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Volume 3
March 2017
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Overview ♥ Your Child in Monash is published monthly for the mums, dads and grandparents of the Monash and surrounding areas. ♥ 5000 copies monthly are distributed in the Monash and surrounding areas. ♥ Estimated readership of 15,000. ♥ If you would like to contribute an article or products for competitions feel free to contact us. ♥ For advertising enquiries please email or give us a call.
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t has been such a busy month. My four-yearold daughter is attending kinder which finally goes across the whole day, not 2.5 hours per day. However as a working mum I still find it difficult sometimes to balance out work and family. My only two free days from work, Saturday and Sunday, are both filled out with children’s dancing and piano lessons etc. That’s why I decided two children is good (busy) enough and three will be too much. Australia has an advanced welfare system for its citizens. However the system does not really take into account the working mums. A bit unfair, isn’t it? My husband mentioned at times sometimes that we don’t teach our kids maths and vocabulary in the evening; I would love to, but when I finish a days work I am so exhausted after showering the kids, I just want to lay down and rest too. Ideally parenting should be multi functional and educational. But who can transform into a superman/superwoman overnight? How do you feel about parenting? I guess after a long holiday at Christmas, we are all a bit tired to start over again. Nonetheless, school holiday are not that far away in so just stay calm! Rachel & Kirill
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WHATS ON IN MONASH Sustainability Workshops Sunday 5 March 2017 1. Fruit and Vegetable preserving 2. Beginners class: vegetable gardening Mount Waverley Community Centre (47 Miller Cres) from 10am - 1pm Wednesday 8 March 2017 1. Gardening with Na ve plants Batesford Hub (94 Batesford Road, Chadstone) from 6.30pm - 8.30pm
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Interna onal Women’s Day Wednesday 8 March 2017 Join to hear a panel of speakers discussing the theme of Interna onal Women’s Day ‘Be Bold for Change’. 12pm - 1.30pm Func on Room, Monash Civic Centre, 293 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley 3150
Rang Barse - Fes val of Colours Sunday 19 March 2017 11am - 6pm Monash University - Monash Sport (sport fields) Clayton Campus (Wellington Rd) Come along to this ancient Hindu celebra on, where you can learn about and celebrate the food, music, dancing and art of South Asia and the Indian subcon nent.
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I am Woman I am Invincible! Why Back-To-School Eye Tests Are Important
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炎帝还一个小女儿 心弦
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为了复仇 她每天从西山衔 发誓要把大海填满
这故事的内容
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传说女娃有一次到东海去游玩 突然海上刮起了狂风 掀起了巨浪 那凶恶的海神仿佛蓄意要夺去这位 美丽少女的生命 船终于被打翻了 女娃溺水而死 她永远也回不来了 女娃死后 灵魂化作了一只小 鸟 这小鸟的形状有点像乌鸦 白嘴 红足 头上带着绚丽的花 纹 住在北方的发鸠山上 那山上长着很多柘树 这鸟儿啼叫的 时候 声音就像在呼唤自己的名字 精卫 精卫 于 是人们就叫她 精卫 女娃恨透了吞噬她年轻生命的大海 些小石子 小树枝 投到东海里去
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