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Well, hello friends and families Stressed-Soul is back in action with loads to share with you, request from you and prompt you wonderful parents. We parents are all united by our love for our offspring AND are doing our best to give them a good future. Passionate Parenting is here to support and encourage: as you raise your precious kids in the Netherlands... September is always a HECTIC month, the early morning rush and dizzy busy scramble to get back into school's demanding rythym. Oh, BSN and French schools can take it easy for a few more days...Lucky you! We had a fantastic family vacation in Mallorca, my body and soul sucked up the sunshine and rest. From now on I will always go for the dinner bed & breakfast option... no grocery shopping, no chopping, no cooking, no dish-washing and after dinner mess to tidy up. That made a huge impact on the "quality" of my "lekker" lazy break: it was true fun in the sun! A real holiday. Ahhhh Right, HUGE email follows. 1) Passionate Parenting announcements 2) What's on for Families NOW...and later in the month of Sept 3) Need to Know 4) Nice to Know 1) PASSIONATE PARENTING ANNOUNCEMENTS 1.1 Change of Dates First, sorry sorry sorry! Please make a note that the seminar on "How to Talk: Communicating with Kids" date has been moved from September to October 11. And, the talk on "Gifted Children" is back to October 5th. My apologies for the inconvenience... 1.2 Passionate Parenting's October Events: (Discount: Register and pre-pay for 4 seminars - Pay €30 instead of €35) October 5th: Strategies for Gifted Children, 19:30 How does one identify a gifted child? How should we stimulate them? How do we get the teachers and schools involved? What about social skills? How could this "gift" affect the family? An enriched yet balanced life can be achieved - learn how with Renata Hamsikova, a specialised coach and trainer of gifted children. October 11th Communicating for Compliance and Co-operation, 19:30 An excellent seminar on HOW TO TALK to KIDS: Why nagging, threatening, and lecturing probably aren't getting you very far with your kids. Learn the kinds of instructions, explanations, and consequences that work best. A valuable seminar by child psychologist Katherine Fortier Venue: van Hogenhoucklaan 89 (behind Bronovo), Cost €35 per person. Half the profits go to SA charities. For more information, please visit www.passionateparenting.nl or use the online booking form. Final resort, call Soul Robertson 064 185 7773. And don't forget to tell your friends to join you! 1.3 New Monthly Competition Win a spot at one of Passionate Parenting's seminars.... I want an article or story to put on the website that best describes the controlled chaos at home, your method of handling stressful situations with kids and your SOLUTIONS from which we can all benefit. Ideally, one page! Reply to this mail. 1.4 Co-director / Manager for Passionate Parenting I need someone to take over and run these Passionate Parenting's community service seminars, the website and the (maybe) babysitting service. It will be a volunteer position with nice earning potential, if you have the right vision, skills set, time and energy. Reply to this mail with your CV or call me, Soul on 064 185 7773 1.5 Half to Charity Passionate Parenting has donated more than €600 to charity from the profits of Feb - June. First, as always, to "Little Angels", the home for abused, abandoned and HIV-infected babies and to "Hearts of Hope" for an upliftment programme in rural South Africa, where teachers are trained and kids are fed at little schools. We have also bought two feeding chairs for "Nazareth House" in Cape Town, where nannies were feeding abandoned babies on their laps. Please see http://passionateparenting.nl/general/our-charities/ for more information. 2. What's on for Families??? 2.1 Urgent THIS WEEK: James & the Giant Peach Open Air theatre. The English Theatre & Elske James and the Giant Peach 2 & 4 September at 18:00/14:00 GOOD WEATHER predicted!! The walled garden of The Oranjerie opens two hours before the performances for picnics and if it rains, well.......you'll get wet....because the actors cannot be stopped by anything as normal as rain....! So come rain or shine, get out your picnic hampers & open the champagne. This is Britain coming to life in soggy Holland. An experience you and your kids will never forget. Soul's suggestion: Quickly buy a copy of "James &...." at the ABC and read it (real fast) to them before the show. Venue: Oranjerie of Castle Duivenvoorde in Voorschoten. www.TheEnglishTheatre.nl or call friendly Elske 06 3005 0018 2.2 Welcome to The Hague Program, 6 September, 09:30 - 12:45 The morning is organised to help give you a better understanding of the city, and especially how The Hague Hospitality Centre and our Xpat Desk can make your stay more comfortable. It will also give you an opportunity to broaden your network of contacts and meet other expatriates. While the event will be of particular interest to new residents of The Hague, residents of surrounding towns are of course welcome, as are children, although no special children's programme will be organised. Space is limited, so please RSVP before Wednesday, 1 September to Hannelore Taal ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) with your name, address, e-mail and company or organisation, along with the number of persons attending. For complete program: www.denhaag.nl/en/expats-and-students/to/Welcome-to-The-Hague-programme-on-6-Sept..htm Scheveningen Kite Festival, 26-27 September Scheveningen, in The Hague, is ideally situated for kite-flying, with consistent prevailing winds blowing along the beach. During this annual festival, kite builders and enthusiasts come together from all over the world to fly the fruits of their creative labour. The festival takes place each year on the southern part of Scheveningen Beach in The Hague. The skies are filled with kites of every shape and colour, flying teddy bears, elephants, fish... you name it. For info: www.vliegerfeestscheveningen.nl (information in Dutch) 3. Must know... 3.1 Soul's New Business Can your child catch a ball? Run, chase, kick, pass, throw, jump, trap, roll, target? Do you want your little darling to be proficient in ball sports? Well, I am just getting started with launching a world-wide franchise called PLAYBALL here in The Hague. It's a brilliant sports programme where your little ones (2 - 7yrs) learn the basic building blocks for tennis, football, hockey, basketball, baseball and cricket. I will be conducting some free demonstration lessons near the British Schools on Mon Sept 13 and Thurs 16th. There are maximum 8 children per lesson, and I am starting with 2 afternoons a week (Mon & Thurs, 15:30 & 16:15) at Mariahoeve Sports Club. Cost €13 a lesson. See www.kidsplayball.nl for more info. I will be looking for coaches in 2011, email Soul if you are good with kids and proficient with balls! This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  3.2 English / Dutch Bilingual School Great progress is being made in the 2-in-1 School here in The Hague. Edwin Koopman wants the local government to agree to setting up a pure bilingual school by Sept 2011. Many Dutch & international families want bilingual education for their children: Some come from abroad and want their children to integrate in Dutch society without loosing their knowledge of the English language. Others have plans to emigrate in the future and want to prepare their children properly without isolating them from Dutch language and society. All of them find it important to prepare them at an early age for an internationalising world. A bilingual school offers that possibility URGENT: please try to find / forward this mail to as many other (possibly interested) families as we need them to join us. We have noticed that the current number of 40 families is opening doors, but at the same time it is not enough to fill classes in the future. Read more... Contact: The coordination is in the hands of Edwin Koopman and Sonia Robla. You can reach us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and 06- 2938 5416 4. Nice to Know... 4.1 TODAY (2 September) at Noon: There's a new 'voice' in town! A new English RADIO programme called 'live at noon' will feature news, views, interviews and music for English speakers in The Hague and surrounding areas. We are launching the programme at noon on Thursday, September 2, and it would be so good if you could listen and give us some feedback and suggestions. This is not limited to The Hague; friends abroad can listen to us too. It's New Age radio and this means you can pick it up on the internet! All you need to do is to look up the local radio website; www.denhaagtotaal.nl and then click on the logo. Happy listening! This new radio station is run by my friend Lily-Anne Stroobach. 4.2 PrinsjesDag - holiday September 21 is a special day - all primary school children in The Hague are free from school. Queen Beatrix will get dressed up with a hat, do a tour in her gorgeous royal golden coach and wave at her Dutch folk. The procession can be seen in the Hague centre, and it starts at the Paleis Noordeinde and ends at the Binnenhof. Crowds will line the street. Many roads are blocked off to pedestrians and cyclists, so keep that in mind when you agree to meet your friends for this spectacle. 4.3 "Feel at Home in the Hague" Fair, September 19th A great opportunity to see what is on offer in The Hague, to improve your quality of life. This year it will be held again at the city hall Atrium. Always lots to do for the kids, and great source of information and resources. Look out for the ACCESS stand's new image! 4.4 Music Lessons (6 - 17 years old) Star Galerie is a venue of highly educated and professional musicians, who teach children from 6 years old to the middle school ages. Lessons range from beginners to advanced levels. The Star Galerie has its own piano in-house and the rest of other music instruments can be rented with "luthier" in The Hague which we can recommend. We will form an ensemble class and prepare the students for a group performance. All available music instruments must be played together to prepare the students in a concert twice or once a year. In this way parents can watch their children's development and also adds motivation to the students. All lessons will start in September. Please call for an appointment: 06 2170 0679, (10 minutes walk from Shell Headquarters - The Hague.) Star Galerie, Borneostraat 116, The Hague This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; www.stargalerie.com/music_corner.html 4.5 Family photos... New Photographer in The Hague is making a special offer to build her portfolio and reputation... Miranda Roos Photography FAMILY / BABY / CHILD / MATERNITY PHOTOGRAPHER - O P E N I N G S P E C I A L (€90) valid until the end of September 2010 1 hour in studio portrait session at home, or outside You will receive a disc with all the best images (approximately 30 - 40 high resolution images), carefully processed to bring out their full beauty which you can print at your own convenience and as many times as you like (at your own cost). Images will be in black & white, colour & sepia. Mobile: 063 100 1573 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Soul's other favourite photographers are Melissa Dziadowicz Photography http://www.melissadziadowicz.com Natalie Carstens www.tigscreations.com 4.6 Belly Dancing Mother-Daughter Belly dance lessons. Come join us and have some fun! Daughters and (grand) mothers of any age are welcome. The main aim of the course is to learn to dance in a friendly happy atmosphere. We will have a try-out lesson on Wednesday the 8th of September or Saturday 18th at and from there on we'll try to find a time of the week that suits most of us. Price for the try-out lesson is : €12.50 for mother and daughter 4-12 years of age €15.00 for mothers and daughter 13-17 years of age €17.50 for mother and daughter above 17 years To sign up and for questions send a mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 070-3193367 (Astrid ) or 070-3450594 Karin. Also feel free to contact us if you can't make it to the try-out lessons but are interested in the lessons. www.bellydancetravel.nl www.slupp-swamy.com 4.7 Au Pair training If you have an au Pair who has not really settled in and would like to have some input about: living with their new host family, culture-shock, handling grumpy kids, get the kids to love them (as au Pair), the House-O-Orange has organised a training day on Saturday Oct 2. The cost is approximately Eur50 for the 6 hours, including lunch. It is also a nice way to meet other au Pairs from all different nationalities. Contact Annelies Linker from the House-O-Orange on phone: +31 (0)70 - 3245903 4.8 Moms: Are you thinking about getting a job? A workshop to empower women to successfully transition to work after a "mommy sabbatical": Gain confidence by reminding yourself of your skills and abilities, Learn from the experiences of others in a similar situation, Update your CV to include your mommy sabbatical, Learn different approaches to finding work, Prepare an answer for the question: What do you do? The workshop will consist of two mornings of 3.5 hours each, with one week apart: Thursdays 9th & 16 September 2010 Time: 09.30 a.m. - 13.00 p.m. Location: Zeestraat 100 (Tram 1 or 17, stop Vredespaleis), 2518 AD The Hague Cost: €300 for two mums. For more details or to register for this workshop, please send an e-mail to: Colleen Reichrath at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Telephone: 06- 11474535 Music Tots! Parent and baby music class, Fridays, 09:45, The Hague Come and join this new music class for babies and young children! Weekly classes are taught in English and encourage your child to develop their musical awareness and skills in a fun and relaxed environment. The classes are suitable for babies who can sit up unaided through to pre-schoolers. Combining music and movement with simple instruments, toys and props, each 40-minute session includes action songs, nursery rhymes and counting games. We also use puppets, bubbles, a parachute and soft toys to help the children engage with the music and bring the sessions to life. Classes start on Friday 10th September in the lounge of the Church of St John & St Philip (the 'English Church') on Ary van der Spuyweg. To book a place, contact Joanna at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Thanks everyone, Have a great start to your new school year! Love Soul IF YOU WISH TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS MAILING LIST, PLEASE REPLY WITH " This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " IN THE SUBJECT BOX. ALTERNATIVELY, PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO YOUR FRIENDS, SCHOOL MUMS AND COLLEAGUES (WITH KIDS) WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS NEWSLETTER. |
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I applaud your efforts to organise parenting workshops, it's certainly a very worthy initiative. I … see it as one of the most important preventative steps a community can make towards safeguarding and optimizing the well-being of children.
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