Week 6

We welcomed a guest visitor this week; Julia Parker. Julia is a Neurodevelopmental Therapist. Julia assesses developmental milestones of 0 - 5 year olds, identify's strength and problem areas and then provides advice and treatment to help them reach their milestones. Julia works with premature babies (born before 32 weeks) and children with Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome, Spina Bifida, Autism and unspecified developmental delay.
She began by running through how the brain develops in neutro and then explained the different developmental stages for babies and toddlers. She discussed, amongst other things, the importance of crawling (balance, working left and right side of brain) and why babies cry when you leave the room (They think you won't come back!) She then ran through the Bailey 111 Assessment test, which is the test she performs on her patients to see where their area of need is. I am pleased to say everyone at The ODC passed!!!





Betty made something very special for the Tuesday Class.....tzungtzu, in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival that happens on the 5 th day of the 5th month....on the Chinese calendar.

Most people gave it a try. I did and thought it was delicious! This tasty dish consists of rice dumplings with meat and peanuts. It is then wrapped in bamboo leaves and steamed.

















NO Jacqui on Wedne sday, so out came the chess boards!!!

Wednesday's Shakespeare group read through their with scenes from MacBeth, ready for recording next week!