Back To School
Make sure the flu doesn’t go viral, with these health boosters
Choosing a multivitamin depends on many factors, which can even include taste.
Wanting your child to be healthy and safe, is arguable utmost priority for most parents. Over the course of history, it has been reiterated time and again that the key elements to boosting your child’s immune system are a healthy diet, an active lifestyle and drinking water.
Here are two additional ways to boost your child’s immune system:
Pandemie boesem vrees by ons in
Vrees vir die virus, vrees vir die onbekende, vrees vir die owerhede, vrees vir die dood. Die deurlopende beriggewing oor waar en hoe erg die Covid-19 pandemie is, boesem vrees by ons in. Tog is ons nie vreesagtig om in ons motors te klim en te ry nie, hoewel soveel mense in motorongelukke beseer word en selfs omkom. Dink ‘n oomblik hieroor na. Dit is ‘n feit dat vreesagtigheid/ angs die voorloper is van menige geestessiektes – depressie ook – en kan jou lewensvreugde en energie steel. Om ‘n slagoffer van vrees/angs te wees, maak die lewe in jou dood; dit haal die huppel uit jou stap, die melodie uit die musiek, die kleur uit die wêreld en die opgewondenheid uit
die verrassing. Almal van ons ervaar soms angs/ vrees want dit is deel van menswees. Indien dit egter jou gedagtes oorheers en jou gedrag beheer, dan begin dit sy tol op jou geestes- en liggaamlike gesondheid eis. Hanteer vrees in jou lewe presies soos jy giftige slange in jou huis sou hanteer, want dit word uiteindelik die grootste dief en die gedugste moordenaar.
• Navrae: Kontak Marlize
Bierman – Esterhuizen by 071
372 3221.
Our choices during Covid-19 and beyond
During the Covid-19 pandemic we all are confronted with choices and changes in order to find the best solution for our children with regards to schooling, safety, progress, processes and procedures, to mention but a few. To take proactive decisions to support your children with their curriculum at home or at school is not easy. Sanitizing the hands is not going to stop;wearing masks will be with us for a long time and should become a habit. Measuring the temperature of each learner and visitor is essential and must be done at all times. Deep-cleaning a school should become a priority as the safety of the children at school comes first. Good choices are always those that will fit you and your child the best, such as to work independently at school or at home. The fewer learners in a class, the better it is for each learner in terms of attention and help. Children love to watch videos, so by making a number of
short videos about all important and specific aspects of the school is beneficial to the potential parents and child, as well as the current parents and children, so that everybody is on the same page and confusion is eliminated. The topics of the short videos can include how to sanitize your hands correctly, how to put on and taking off a mask, how the parents must drop off the learners in the
morning, how their temperature is measured in the morning and twice a day thereafter, and how and when children can be fetched after school. Choices will always be there!
• Details: Contact Dr Chris Ayres,
principal of Randfontein Christian
Academy on 011 692 1165.
Sources: Van Heerden Pharmacy
Kids exercise video:
Kids Water:
Healthy snacks for kids DIY:
Covid-19 explained to little ones
The Department of Health has made available an informative video series with the cartoon character Wazi giving all the tips and tricks of how to explain Covid-19 to your child. The series is truly a must-watch for every parent and child. Covid-19 is a term the world has become familiar with within a short space of time, and with the number of cases in South Africa growing each day, exposure to infected people would eventually be inevitable. Since there is no vaccine against Covid-19, the only way
to ensure your family stays safe is to fully understand the
virus, how it spreads, how it affects infected people, and
most importantly, how to prevent being infected.
