6 Must Have Convos Evening Presentation January 7, 2025

 

6 Must Have Conversations with Your (Pre) Teens
Tuesday, January 7
6 – 8pm at Cortes School

More so than ever before, parents/teachers need to keep up-to-date with current issues in sexual health education. This 2-hour workshop will provide parents, caregivers, counsellors, child and youth care workers and other interested community members a peek into the challenges many youth face today.

Specific topics will include:

  • consent
  • healthy relationships
  • steps to safer sex
  • the legal and social implications of sexting
  • gender violence
  • the impacts of pornography viewing
  • gender & sexual orientation

This presentation is for adults – child/youth supervision will take place in a different room.
RSVP would be greatly appreciated.

Creating a Culture of Child Safety Evening Presentation January 8, 2025

Creating a Culture of Child Safety
Wednesday, January 8
6 – 8pm at Cortes School
Calling all early childhood educators, parents of primary aged children, social workers, teachers, foster parents, grand-parents raising grand-children and ANYONE who works with or cares for children.
In this workshop you will learn about…
1. Why we need to teach sexual health education early
2. What schools should be offering our primary aged children in terms of sexual abuse prevention
3. Common myths of sexual abuse
4. Types of sexual abuse
5. Statistics of sexual abuse
6. Who commits sexual abuse?
7. Incidences of reporting
8. The difference between a pedophile and molester
9. The profile of a predator
10. Stages of grooming a child
11. What transfer of responsibility looks like
12. Patterns of disclosure
13. Why kids don’t disclose
14. Normal sexual behaviour for preschool and primary aged kids.
15. Signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse
At Power Up, we believe Sexual Health Education is NOT optional AND is best delivered starting from 2 years old. Why teach early? We believe educating early is the key to eliminating sexual abuse. Educating early does not strip your child of their innocence – but sexual abuse will.
This presentation is for adults – child/youth supervision will take place in a different room. 
 
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BIOKerri Isham is a knowledgeable, experienced and passionate educator, coach and facilitator dedicated to excellence and committed to the empowerment of people of all ages. Her primary goal is to make exploring sexual health fun and meaningful, and to alleviate the shame and embarrassment sometimes associated with this topic.Currently, she runs her own company called Power Up Education specializing in sexual health education for preschool to Grade 12. Her three main areas of focus are sexual abuse prevention, supporting children, youth and adults with support needs and the impact of pornography viewing on children and youth. Kerri completed the Sexual Health Educator’s Certification program in June 2011 with Options for Sexual Health in Vancouver.

About the Power Up Education approach to sexual health:

At Power Up Education, we believe “sexual health” includes the social, emotional, spiritual and physical aspects of sexuality and relationships.

Curiosity is king, and we know that young people have a strong interest and natural inclination to develop their understanding and seek information about sex and sexual health. We believe that we should choose to feed and foster this curiosity in an intentional way to balance and address what children may experience through their online access and social interactions. Our vision at Power Up Education is to create a world where sexual health education is as natural and habitual as brushing your teeth and combing your hair. We are here to positively impact families and educators, leaving each and every one of you feeling knowledgeable, empowered, and inspired.

Community Lantern Walk 2024

Families and Community Members are warmly invited to our Community Lantern Walk preceded by a Lantern Making Afternoon.

An Autumn Lantern Walk is a traditional celebration for children that inspires connection to the rhythms of nature, community and the light within.

Join in one and all for an evening of beauty and wonder!  Let’s let our little lights shine together as the daylight wanes and we move into the darkest time of the year. We will walk in reverence and song and arrive at a bonfire to share in more song. Songs and lyrics below.

Lantern Making Afternoon
Saturday, Nov. 23 10:00am – 12:00pm
Pioneer Room, Mansons Hall
Bring your own jars if you have them. +/- 500ml  is a good size. Everything else is provided. Come make a lantern and learn the songs we will be singing at the walk. Lyrics and links for songs are below.
Here is a link to make your lantern at home: https://youtu.be/gRh6M4Z9NKA

Autumn Lantern Walk
Tuesday, Nov.26th 4:30 – 6:00pm
Smelt Bay Park
We’ll begin near the farthest parking lot and our lantern walk will lead us to a bonfire.
Our intention is for a quiet reverent evening. Please make sure your little ones stay right with you.
Weather permitting.
Everyone and all lanterns welcome.

Contact cortesfsc@gmail.com if you would like to help out.

Lantern Songs

***We especially hope you’ll learn the songs asterisked in red. 

***LANTERN WALK SONG MELODY / VIDEO

*****LANTERN WALK SONG LYRICS

I go with my bright little lantern,
My lantern is going with me.
In heaven the stars will be shining,
On earth shines my lantern for me.

The lights grow dim as we go in
La-bimba-la-bomba-la-boom
The lights grow dim as we go in
La-bimba-la-bomba-la-boom.

AUDIO – Lantern Songs: 0:00 Down with Darkness, 0:32 *****My Lantern, 1:00 Fire’s Burning

DOWN WITH DARKNESS -Hebrew chant
Down with darkness
up with light
up with sunshine
down with night
each of us is one small light
but together we shine bright
go away darkest, blackest night
go away, give way to light

*****MY LANTERN, trad. 
My lantern, my lantern
sun and moon and starlight
through the darkest night we go
glow my little lantern glow

FIRE’S BURNING – trad campfire song
Fire’s burning , fire’s burning
draw nearer, draw nearer
in the gloaming
in the gloaming
come sing and be merry

GLIMMER LANTERN GLIMMER MELODY / VIDEO

GLIMMER LANTERN GLIMMER LYRICS- trad

Glimmer, lantern, glimmer,
Little stars a-shimmer,
Over meadow, moor and dale,
Flitter, flutter elfin veil,
Pee-witt, pee-witt, tick-a-tick-a-tick,
Rou-cou, rou-cou.

Glimmer, lantern, glimmer,
Little stars a-shimmer,
Over rock and stock and stone,
Wander tripping little gnome,
Pee-witt, pee-witt, tick-a-tick-a-tick,
Rou-cou, rou-cou.

AUDIO – Let Your Little Light Shine – Ysaye Barnwell arrangement

LET YOUR LITTLE LIGHT SHINE LYRICS  Trad Gospel
Let your little light shine, shine, shine
let your little light shine , oh my Lord
’cause there may be , someone down in the valley
tryin’ to get home
Well it could be me or it could be you
could be your brother or your sister too
yes there may be, someone down in the valley
tryin’ to get home

PRINTABLE LYRICS – CLICK HERE TO PRINT ALL THE SONGS

We are grateful to be living and offering these programs in the ancestral and unceded territories of the Klahoose, Tla'amin, and Homalco nations.