This part of the website is dedicated to providing  parents with sites that may help you learn more about the internet or explore topics that may be of interest to you or your child. eg; safety on the Internet, family health issues.

Safety On The Internet

NETALERT.net.au  provide a extremely sensible guidelines for acceptable use of the internet along with promotional. www.netalert.net.au

Cybersmartkids.com.au will help you and your family to find out how to be cybersmart and use the Internet safely.

Handy tip for Parents and Children

If you chat, don't send your real name, photo, address, phone number or school name. If a cyber friend wants to meet you ask your parents first (unless you are a parent) and never meet alone. Keep the household internet computer in a prominent place in the house rather then a bedroom.

Health

myDr.com.au provides a variety of informative pages related to health for parents and teachers.

Early Childhood

Perpetualpreschool.com is an American website that contain useful ideas for many areas of early childhood. It contains ideas for areas such as transition, listening, outdoors and mathematics.

Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences

This site provides information on the seven intelligences. At Sacred Heart School we are conscious of providing learning opportunities for students through a range of the multiple intelligences. Staff have been in-serviced in this area. You can complete a questionnaire that will help you determine your preferred learning style. Use the intelligence categories to help you understand you and your child's strengths and weaknesses.

http://www.nedprod.com/Niall_stuff/intelligence_test.html

Or

http;//www.ldpride.net/ then... Click on Learning Styles or http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm

Abcteach

http://abcteach.com/index.html

This site has free printable material and activities for kids, parents, teachers etc. The site contains reproducible resources, games, baby sitting materials, recipes, puzzles and activities.

Free On-line Encyclopedias

Encarta Online

Encarta.msn.com/EncartaHome.asp

Online abridged version of the Encarta Encyclopedia called Encarta Concise. It is free, uses a keyword/phrase search facility and contains concise text with links to further information, photographs and maps.

Suitable for Middle Childhood/ Early Adolescence, Teacher & Parent reference

EncycloZine

http://encyclozine.com/

A Concise online illustrated encyclopedia. Encyclozine screens out unwanted information by providing encyclopaedic information that connects to recommended sites if more information is required.