The newsletter you produce must be appropriate to place in your centre or classroom, in order to...

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The newsletter you produce must be appropriate to place in your centre or classroom, in order to provide the following information to families:
A thorough and holistic explanation of wellbeing, incorporating physical, social, spiritual and emotional aspects.
A brief definition of the terms wellbeing and resilience.
A discussion of factors that impact on children’s wellbeing and resilience, particularly identify, family, cultural and environmental aspects.
Examples of how wellbeing and resilience are outcomes of teaching and learning and not just health.
As this is a visual resource, it's essential that your newsletter incorporates appropriate images and/or graphics that support the concepts and represent the education profession in a professional way.

You must also include a reference list in APA format.
Professional presentation
Your newsletter should be written in layperson’s language. The tone should be professional, warm, welcoming and inviting. You may be creative in terms of the format and structure. However, it should follow a logical order and it should be coherent and appealing to your target audience. The early childhood profession relies on teachers to uphold the standards and expectations of the profession; the following ideas help to guide this expectation:
Avoid cutesy or cartoon images and representations that do not present a positive image of children, families or the profession.
Represent diversity in your chosen images that reflect Australian society.
Avoid unprofessional or demeaning terms like kids, cute, childminders, creche, etc.
Use professional education language e.g. teacher, children, curriculum, learning.
Avoid preaching to parents. Part of the skill of effective communication with families is to be able to write in a clear way that communicates and shares ideas, therefore opening the way for shared communication.
Include a variety of strategies that contribute to a strong sense of identity and wellbeing.
Integrate wellbeing and resilience as outcomes of teaching and learning and not just health.
Preparing your newsletter
Your newsletter will be submitted as a Word document. This document should include the references list for your newsletter.
You're strongly advised to begin working on your newsletter as early as possible, so you'll have enough time to engage with the visual and technical aspects of producing a newsletter.
You should engage with all resources in your weekly learning materials and especially participate in the collaborative discussions as these will help build your understanding of the key concepts related to the newsletter, as well as provide opportunities to develop your skills in visual presentation

Azra S · Accepted Answer

Supporting Resilience and Wellbeing in Children
Children as individuals are vulnerable. They need plenty of support to develop into strong individuals and live a full and healthy life. Amongst these needs are care, love, affection, instruction, and guidance. As, care providers you need to ensure that all of these are provided and available to them. These factors facilitate building children’s resilience and help establish their wellbeing. Here it is important for all of us to understand the terms wellbeing and resilience.
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." 
  — John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
Well-being and Resilience
Wellbeing refers to the state of wellness of an individual. Wellbeing is not a health concept; rather it covers several dimensions such as psychological, physical, emotional and mental wellness of a child. 
Resilience, on the other hand, refers to the fortification of an individual against unwanted or difficult circumstances. It is not a state of wellness, instead it is a cultivation of wellness for the present and the future. The figure (Schultze-Lutter, Schimmelmann & Schmidt, 2016) shows that balance between resilience and challenges helps in attaining wellbeing.
Even though the concept of wellbeing and resilience appears to be the same, there is a principle difference between well-being and resilience and that is the time aspect. While well-being refers to wellness at a point of time, resilience refers to wellness and development of fortitude over a period of time. While well-being deals with wellness in the present, resilience is what prepares an individual to deal with the past and be better prepared for the future (Mguni, Bacon & Brown 2012).Figure 1
Aspects of Wellbeing
In order to ensure the wellbeing of your child, it is necessary for you to understand that wellbeing is not a single entity. It encompasses several aspects of wellness including physical, social, spiritual and emotional aspects. Wellbeing depends on all these aspects. Individually too, these aspects are not standalone but heavily interdependent.
Let us take a look at the various aspects of wellbeing.
1- The physical wellbeing of a child refers to his/her physical health whereby a child is required to be provided with necessary food and environment to be healthy and strong. 
2- The social well-being would cover the social aspect of a child’s life in which he/she is provided with a healthy society that aids his/her social development.
3- The spiritual wellbeing is not necessarily connected to religion; rather, it would encompass the aesthetic health of a child.
4- The emotional aspect of a child’s wellbeing would relate to his/her emotional health. Children are entitled to enjoy healthy emotions. Their thoughts and feelings need to be considered.

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