21 February

Class photos today and Tom looked so smart in his full uniform.
Here he is with some lovely Class buddies in the office just before he headed home

Izzie, Tom & Ashlynn

Term 4 2019

Welcome back Thomas.

Term 4 sound like a busy and fun term.
lets make it a great term.

Thomas has started term 4 on a bit of a low, dealing with inflammation in a tooth root and of course the pain and discomfort that accompanies that.
He has not been able to eat and we have just tried to manage pain with medication sent from home and also worked to keep him comfortable and distracted from pain.
However he has worked well with his continued positive nature and has had a good start to his school work.
Tom has such a positive attitude which enables him to persevere and still have good experiences throughout the day.
He has completed his speech and we have it set up on an app called Book Creator as a way of delivery for him if he is feeling a bit overwhelmed at the time.
I find this actually gives him more confidence to do these type of things on his own anyway~ knowing he has a choice.

Tom moving through his speech.

Tom's speech casted to the whiteboard as he is also delivering it to Room 5.

He also started off his Riding for Disabled in week 1.
I felt his excitement as we were getting out of the taxi.
He had a real sense of pride and took it upon himself to introduce everyone. I felt he was saying to me "this is my place" It was so awesome.
He had a great ride and overall loved the day.

In the Taxi 

Up the ramp

Waiting for Kade

Fun time

Kade and Tom

Fun in the Starlab (Matariki)

Room 5 had the exciting opportunity

to enter the Starlab and learn about some special star constellations.

Matariki and the Southern Cross and Orion's Belt to name a few.

Room 5 also did some artwork for Matariki.
Here is Tom's art.

Lots of time and effort put into this Tom. Cool colours too.

Tom really loved this amazing space.
He was out of his chair lying on the floor looking up at the beautiful stars with his classmates.

Fun Friday

Ukulele 13:06:19

Poppy bought her Ukulele to school today and Thomas really enjoyed having a turn at playing it.
They also were lucky to have Mr Brew come in and Tune the Ukulele and play a tune.
Lucky it got tuned because after lunch they were off to school singing, where they both had a chance to play.