Confidence and Resilience programme for Year 7 kids

If you ask a teen which school year they found hardest, most would say 'year 7'. I used to get so many calls from parents in the October half term asking for help for their child, then again around the beginning of January because children didn't want to go back to school after Christmas and again at the end of the Easter holidays.

It's a difficult school year for so many reasons that we are all so familiar with and schools go to a lot of effort to try to ensure the children all settle in but nevertheless there are still those who feel very insignificant, feel they can't cope and aren't willing to ask for help. Many don't want to cause a fuss, worry their parents or be singled out by the teacher. They basically just want to melt into the background and hope no-one notices that they are only just managing to get through each day.

It's not like this for all the children who do this course. Many are just glad to gain some extra skills to help them navigate the new secondary school and feel…