Author: adam@studio55.ie

St Patrick’s Day

Clients in the Blackstone enjoyed learning about St Patrick.  We completed worksheets, and did different arts and crafts pieces which we then displayed on our noticeboard.  

Seed Planting

Clients at the Centre have enjoyed planting seeds to grow over the coming months. Seeds we have planted include: Cabbage, Peas, Peppers, Sunflowers, Dahlias, Carrots, Beetroot, Squash, Cucumber, Pumpkin, Cherry tomato, St Pierre tomato, Moneymaker tomato, Begonias, Marigolds, Basil, Parsley, Coriander,  California poppy & Geraniums.  

Valentines Wreath

We repurposed our Christmas wreath for Valentine’s Day. We drew and cut out hearts from paper, foam sheets and added artificial flowers. We then attached them to our wreath and displayed in our key group area for the month of February. “This was brilliant”.    

Happy Valentine’s Day

Clients enjoyed celebrating Valentines Day taking part in different activities: Arts & Crafts- made flowers and animals out of heart shapes Learnt facts about Valentines day Valentines themed worksheets Valentines Bingo

Pancake Day

On Tuesday 13th February we enjoyed learning about Pancake day (Shrove Tuesday). We completed worksheets on this and then we went to the Kitchen and made are very own pancakes with our favourite toppings.  

National chopstick day

Clients in the Blackstone enjoyed learning the history about chopsticks. We watched a clip on YouTube on how to use them, then we all had a go ourselves trying to lift different items from around the room. It was great fun, but a lot harder than what we thought.  

Wordsearch Day

Clients created a blank grid using our laptop to create their own wordsearch for national wordsearch day in January, once they had their grids everyone chose a theme and wrote a list of associated words that were then transferred to their blank grid. Once everyone had completed their grids we swapped with our friends and […]

Bowling art back drop

We created a backdrop for when we play bowling and boccia. We used a piece of cardboard and painted a bowling alley scene. Each of us then decorated a bowling pin which was then added to the carboard. It’s now like playing at a bowling alley and we use this as a visual guide to […]

Centre Closures for 2024

New Year’s: Monday 1st January St Patrick’s Day: Monday 18th March Easter: Monday 1st April & Tuesday 2nd April. May Day: Monday 6th May July: Friday 12th July Summer: Monday 5th August – Friday 9th August (Inclusive) Training Week: Monday 7th Oct – Friday 11th Oct (Inclusive) Christmas: Tuesday 24th Dec – Wednesday 1st Jan […]