??Our Weather Project ☁⛈
Coming into Autumn brings some of our favourite weather , stormy and windy! Whilst some of us prefer the sunshine, snow or rain… We decided to do a project on the weather and the different types of weather that we see through the different months of the year. We researched why different types of weather […]
Art Therapy – Week 1 at Aghalee Village Hall
The Blackstone group have started a 6 week Art Therapy course run by Nikki ( Empathy Creations) Funded by Aghalee Village Hall . We started off the first workshop by completing a worksheet on the colour wheel, the importance of colour around us including primary, secondary colours, warm and cool colours, and what colours to […]
? Sweet to the Beat ?
Music has always featured prominently in the range of activities we deliver at the Centre and so we were delighted to receive the generous donation of a range of percussion instruments from Sean and Bernie Toner. In our experience, there have been numerous therapeutic benefits for the clients through drumming and percussion activities and this […]
Bead Making Workshop
A group of clients from the Blackstone thoroughly enjoyed going up to Aghalee Village Hall to take part in a bead making workshop run by Nikki Terlik (Empathy Creations) which was funded by Aghalee Village Hall. Take a look at the pictures to see us making our necklaces from clay.
Human Body Project
The Blackstone group have enjoyed learning about the human body. We used the ipad to find out what all the different organs do and how they function within the body. We made a cardboard cutout of a body -Amanda offered to lie down so we could draw round her and used this as the template, […]
Autumn
Tying in with our Autumn wreath project, we decided to try leaf rubbing using crayons. We collected different sizes and types of leaves from our garden to use for our project and different colours in order to create our wreaths. We chose from brown, yellow, green and orange crayons to give that Autumnal look. We […]
?Boom Strutt Demo ?
The group enjoyed a Brass Band Drum Demonstration. Boom Strutt is a New Orleans second line brass band. Jo gave a demo of ‘Oh when the saints’ and everybody had great fun having a go themselves.
The Beeches Craft Barn Brochure
Halloween 1 Wall hanging: width 10cms, length 45cms – £10 2 Spooky tealight/sweet holders (tealight/sweets not included) – £3 (small), £5 (large) 3 Pumpkin/Spooky House design can be placed on either size jar – please specify. Wooden tealight holder: 10cms x 10cms x 10cms – £4 each Available in any of the […]
?Express Yourself Art Session ?
The Activity Room key group have been expressing their artistic skills with some Fine Art sessions, using pencil drawings as a base we have been interpreting what we each think these drawings should look like with colours added in different textures. We have used pencils and paint to add in some vibrancy to our chosen […]
Regional Day Care Service Provision
We have been asked to circulate the letter copied below to all our families using our service. The letter is from Suzanne Collins at The Patient and Client Council and her contact detail are also included. “Good morning, You will be aware via the regional meeting on 15th July, that The Department of Health has tasked […]