Monday, 19 January 2015

Gruffalo!

Outside the Oasis, running along the bottom of the wall are some lovely tactile character pictures from the story 'The Gruffalo'.
 


 
At this week's VIP club the children were re-told the story of 'The Gruffalo' and then asked to make their own Gruffalo using collage and 'smelly' pens.
 

Once complete, the children then re-enacted a new version of the story staring their Gruffalo.


For our Reg. Blind children, listening to their friends description was reinforced with some tactile exploration.

 
 There were some scary warts....
 

...and some prickly prickles!
 


 
Older and younger pupils all took part, and thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to mix and share ideas.
 
 
 

Symbol cane

One of our younger pupils received a symbol cane today. While out and about you may have seen one of these, denoting that the person holding it is partially sighted. The training for carrying a symbol cane begins nice and early, so that it becomes second nature to the pupil.
Sharing the new symbol cane with Mr Hayman.
Showing how it all goes together!