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July Update

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Kia ora everyone, welcome to my July update. I’ve just received my new day plan for the next six months, and I can't wait for all the fun activities coming up. I’ve been spending time in the kitchen lately and like to consider myself a great assistant cook. I helped make a delicious banana cake by mashing up the bananas in a bowl, and I even helped make an apple pie completely from scratch, from rolling out the pastry to stewing the apples. To celebrate Matariki, we held a shared lunch at the studio, and I brought along a platter of steamed pudding that my aunty made. It was a massive hit with all my friends. We’ve also been working hard for weeks on revamping our sensory door. If there’s one big lesson we’ve learnt along the way, it’s to never use adhesive door decor. They are so tricky to remove however the great news is that after two coats of fresh white paint, the door is looking fantastic again. One of the activities I really enjoy doing is I.C.T (Information, communication a...
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June update

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  June was a massive month for me, and I did so much! The highlight was definitely my day trip to Rotorua. I went for a hikoi in the Redwoods, which felt a bit long, but I absolutely loved playing Lumberjack mini golf at Motion Entertainment with my friends afterwards. I also went to Fairy Village day at the Historical Village. It was super hectic with so many people in costumes, so I was really relieved when it was time to sit down for lunch. If you ever visit, you should definitely check out the latest fairy garden there. Another big moment was my Individual Personal Plan meeting. I told the staff I was nervous, but with Aunty Jolene there to support me, I got through it. I chose all my goals and I am really looking forward to the next 12 months at Arohanui. I have also been spending a lot of time in the kitchen and feel like my confidence is growing. I helped peel apples for an apple crumble, prepared carrots and celery for a veggie soup, and measured out butter and sugar for a ...
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May Update: Hip Hip Hooray

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The past few weeks have been full of great projects and community activities, keeping everyone at the studio happily moving from one task to the next.  In the Flavour Lab, we focused on acts of kindness by baking a delicious batch of sweet and spicy Ginger Crunch for the team at Paper Plus. This was our way of saying a massive thank you to them for their wonderful support and their ongoing magazine donations to our studio. While we enjoyed some pikelets with jam and cream ourselves, gifting that homemade Ginger Crunch was the perfect way to show our appreciation. Back in the studio, I also completed our final healthy relationships session, which was all about staying safe on the internet. Since I absolutely love surfing the web on my iPad, this was incredibly helpful and taught me exactly what to look out for so I can explore online with confidence. Lately, the Rebuilders Club has been keeping me super active as we work on revamping our sensory room. It needs a little bit of TLC, s...
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Performing arts and flavour lab

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Helping to paint the props for my concert coming up.Im painting the box to look like a big speaker. Helping to make some yummy Ginger crunch to give to paper plus for acts of kindness.  
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Idance

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Having a dance at idance with my friends.Im always happy when I’m dancing with my friends.  
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I dance session

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Having a nice dance with my friends at I dance today and learning new dance moves. I’m very happy when I come to i dance to see my friends.  
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Idance

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Here I am dancing with my friends at Idance and learning new dance moves.  
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