......and it's back to school!

Time to focus on empowering your kids to apply what they've learnt over the holidays

Going back to school can be a struggle for some children and teens but I’d like to give you a few pointers that might help.

Their point of refernece will be memories of school from before the summer holidays but for children that 6 week break can in fact equip them by building skills and qualities, confidence and resilience for the new term.

Start by creating a vision board with them.

1. Sellotape two pieces of A4 coloured card together to create a background.

2. Turn off the TV or other distractions and maybe put some quiet mood music on. I usually ask Alexa to play ‘spa music’ when I do vision boards with kids.

3. Ask them to think about the new term at school and imagine how they’d like it to be. Maybe suggest they think about what words they’d use, such as fun, friendly, playful, interesting. If they mention phrases like ‘not boring’ or ‘not scary’ ask them to find words that are positive. So ask what ‘the word for ‘not scary’ might be.

4. It can be helpful to ask them what they enjoyed about …