Community Builders - anti-bullying workshop for parents

You may have seen the invitation to this event in the newsletter or on the school run blog but here it is on the council blog now too!

Some parents on the school council who are particularly passionate about relationship and community building within the school formed a sub-committee to research and choose a relationship building program to help stop bullying at Lord Lansdowne. You can read more about the Community Builders here. The workshop, on the 7th of June at 5.45pm (free pizza dinner beforehand, 5pm to 5.30pm) aims to help parents support children in building positive relationships. We think it will be very interesting and worthwhile and hope to see you there! Please RSVP and let us know if you need childcare (no children in diapers, please) and if you will be at dinner - email lordlansdowneschoolcouncil@gmail.com to let us know.

Here is the blurb about the workshop from Community Builders themselves!

BUILDING POSITIVE PARENT RELATIONSHIPS: Raising confident, healthy and resilient children
Community Builders has been helping communities with issues of inclusion for two decades.  This 2.5 hour workshop will not only help parents relate better to each other and to their children, but also give them tools to help their children relate well to their peers.  Whether a parent is building relationships with other parents, their children, or school staff these ideas will be valuable:

• Why it is important for everyone to take pride in their identity and background
• How cultural differences and oppression issues like racism and classism can get in the way of relationship-building
• A mental model called “The Heart of the Child” that can help everyone keep an empathetic perspective towards other
• Effective listening skills for finding out what is really going on below the surface in our everyday dialogues