Whānau Workshops

Cross-Cultural Parenting Workshop

📍 Victory Community Centre | 🗓 Thursday 8th May 2025 | 🕤 9:30am – 2:30pm

Parenting in a new culture can be both exciting and challenging. This free full-day workshop hosted by Shama, Multicultural Nelson Tasman, and Victory Community Centre is designed to help whānau feel more confident and informed about parenting in Aotearoa.

Topics include:

  • Cultural influences on parenting styles

  • NZ laws, children’s rights, and developmental needs

  • Positive parenting tips and techniques that honour both cultural identity and wellbeing

✨ Child-minding, transport, and interpretation support is available.

📱 To register, contact Suu Lam at 022 684 7284 or email projects@shama.org.nz

Come and connect with other families, learn together, and grow your skills in a safe and supportive space.

Let’s Talk, Kids Workshop

📍 Victory Community Centre | 🗓 Friday 9th May 2025 | 🕤 9:30am – 11:30am

Shama, in partnership with Multicultural Nelson Tasman and Victory Community Centre, invites parents and caregivers to a free, welcoming workshop focused on building strong relationships with tamariki and keeping them safe.

This interactive session will support you to:

  • strengthen trust between you and your child

  • learn practical strategies to support children’s wellbeing

  • connect with other whānau from diverse cultural backgrounds

✨ Child-minding, transport and interpretation support available.

📱To register, text Suu at 022 684 7284 or email projects@shama.org.nz

A beautiful opportunity to grow together as a community, learn from each other, and uplift the wellbeing of our tamariki.

Kathryn Berkett - Educational Psychologist & Neuroscience Specialist

Life Education Nelson Tasman is hosting two free workshops with the engaging and inspiring Kathryn Berkett, whose expertise in neuroscience and child development is renowned across Aotearoa. Kathryn’s presentations are grounded in research but brought to life with real-world strategies that are especially relevant for educators, support staff, and whānau alike.

Her workshops explore how we can better support tamariki who experience strong emotions, and how we can create more effective learning environments using knowledge of the brain and emotional regulation.

🗓 Session Options:

  • Tuesday 20 May | 4.00pm – 5.30pm | Richmond (Venue TBC)

  • Wednesday 21 May | 9.00am – 10.30am | Auckland Point School, Nelson

These sessions are free to attend, and we encourage interested kaiako and whānau to come along.

To RSVP, please email: principal@aps.school.nz, stating your preferred session and how many will be attending.

He wānanga whakamīharo – a powerful opportunity to deepen our understanding and support the wellbeing of all our tamariki.