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Letter from the Department of Human Services.

Dear Atticus thank you for your email. Your project and questions are really interesting and I hope you find the answers helpful. What would you do if you stopped getting support? The Department of Human Services is funded by the State government - so I don't think there will be a time when the department is not funded to provide programs for vulnerable children and their families. Child protection functions in a statutory environment - this means that there are particular laws that have been made to ensure children's safety whilst in the care of their parents and allows child protection workers to work with families to ensure the safety of their children. The department will always be funded to carry out its functions to ensure the safety and well being of children and young people at risk of harm. You may already know that child protection deals with the most serious cases of child abuse and neglect - sometimes this means that children and young people need to live with another family as they are not safe or protected from harm. How could you improve your service? This is a very good questions as the role and functions of child protection are undergoing a lot of change to improve the lives of vulnerable children. Child protection has undergone many reviews - often instigated by an organisation called Ombudsman Victoria. This organisation is also funded by the state government and acts like a sort of watchdog of all government services. If there are concerns about how one department is performing its functions that will have a serious and ongoing impact, they will investigate and make recommendations to the state government. Because of all the reviews child protection has undergone a new model way of working and operating model of child protection will commence in the next few weeks - it includes child protection workers working more closely with families and having increased support from senior colleagues. When did child protection start? Well, this is going to be a big answer - so I have attached some information that I think help explains it all! All the best with your project - and have fun at school. Kind regards Lisa

Myagmargralg is a ten year old boy (interview)

Q. Do you like youre teacher/ teachers? A. there ok

Q. How do you supple with

water Q. Do you have a roof? A. Yes and it is good Q. Do you have kitchen? A. Yes but it is small Q. How many relatives do you have? A. 1 grand father 3 sisters 2 parents 17 including me!

Healthy food plan

Tally of water to be drank:5 Exercise to take part in running and tennis

Breakfast: Porridge and tea for me, Eleanor and mum Breakfast for dad: muesli Snack: fruit salad Lunch: roll with lettuce Snack: fruit Dinner: vegetables and potatoes

My Heart Rate After exercise pulse rate

My at rest pulse rate is: 7x8=28 bpm O min 19x6=114 bpm 1 min 12x6=72 bpm 2 min 11x6=66 bpm 3 min 7x6=42 bpm 4 min 10x6=60 bpm 5 min 10x6=60 bpm 6 min 13x6=78 bpm 7 min 7x6=42 bpm 8 min 13x6=78 bpm 9 min 10x6=60 bpm My pulse returned to rest after 2 min

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Letter from the Department of Human Services.

P.E with David's class

Tuck Jumps Purpose/aim To keep youre arm and leg muscles flexed Steps: 1.get space 2.follow the instructions 3.Jump up and tuck youre legs up to youre chin 4.Then land on youre legs and push out youre arms Equipment: space

Arm stretches How to:

1.First stretch your left of right arm across the front of your chest. 2. Than put your opposite arm in front of the arm stretched across your chest. 3. Do the same with the opposite arm. Equipment: none. Goal: to increase flexibility and loosen your arm muscles.

Arm overs Aim: The aim is to be able to do the splits. Equipment: Your body 1 put your feet about shoulder width apart. 2 put your arms over your head then bend them. 3 bend down and leave in step two then come up after two minutes.

Split stretches Aim/purpose: to tighten You tighten tighten all muscles and stretch them out. Equipment: space. Steps: to do the split stretches: get the 1/2s arms length apart. Get them to do the stretches in the order 1 23 then if there is time left do splits

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Healthy Goals Plan Goal: To eat everything on my plate or bowl Difficulties which may occur: I could get full I might not like it I might be to tired I will know when I achieve this goal when: There is nothing on my plate or when my parents say is this youre plate? This goal is important to me because: I can be more healthy. Steps to achieve this goal: 1.Give all of it a try 2.Get to the table quickly 3.Try my best 4.It all of it