Upgrade your parenting toolkit with our programs for children, teens, and families
03 October 2025 | Council News
We’re delivering a suite of seminars, webinars and events for parents with children under 5, tweens, and teens, who are looking to upgrade their parenting toolkit, or simply connect with others.
For parents of children aged 5 and under
Body Safety Australia Community Workshop
This two-hour practical workshop, in partnership with Body Safety Australia, empowers families with safety tools that can be used in the home, school, and community to keep children safe. We will be covering important topics such as consent and boundary setting, online safety, and protecting against sexual abuse.
Tuning Into Kids (TIK) is a free, evidence-based parenting program that can make a positive difference to your child’s development. You’ll practice strategies to teach your child emotional intelligence, develop your own understanding of emotions, and boost your communication skills for building better relationships with your kid/s.
Play is a vital tool for your child’s emotional, cognitive, and social development. During this online session, parents will discover how to boost learning, parent-child bonds and resilience through play.
Our regular playgroups provide families with young children a place to connect, play, learn, make friends and build social networks. Join us for a special beach-themed Storytime with Waverley Library and Bondi Beach Playgroups. Little ones can enjoy stories and play while caregivers receive important water safety tips just in time for summer.
Happy Campers - Creative Development
Happy Campers is a gentle musical space where your baby’s movements create live, improvised music. Designed for pre-crawling babies and their carers, this unique experience invites you to play, connect, and make your very first music together. Happy Campers is presented as part of Waverley Council’s Local Creative Collaborations.
Register at the link to take part in Happy Campers on Wednesday, 15 October (ticket is for one baby plus up to two carers). Created by Matt Kelly and Andrew Callaghan, Happy Campers is presented as part of Waverley Council’s Local Creative Collaborations.
For parents of tweens and teens
This seminar is for parents and caregivers of tweens and teens (aged 10-17) who want practical information and strategies for effective communication, healthy relationships, and to better understand and manage challenging adolescent behaviour.
For all ages
Join us for Saturdays at the Park, happening across Waverley this Spring, where we will be dishing out fun (plus free coffees & gelato). The kids will have a blast getting their faces painted or visiting our furry friends in the petting zoo!