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  • Streetwise

    Many families turned up for this fun event, and afterwards one of the children was heard to be say ‘it was nice this morning wasn’t it mummy!’ We had a tour of the indoor village, experiencing the pelican crossing, the bus scenario and the beach scene. The children were put in the police cells and interviewed...
    Posted to Past events (Forum) by laine on 04-03-2008
  • Drumming Workshop Feb 2008

    Today Common Sense hosted our second Drumming Workshop run by Simon Mellish and Kristian Dluzewski from Percussion Works (www.percussionworks.com). It was well attended, and everyone seemed to have lots of fun! Everyone had a chance to join in group activities with various percussion instruments, and...
    Posted to Past events (Forum) by sarah on 02-17-2008
  • Bournemouth and Poole Advertiser August 2007

    This was more coverage about our day out at Adventure Wonderland.
    Posted to In the News (FileGallery) by sarah on 01-26-2008
  • Bournemouth Echo 17/08/2007

    This was coverage about our summer day out at Adventure Wonderland.
    Posted to In the News (FileGallery) by sarah on 01-26-2008
  • The Enormous Turnip music workshop

    This was our first organised event. The workshop worked on the story of The Enormous Turnip, and the children were encouraged to pretend to be a character in the story, they played with different instruments, and used a microphone to change their voices. They also told a group story (of sorts!), and...
    Posted to Past events (Forum) by sarah on 01-23-2008
  • Toddlers teddy bears picnic.

    19th July 2007. Common Sense pre schoolers sessions. Common Sense has hosted it's first Pre-schoolers event which was a TEDDY BEARS PICNIC! The event was hosted by Laine, who will be running these sessions regularly, and a few new families came along to have fun. We will publish some photos here...
    Posted to Past events (Forum) by sarah on 01-23-2008
  • Advanced Echo Location

    Common Sense hosted a talk by Daniel Kish and Brain Bushway from World Access for the Blind on mobility and echo location/ The talk was well attended by parents, education professionals, medical professionals, plus some people from the Dorset Blind Association. The talk amazed everyone there about what...
    Posted to Past events (Forum) by sarah on 01-23-2008
  • Adventure Wonderland.

    !3th August 2007. We had a wonderful day at The Adventure Wonderland. The children got the chance to meet Alice, the White Rabbit (Sams favourite), and the Queen of Hearts (Who Lucas discovered was from Newcastle, and proceeded to mimic the accent all day). Lots of rides were experienced - the older...
    Posted to Past events (Forum) by sarah on 01-23-2008
  • Winter Wonderland

    Winter Wonderland We all had a fabulous time, welcoming new children and their families to their first Common Sense meeting, a fantastic opportunity to meet other visually impaired children of different ages and their parents. All the children saw Father Christmas and they got some great gifts, it was...
    Posted to Past events (Forum) by laine on 01-19-2008
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