Three: First Facilitation

First Leading Session Plan (1 HOUR 20)

Why have you chosen these activities?

Pass The Object: We chose to do a sensory activity as we believe that it will allow them to use the senses that they are in control of. Touch. We have heard from Andy that sensory activities generally get a positive response from the kids as they enjoy being in control. This should make the kids feel like they are the leader.

White Sheet Painting: We chose to do this activity as it allows the kids to be creative, yet also be sensory with paints. Whereas with the pass the object game, they will be doing a sensory activity but they won't get something visually created from it. Whereas this will be something visual they can see after they’ve created it. This should hopefully get a positive response.

Dark Room With Music and Lights: This is designed to calm the students down as music and darkness is used by the staff regularly after intense period for the kids. The yhave a sensory room soothing lights and comfortable plush toys for them relax. This will hopefully make the children calmer after the sensory activities as they can get very excited from them.

RUSH: This activity will be a physical activity. By causing th students wheelchairs to go fast, the kids will become excited and happy. This game is commonly used in special needs schools as I asked a friend of mine who is a teacher. Supposedly they react very well to this game and are very familiar with its rules.

RUSH! (15 minutes) 

Rush is a game where in a group, someone will call out a number and the class must arrange themselves to get into a group of that number. Carers will have to move the students around in the wheelchairs.

Example: "groups of five!", the children will get into a group of five.

This will require more space, a hall or larger.

(Break 5 minutes to calm down) 

PASS THE OBJECT! (30 minutes)

We will supply a box of objects, that the students can pass around and can touch. 

- plush toy

- shaming foam

- bubble wrap 

- feathers 

-sponges

WHITE SHEET PAINTINGS (45 minutes) 

Large white sheet of paper placed on a table. The students will sit and put their hands in the paint and play around on the paper with the paint, experiencing the change in colours. We can then layer glitter, pom poms and fabric cleaners on top.

OPTIONAL TASK:

DARK ROOM WITH MUSIC AND LIGHTS (15 minutes) 

Get the students in a circle and sit in the darkness and play music that calming and experiments with ranges of sound. In the centre of the circle we will place a small disco ball.