my trip to newick house school...

Today I visited the children at newick house school... the very children who will benefit from our hard work and fund raising efforts.

It is difficult to understand how challenging it is to teach these children theeveryday skills we take for granted. For example, controlling the pitch and volume of your voice, reacting to everyday external stimuli such as the sound of a lawn mower, understanding the concept of time, or focusing (some of us are still working on that skill!). It is truly amazing how the teachers at Newick House instinctively behave and react to make these children feel safe and secure and able to learn.

Some of the things we experienced today...



The use of a sensory room to:
- teach distracted children how to write using black lighting and glow boards
- control the pitch of their voice through the use of coloured lights
- simply to calm down an agitated child who is hyper-sensitive to external stimuli.

Teachers using Makaton signing to help children develop their speech skills by associating a pictorial sign with words.

Stay tuned to hear more about my visit to newick house and meet some of the children who you will be helping...