Being out of my chair five times a week for my health and wellbeing gives me so many wonderful opportunities to explore, relax, and have fun. During my community outings, I visited The Warehouse to look at sensory items, explored Bayfair shopping mall, and attended a People First meeting to discuss Matariki and what it means to each individual. My sensory time was full of comforting moments, like leaning back in my chair for a warm foot spa, getting a gentle hand massage on the bed while listening to beach sounds and feeling seashells, using headphones to watch fruit sensory videos, and helping paint our sensory room wall hand-over-hand. I also loved staying active and celebrating with others by dancing in my chair at iDance and concert practice, enjoying yummy banana cake at our Matariki shared lunch, and spending all day at work in my PJs for a pajama party complete with games and the movie Mr. Ed.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
June update
Welcome to my June update! On my community outings, I visited the Papamoa Library on the day they were celebrating 20 years, to explore the sensory room, view the art gallery, and listen to a Hairy Maclary story read in Te Reo Māori. I also helped with the studio shopping at Te Puke New World, joined a community walk through Bayfair, and went to Maketu Beach this morning to watch the sea and the birds. In Tauranga, I visited the beautiful Fairy Garden to see the fairies, blow bubbles, explore sensory props, and paint a fairy door. For my sensory sessions, I enjoyed a foot spa, a head massage, a hand massage with soft music, and a water-pouring activity. While resting in bed, I listened to relaxing music through my headphones, and I also stayed busy by helping make a textured sensory board and using hand-over-hand painting to a big box that would look like a speaker for our annual concert coming up.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Sensory
While I was out of my chair I had a beautiful relaxing massage on my feet and listening to soft relaxing music
