What can I say!? Hectic week no.2!
The work that the OT's are working to facilitate in the school is starting to make more sense; although both of us have many thoughts on the ways in which the lessons are carried out and what we'd do differently.
We're going to be planning some lessons this week and co-facilitating them so we'll have a change to try some different things out and see what works.
Gail and I went to the community projects in the local township that we're going to be helping out with over the next few months. As I mentioned in last weeks' post I'm in a disability home for age 20 upwards. Those are very exciting, stressful times! In terms of the disability home, as with many residental homes across the globe, there is a great sense of lethargy which means I'm a little short on ideas for activity groups which will include everyone.
If things go to plan....I'll be painting with the residents this week :) They were certainly very open and happy to chat to a young, over-exuberant Brit last week, and a lot more of them understand and can converse in English than I realised which was a nice discovery!
I hope that my determination to get them involved and to keep a grin on my face will get them involved this week!
The adolescent drug rehabilitation centre opens this week! We haven't really been told what the plan is for our involvement is; I'm not even sure that that plan even exists so I'm looking forward to seeing the centre and hopefully get involved very soon.
We're also hopefully going to be involved in a drama therapy workshop which is being run this Fri/Sat? which I'm excited about.
I haven't done any drama (properly) since the end of my formal drama training three years ago when I reached the heady position of Katticus (LVCM)
Not that the workshop will involve learning lines or any of these enthralling activities but I'm hoping I can test out how rusty I may or may not be with characterisation etc!
Some people might tell you I am an effortless drama queen and centre stage person...
And although I'm not shy about being over-friendly with exaggeration and laughter if the truth be told I'm more of the supporting actress type...
I digress...(you're welcome..)
We went to a school staff meeting on Thursday which thoroughly cemented that workplace politics are the same anywhere around the world, they just have different faces and personalities!
Met up with a friend from Cardiff and her family on Thursday evening who are on holiday in SA at the moment and had a lush Thai meal :) certainly cleared the politics out of my mind!
This weekend has been fun; I got to go to Mugg and Bean (yes mate!) and saw Step 3 (again!) i just love love love all the dancing and music and limp wristed storyline!
We did those things coz it was RAINING (not just raining....)
We have a new housemate and are spending some time with another student who works at the school we're at - so i best go and crack on with the work that I didn't do at the end of this week because I lost focus and it was an emotionally intense day on Friday.
I think I'm going to almost-end every post on this blog with the following statement because I say it least once a day anyways!....I love Table Mt!!
Peace out x
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