Today is National Pizza Day. The Villa Group at the Centre enjoyed making soda bread pizza’s with our favourite toppings; ham, cheese, pineapple, pepperoni, tomatoes. We also had great fun drawing pizzas that we coloured in.
Clients at the Centre have been busy taking part in different Valentines activities including: Making Valentines Cards Valentines Crafts – what we like about each other Valentines Bingo Listening to music
During art therapy with Nikki ( funded by Aghalee Village Hall) clients enjoyed learning about chakra’s and made a chakra bracelet with crystals and lava beads.
For our Arctic Project we made cloud foam dough. We used cornflour and shaving foam. We put the dough into the freezer for a few hours. It was freezing cold when we took it out! We used it as icebergs for the Arctic animal figures. It was really fun.
Clients have been really enjoying music groups with Hannah, which have been funded by our local Aghalee Village Hall. So far we have enjoyed singing, listening to the guitar, playing percussion instruments, movement to music, hello/goodbye songs, and each group are having fun composing our own songs.
We have all enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year, this year 2023 is the Year of the rabbit which was celebrated on 22nd January. Clients enjoyed learning facts; it is celebrated for 15 days, bases around changes in the moon, children get red envelopes with money inside, mandarin oranges are given
The clients at the Centre have enjoyed creating their own sensory stories, making props and recording these stories. All clients that took part received a certificate. Stories we have done are: Cinderella & The Hunchback Of Notre Dame The 3 little pigs , the big bad wolf & the wicked witch Laura
Some clients at the Centre enjoyed planning a cookery session this week. We discussed what we would like to make and the ingredients we needed for Potato & Leek soup accompanied with Egg & Onion Sandwiches. It tasted great even if we do say so ourselves.
The Beeches Resource Centre – Centre Closure for 2023 New Year’s: Monday 2nd January St Patrick’s Day: Friday 17th March Easter: Monday 10th April & Tuesday 11th April. May Day: Monday 1st May July: Wednesday 12th July Summer: Monday 24th July – Friday 4th August (Inclusive) Training Week: Monday 2nd Oct –
We have enjoyed our art therapy sessions with Nikki from empathy creations, which has been funded by Aghalee Village hall. We made Christmas tree decorations, key rings, and star boxes/trays.
During the month of December we have enjoyed taking part in various different Christmas activities including: Putting up Decorations 3d Christmas cards Reindeer crafts Christmas worksheets and word searches Visit from Dasher the reindeer Christmas Carol Singers Christmas quiz Christmas Cookery Christmas movie days Christmas bingo Christmas sing song Made Christmas Wreaths
Clients from the Blackstone Key Group have been working hard on a ‘Birds of the World Project’, this has taken a few months to complete as using the lap top and iPad we have been researching facts about: Penguins Parrots Peacocks Ducks Ostriches The group did an amazing job of using their
