Christmas party

I had an awesome shared lunch at the Arohanui trust for the Christmas party. There was so much yummy food and I got a box of roses chocolates too as a secret Santa gift.......

Line dancing

Everyone was line dancing!

Boys outing to park

I had a good time with the boys At the park on our outing. It was a very warm sunny day and me and my mate roger splashed our hands in the water fountain at the park to cool off.

Sports outing memorial park

I loved going to memorial park for sports outing I had a lot of fun playing on the playground and enjoying a game of cricket was awesome and loads of fun.

Bayclay 2016

Getting my Morepork fixed on some wood ready for hanging at Bayclay Exhibition at Baycourt in Tauranga.

Just hanging with my pals.

I am a real likeable guy and I have lots of friends at the centre, I like to make my friends laugh too. Here I am hanging with a couple of my friends on the couch. And again with my friend Janna checkin out Kmart. 

Pottery

Today I found my Moreporks,they had just come back from the big kiln and are looking great....time to find some hooks for the backs and then I can get them home and up on the wall.

Drama production

I had an awesome time performing in my play Sleeping Beauty and Pirates!! It was my first production and I did really well to say all my lines, sing and dance. I wore a very smart jacket, shoes and jeans. How awesome!

Cheeky

I have been a real cheeky character around the centre today, telling lots of jokes, surprising my friends with "Boo!'s" around corners and making animal sounds. I love making my friends laugh. 

Op shop

I go to the SPCA Op Shop every week and help get toys ready to sell.   Some of my friends go as well.  We walk down from the Greerton Centre and get to try out all the new toys.  After we try them out we clean and price them.  Lastly I put them out on the shelves.

I love toys!

My birthday.

On the 26th I had a great birthday and had a yummy chocolate with chocolate icing! I blew out my candles and everyone sang me happy birthday. 

Art museum

I went  Tauranga art gallery to check out some cool abstract art and sculptures from Europe artist. It was cool. 

Kulim park

I had a really nice outing to Kulim park in otumoetai, the sun was out and it was the perfect time to get some fresh air. I had fun climbing all over the playground and going down the slide.

Farm animal set

Arohanui was so lucky to h save an awesome farm set dropped off to us. It has cool farm buildings and lots of animals, I had a cool time playing with them all with my friends at lunch time, whT a great rainy day activity! 

SPCA visit

We went to visit the SPCA op shop to see if there were any animals and I found this pussy cat who loves pats and cuddles. She purred and purred when I started patting her, it was cool and she felt nice to pat, that put a smile on my face. 🐈

Library visit

We went to the library in town and it was really cool, I got to pick my books out and then I went and sat on the comfy couch and had a good look through my book. We even played the four in a line game, it had big plastic discs that we had to try and get four of the same colour in a row, it was hard but lots of fun.

Classic car museum

Yesterday we went for a big drive to Hamilton to the classic car museum, it was so cool, we got to go upstairs in the lift so we could eat our lunch and then we went downstairs to the museum. There were so many cool cars and all sorts of great stuff that goes with cars. We saw little cars that only fit one person in them, they were funny, and really big cars that were really old, even older than me. 🚙🚖

Fire truck visit

Today we had the fire truck come into the centre so they could tell us about what they have to do and we got to look around the fire truck. It was really cool, we asked lots of questions and we learnt a lot about what the fire service does. We are so lucky to have the fire service, they help lots of people and not just when there is a fire.🚒🚒

Checking my timetable

I have finished my morning tea so now I am checking my timetable to see what I have next, I have garden class so I will helping bear with our new garden we have planted, we have spinach and garlic and kale in our new garden and every week I look to see how much the plants have grown and we have to make sure that the snails don't eat our new plants. Today we are driving to the community garden to have a look to see if we can go in there. They have been working on the garden and we haven't been able to go in.

Computer music

I've been picking out music for our computer class every Friday.  I love music and especially love the wiggles.  I like my computer time and I like spending time with my friends.

Frank Casey suit hire

For guys group i went with my friends into town to frank Casey to try on some suits. I enjoyed putting it on and seeing what I looked like in something so flash. I like the pin striped one the guy gave me, I thought I looked like a cool old school gangster 

Friends

Here I am at Moreland Fox park in Greerton enjoying the sun with my friend Janna. What a cool picture. 

Paper elephants

Look what we made in art and craft, we made paper elephants and they were cool to make and they were not as hard as I thought they would be to make. You can use lots of different colours or just one colour if you want. 👍🏽👍🏽

St Johns visit

Wow how lucky was I to get a ride in a real Ambo truck. It was such a cool experience I won't forget it. The paramedics were so nice to us and answered all our questions. Thank you St Johns for the best day ever 

Tame 

Being creative

During our lunchtime when have finished eating our lunch, we go into the computer room and we get to do activities. I have been helping to make elephants, they are so cool and I reckon we have done a really good job. 👍🏽👍🏽

Friendship

Here I am hanging with my friend Matthew. We sat together on the couch and I tickled Mathew on his hand, I think he liked it.

Friends

I like coming to Arohanui because my friends are here. We have lots of fun and laughter and I like to tell everyone that it's going to rain and they reckon I do a rain dance every morning. 🌦🌦

Mossops honey

For guys group we went out to Mossops honey in Tauriko. It is quite a small place but there are so many bees there. I enjoyed watching all of them move behind the glass. I also liked pushing the buttons that made different bees light up on the wall. It was cool how i got to try the honey. I chose the chocolate one. 

Driving range

For guys group we went to the driving range for a hit. I enjoyed going with all the boys and seeing who could hit the furthest. I was happy I got the time to get to know our new staff member bear. 

Government gardens Rotorua

We went to the government gardens this week in Rotorua, it was a cool trip and we walked around the whole garden and looked at everything we could 👍🏽👍🏽

Renovating

I am helping Bear and Nigel to sand back our shelves that we are making, you have to make sure that it is sanded well and don't have any lumps and bumps, I have enjoyed helping with this project and we are going to put our shelves to good use. 👍🏽

Waikereoreo walkway

We went on an outing to waikereoreo walkway and walked the tracks, it was great to get out in the fresh air and get some exercise, I give it the thumbs up 👍🏽

Woohoo toys galore

Heidi tools us to the pop culture shop in Greerton, oh my goodness there were so many different toys in this shop and so much to look at, I didn't know where to start, woohoo. 👍🏽

Animal visit

We had a rabbit, a Guinea pig, a rat, a blue tounge lizard, a chicken, a goat and a miniature pony come into the centre to visit us. I enjoyed having the chance to pat them all and my favourite animal was the lizard. 

Sports

It was a rainy day so for our sports outing we had a game of indoor football at the centre. I enjoyed helping my friend Nigel with the ball and when I scored a goal I got excited! It was a lot of fun. 

Winning the Easter raffle!

Every year at Arohanui we have an Easter raffle. I was really awesome and sold tickets as well as donating some eggs. During our advocate meeting my friend Nigel picked my name out of the box and I won a huge box of awesome Easter treats!! I was so excited to take them home to share with my family and friends. Woohoo!! 

Plane build

I have busy working on my plane. I finished the tail and body and I will be working on the wings. I love using straws and all different colours. I tried to make it fly at this stage it nose dives :) 

Outing

I had an outing with Dee to Bethlehem. I got to see how big the new Kmart is. I also had the privilege to be the first person from the public to walk on the grass and flatten it around the new playground that is going up. 

Te Puna Quarry Park

I had a lovely time at Te Puna Quarry Park. We had morning tea at the dragon garden, I walked to the top of the water wheel, went for a short walk through the bush and saw lots of butterflies, sculptures and we got to climb on an old quarry machine.

Rocket slide

We went to Memorial park and had a go on the rocket slide.  It was cool, the slide was very fast.

Dr who cyber mask

I have started the dr who cyber mask in pottery.  We are working really hard on it, it's a work in progress so watch this space.........

Pottery

I joined a session of pottery...we looked at a Dr Who cyberman mask to give us some new ideas...I might have a go at making one !!

Freestyle motorcross

Had a really cool day yesterday at Franklin Farms watching freestyle motorcross riders Nick Fraklin and Levi Sherwood practicing their motorbike tricks into the foam pit.  I even got to run and jump into the foam pit.