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Resources for Parents

Homework, Health, socio-services & Technology

Homework & Studying Resources

Homework

Health & socio-services Resources

Parent Support Ressources

The mission of the Youth Program Directorate is to support youth and their families. This document provides an overview of the directorate’s services. An individual’s needs must be assessed before they can be referred to the appropriate resources.

➡️Services of the Youth Program Directorate

➡️Tool kit

Overall Health

Children and youth should practice healthy sleep hygiene (habits and practices that are conducive to sleeping well), limit sedentary behaviours (especially screen time), and participate in a range of physical activities in a variety of environments (e.g., home/school/community; indoors/outdoors; land/water; summer/winter) and contexts (e.g., play, recreation, sport, active transportation, hobbies, and chores).

➡️The ABCs of teaching your child healthy hygiene habits

➡️Canadian 24-Hour movement guidelines for children and youth

When should you seek emergency care?

It is not always necessary for a child with a fever to see a healthcare professional. Read the Quebec government guidelines to help you decide what the best options are for your situation.

➡️When to seek emergency care?

Respiratory Disease Prevention

Learn about our protocols to mitigate the spread of respiratory illnesses, ensuring a healthier school environment for all.

➡️Steps for limiting the spread of respiratory infectious diseases

➡️Questions and answers – COVID-19

Healthy Eating

Children need a balanced diet with food from all three food groups—vegetables and fruit, whole grain products, and protein foods. Children need 3 meals a day and 1 to 3 snacks (morning, afternoon, and possibly before bed). Healthy snacks are just as important as the food you serve at meals. The best foods are whole, fresh, and unprocessed—fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, dairy, and meats; and home-cooked meals.

➡️Canada’s Food Guide

➡️Healthy eating for children

➡️Guidelines for healthy snacks at school

➡️Keeping snacks simple

➡️List of healthy snacks

Oral Health

It is never too early to look after your child’s mouth and teeth. Even before they get their first tooth, it is important to begin good oral hygiene habits.

➡️Government of Canada Oral health recommendations

➡️How to clean your teeth

➡️Go easy with juice

Sleeping Habits

Good sleep is part of a healthy lifestyle. To be as healthy as possible, children need adequate nighttime sleep. The Public Health Agency of Canada recommends 9-11 hours of sleep per night for children aged 5 -13. Does your child have healthy sleeping habits?

➡️Public Health Agency of Canada for more information

➡️Healthy sleep infographic

Personal Hygiene

Children must develop good hygiene and personal care skills and habits. These resources explain why personal hygiene is essential and gives some handy tips on how to help your child develop personal hygiene habits.

➡️How to Teach Good Hygiene Habits to Your Children

➡️Tips For Teaching Your Child About Personal Hygiene

School-based vaccination

Under the Québec Immunization Schedule, some vaccines are administered to children at school. They are provided free of charge in Grade 4.

➡️School-based vaccination

The Christian Vachon Foundation

The Christian Vachon Foundation helps only children who attend a foundation partner school. There are two ways to get help from the Christian Vachon Foundation, either by being selected for the entire following school year, or by getting help for an urgent one-time request. Each year in April, the school team sends families the link to the online form. This form must be completed and sent before the recruitment campaign deadline. The selection takes place in June. A volunteer from the Foundation communicates directly by telephone in June and July with the families selected to inform them of the type of assistance that will be provided to the child as well as the procedure to follow.

➡️Application Form

Technology Resources

Mozaïk Parent Portal

Parents now have one place where they can access information about their children, such as report cards, absences, and messages from the school. The Mozaik Portail is easily accessible on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets!

➡️Mozaik Parent Portal

➡️Mozaïk/Clic École – Help

Cyber Safety

Online communication is becoming a necessary means of building and maintaining connections. Help your child to use and interact responsibly and confidently in a digital environment.

➡️Media Smart

Screen Time

Children are exposed to more screens than ever before, including television, computers, gaming consoles, smartphones and tablets. While these tools may offer benefits for learning and exploration, too much screen time can lead to poor social skills and poor social attachments to parents and peers. Read more on how you can help your child manage their screen time.

➡️Screen Time For Children

Digital Rights & Responsibilities

Eastern Townships School Board’s technology resources are available to students to help them learn. Using these resources is a privilege that requires responsible behaviour on the part of students. Therefore we ask parents and students to review the expectations of a good digital citizen.

➡️Digital Rights and Responsibilities

User Agreement

ETSB’s one-to-one Chromebook deployment equips all students from grade 5 to secondary 5, supporting our mission to teach responsible digital citizenship.

➡️Computer user agreement