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Y O U R C H I L D • F I S H H O E K N I P P E R S Fish Hoek Surf Lifesaving Club Nippers needs you! If you are between the ages of 5 and 14 years old, then the Nippers at Fish Hoek Surf Lifesaving Club needs you! Winter training has already begun, and anyone is welcome to join. “If you love the beach, swimming, running and being fit, then Nippers is definitely for you,” says South African sporting hero and Fish Hoek local, Nikki Mocke. “Nippers are “life-guards-in-training” between the ages of 8 and 14years old. We also offer a Starfish programme for children between the ages of 5 and 6 years old; and MicroNippers for children between 7 and 8 years old.” Nippers, at Fish Hoek Surf Lifesaving Club, offers children the opportunity to learn varied water skills like surf swimming, body boarding, and knee boarding; how to compete and interact within a team; water safety and training, and basic first aid training. The Starfish and MicroNippers learn the importance of water safety, sea conditions, dolphin diving, flag systems, boogie boarding and most importantly how to have fun! For those moms and dads who might be worried about safety – fear not, safety is of paramount importance at Fish Hoek Surf Lifesaving Club. Life Guards are on duty every weekend and every day during October, December and April school holidays from 10am – 6pm. Safety officers, shark spotters, and parents are on duty at EVERY training session. An Exclusion Net and shark shields are used for water safety. And most importantly NO Nipper goes in the water if it is not safe. Winter Training for Nippers begins in August on Sundays from 10.30am – 1pm. From October, training is on Tuesdays from 5.30pm - 6.30pm; Sundays from 10.30am – 1pm. Training for Starfish and MicroNippers begins in October on Sundays from 10.30am - 12pm. Fish Hoek Surf Lifesaving Club has a professional management and coaching team and is a fun and competitive family club. For more information please contact Heidi Sulcas on 082 080 0475. Retha Kruger is a Cape Town educational psychologist, currently working at Glenbridge Special School in Diep River. Retha received her MEd Psych from Stellenbosch University in 2011. [email protected] Training should be provided to parents through educational presentations, on how to approach and communicate with their children about bullying. Families play a critical role in bullying prevention by providing emotional support in promoting the disclosure of bullying incidents and in fostering coping skills. People who are not treated with respect will not behave respectfully. According to you then, we create bullies. It is a way for some to take the respect that is denied them by parents, teachers or peers. The Department of Education has an ethical duty to review their policies on bullying, and update these documents to include the nature and extent of cyberbullying. The most important preventative method is the education of everyone in the school community about responsible internet interactions. FULL CIRCLE DIGITAL MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2013 FOR A FREE SUBSCRIPTION