U Can Shine inspire's children to:
- Raise their aspirations and achievement.
- Boost their confidence and raise self esteem.
- Change behavioural patterns.
- Develop positive values and attitudes.
- Develop life and leadership skills.
- Become positive role models.
- Develop valuable friendships and relationships.
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U Can Shine is a highly effective coaching programme for children. It focuses and enables all children to transform their lives through fun inspired activities that support and encourage them on their life journey empowering them to achieve goals in 5 essential areas of:
- Physical well-being
- Emotional well-being (confidence and self esteem)
- Social skills (friendships and relationships)
- Develop greater self-belief (positive attitude)
- Achieve economic well-being (ambition and aspirations)
Each aspect encourages all children to develop new skills and techniques that help them personalise their learning through self discovery, making valuable choices and changes in life important to them.
1. Physical – Healthy body – Healthy mind
Physical exercise and activity is fun. We support every child to find suitable ways to enjoy different physical activities. We are interested in helping young people to understand the importance of regular exercise and feel good about themselves rather than finding the next David Beckham or Paula Radcliffe.
- Gain a better understanding of their bodies.
- Learn how to take regular exercise through a fun range of exercises and games.
- Live a healthier and more active lifestyle.
- Motivate and inspire friendship through team games.
2. Emotional – Confidence – Self esteem
U Can Shine provides a positive and supportive environment where everyone is inspired to celebrate their achievements, feel confident and worthwhile. Children are encouraged to express and talk about their feelings and challenged to discover new things about themselves. Importantly, we help children to understand that they can learn from making mistakes, it is ok; its how we learn through life, and how they can use it as stepping stone to success, in the future.
- Build confidence, improve self esteem and self worth
- Understand themselves and recognise their own unique talents/abilities
- Become a happier person
- Overcome personal barriers and boost inner strength
3. Social – Friendship – Collaboration
U Can Shine creates an environment for all children to find new friends and make existing friendships better. We encourage children to become good friends through listening, empathy, sharing advice and been helpful towards each other. We help children discover the positive values of good relations helping them develop strategies to cope with anti-social behaviour and bullying.
- Learn how to be a good friend
- Work with other people - develop team skills
- Emphasise and understand others concerns
- Respect others and celebrate inclusion
4. Self-belief – Positive attitude – Inner belief
U Can Shine is passionate about self-belief and about empowering children to become the best that they can be. By promoting self-development and inspiring young people to discover the importance of 'believe in yourself' and 'I can do it' attitude, U Can Shine enables all children to make key steps towards achieving their goals.
- Develop a positive attitude
- Achieve their potential and achieve greater personal success
- Learn to overcome failure
- Learn new life skills and strategies
5. Achieve economic well being – Llife & future – Aspirations
At U Can Shine we encourage children to think about their future. We challenge them to compare their desires with real needs and to understand the importance of valuable choices. As we support children to answer important questions about beliefs, identity and values they become more capable to challenge desires and actions resulting from peer pressure. Additionally we equip children with skills and strategies for life long learning and encourage a belief that they can become the best that they can be.
- Understand the value and significance of thinking about their future
- The importance of working hard and setting goals - preparation into adulthood
- The importance of personal development for their future prosperity
- The importance of having a life vision and aspirations
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