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8Lifeskills Newsletter Winter Edition 2012Lifeskills @BendigoThe year is flying by so quickly! Here inBendigo we are glad to be into the last monthof winter. The participants have been verywelcoming to the new staff members, NealeIrving and Carmel Murray. We would bothlike to thank them for their patience with usand are looking forward to being a part ofthis great group.So far we have all enjoyed the opportunityfor community access and have alreadybeen to some wonderful places. A lovelyman from the Historical Society showed usaround the famous Shamrock Hotel. Wewere given access to all sorts of rooms andheard some interesting facts (and tales) ofthe past. The weather was just right for anafternoon at the heated pool and a coupleof outings to the movies. All participantswere magnificent at the “City Challenge”locating land marks around our town. Weare looking forward to a round of golfthanks to Neale’s expertise. These outingsallow us to explore our community and trynew things.A wildlife expert visited us to educateus about crocodiles. He had the biggestcrocodile skull ever! Some of us had ourphoto taken with our head in its jaws . Wehad the group leader from Worksafe visitalso and she talked about the importanceof duty of care of employers towardsemployees. Also the importance of care forourselves and others. All received a showbag of useful information too. Participantsfound these really interesting and learnedlots about safety in the workplace. Amongstother things we are currently working on aproject of our choice and there are manydifferent topics being explored. Someparticipants have started to put togethera PowerPoint project and the standard isreally very high. Some participants haveasked if they may do more than one and arelooking to present their project in a posterformat to allow for greater artistic creativity.La Trobe Uni had a new intake of studentsmidyear and we took part in some of thecelebrations, including balloon art. Someof us were given balloon art to take homewhich was really cool.Work experience is something allparticipants would like to engage in.Currently two participants are workingwithin hospitality and performing verywell. Another participant is working withthe Nursing Department here at La Trobeand is doing an excellent job. The Bendigobank has provided opportunity for anotherof our participants to work in the mail room.He will commence in mid August. Anotherparticipant works twice a week at a nurseryand really enjoys this activity. Both Nealeand Carmel will continue to source otheropportunities that lead towards employment.Looking forward to the rest of this term!Carmel and NealeAbove Left: Caitlin and Jaws
9Participant’sCornerWINTERWarm jumpersIcy feet and fingersNoses runTrees are bareEars are coldRun inside to the heater. Brrrr!This is an Acrostic poem written by the Creative Writing group which includesthe following participants:Robbie, Crystal, Maritah and Julia
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