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A whole new world for Northern Sound System students
CCYP is excited to announce the launch of Pixelated North – An innovative youth led project that has seen students and volunteers recreate the City of Playford’s Northern Sound System (NSS) inside of Minecraft. Minecraft at its basic level is a...
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More than 8,400 SA ‘Tweens’ share what matters to them most
The Things That Matter is the latest report released by Commissioner Helen Connolly. It examines the findings from the Commissioner’s ‘Tell Helen’ postcard survey of South Australian children aged 8 to 12 years. Every child in this age group across...
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What SA’s Children and Young People Want for the New WCYHP Plan
The new WCYHP Plan: Health services based on kindness, inclusion, diversity and trust say SA children and young people On Friday 9 October, 2020 Commissioner Helen Connolly spoke to a group of SA Health professionals who gathered for what was...
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Seeing Adelaide through the eyes of young people – Commissioner Connolly speaking at this year’s Conscious Cities Festival
Commissioner for Children and Young People Helen Connolly will host an ‘Urban life online briefing’ as part of the global Conscious Cities Festival 2020, providing South Australia’s urban design professionals with an opportunity to gain an insight...
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Hang out and connect in new ways on hub!
It’s game time with two shiny new additions on hub! Just like your favourite video game, hub is receiving two new expansion packs to take your experience to a whole new level. The Reading Room and Beta Test Lab will give hub users access to a world of books, mags, graphic-novels, e-books and game testing!
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Supporting young carers to live the lives to which they’re entitled
In June 2020, Commissioner Helen Connolly, released a report examining what can be done at school to support children and young people with caring responsibilities at home. The report titled “Take Care” looks specifically at how young carers need...
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What ‘Helping’ Means to Our Youngest Citizens
Throughout January 2020, Helen Connolly, SA’s Commissioner for Children and Young People visited South Australian Early Learning Centres to ask children what they thought was meant by the term ‘helping’.
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Get Around It Zine launched
Twelve months ago this week, Commissioner for Children and Young People launched Get Around It - an initiative aimed at showcasing young South Australian thinkers, makers, and doers. This week as part of Youth Week 2020 celebrations the Get Around...
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School is where the heart is for some SA kids
Over many years working with children and young people, I have met kids who are enthusiastic, energetic, optimistic and idealistic. I have also met kids who are frustrated and desperate, angry, heartbroken and lost. These two kinds of children and...
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Managing Uncertainty for Positive Change
These are certainly challenging times. It's very difficult to take a ‘business as usual’ approach when it looks increasingly as though the long term impact of COVID19 will be profound. In times of uncertainty it’s how we choose to respond that...
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