IMMA

Another week of work experience and it keeps getting better each week. I have really enjoyed myself this week as I went to a modern art museum in Dublin called 'Imma.' I went with my supervisor and three of the service users. My supervisor brought us there to encourage the service users with more creativity in art and the exhibition inspired me. I learned alot that day and it gave me opportunities for the future. After the exhibition, one of the staffs in 'Imma' informed me about a course I could take in the museum in a few months and it was something that I have a huge interest in. I was also given advice about picking careers and college courses.

When we got back to Crossroads, I went to drop the service users to their afternoon activities, Gym and Choir. 

At the end of the day, I was really proud of myself as my communication skill has been improved and I now remember all the names of the service users.



                             

Part Of Your World

First Year : Pink
Second Year : Purple
Third Year : Green
Transition Year : Yellow
Fifth Year : Blue
Sixth Year : Black and White

Our class decided to do our dance based on the name of our base class, 'Ariel.' Since we were yellow we played the role of flounders, our tutor was the shark and someone played Ariel. It was friendship week so we made our dance about friendship. The shark turned out to be friendly and wanted to be 'Part Of Our World.' We had a hard time putting our dance together as we didn't have enough time and some people in our class had to be somewhere but gladly at the end it was a success. At the end, we didn't win but the main important thing was to have fun.

Myself and everyone in class Ariel were road patrols during the walk. The class was divided into groups of two and were organised in different places where we had to perform our given task.

Work Experience

For my first work experience, I got a placement at the Crossroads Day Programme in the Celbridge Abbey. 

On my first day, I was nervous and excited at the same time. When I arrived at the place I met one of the staffs and I was introduced to the other staffs and service users. There were so many names I have to remember but hopefully I'll remember their names by the end of the month as I'm not very good with names. I started off with drawing and decorating for Halloween with the service users. Later on that day, I was given a proper introduction and I was shown around the place. I got to learn more about the service users and and their medication.

I had fun working with the service users and the staffs on my first day, and everyone was very kind and respectful. Being around them puts a positive energy in the room. And I am looking forward to the next day of work experience.

Carlingford

Day 1 - September 15th:

On that sunny Monday morning we left by 7 am as we had a long journey ahead of us and so that we could get our activities started. When we arrived in Carlingford, we were divided into two groups, group A and group B. Group A and group B did different activities and I was part of group A. We started our first activity of the day which was canoeing for group A while group B was kayaking. Afterwards, we headed back to the building and had our lunch and our next activity was the combat course where we did different challenges to gain gems. After the activities, we had a three hour break from 5 pm to 7 pm and we headed back out for a walk in the forest and we were blindfolded which was probably the highlight of my day. 

Day 2 - September 16th:

Our day started at 8 am and we headed back to the beach for our second water activity which was kayaking was more tiring than canoeing as we had to carry our own boat but it got better when we went on the trampoline and jumping off into the water. Our second and last activity of the day was laser tag. I was pretty disappointed because my laser gun wasn't working and I had to play along which was not fun. After a long-fun-tiring day, we headed our way home.

After all the activities that we've done, I've realised that the activities were all about group works and trust.