parenting, children’s development, behaviour and emotions. Phone 08 9411 3855 Monday - Thursday and 08 9411 3854 Thursday - Friday. Sing and Play Online Supported Playgroup. Get online with your child to socialise, make friends and connect with other parents. Help your child develop language and movement skills while having fun with you through singing, dancing, talking and playing. Your child may have a language or developmental delay, or be waiting assessment or you may have anxiety about joining groups. For parents with children aged 18 months to four years. Fridays 10.15-10.45 am. Limited numbers. Bookings essential. More details here . Email parenting@cockburn.wa.gov.au or Phone 9411 3854/9411 3855.
Cockburn Library update
Cockburn Libraries have been preparing mystery bags for community members at Success Library, accepting returns at Spearwood Library and providing reservation pick-up at each branch. Changes are dependent on the state government guidelines, announcements to follow on the website and social media. In summary: Normal online content continuing with a few virtual programs Mystery bag in the first week 300 people requested the bag - pick up every 15 minutes for social distancing, 24 bags going out every day all done using gloves Most activities done online Access the library website here.
Youth Services fun online
Who loves playing Mario Kart? Do you miss having people to compete with? Well, we have you covered. Tom, our youth work extraordinaire, is keen to see how you can defeat him in the greatest online tournament ever created. Joining the tournament is easy but does take a few steps: 1. Open up Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on your Nintendo Switch 2. Click on Online Play 3. Choose Tournament 4. Then click Search Using a Code 5. Search with code 1248-0437-2011 6. Our tournament is titled CYC Mario Kart 7. Click to join and let the games begin!
Help us decorate the Cockburn Youth Centre in Librarycraft! It’s free for anyone aged 7-17 to join and has some really awesome spaces, fun challenges each month with prizes and our Youth Centre staff, and staff from other local councils, will even be moderating and keeping it a fun and engaging space. Go to https://librarycraft.net/join/ to join.
Dads and Kids Adventures - Join us for Week 1 These adventures will take place in a different location each week (across the City of Cockburn or the City of Kwinana) and are a great opportunity to connect with your kids outdoors! Our first adventure is a bike ride and morning tea: Saturday 16 May, Manning Park, Azelia Road, Hamilton Hill (meet at the main car park), 9 – 10.30am Booking essential via trybooking here and find out what to bring. Note: Due to COVID-19 restrictions there is a maximum of 10 attendees and social distancing regulations will also be in place, but this will change in the following weeks. And dads don't forget to see what the Fathering Project is up to with lots more ways to support fathers - look at the #2Calls2DadsChallenge here Kids go Wild is back! Come exploring and see the birds and bush around Lake Coogee. BYO morning tea and picnic blanket. Bookings essential. Details here Parent support virtual chats continue - Connecting Community for Kids (CCK) have virtual chats to support parents so keep up to date with the latest options:
Facebook messenger @connecting4kids To keep in touch with what CCK are up to go to their Website or Facebook page
National Families Week
National Families Week@HOME We are spending lots of times with our families so let's celebrate them. A quick reminder to start thinking about how you are going to celebrate families and communities during National Families Week@HOME! Will it be a short video, a drawing, a poem, a family photo, a walk in the park to collect autumn leaves to trace, or something else? Post your efforts to the Facebook page as well as Instagram by following nationalfamiliesweek and using #nationalfamiliesweek, #strongerfamilies, #strongercommunities. Register here Families in Australia Survey The Australian Government's Australian Institute of Family Studieswants to understand how Australians are coping with and adjusting to the Coronavirus pandemic. They are interested in every person in every type of family. Because everyone has a family, and families come in all shapes and sizes. If you are over 18+ years and living in Australia, please help them by taking the Life during COVID-19 survey Take the survey here
Toy Library Mystery Boxes
How frustrating when playgroups are closed, your children are bored with their toys and the toy library has closed too. Cockburn Toy Library has tried to fill this gap and are conducting a trial of Mystery Boxes this May. It will operate on a click and collect basis, but spots fill up quickly. More times and dates in future. Want to be a member - you can sign up now ready for the next release dates to borrow awesome toys! Please email ctl.toylibrary@gmail.com for more details.
Climate Change Have your Say
Have your say to help shape our Climate Change Strategy The City of Cockburn has a crucial role in creating a more sustainable, climate resilient and liveable future in Cockburn. Climate resilience is being prepared to readily respond and adapt to future uncertainties (e.g. sea level rise, increased frequency and intensity of bushfires, heatwaves, etc) and sustainability is meeting our current needs without having a negative impact on future generations. This year, we are developing a Climate Change Strategy that sets targets for the decade ahead. This plan will play an important role in shaping our future, so we need your help. What does a sustainable and climate resilient Cockburn look like to you? What can we do today for a better tomorrow? Have Your Say by 28 May here
