Today was the day that we got into our groups to plan our workshop for the children at St Giles.
Andy, Lydia and I sat down (with Hannah because the rest of her group wasn't there) and planned our workshop together. For a while, it was quite hard to come up with ideas since the children in the classrooms all have different abilities and interests so it was hard to tailor a game that would suit everyone.
Eventually, we decided that we would open our workshop with a simple exercise where we learn about each other. We would ask them their names, likes and interests. By doing this, we will get to know each other, while making the children become more comfortable around us, ready for our workshop to begin.
After getting to know each other, we will then move onto the next exercise, which is 'Guess the Song'. Since they love music, I came up with the idea that we would play some popular songs that they could guess the names to. I think this will be very good since they love music and, if we play songs we know they will like, hopefully, we will get a positive response. It was quite challenging trying to find popular songs since neither one of us in our group really listened to popular music. In the end, we came up with a list containing, One Dance by Drake, The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars, Best Song Ever by One Direction, and so on. Hopefully, we have chosen them well enough that we will get the response we want in return.
Last time we visited the school, we found out that two of the boys in our group were very interested in the gameshow, Catchphrase. Because of this, we decided that our main exercise would be a PowerPoint presentation with a string of catchphrases that we would get from the Internet. A problem that may occur is that they may be too hard for them (since they were very hard for me) however I think it will go really well since the two boys expressed a massive interest in the programme and stated that they watched it at home very often.
Lydia and I came up with the final exercise that would be putting sensory things in a box and guessing what they were. I also think this exercise will be effective; this is because the school told us that the majority, if not all, of the children respond positively to sensory things, as they even have Sensory Therapy. Lydia and I will share the responsibility of getting together some materials to put in the box, while I will take on the responsibility to lead this exercise.
If we have any spare time at the end, we will put some music on and everyone can have a dance, which hopefully will be enjoyable for everyone if everyone gets involved.
Together, I think this workshop will be a big success if all goes to plan however, since we have not prepared for any negative responses, I am a bit hesitant if anything negative arises.
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