Skill building Activities

Cooking classes

Cooking and baking classes where participants are supported to learn how to cook their own food as well as experience new food. Cooking is an essential life skill for the capacity building of individuals to live a healthy and independent life. Physical development includes the growth of gross and fine motor skills and hand eye coordination through skills such as chopping, spreading, and mixing. Cooking and baking assists cognitive development through creativity, problem solving, increase personal knowledge and maths and reading skills. Moreover, individuals will establish feelings of confidence, achievement, and self-sufficiency.

Pottery

Pottery and clay work facilitates artistic expression with the addition of physical and emotional sensory engagement. Working with clay strengthens fine motor skills in the hands, wrists and arms while engaging spatial awareness and hand-eye coordination. Pottery enables participants to be aware of the sensory process involved while working with clay such as different textures to touch, see and mould.

Artistic expression and self-achievement go hand in hand while working through the pottery process. Individuals have the independence of their own project, enabling them to direct themselves and have control on what they create.

Achievement in taking home art and the pride of showing others contributes to the strengthening of self-esteem and character. Lastly, participants are supported to engage with others and use social skills such as communication, respect and listening.

Gardening

Gardening can be split into different tasks depending on ability of participants. The more accessible activities will include potting seeds and seedlings, watering plants, propagating, trimming, and labelling. The second category of gardening activities are those that include high mobility tasks such as: weeding, moving stock (pots/planters), fertiliser, ground work (e.g raking), trimming.

Gardening is an activity that facilitates the use of the body and encourages mobility, strength and coordination. Fine and gross motor skills are used when a participant engages in gardening and cognitive skills are present through the learning and knowledge of maintaining a garden. Participants are supported to engage in a social setting while gaining knowledge about the process of gardening.

Karaoke

Karaoke in the Hub will include a karaoke machine, snacks, and a projector to encourage sing-alongs. Karaoke facilitates capacity building for our participants through using speech, memory, and multi-tasking skills. Through listening to music and engaging in singing, individuals are supported to acknowledge sentence structure and pronunciation of words while using reading and concentration skills. Furthermore, the potential respiratory therapeutic benefits of karaoke can include increased respiratory strength, endurance, and control while engaging in a fun and meaningful activity.

Karaoke aids partakers in establishing emotional regulation with the release of dopamine facilitating the lowering of heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure – which eases pain, stress, and anxiety. Self-esteem and confidence are often heightened after engaging in karaoke, especially when socialisation and teamwork are present in the activity.

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We can work with you and your schedule to give you the support you need. Our support staff can also stay overnight!

Bingo

Groups of bingo using bingo caller, projector for participants to see, and snacks provided.

Bingo is a simple activity that can vary in difficulty to support individuals engage in capacity building. Bingo requires participants to use cognitive functions such as memory, number and word recall and hand eye coordination. Moreover, bingo is an activity that strengthens socialisation and teamwork while using patience and communication when engaging with others.

Due to the adaptability of bingo, games can have a range of options. Said range of bingo options can include simple selections such as symbols, letters, and numbers or more complex possibilities such as math problems, vocabulary, and physical activity.

Trivia

Participants engage in trivia in small teams with friends or support workers. Trivia is an opportunity for individuals to engage with others, use social skills, communicate effectively, and utilise team building skills. Additionally, trivia supports participants in a fun learning environment where they will be increasing reading, writing and math skills. Trivia also strengthens memory retention, critical thinking, observation, and expansion of knowledge. Within the hub, trivia genres will include topics that will be directly linked to participant’s capacity building such as general life skills, safety and general development of world knowledge.

Paint and Sip

Participants engage in mocktail making with assistance from the facilitator and then followed by a session of painting on small easels. The making of mocktails enables individuals to engage motor, communication, and maths skills to complete the task. Painting supports individuals to express oneself without limitation, strengthening the emotional recognition and communication of self. Concentration, attention to detail and engagement of motor skills are present in the participation of painting, therefore, enabling members to build their capacity.

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