Posts

June Update

Image
  This has been a very busy and exciting month. I have been out and about travelling to Farmers at Tauriko, visiting the Rose Gardens, the Waikareo Walkway and a look around the Toi O Homai campus.  We had an amazing Masquerade ball. It was a very special day with the girls wearing their pretty ball gowns and the men in suits and ties. We all wore a mask. Some were made and others were brought. They all looked amazing. We had a DJ called Mark who came dressed in the theme and a mystery quest arrived and we had to guess who it was. Surprise! It was Cassie who was an ex-staff member. We had a mocktail which was coloured blue. On my I Gaze computer I have been looking up Taylor Swift, Nursery Rhymes and animals on the farm.  My music sessions are always fun. We explored music from the nineties, reggae and we all shared our favourite songs.  I enjoyed dressing a teddy bear, choosing pretty fabrics and playing with paper dolls, attaching their different clothes. In our gi...

May Updates

Image
This month I had a lovely outing visiting the Decor Garden Centre. It was a lovely day with the sun shining and the leaves rustling in the gentle breeze. I met a really cute bird among the beautiful plants and flowers.I visited Farmers at the Crossing to try out and test some new fragrances. My favourite fragrance was one created by Dior. It was called Addict. I helped out in the community by going to Merrivale Community Gardens where I watered the gardens. It’s lovely to be out in the sunshine in these Autumn months. In music I have enjoyed music from around the world. Scottish music was fun. I found the bagpipes to be very interesting and they had an unusual unique sound. I also explored American music and of course my favourites were Taylor Swift and Shawn Mendes. We visited Italy next with a lot of romantic music like “Amore” which is a lovely ballad. It’s so great to get out of my wheelchair and relax on the bean bags while enjoying a foot massage and listening to my favourite Ta...

A very special guest

Image
  Today we had a very special guest come to talk with us. Devon Briggs, the para-cyclist who is a world champion at cycling in the velodrome. He brought in his medals and bicycle and talked about his racing. EB

Music

Image
 We have been going all around the world for music and today we explored American music and artists. My favourite was Shawn Mendez and of course Taylor Swift! - TR

Sock puppet

Image
 Today for abilities unleashed we made sock puppets, and had a puppet show. AN 

Outing

Image
  It was very nice to go to the community garden and water our plants. It was a lovely sunny day. Gv

Outing

Image
 It was very nice trying some different fragrance at farmer's today.TA