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Editor’s Message Happy New Year to all our readers. We are excited to have you all back with us for another year. 2016 ended with us moving into a new office as well as a new house and the FEATZ family has had a busy December. Last year raced past us and as this New Year starts we are looking forward to growing the magazine even further and bringing you some entertaining reading along the way, but first, we would like to take a moment to look back on 2016. In this issue, we are sharing the articles you most enjoyed during 2016.

Community Ch@ magazine has shown amazing growth in popularity and we will be working hard to not disappoint during 2017. Keep communicating with us and remember we are always happy to hear from you, so keep sharing your good news stories with us. featzmags@gmail.com Happy reading!

Happy New Year!

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What’s Inside...

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Bee Facts you didn’t Know

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Gentle Giants

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Back to School, Are you Ready

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Home Beauty

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Fascinating People

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How do I Get Back into the Job Market?

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12 Ways to Save Water

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Grace: Works are Overrated

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Are you Raising a Bully?

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Back to school time is always a big transition, not only for children but for parents.

of their daily school routine. You can do this by having them wake up at the same time every day, and eat around the same time they would at school. About a week or so before school starts, plan a few outside activities where your child will have to leave and come home around the same time they would if they were in school. This will help them be rested and ready for the big day.

While children are filled with excitement and first-day jitters, parents are filled with thoughts of “Am I prepared enough?” To help eliminate these thoughts, and help you and your child prepare for the new school year, all you need is a little organization and forethought. Here are 10 back to school tips 4. Set up a homework station. Sit down with to kick-start the new year and get you your child and together designate a time prepared for a fresh start. and place where he can do his homework each day. This can be somewhere quiet like 1. Get back into your sleep routine. To help in the den, or even in the kitchen while you eradicate those stressful school mornings, are preparing dinner. Make sure to choose set up a regular bedtime and morning time a time where you are available in case your routine to help prepare your child for school. child needs your help.

Begin your usual school sleep routine about a week or so before school starts.

5. Prepare for the unexpected. Working parents know that it can be difficult to find a 2. Shop for school supplies together. To get sitter when your child is sick. Before school your child excited about starting a new even begins, it’s a good idea to have a sitter grade, shop for supplies together. Allow already lined up in case you get that phone them to pick out their own backpack, call home from the nurse saying your child lunchbox, etc. This is a great way to give is ill. them a little bit of responsibility too!

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the age of your child, figure out if they will go to a neighbor’s house, an afterschool program, or be allowed to stay home by themselves. This will help eliminate any confusion during the first few weeks.

7. Turn off the TV and video games. For a lot of children summertime is filled with endless video games and TV programs.

Children are usually in shock when they begin school and realize that six hours of their day is going to spent learning and not playing games and watching TV. Ease your child into the learning process by turning off the electrics and encouraging them to read or play quietly.

8. Review school material and information. For most parents, schools send home a packet with a ton of information regarding their child’s new teacher, important dates to remember, emergency forms, and transportation routines. Make sure that you read through this information carefully, and mark down all important dates on your calendar.

9. Get organized. The best way to prepare for back to school time is to be organized.

With school comes a massive amount of paperwork which can consume your household. Designate a spot in your house for homework, permission slips, and any other school-related papers. This can help eliminate all of that paper clutter and make your life less stressful.

10. Get your child’s yearly checkup. School and germs go hand in hand, so it’s best to get your child’s yearly checkup before school even starts. Get any required vaccinations and ask your pediatrician the best ways your child can stay healthy throughout the school year.

Through preparation and organization, you can ensure that your child will have a smooth transition to the start of the new school year.

Good luck for the new school year.

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Home Beauty

3 D I Y Facial Masks to Rejuvenate Your Skin for the New Year

You know what they say about the life of a mom; the days go by slowly, but the years go by fast! Looking back at 2016, it is hard to believe if has flown by in the blink of an eye. With the everyday hustle and bustle, there’s hardly any time to sit and reflect on all that has happened within the past year. These three simple facial masks will give you a moment to sit back, relax and reflect upon all you’ve accomplished in the last year. Pamper yourself for a moment during this busy season without breaking the bank with a DIY facial. (Please note that it is always better to clean your face before applying a mask. It will open your pores allowing all these yummy ingredients to seep into your skin and revitalize you.)

For Dry Skin

I love argon oil, not only because of the endless reasons why it’s good for you but because it smells ridiculously good, too!)

• ½ of an avocado • 1 small banana • 1 teaspoon olive oil Mash or blend these ingredients until you have a thick, creamy consistency. Apply and leave on face for 10 minutes, then rinse with cool water and pat dry.

Avocados are loaded with Vitamin E & K, and tons of antioxidants. This natural oil-packed veggie will quench your skin and give it a refreshed look. Avocado will help fade scars, and its oil is actually patented as a treatment for some forms of dermatitis and arthritis. Bananas are great for hydrating and making skin look younger. They contain Vitamin C & B6 which help skin’s resiliency by protecting it from free radicals which lead to premature aging. Finally, olive oil packs extra moisture for your skin.

For Normal Skin • ½ teaspoon turmeric • 2 tablespoons of raw, plain coconut yogurt Mix these ingredients and apply to clean face for 15 – 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water. (if you want to feel like you just stepped out of a spa, try applying a few drops of Argon Oil evenly around your face after you’ve rinsed the mask off.

Turmeric is amazing for blemishes, dark spots and aging. Coconut yogurt is a moisturizing antioxidant that provides the skin with essential fats, vitamins, minerals and amino acids.

For Oil Skin • 1 organic egg, white separated from yolk Separate egg yolk from egg whites; beat the white until they are nice and foamy. Once they are, apply evenly all over face (avoiding the eyes). Keep it on until it has hardened and you can no longer move your face, and then rinse your face clean.

If you feel bad throwing the yolk away, use a tablespoon of it and rub it onto your face because it is a natural moisturizer! Once it is dry, rinse again, and you are done.

Eggs are great for whitening and tightening; they’ll give you a temporary face lift. Eggs tighten the skin and diminish pore size, which helps keep your natural oil production at a minimum.

These masks are great if you’re like most women, whose skin alternates between dry, normal and oily depending on the season. Try rotating between these three whenever your skin is in need.

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George Michael 25June 1963 - 25 December 2016

Fascinating People Christmas day saw the loss of one of the most talented musicians of our time: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016), known professionally as George Michael.

list of the Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time. Michael won various music awards throughout his 30-year career, including three Brit Awards—he won Best British Male twice, four MTV Video Music Awards, four Ivor Novello George Michael was an English singer, Awards, three American Music Awards, songwriter, and record producer who and two Grammy Awards from eight rose to fame as a member of the music nominations. Michael, who came duo Wham! He was best known for his out as gay in 1998, was an active LGBT work in the 1980s and 1990s, including hit rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity singles such as “Wake Me Up Before You fundraiser.

Go-Go” and “Last Christmas”, and albums such as Faith (1987) and Listen Without In 2004, the Radio Academy named Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990).

Michael the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004. The Michael sold more than 100 million documentary A Different Story (released records worldwide. His debut solo in 2005) covered his career and personal album, Faith, sold more than 20 million life. Michael’s first tour in 15 years, the copies worldwide. Michael achieved worldwide 25 Live tour, spanned three seven number one singles in the tours over the course of three years UK and eight number one hits on (2006, 2007, and 2008). the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, including “Careless Whisper” and “Freedom!

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Spoil Your Man With One Of These Easy Facial Threats 1) Deep Nourishing Lemon Pack Lemon has oil control properties and good news is that it suits all skin types. It also has skin brightening properties, and lemon extracts in turn do not soak moisture from the skin, making it an absolute go-to element.

How To Use It: Mix a teaspoon of honey in a tablespoon of lemon extracts (juice). Add 4-5 drops of olive oil and make a paste out of it.

Wash your face with plain water and apply the pack evenly on your face. Leave it for 15-20 minutes; let the extracts work on your skin. Wipe off with a wet sponge and wash it away later.

2) Yogurt Face Mask If time is your long lost friend and you also have big pores, then not to worry, friend, because yogurt face mask is just for you. It helps your pores to get tightened apart from its usual cleansing properties.

How To Use It: You can apply yogurt on your face directly or mix it with juice from an orange slice and pulp along with 1 teaspoon of aloe.

Leave it for 10 minutes before rinsing it off to get revitalising skin.

3) Oatmeal Face Pack Cereals can do wonders on your face, especially on an acne skin as it absorbs a lot of excess oil from the skin pores. The paste can be a little sticky so one has to wash it off carefully, but its effects are quick.

How To Use It: Make an oatmeal paste by blending the oatmeal in a mixer. Later, add hotnot boiling water to make it a paste. Leave it for several minutes. Add one tablespoon of honey, yogurt and one egg white to the paste and mix it well. Apply a thin layer of this mixture and leave it for 10-15 minutes before rinsing it off with warm water.

4) The Clay Mask Clay mask is good for oily skin as men’s skin is relatively oilier than women. It deep cleanses the skin and leaves it fully moisturized, thereby making it ideal for summers.

How To Use It: Take any clay or kaolin and mix it with distilled water, aloe vera, honey, egg white and egg yolk to make a thick but smooth paste.

Apply it for not more than 10 minutes and rinse it with normal water.

5) Strawberry Face Mask Strawberries have a lot of beauty care benefits. It contains salicylic acid which removes dead cells from the skin and leaves it softer, like never before. It also has the ability to remove puffiness and dark circles beneath the eyes.

How To Use It: Mash the raw strawberries until they get smooth. To this, add one tablespoon of olive oil to moisturise the skin and two teaspoons of honey to reduce puffiness and inflammation.

Apply this paste to your face and rinse it after it gets dry.

Truth be told, there are tons of skin care facial masks available for men in the market, but nothing can beat these homemade packs which are easier to make, with no side effects and they leave your skin salon-like fresh!

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An easy Caesar Salad A light and easy salad recipe to accompany any main meal is a summer staple indeed.

The original Caesar salad is said to have been invented by Caesar Cardini when his restaurant kitchen ran out of ingredients. Which is great news for you because that means this salad consists of some simple ingredients. Ready for a slightly modern twist on a classic?

For the dressing 125ml homemade mayonnaise

The original Caesar salad was a plain ensemble

1 clove garlic, crushed

of romaine lettuce, parmesan shavings, egg and

2 drained anchovy fillets

Worcestershire dressing. The incorporation of

Method:

croutons only appeared much later and just so happens to be a great way of using up slightly stale bread. This recipe favours a rasher or six of bacon because let’s face it, bacon bits are like friends in the salad of life.

1. Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Add the bacon and cook for 3–4 minutes or until golden.

2. Use a slotted spoon to transfer to a plate lined with paper towel. Reduce the heat to medium.

Ingredients (serves 2):

Heat the remaining olive oil in the pan. Add the garlic and bread and cook, stirring occasionally,

For the salad

for 4 minutes or until golden and crispy.

Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel and

1 Tbsp olive oil

allow to cool.

6 streaky bacon rashers

3. To make the dressing, place the mayonnaise,

1 garlic clove, crushed 4 slices white crusty bread, cut into 1cm cubes 2 cos lettuce, washed and dried 80g parmesan shavings 4 eggs, hard-boiled, peeled, halved

garlic and anchovy fillets in the bowl of a food processor and blend until combined. Season with salt and pepper.

4. Finally, combine the bacon, crispy bread, lettuce, eggs and parmesan in a large serving bowl. Drizzle over the dressing to serve.

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How do I get back into the job market?

Roslyn Anderson

1. Update or Re-do your CV! Your CV is your first impression and 30 second opportunity to put your best foot forward. Your CV needs to sell you! Make the necessary changes to your CV and then ask others who are in industry and know what to look for to check your CV. I mostly see terrible looking CV’s that the individuals think look great! Your CV is a tool to showcase yourself, not an archive list of everything you have ever done! I cannot express how important this is, the below list requires a huge amount of effort, you want to make sure you are sending a good CV to all these places!

2. Create a short, to the point, well written introduction email to send with your CV. 3. Stop and take time to think about your transferable skills. These are skills that you currently have that may be used in other industries/ jobs. eg: building relationships with customers, budgeting, managing people, driving a car, using Microsoft, facilitating workshops, the list goes on. These are generic skills that you will be able to carry over with you into the next job. Most jobs consist of generic component parts. If a recruiter is on the ball they will be able to recognises that you may not have done this exact advertised position before, but that you have certain skills that you can transfer

and use to give you a head start in this advertised position. It is a good idea to help the recruiter see these links, so highlight your transferrable skills. Make their job easy, do the thinking and linking for them. This is also a good exercise for yourself as it helps you build your confidence, that yes the position may be different to something that you have done before, but you will be able to take your generic skills and experience with you, which will help you greatly.

4. Remember when looking for a new job, don’t think that you have to look for exactly the same title as your current job. eg: if your current job title is HR Manager- the other names could be Talent Manager, OD Manager, Resourcing Consultant the list goes on. Other companies may call similar jobs by different names.

5. Think of key words that describe the job.

Recruiters can’t possibly know every position out there, so often times they are looking for keywords. Use these keywords in your CV to help them see that you may be a match for these jobs. Also use these key words in LinkedIn and Pnet in your job title and skills list as the system links keywords and can identify jobs that could be relevant to you.

Continuing with our HR Manager example: Compensation, Payroll, Recruiting, Labour

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Law, Staffing, Talent Management, Training, as parachuting past the gate keepers. Link in Facilitating and Disciplinary Procedures could with people at companies you may want to be some keywords for that industry. work at, people in jobs similar to your own, people who are recruiting. When people Now that you have your CV looking great, accept your ‘connection’ invite- look up keep those alternative job titles and key words their contact information, then email them, in mind. thank them for connecting, tell them you are in the job market and attach your CV. 6. Create a professional looking LinkedIn profile for yourself. Upload your CV onto 13. Look if your University has an alumni LinkedIn. site and if they advertise jobs 7. Go to Pnet and populate your profile with 14. Google search for recruitment agencies. all your relevant information. Recruiters Some recruitment companies specialize in often go into the back end of Pnet and look IT or engineering recruitment; others do a for suitable candidates when they have a job variety of positions. You can also look on available. This means that your keywords are Pnet, LinkedIn and Career Junction and see very important as they are doing a ‘matching which companies/agencies are hiring for a your keywords to the jobs needs’ exercise. list of recruiters and send your CV to them They may just phone you out of the blue. with your cover email, add a few sentences Upload your CV onto Pnet. outlining the type of companies/ type of jobs you are looking for. Make it easy for them to 8. You may also want to do the same on ‘match’ you to jobs. Ask them to keep your CV career junction. on their records.

9. Browse the available jobs on each of these sites and apply for the ones you may be 15. Look at companies that you would like to work for and apply directly on their websites, interested in. or look for people on LinkedIn that work at those companies and send them your CV 10. It is now time to set up job alerts on directly.

LinkedIn, Pnet and Career Junction. Here you chose which type of jobs you would like 16. Ask around and see if there are any to get notified about. Select your keywords network groups for that industry. I belong well. Each day/ week the site will email you with what it thinks are relevant jobs, you can to an Organisational Development Network group and often receive emails either of check the relevance and determine if you available positions or people looking for want to apply or not. Be sure to upload your CV manually every time with LinkedIn. When work. It costs to advertise positions (between R1000- R1500), so when people are looking a recruiter sends through a CV to the client company they often want to send the CV, not for candidates, they often tap into their ‘free’ networks first or search the back end of Pnet just a LinkedIn link. doing the ‘key word match’.

Now that you are on these sites, it is like your 17. Remember, you’re likely to be sending out fishing rod is full of bait and in the water.

Time to see where else you can throw some hundreds of CV’s. Don’t think sending out 3 CV’s is enough and just stop there. This is like lines. a farm; you need to keep working it!

11. Think of people you may know in 18. Remember to take breaks, it is difficult to industries you may be interested in. work on this kind of task all day every day, try Personally call them or email them your CV. do it for a few hours each day then go get some exercise and outdoor time to keep you 12. Start making ‘connections’ on sane!

LinkedIn. The more people who you are ‘connections’ with the more easily the system lets you connect with new people. I see this

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July’s Wahberg proved very popular

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Do you have a Bee Refreshment station in your garden yet?

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Everyone has been talking about the Water Saving tips from the November issue!

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December ‘s sad news left us with a tear in our eyes

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Part 11

Works are Overrated We are looking at grace; but how do works fit into this? Are they complementary? Well yes and no.

We will do good works that has been prepared for us from the foundation of the earth (Eph 2:10). The keyword here is that we will do them, not must do them.

When we do things to impress God or earn something from Him, we cancel grace (Rom 4:4 Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation. (NET)) The works now become dead works! Heb 6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God (NET). That is shocking and downright discouraging. How are we supposed to approach this? On the one hand we all want to do good works and on the other hand we do not want to get involved in dead works – life is simply too short for that!

Jesus did many good works while He was on earth. How did He manage to stay away from dead works? The answer is the Holy Spirit. I said before that Jesus wants to do more for us after the cross than He did

for us at the cross. And this is one of the things that He wants to do for us: He wants to lead us, to live His life through us. It is all supernatural; the divine life. If you have a problem with the supernatural you will always be caught between good and dead works.

Jesus explained how He did the good works: (John 5:19 So Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does... (NET) That is how Jesus operated; the Father loved Him and showed Him what the Father was doing and then He executed the Father’s works. The fact that Jesus speaks of ‘the Son’ means that the principle is established for all sons – us!

Jesus gave us the parable of the vine where He explains how this works: we bear fruit when we abide in the Vine (John 15:1-8).

Jesus is the Vine and when we abide in Him we bear much fruit. We do not produce the fruit – the vine does that – we simply bear the fruit. How do we bear it? By abiding, not

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working. Not striving. Not getting ourselves into a knot, but by abiding in the Vine. Jesus said that it glorifies the Father when we bear much fruit.

Thing is, we make too much of works; rather focus on Jesus and forget about works – they will follow when the Holy Spirit starts working through you. Just abide in the vine and when you see Jesus working, partner with Him. He does all the hard work; you bear the fruit. But it is He who ultimately does it: Col 1:29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me. (ESV) I toil, but it is His energy – He does it.

John 15:10 might imply that we stay in His love when we obey His commandments but remember that this already presupposes a relationship with Him. It might look as if God’s love is conditional but Paul states it as a fact in Rom 8:38-39. Nothing, not even disobedience can separate us from His love.

Under grace everything is unconditional God sees our very best efforts as dirty rags – John simply does not understand this (Isa 64:6). So why not stop doing them? We principle so he repeats it several times. are human beings and not human doings!

Just be and let God be God. Allow Him to Our first job is to get into a relationship with do what He does best and then when we Jesus so that all this can start happening. are empowered we can partner with Him. It He promised that He and the Father would took Jesus 30 years of doing nothing before come and reside inside of us (John 14:19).

He was anointed to start His ministry. Paul Through the Holy Spirit we have Jesus with took 13 years. It is 14 years now since I was us always. As I said, He wants to do more called but I spent eight years trying to work for us now than what He achieved at the for God; what a waste of time that was! cross. We must make that a reality in our Repent (turn away) from dead works. lives.

This is the theology concerning works but it Jesus does not want your service – He is up to you to determine where you are on wants you. Christianity is not a religion this road. If you see the Father working then where you achieve for your god by doing you are already at the stage where good all kinds of works to impress him; no, works can flow from you. Do not feel guilty Christianity is an intimate relationship with for doing them. the Creator of the universe. To call Him your friend, your brother, your Daddy, yes Next month we will continue with works your lover even. To be secure in His arms because it is so big in the church! and rest your head on His chest. That is Christianity. We can rely on Him to guide us, to be our wisdom and to be there for Write to me, engage me and I will try to us; to even live our lives for us. (Gal 2:20) When you see it this way, service orientated answer any questions that you might have. religion seems very pale by comparison; no Email: featzmags@gmail.com Subject: Grace wonder Paul calls it the ‘weak and beggarly’ system. And no wonder that it produces so little fruit. He wants you – yield to your lover today. He loves you more than you can ever imagine.

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ARE YOU RAISING A BULLY? Bully behaviour is becoming a growing phenomenon in schools. “Bullying happens when one or more people expose another to hurtful actions that can be physical or verbal insults and cause deliberate alienation from a group. It can be vicious, harmful, and hurtful and may cause serious lasting psychological damage. Not only does it cause harm to those being bullied but to the bullies as well. The negative effects of childhood bullying can develop further into adulthood and can impact on work, relationships and self-esteem” (SADAG: the South African Depression and Anxiety Group). THE SOUTH

tration. The child has a strong need for control in his life and bully to gain some of that control, because at home there’s none…

The danger is that (if not addressed) the little bully becomes a grown-up bully. He/she learns that it is normal to get what he/she wants by hurting someone or breaking someone down – the senior manager demanding “respect” from the junior personnel through deviant behaviour… Adult bullies try to humiliate and embarrass victims to “show them who AFRICAN DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY GROUP are boss”.

THE CONCERN is that research has shown that a child becomes a bully because of the following: The BIGGER danger is that both the bully and the victim can, in adult life, engage in criminal behaviour, • Parental negligence – lack of emotional support, because of the normalization of forcefully getting no interest in the child’s life; what one wants. Violence is an acceptable way to • Abusive parents (emotional, verbal or physical); handle conflict, either at work or at home…

• Parents yelling at each other OR being physically abusive to each other; YOU AS PARENT, UNCLE, AUNT and FRIEND… can stop • Parents approving aggressive behaviour – Mov- bullying by making sure that you don’t raise a bully ies, computer games, sport, frustration outlet...; – by setting the example of what behaviour is acceptable, how we talk to each other and how we support • Parents not setting consequent boundaries and and love each other. discipline.

Compiled by Lt Col Gerber The created bully struggles to show empathy and doesn’t take other’s feelings into consideration. He/ she learns to blame others for his/her behaviour and takes no responsibility for any action. Bullies usually have high anxiety levels and experience a lot of frus-

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Never give up on your dreams.

Félicie is an orphan girl with a passion for dancing.

With the help of her best friend, Victor, she manages to escape from the Brittany orphanage and travel all the way to Paris, where many challenges and intriguing encounters await her.

Release date: 6 January 2017

Mom’s remember to vist the Featz website for printable activity pages. www.featzpublishing.com Scan and email us a picture from our website that your child coloured and stand a chance to win!

Include child’s name, age and a photo we may publish.

featzmags@gmail.com Subject: Kids

Conor O’Malley (Lewis MacDougall) is a young boy who tries to deal with the terminal illness of his mother (Felicity Jones) and the attacks by local school bully Harry (James Melville). One night, Conor encounters a “monster” (Liam Neeson) in the form of a giant humanoid yew tree who has come to tell him stories and soon begins to help Conor fix his unhappy life.

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