Thursday March 2nd 2017

Hi There,

Have we got some stuff to tell you!

First of all, for those of you that missed the diary dates from last week..

Monday 20th March: Marquisway will be closed all day as it is a staff training day.


Friday 7th April: Marquisway Disco. We will give you more information next week or please check out last weeks BLOG as it is available there.


Friday 14th April and Monday 17th April: Easter Bank Holidays, Marquisway will be closed on both days.


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We have now had our new Ball Pool installed. It's excellent, it's really big. It has lights that change colour in line with the connected music system.
Here are some photographs to show us trying it out.

Bloggers, Christine and Brenda checking out the Ball Pool!

Stacey was the first to climb in the pool. She said that she really enjoyed the experience.

..the next time we looked, Ged, member of staff, couldn't resist trying it out too!

We will keep you updated on what everyone thinks. We are very proud and excited about the Autism suite.

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Archery Tournament

The archers took part in the Bowmen of Backworth  competition on Saturday. It was a Portsmouth shoot of 60 arrows over 20 yards.

Despite being so cold they could hardly hold the bow;

 

Jemma Robison – Gold

Janet Hall- Silver

Andrew Dodds- Bronze

 

Every one had a great day.

 

Well done to everyone, great results for our athletes.

                                         

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Still on the Special Olympic theme, something slightly different!

Our Special Olympic Athletes have recorded the 1982 England World Cup football song. It has been given a new lease of life as the theme tune for the Northern Region Special Olympic 2017 National Games. The Games will take place in Sheffield this August. Everyone has had lots of fun with this musical project.

The song is being launched tomorrow with a special performance. We are also having a VIP coming along. The Newcastle United legend himself... Kevin Keegan!

                                           The man himself when he played for the 'Toon'

                          and again when he returned to manage the 'Toon' aka The Entertainers!

     He's bound to receive a very warm, Marquisway welcome!

                                                    (We're all so excited!)

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We are going to be bringing you our regular feature of the Makaton sign of the week.

 TO SWIM

1. Place palms together in front of you.

2. Move hands forward away from you.

3. Turn palms outwards.

4. The draw your arms back, with palms still facing out, as if you were really swimming the breaststroke at the baths.


Many thanks to our Blogger, Brenda, for providing the demonstration.


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Other things of interest...


We have received a flyer about a coffee morning at

 

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Also for your information...

Shona Tong, dep Manager, had a meeting with the Marketing Director, Nic Bohanna, at MOD Pizzas in the Metro Centre. He is keen for people who have Autism and/or a Learning Disability to use his restaurant so he is working towards holding Autism friendly nights throughout the weekto link in with the Autism friendly screenings at the Cinema. You can find out more at www.modpizza.co.uk.

You can find the restaurant in

The Qube,

 intu Metro Centre 

Gateshead.

NE11 9XG

Tel: 0191 460 0849

Shona will keep us updated.

 

That's it for this week, hope you enjoyed the BLOG. We will have loads of piuctures of KK next week and will hopefully be able to upload the song or perhaps the link to mbe able to hear the song.

The Bloggers.