Thursday 11th August 2016


Welcome back to our BLOG.


Team 2 and 3 went on their summer trip to Walworth Castle, near Darlington, for a Bird of Prey Display. They had a brilliant day out and thought that you would like to know about it in case you are looking for ideas of things to do.
It costs £6.50 admission, £4.50 for carers.
There is a restaurant within the Hotel. (If you forget your picnic!)
Accessibility for wheelchairs wasn't brilliant but this is a work in progress.
Definitely worth a visit.
Open from 10.30 am with Birds of Prey flying displays at 1.30 and 3pm. For the brave amongst you there is even an opportunity to hold the birds or have them fly over you! See photo's!!

A great day was had by everyone

Blogged by Norman


Speaking of Birds of Prey... Did you know that we have a regular visitor to Marquisway in the shape of 'Sparkle' ?


Meet Sparkle

This is Sparkle, sitting with our Blogger, Christine!

This is Sparkle enjoying all the attention when she visited us today!Sparkle is a young Barn Owl, she belongs to a member of staff from Marquisway Bungalow, John Candlish. He has other Birds of Prey too and if you were at our fair then you would have had the opportunity to meet them. We will have some of those photo's for you soon. In the meantime, if you would like to know more about Birds of Prey, John has photo's and information on his website. We'll let you know when they will be visiting us again.


www.jcraptorexperience.online


Blogged by Christine


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We would like to extend a warm, friendly welcome to 2 new people that are starting at Marquisway. Nathan and Robbie, Robbie is joining Team 3 in September and Nathan will be joining Team 4 from next week.




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Makaton Signs of the week


We have 2 signs for you this week, they're quite easy to learn as, if you've ever eaten either of them you'll already have mastered the signs! 


APPLE

 

1. Pretend that you are holding an apple.
2. Take a pretend bite out of the apple. (The hand that you are holding the apple in should rotate by around 45' to demonstrate the bite action.)




Banana

1. Pretend that you are holding a banana.
2. Using your other hand, pretend to peel 2 strips of the banana skin downwards.


(Thanks to Peter and Christine for their demonstration)




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and finally.....

Don't forget that Marquisway will be closed on Monday 22nd August 2016 until Tuesday 30th August 2016 for the second of summer holiday weeks.


See you next time


The Bloggers.

4th August 2016


Hi and welcome back to our Blog,


A couple of reminders for you,


First

Marquisway summer BBQ is on Thursday 11th August.

It is for those of us that are lucky enough to attend Marquisway Resource Center and is always a good event. (especially when the weather is warm and sunny!) 

If you normally bring in a packed lunch but would like to

have BBQ food instead there will be a cost of £3.45.

Secondly,

Don't forget that Marquisway will be closed for our second summer break, week commencing Monday 22nd August until Tuesday 30th August.



We're all looking forward to the rest!

Blogged by S.Dalton

Special Olympic update

Cycling news



 

SPECIAL OLYMPICS GB 2016 NATIONAL CYCLING COMPETITION

 23^rd /24^th JULY 2016

TAMESIDE CYCLE CIRCUIT, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, TAMESIDE, OL79HG

This was a national competition with teams coming from Surry to the Isle of Man so competition was tough !

Gateshead Tyne and Wear Special Olympics

Medals :

Gold – Andrew Knox 1km Road Race Division2

Gold – Lee Marshall 10km Time Trial Division 3

Gold – Lee Marshall 5km Time Trial Division 3

Gold - Terry Jennings 3km Road Race Division1

Gold – Richard Young 500m Road Race Division 1

Gold – Richard Young 1km Road Race Division 1

Bronze – Terry Jennings 5km Time Trial Division 1

4th place – Steven Clarkson 5km Time Trial Division 1

4^th place – Steven Clarkson 3km Road Race Division 1

This was a fantastic result for the team. Here are some photographs of the team.

Well done to everybody concerned.

Blogged by P. Smith

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Great news too from the Angling 4 All group...

Congratulations to Angling 4 All, who have won the Jack Charlton Disabled Angling Association competition team event for the second year running.

A superb achievement for the club and members.

Anyone interested in fishing please contact John Aisbitt 4336080 or Kevin McCartney/Richie Clark 4336541

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Feedback from our Summer Fair.

Massive thanks to everyone who supported our fundraising efforts again this year. We raised a huge £850 which will go into our amenities fund.


Blogged by N. Stephenson


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One of our Bloggers left Marquisway last week, Sally-Anne is off to pastures new! We would like to wish her well in her new ventures and hope that she comes back to visit us.


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We have some very sad news to share with you.


On 28th June, Michelle Maddison passed away. We were all very upset when we heard. She will be greatly missed.

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On 22nd July, we received the news that Allan Cumberland had passed away suddenly. Allan had left Marquisway earlier this year. He was one of our "characters".

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Our deepest sympathies go to Michelle and Allan's families.


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Signing off for this week


Your Blogging Team