Do Disney/Pixar movies help our children to develop a balanced and inclusive view of disability, or can they instead teach children that there is something ‘wrong’ with disabled people, including their disabled peers?
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Seven Ideas For Your Additional Needs Kit List
I thought it might be helpful to provide a ‘kit list’ of items that can be helpful in supporting children and young people with a range of additional needs. If you are looking for something specific, and can’t find it, email me at markjarnold@gmail.com and I’ll see what I can do!Mark’s Additional Needs Kit List: Start … Continue reading Seven Ideas For Your Additional Needs Kit List
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Journeying With Jesus To Easter: Episode 3 – Easter Sunday!
This time we will be looking at the story of Easter Sunday, which is the day that Jesus rose from the dead and left the tomb. He did it to give all of us that believe in him new life, just like he had.
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Journeying With Jesus To Easter: Episode 2 – Good Friday!
This time we’ve arrived at Easter and will be looking at the story of Good Friday, which is the day that Jesus died on the cross. He did it so that all the bad things that we have done would die with him, and so we would be free from them all and could be forgiven for them if we asked Jesus.
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Journeying With Jesus To Easter: Episode 1 – Palms!
In this session, we learn together about when Jesus entered into Jerusalem riding on a donkey, with all the people calling out to him and shouting “Hosanna!” and “King of Kings!”. It is the time that we remember and celebrate on Palm Sunday and we will be learning about why it’s called Palm Sunday too.
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With Jesus In The Wilderness: Episode 3 – Kingdom!
As we go through Jesus' three temptations together in this three-part series we will journey with Jesus, looking at what he said and did that can help us to understand his three temptations better. We’ve already looked at the first two times Jesus was tempted in the desert by the devil, in the sessions called ‘Bread!’ and ‘Angels!’, and in this one, called ‘Kingdom!’ we’ll look at the third and final time that the devil tried to tempt Jesus.
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With Jesus In The Wilderness: Episode 2 – Angels!
As we go through Jesus' three temptations together in this three-part series we will journey with Jesus, looking at what he said and did that can help us to understand his three temptations better. We’ve already looked at the first time Jesus was tempted in the desert by the devil, in the session called ‘Bread!’, and in the session after this one, called ‘Kingdom!’ we’ll look at the third and final time that the devil tried to tempt Jesus. Today, we will look at the second time that Jesus was tempted by the devil, 'Angels!'
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With Jesus In The Wilderness: Episode 1 – Bread!
As we go through Jesus' three temptations together in this three-part series we will journey with Jesus, looking at what he said and did that can help us to understand his three temptations better. In this session, called ‘Bread! and the next two sessions, called ‘Angels!’ and ‘Kingdom!’, we’re going to be journeying with Jesus in the desert as he spent 40 days there.
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What Is Your ‘Ikigai’, Your ‘Calling’?
I don’t really think about what I do as ‘work’ anymore. It’s what I’m ‘meant’ to do, it’s what gets me out of bed in the morning. If a distant relative that I had never known happened to leave me a million pounds, I would still do what I do, I can’t not do it, it’s my calling, my ikigai… What is yours?
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Challenging Behaviour? Or Sensory Processing Difficulties?
With better understanding about our many senses and sensory processing difficulties, and with the right strategies in place, every leader can learn to make all that they do inclusive for every child and young person. Learning that behaviour is a form of communication is a great place to start.
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