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Josey Sharpe Occupational Therapy

Locality: Penrith, New South Wales

Phone: +61 405 526 831

Address: Suite 2, 20-22 Woodriff Street 2750 Penrith, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.joseysharpe.com.au/

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25.01.2022 Science and problem solving day 3. Today we made some volcanoes! First we followed a recipe to make playdough, we constructed a volcano using a glads bottle, foil and playdough, and then made them erupt with bicarb and vinegar. We explored how different combinations changed the reaction. Then we completed the next step in our tie-dye shirts, hanging them out to dry. ... Lastly we split into 2 groups to make balloon towers.

24.01.2022 Social Skills: year 2-4 Day 1 We have started learning the beginning of the SUPERFLEX curriculum and the Think Social strategies. ... Today we learnt about Hidden Rules and Expected and Unexpected Behaviour. We learnt that unexpected behaviours can make us feel uncomfortable. We also learnt that the world is full of hidden rules. There are hidden rules and expectations for just about everything! We also learnt that we need to look with our eyes, listen with our ears and think with our brains to make a smart guess. Making smart guesses about social situations is an important skill and can help us behave in expected ways.

23.01.2022 Science and Cooking group Day 2 Today we had fun making toasted sandwiches and for some of us it was tricky tasting things we might not usually taste. We had to follow instructions and butter our own bread and cut our ingredients. We also did a "walking water" experiment. It was fun watching the water mix colours. ... We coloured our shirts with dye we made from scratch - I'm so excited to see what they are going to look like. We also made marble paper. It was a colourful day!

21.01.2022 GROUPS JANUARY 2021 FOOD AND SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS PLEASE NOTE THIS GROUP TAKES PLACE IN GLENBROOK - 2773... Age: School Year 3+ Date: Monday 18th January to Thursday 21st January 2021 Time: 1pm 3pm Price: $680 For kids of all ages, the benefits of preparing food and doing fun science experiments are enormous. We have developed a cooking and science projects group to help develop many skills such goal-setting, planning, following instructions and problem-solving. These tasks also nurture intellectual curiosity, helping children acquire new ways of asking questions and understanding the world. Aims of this group: HAVE FUN!! Learn!! And most importantly MAKE A MESS! Make things go pop, bang and fizz. Working together to decide, prepare, plan and create. Following a recipe supports reading skills, listening skills, maths and sequencing. Develop problem solving skills. Enhance creativity and support decision making. Working together to create something delicious! Evaluating what worked and what didn’t.

21.01.2022 Day 3 of the Bushwalking and Bike Riding Group Today we combined bike riding and geocaching. Geocaching is kind of like an outdoor treasure hunt. There are sets of specific coordinates and you use a device to find the geocache (container) hidden at that specific location. Some caches are so well hidden and it's quite an achievement to find them. Others are a little easier. Some even have puzzles to solve to find out what the coordinates are. After finding 4 caches and ridin...g and scooting around we had some morning tea and then headed to the park. It's been lovely watching some sweet little friendships develop.

20.01.2022 Social Skills: Year 4-6 Day 3 This afternoon we learnt about unthinkables that create challenges with our emotional and behavioural regulation. ... These were Glass Man, who makes us have unnecessarily big emotional reactions to small problems, and Energy Hare-y who makes our bodies have too much energy so that we fidget, move around too much and have difficulty focusing. We discussed some strategies to defeat these unthinkables and this included making a stress ball and a fidget to go on the top of our pencils. We then finished our afternoon with a well earned game of celebrity heads.

20.01.2022 Social Skills: Year 2-4 Day 3 Today we learnt the final part of the We Think! curriculum; Sharing an Imagination and boy was that fun. We went on a hike and packed our back packs with all the essentials. We got to the top of the mountain but realised we left Josey behind . We needed to fetch her. So we threw her some rope and pulled her all the way up. We set up our tents and made a fire. One of our friends got burnt and needed the first aide kit - lucky we packed it.... We made some s'mores and tried to sleep but the mountain wolves kept us up. So many ideas shared and acted out. We played more clapping games and had to deal with the emotions of getting out. These are hard to cope with! We had lots of fun!!

20.01.2022 Day 1 and 2: Sensory Based Play For sensory based play on Monday we had fun getting to know each other with some craft, obstacle courses and we worked together to build a big train track. On Tuesday we made some playdough together and some puffy paint. We have slowly been getting to know our new friends and playing some more cooperative games together, taking turns and making plans. We worked together to build a duplo city.

20.01.2022 Day 4: Bushwalking Group 1 In the morning we took a bush walk down to Blue Pool in the National Park. We went for a swim and explored the waters edge. We survived the big hike up the hill and had enough energy left to do some bike riding around the village and to the local park. Thanks for sharing your kids with us this week. We hope they have all had fun.

20.01.2022 GROUPS JANUARY 2021 BUSH WALKING & BIKE RIDING GROUP PLEASE NOTE THIS GROUP TAKES PLACE IN GLENBROOK - 2773... Age: School Year 4+ Date: Monday 18th January to Thursday 21st January 2021 Time: 9am 12pm Price: $750 This group is aimed at putting our social skills to work in a fun, outdoors adventure. Over the 4 days we will do a short bush walk in the Glenbrook area, play in the park, go on a scavenger hunt, design and complete obstacle courses and have water play time. We will also work on bike riding skills. This is aimed at being an adventure focused group with a lot of time being spent active and working collaboratively.

19.01.2022 Day 2 Get set for School: preschool group We started the day with reading "The very sleepy bear" which the kids loved and we sang Rochelle's favourite song "Slippery Fish" with all the awesome actions. ... We played some more name games which included name word searches, finding names in rice and making our names out of buttons. We worked on threading and experimented playing with single hole punches. We practiced our ball skills and rolling skills. We also had an amazing time in the gym sharing an imaginative play idea that all the kids were involved with. We had another busy and fun morning.

18.01.2022 Our first Science and Cooking Group was a success! We made a mess and had fun doing so.

18.01.2022 Day 2: Bushwalking Group 2 Today we enjoyed our bushwalk around Glenbrook lagoon getting back just as the thunder began. We saw the ducks, played at the waters edge and squelched in some mud as well as swishing through some long grass. After some afternoon tea we finished our afternoon with leaf rubbing and play in the garden.

17.01.2022 Day 3 Skills Group K-2 The morning group was only small today but even though 3 of our friends were away we were still very busy. We hope our friends all return tomorrow! ... We tried a new game of noodle knots which was hard to remember to stay connected to each other. We challenged our visual motor integration skills with a find a word, colour by number and drawing activities (scratch art). Thanks for a fun day!

16.01.2022 ADL Group Day 3: Today our finger warm up activities included placing water beads into balloons and funnels with our fingers, painting up and down on a vertical surface, and squeezing open a tennis ball with a slot to put beads in one by one with our fingers. We then did a lot of practising with our cutlery. We put our fork and knife on the correct marks to cut the banana and played musical statues with cutting grapes (to practise putting down and picking up our cutlery the correct way)!

16.01.2022 Social Skills Group Day 1: Years 4-6 Today we were introduced to the concept of using our brain to think about our social smarts. ... After that we were introduced to the social thinking curriculum which highlights unthinkables as characters that make us stray from social expectations. We learnt about One Sided-Sid and the Un-Wonderer today. These unthinkables make us only talk about ourselves and not ask social questions to show interest in others. We identified their characteristics and brainstormed strategies we can use to ensure we are taking turns when talking and questions we can ask others to show interest. We made up a drama to display our understanding of these unthinkables though acting out scenarios. We then enjoyed a game of Cluedo to practise asking wise questions and being extra observant about others responses.

16.01.2022 Day 3 Get set for School: preschool group We enjoyed a book that none of us knew today in group time. We also enjoyed singing the boa constrictor song. ... We threaded pool noodles onto string and tried our best to follow a pattern. Our strings of noodles became boa constrictors and we had fun chasing our friends. We used stickers and pegs to make our names. These are great fine motor challenges for our little fingers. We played with play dough too which was lots of fun. We cut and glued a puzzle which was tricky but we all gave it our best effort.

13.01.2022 GROUPS JANUARY 2021 SKILLS GROUP (Max 5 Kids)... Age: School Years 2-4 Date: Monday 11th January to Thursday 14th January 2021 Time: 1:30pm 3:30pm Price: $680 Aims of this group: This is a dynamic group combining both fine motor skills as well as gross motor skills and coordination. The aims of this group are; To improve fine motor precision and integration skills To establish and support a good writing posture To improve pencil control To improve bilateral and upper limb coordination - focusing on using both sides of the body together in a coordinated manner To improve core strength and endurance To improve bilateral coordination skills . We will always have a teamwork activity to get our little friends working together

13.01.2022 Egg Drop Experiment

11.01.2022 Social Skills: Year 2-4 Day 2 Today we learnt about flexible and stuck thinking. This is a concept that causes a lot of grief for many of the kids we work with. Being flexible is really challenging. Today we worked on identifying flexible and stuck thoughts which was a challenge in itself. ... We also learnt about identifying how Big a problem is. We have all sorts of problems that are presented to us, some big, some small and some Middle size problems. Our reactions should match the size of the problem. Small problems don't require big reactions!!

11.01.2022 Day 3: Bushwalking Group 1 This morning we started with some bike riding games on the cul-de-sac. We then walked on the knapsack viaduct trail and hid some toys with clues for the afternoon group to find. We were able to work together to think of clues and good hiding spots. We conquered the steep stairs down and back up to the top. We finished the day off with some water play.

11.01.2022 Day 1 Skills Group: K-2 Today we played some games to get to know each others names and interests. We tested our social and cooperation skills with working together to plan an obstacle course and supporting each other to complete it. ... We then demonstrated our knowledge of letter recall and formation through needing to recall letters from memory as well as practising copying from the board. We had a lot of fun making playdough looking at the instructions to guide us through each step.

09.01.2022 GROUPS JANUARY 2021 Activities of Daily Living - ADL's Max 4 kids ... Date: Monday 11th January to Thursday 14th January 2021 Time: 11:30am 12:30pm Price: $300 Aims of this group: - This group focuses on all the every day skills children need to learn to function independently. This includes; tying shoes, dressing skills, brushing teeth, doing buttons, doing zips, making a sandwich or a basic snack. - We would like to hear from you what your child needs help with.

08.01.2022 Happy Birthday Heidi. We hope you have a wonderful day! Thank you for all you do for us. We appreciate you and your kind and generous heart! XxHappy Birthday Heidi. We hope you have a wonderful day! Thank you for all you do for us. We appreciate you and your kind and generous heart! Xx

07.01.2022 Day 1 Get Set for School Skills Group: We started our day with circle time and reading an all time favourite book "The very cranky bear". ... We did lots of activities with our names. - we matched letters in our names - we dotted our names - we threw bean bags at our names we cut and pasted and threaded and sorted and matched. We were so busy! We did hopping, jumping and balancing games too. We tried our best to wait our turns and give all activities a go, even if they were tricky!

07.01.2022 Day 4: Bushwalking Group 2 This afternoon we walked along part of the Lapstone zig zag track and went to the quarry lookout. We returned for some water and sensory play making a slip and slide with shaving cream and water on tarps to cool down. Thanks for sharing your kids with us this week. We hope they all had fun.

06.01.2022 Today was our first day of our "Bushwalking and Bike Riding Group". What a fun day was had by all. The aim of this group is to get our little adventurers out into nature to practice and enhance their social skills and physical skills. The kids were amazing on their bush walk and completed a nature scavenger hunt. We enjoyed noticing the little things in nature, feeling things, hearing things and experiencing the outdoors. ... We all exerted a lot of energy riding bikes and scooters. We built an obstacle course with tyres, wood, rope and other things. We can't wait until tomorrow.

06.01.2022 Social Skills: Year 4-6 Day 2 This afternoon we learnt about rock brain and worry wall - 2 more of the unthinkables! ... We were able to come up with examples of stuck and worried thoughts and ways to overcome them. We also enjoyed a game of balderdash where we had to come up with answers and practise working together as a team

05.01.2022 Day 2: Bushwalking Group 1 Though it was a very wet walk, we worked well to navigate through the puddles and the creeks. We enjoyed helping each other down and up the rocky stairs. We even filled up our water guns to have some water fights in the bush. By the end of the walk we were exhausted needing to go up one last big hill but we encouraged each other to get there and we made it!

05.01.2022 ITS ALL ABOUT GAMES Max 5 kids Age: school year 4-6 Date: Monday 11th January to Thursday 14th January 2021... Time: 1:30pm 3:30pm Price: $680 Aims of this group: - Learn how to read and follow instructions. - Learn how to play cooperatively with peers. - Put into place the social skills the children learn in 1:1 OT sessions in a fun and interactive game based session. - board games and movement games will be the theme of the week.

04.01.2022 Day 3: Bush walking group 2 This afternoon we returned to the knapsack viaduct trail to search for the toys hidden by the morning group. We worked together to follow the clues as a group. We had a few rest breaks as the steep stairs were quite challenging but we conquered our fears and made it to the finish of the walk.

04.01.2022 GROUPS JAN 2021 CRAFT GROUP Max 4 kids ... Date: Monday 11th January to Thursday 14th January 2021 Time: 11:30am 12:30pm Price: $300 Aims of this group: This group turns fun arts and craft activities into amazing skill building opportunities. While the children are engaged in their creative art projects many social and cognitive skills are being supported by our Occupational Therapists. This group is designed for our children who have a more challenging time with big groups. The maximum number of kids in this group is 4 - with 2 OT's.

04.01.2022 Day 1 and 2: Science and Problem Solving On day 1 we made paper planes and explored how different designs changed the way they fly. We also completed an egg drop challenge and both teams successfully saved their eggs! On day 2 we had some fun with colour and shaving cream experiments.

04.01.2022 Sensory Based Play Group: Day 3. Today we were just 2 friends but we had a lot of fun with different messy play experiences with shaving cream and waterbeads, and we shared in some fun imaginative play experiences. OT's Genevieve and Rochelle spent a lot of time in jail today!

03.01.2022 Day 4: ADL group Today we practised lacing skills to work towards being able to lace shoelaces. We then further practised our cutlery skills by cutting up all different types of food to make food art. ... We then revisited tooth brushing and dressing before our trophy award ceremony. One trophy was awarded to each member of the group for different skills we worked on this week - using cutlery, dressing, zips, and tooth brushing.

03.01.2022 Day 2 of our bushwalking and bike riding group We walked to Duck Hole today. The kids did great with managing the steep uphills, rock scrambles and swimming. They loved finding little frogs, water gun fights and playing on the beach. We took 3 dogs with us too which helped our kids with regulation, responsibility and even helped the kids keep up their walking pace.

01.01.2022 Day 2 Skills Group K-2 This morning we played human version of Hungry hippos with the scooter boards, and we had to work in pairs, taking turns. ... We had lots of fun pretending to be different animals and had some egg and spoon races. We then had some great fun making loom band bouncy balls, and practising some of our letters.