Christmas party

 Had a good Christmas lunch with my friends at arohanui , and got an awesome new James bond shirt . -MN 

Sydenham Park

 We went on an outing to Sydenham park to check on the different plants. It was good to get out and enjoy the sunshine. There weren’t any avocados or apples ready so we will have to come back next year. 

MB 

Outing

 I love Santa in my life. TA

Computers

 

A bit of elvis in the morning always gets me going. I love listening to music during my computer sessions

KB

Acting and roleplay

 

I loved reading Christmas songs and stories with my best friends. It was lots of fun

KB

Literacy and numeracy

 

I really enjoyed doing sign language with my friends. I was really good once I saw it and I could model the hands. I learnt so much

KB

Literacy and numeracy

 I love mum and I loved writing a card and making a christmas card for her

KB

Lifeskills

 

I enjoyed how learning how to relax and some new stretches. It was a super chill afternoon 

KB

Computers/Ipads

 

I enjoyed listening to Elvis on YouTube today. EB

Cooking

 

Today we had loads of fun making hash browns and salad, using veggies from the garden and making our own dressing. EB

Acting and roleplay

 

I did great reading about the cranky crinkly griny granny dinky donkey today and ,asking hee haw sounds. It was lots of fun

KB

Literacy and numeracy

 

I enjoyed making a Christmas card today, choosing my colours and colouring in the ornaments. Lots of fun. Next week we will write in it

KB

Circability Event!

This week my outing group and I went to the Circability event art the youth centre. It was so exciting to see Rowan and all our friends. There was an active area and a quiet sensory area. I got a tattoo. 

Lifeskills

 

In lifeskills we talked about what we have learnt, I worked my ideas on the white board and then we chatted about we can look after ourselves by relaxing

KB

Cooking

 

Today we had fun making Sweet corn fritters. EB

Acting and roleplay

 

I love when we do emotions in acting and roleplay and I mention how often I stomp when I'm annoyed or angry. But I love being happy more than anything 

KB

Guys Pampering session

 Today I learnt about shaving, deodorants,antiperspirants, aftershaves and colognes. I tried warm facial towels, moisturiser, and cucumber slices on my eyes.i had a foot spa and tried an eye mask. A great relaxing Friday.DG

 

Literacy and numeracy

 

I did some cool work looking for letter beads and spelling out a really cool sentence for my special people, it was lots of fun

KB

Lifeskills

 

Today we had a big conversation about how we stay safe when we are walking outside, and mentioned how to cross roads safely, not looking at our phone and that we stay with the person you are walking with

Kb

Woodwork

 Creating new planting boxes for our garden 🪴 to put our bulbs in. CR

Fluffies

 Today we went out to the new cafe at the historic village and got fluffies! It was lovely to sit in the nice chairs and enjoy the ambiance. The fluffies were yum!

Acting and roleplay

 

I was a handsome prince today and I said caring, but we wrote careful, so my prince had to tiptoe through the castle 

KB

Writing

 

Today in creative writing I wrote a story about Jake who woke up invisible and knew he would be the best secret agent ever.

Kb

Outing/inside

 So much fun singing my heart out karaoke style on a rainy day.TA

Cooking

 Today I helped cook an omelette!  We added silverbeet and kale from the garden, along with grated cheese, then sprinkled it with chives. It tasted great. EB

Acting and roleplay

 

I really enjoyed reading jokes and riddles and tongue twisters with my friends. We are doing an awesome job working on my reading skills 

KB

Formed a band

 

Music on Friday was one of the best EVER! We made a band and performed covers to the best songs!

I chose to be on the keys.

-NJ

Literacy

 

We wrote words today and added them together to make a fun story. I really enjoyed this and can't wait to make more fun stories in the future. I wrote lots of fun names

KB

Circability

 Having Fun with the circus games learning a new trick or two.TA

Lifeskills

 

I like doing lifeskills with my friends, it was lots of fun talking about ideas about our health. I did some awesome writing these ideas down

KB

Computers/IPads

 

I listened to Elvis Presley on YouTube today. I loved the songs so much that I sang out loud. EB

Acting and roleplay

 

I loved reading the different poems and the sounds in the book. I was really enjoying the rythem of the poem. Then when we moved on to doing animal charades I did an awesome job with fun sounds to identify different animals. It was great fun

KB

Sports fun

A fun sports session practicing our 'FREEZE'. Pass the ball, musical statues and also green light red light. Such fun!

-NJ

 

Keeping our bodies healthy 🍏

Today in life skills we talked about all the ways we keep our bodies healthy. We talked about exercise, diet and sleep. I can move my body everyday! I can eat different types of foods to fuel my body! I can rest! 🍏🤸‍♀️

 

Matapihi Bridge

  I love going for walks out in the sunshine! It’s good to get out and about with my friends. 

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Connect 20!

  Drinks all round at Connect 20! So good to catch up and have a yarn. 🍻

Acting and roleplay

 

I enjoyed reading the funny Dr Seuss poems and rhyming words. I got really comfortable reading them in the poetic rythem 

KB

Lifeskills

 

We were talking and writing about emotions today. I mentioned that sometimes we feel happy and brave. We had some good conversations about how feeling all emotions are good, but we need to know how to react with our feelings 

KB

Computers/Ipads

 

I sang along to Elvis Presley on YouTube today. EB

Weaving Exhibition

Today we went to the weaving exhibition near the historic village. It was amazing. I was impressed with all the amazing crafts. We met the students and teachers who did all the work. It was fun walking around and looking at everything.

 

Acting and roleplay

 

I loved showing off how to be a Buffalo. I made sure it was an American Buffalo rather than an African Buffalo. It was great doing animal charades with my friends

KB

Botanical Gardens

 

 Today I had a lovely outing to the botanical and Rose gardens. We were looking at the beautiful orchids and choosing our favourites. We also looked at the planes taking off. 

Acting and roleplay

 

I enjoyed making different characters with puppets, i love the name Micheal. Everyone got called it

KB