A study from Harvard has shown that relaxing music may lower blood pressure and heart rate after physical exertion. It can also improve mood and reduce anxiety and through bringing people together, can be an antidote to loneliness and social isolation.
Music ignites all areas of child development, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy. It helps the body and the mind work together. Exposing children to music during early development helps them learn the sounds and meanings of words.
This week one of our Young People creating his own music this week:
WOW! listen to the result……
Some of our primary students have been learning this week about the rainforest and who lives there today.
You may not like to wear a uniform in your job, but for some young people it helps them to feel a part of the team, a sense of belonging – giving them confidence when they feel comfortable in their environment. This smile says it all – welcome the newest member of the Pushforward Team!
Basic plumbing skills can be essential to some of our young people, a potential career opportunity. This is an assessment board of jointing different pipes and fittings
We took some of our youngest people to meet some beautiful horses today. They were able to feed Buttons and fill up his treat ball. They learnt all about nutrition for horses, about their skeletal structure and muscles. It was a great morning!
Its so important that our young people know how valuable the police and other emergency services are to us and the community and this is one young man that will never forget his amazing experience!
We took a walk through the woods today. Our Young People can find wonder in all sorts of things. Today we categorised things, sticks, stones, things which had fallen from trees and measured the items in each category. Then we made predictions about the measurements and which were bigger or smaller. We then used the measurements to work out how much the objects were bigger or smaller by. See Maths can be fun!
Cooking is a big part of the education for young people, it encompasses so many learning life skills, from measuring, reading, cooking, hygiene and of course the eventual eating! This week some of our young people learned how to use a potato peeler for the first time. For some of us this may seem strange, but for many young people they are not shown how to use tools in the kitchen. We bring fun to cooking!
We started the day with an activity of our young person’s choosing, he chose to continue the imaginary game he had been playing with his friend the day before. They reminded each other of the rules they had decided the previous day. They were given an activity focusing on the layers of the rainforest, at first our young person was a little resistant but once he started he appeared to really enjoy the activity. He was able to remember the different layers and identify the different animals who habitat in each of the layers. Later in the afternoon we had a discussion about what carnival in Brazil looks like and why they celebrate with a carnival. Next we are looking to make a mask for the carnival, he appeared to enjoy this activity. Some really great engagement from our young people today – learning through play.
Such a lovely picture. One of our older students supporting a younger student to explore random acts of kindness by handing out flowers to members of the public.