ESF PA Webinar: The burnout we can't talk about, or when parenting becomes a nightmare - 5 October 8pm on Zoom
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- Published: 28 September 2021 28 September 2021
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Dear Parents, Teachers and School Staff,
The Parents Association is happy to invite you to a Zoom webinar 'The burnout we can't talk about' hosted by Clinical Psychologist & Neuroscientist Dr. Slava Guergova, on October 05th, 2021 at 8pm.
Parental burnout, or when raising kids becomes a nightmare: exhausted, empty, on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Raising children constitutes a major source of stress for parents and the Covid 19 pandemic has exacerbated the situation for many of us. Identifying and acting on this stress is essential to prevent it from turning into real burnout.
- What exactly is parental burnout and how is it different from stress and depression?
- What signs and symptoms should we pay attention to?
- What makes us vulnerable to parental burnout and how can we change that?
- What can we do to avoid mental and physical exhaustion?
Dr. Slava Guergova presents an interactive webinar to address these questions and provide parents with specific tools and guidance.
Dr. Guergova is a French-Bulgarian Licensed Clinical Psychologist, a Neuroscientist and an expert in Educational Sciences. She has been serving the international community of Frankfurt and its region since 2013 as psychotherapist for adults and adolescents.
If you would like to take part in the conference, please write an e-mail to office@esfparents.org
The conference will be interactive but if you have specific questions related to the topic that you would like Dr. Guergova to answer during the webinar, please email them directly to her until Sep. 30th at the latest.
guergova.slava@praxis-dr-guergova.com
A Zoom link will be sent to you the day before the conference.
Looking forward to seeing you in attendance.
Kind regards,
Your Parents Association
Join our Nordic Walking group at ESF
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- Published: 28 September 2021 28 September 2021
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The Nordic Walking activity is back on track : join our ESF group.
Created two years ago at the ESF on the initiative of parents, we imagined this activity as a way of creating a dynamic between the practice of a sporting activity and a convivial space open to parents of all school levels and all language sections.
We will meet on Tuesdays and/or Fridays at 9.00 am in the Nidda Parc, close to the school (Nidda Kiosk, Praunheimer Landstraße 228.).
Classes will be held in German and French, but English speakers are also welcome.
The activity is supervised by a private coach and is at the expense of the participants. 14€ for 1 session or 12€ for 10 sessions card (not subsidised by the Parents Association).
A medical form must be filled in before starting the activity, please contact events@esfparents.org to get the necessary information.
Happy & Focused mindfulness online course / free access for ESF parents
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- Published: 17 June 2021 17 June 2021
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Building on from the Mindfulness and Stress Management projects already undertaken by the Parents' Association, we are pleased to inform you that ESF parents now have access to a complementary offer.
The program Happy & Focused is user friendly, attractive, and fun via an online course created by Christelle Pillot. The project is aimed at English-speaking children aged 7 to 12. The French and German parts of the project will be available soon.
The aim of this course is to help children to become more confident, build a stronger resilience and learn how to organize their attention and their homework. On top of that, the program gives them tools to feel happier.
The program uses mindfulness, brain gym exercises, it is based on French research for more Attention at school and provides neuroscientific explanations as well.
The platform can be accessed via the following link:
https://freedom-catcher-academy.xperiencify.io/happy-and-focused/order/
Free access with Pass Word / coupon: ESF
Here are more details about the program Happy & Focused:
👉Teaching Attention, Emotional Balance & Positive Mindset to Children!
👉Teaching structure to decrease procrastination!
👉25 Trainings and 30 videos and exercices.
👉 A lot of rewards to help them accomplish the course.
👉 Children between 7 and 12 Years Old
👉Special Bonuses for parents
The ESF PA also decided to invite parents from other European Schools to join the project.
Childminding Extra Days 01 and 02 September 2021
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- Published: 09 July 2021 09 July 2021
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Dear Parents, we are happy to announce that you can now sign up for the One-Day Workshops offered by Childminding on September 1st and September 2nd. The children will have an opportunity to play, get to know each other and get ready for the start of school. Click here to register.
Liebe Eltern, wir freuen uns, Euch mitteilen zu können, dass die von Childminding angebotenen Ein-Tages-Workshops am 1. und 2. September jetzt für Anmeldungen offen sind. Die Kinder werden die Möglichkeit haben zu spielen, sich gegenseitig kennenzulernen und sich auf den Schulbeginn vorzubereiten. Zum Anmelden bitte hier klicken.
Charity Sports Challenge
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- Published: 03 June 2021 03 June 2021
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On behalf of the Kinderzukunft, organizer of the Christmas in a Shoebox campaign, we would like to invite you for a one-month charity sports challenge to support the children village ‘Aldea Infantil’ in Guatemala.
Time period of the challenge: June 1 – June 30, 2021.
Everyone is welcome to participate - from the youngest pre-primary student through graduating S7 students, as well as families, school classes, clubs, companies, and organizations.
Guatemala is a Central American country where two-thirds of the population live in poverty increasingly so as a result of COVID-19. Hunger, malnutrition, poor health, and education are some of the everyday challenges facing its people.
Here is the chance for everyone to help and to make things better.
In 1991, a children's village "Aldea Infantil Rudolf Walther" was established in the highlands of Guatemala. The children's village and is now home to 162 children who are orphaned or abandoned. The village has a kindergarten, a school, a training workshop, and an agricultural project. Every child lives together with nine “step-siblings” and one “step-mother” in one of the 17 family houses. They have a chance to learn and to grow up in a family, where they are cared for. The Aldea Infantil children village also has a breakfast project (Frühstückskinder-Projekt) where they offer every day a breakfast for 150 children from the neighborhood of the school. You can find more information about the children village here and a video here.
More information about the charity sports challenge here.
Through the Christmas in a Shoebox campaign, we helped more than 900 children with our donated presents. Now our help is needed again in Guetamala. Let’s give these children a hope!
What do you have to do?
- Make a team with your family members, classmates, colleagues, neighbors, etc.
- Decide with what kind of challenges you will participate. You can hike, walk, jog or ride your bike for all of June.
- Set your own sport goal with your teammates.
- Sign up for the challenge by Kinderzukunft with the German registration form or the English registration form. (Also attached to our e-mail.)
- Search for supporters (family members, friends, etc.) who can make a contract with you about his donation. You can download the English contract here and the German here. (See attached to our e-mail.)
- Fulfill your sports goals! (Don’t forget to take some photos as a proof.)
- Inform your supporters when you reach your goal, so they can donate the amount agreed upon in your contract.
- Look forward to getting your certificate in July!
The Parents’ Association is willing to support the best performing teams with making a contract with them and donating to Guatemala.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you need a supporter: office@esfparents.org.
More information about the charity sports challenge here.
If you have questions: agnestome@outlook.com or Kinderzukunft: Challenge@kinderzukunft.de.
Do not hesitate to take the challenge and sport up - Let’s see which is the strongest team!