It is that time of the year again. Grade 7's have made their decisions for high schools for next year. Parents are starting to ask how they can prepare their young kids for the transitions from Primary school to High school and in some cases, how they can prepare them for boarding school?

Remember your child is going through a range of emotions from being very excited to feeling concerned and anxious about next year.

These are some feelings your teenager may have:

• confused about what to expect from the new situation
  
• sad for leaving her \ his old school and old friends
  
• anxious that he \ she will not cope with the new demands for learning and living away from home (boarding school)
  
• worried that she \ he will not be "one of the group"
  
• worried that she \ he will not live up to parents expectations
  
• excited about making new friends and having new experiences 
  

• listen to his \ her feelings and concerns
  
• talk about your own feelings
  
• find the answers to questions he \ she has
  
• sort out the practical issues to get him \ her ready for high school and boarding school
  
• talk to other young people who are at boarding school
  
• if you still feel you need help to prepare your child for the change from primary to high school and \ or boarding school, arrange for a one-on-one coaching session. See details on my coaching sessions further down in the newsletter.
  

Attached find a link with practical tips for your child, that he \ she can read to help prepare for the big change. 

Conscious Kidz News

• The first Conscious Kidz Junior Workshop was run on 13 September with great success!
  
• Although I had to keep my wits together with these busy little learners(age 6-8), they all had great fun while learning about themselves and how their brain works.
  

• Conscious Kidz: Career Coaching for Grade 12
  
• I'm completing training on the Enneagram (personality instrument) and plan on using it in conjunction with other instruments to offer Coaching sessions and guidance to Grade 12's getting ready for the world of career and job choices.

Testimonials:

“I have learned how my brain works. It was SO much fun!" Owethu

“I have learned about my emotions and that I can choose." Thomas M

Dates for upcoming workshops:

Conscious Kidz Basic: (age 9-12) 27 Sept & 4 Oct, 9:00-13:00

Conscious Kidz Advanced: 25 Oct, 9:00-13:00

Conscious Kidz Junior: (age 6-8) 1 Nov, 9:00-12:00

Conscious Kidz Junior: Workshops for younger ones:

• I’m very excited about my Junior workshop for younger kids, age 6-8, that was run earlier this month for the first time 
  
• This is a shorter, very hands-on program to make kids aware of how clever their brains are.
  

• Be able to identify your preferred style of processing information and how it affects your everyday functioning with family and friends
  
• Get skills on how you make movies in your mind and how to change the movies that are not effective in your life anymore
  
• Be able to identify primary states/emotions, feelings and thoughts and how you can choose to change them when they influence your behaviour
  

Benefits for Kids completing the Basic Workshop:

• Get a better understanding of themself and how their brain processes information.
  
• Better interaction with peers, friends and family.
  
• Own the power and skills to change their behavior when it is no longer effective in a specific situation.
  
• Able to change/develop your own emotions, feelings, thoughts and actions into more productive ones.
  
• Understand the difference between self-confidence and self-esteem and be able to build self-esteem
  

Benefits for Kids completing the Advanced Workshop:

• Create the better/best meanings to the values that determine your actions
  
• Choose when and know how to change your beliefs about yourself and others
  
• Provide skills to discover the areas of control and power you own when being or becoming a victim
  
• Develop their own personal Genius State
  

Individual Coaching Sessions:

• Individual coaching sessions can lead from any of the workshops, based on individual needs.
  
• Individual coaching will include four 1-hour sessions of open and interactive discussions with the child on any area in their life where they would like to make the most transformational difference to unleash their potentials, and step up to dreams and hopes that they have for themselves.

Leaving for High School - Ready for High School & Boarding school?

• I’m offering Individual Coaching sessions for Gr 7’s who is leaving for high school.
  
• It will cover aspects like:
  
• Self-esteem, Personal Powers and Dealing with Change, including practical tips on how to deal with the transformation from home to a boarding school life.
  

Recommended Books for Parents:

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Anne-Marie Wilcocks: BA (HONS) Psychology, 

ACMC, Meta-Coach accreditation, International Society of Neuro-Semantics,COMENSA

Cell: 083 440 3638

Email: annemariewilcocks@me.com

Website: www.consciouskidz.co.za