December Newsletter

As much as you want to be there to protect your child, you cannot be with them every minute of the day to protect them from bullies and personal attack. Also, they must learn to stand on their own two feet.

This why self-defence skills are an important part of your child’s education, and an easy way to teach them self-defence is to help them to understand that AWARENESS is important

Awareness is all about taking in the big picture.

If your child is attacked, a good mindset to be in is to be aware of everything else and not just the danger present in front of them.

Things that your child should be aware of:

Exits or an escape route to safety

Any other people – other bullies that may join in

Dangerous conditions that may hamper their escape or self defence e.g a wet toilet floor, obstacles

Where help is e.g where the teachers or their friends are

A place of safety that they can escape to

Of course, this is easier said than done especially if they are about to get beaten up.

But you can help your child develop their awareness by discussing incidents that happen to them or their friends.

In our self-defence lessons we set up scenarios and help students to analyse them. E.g a bully drags you into the toilets where there are 2 more waiting. “where is your escape route?” “What if the bullies are blocking the doorway?” “it happens at lunchtime …where could the teachers be?”

Discussing scenarios like this, or analysing real occurrences are a good way to help prepare your child.

We believe that every child needs a good start to life, and that they should not have to deal with bullying.

www.academyckd.com.au