{"id":81,"date":"2019-10-04T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2022-06-16T11:01:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T10:01:31","slug":"home-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/?page_id=81","title":{"rendered":"Educated Otherwise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>invis-Ability has been working to support the home education community in providing workshops specifically catering to their needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our sessions are fun, supportive and accessible to a wide variety of ages and abilities ensuring young people&#8217;s efforts are celebrated and valued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"Passport*\"><strong>Passport to Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come and explore a multitude of styles of poetry with our course facilitators, Find out a little about the history of the style, work on your own poems. Some of the types we have covered are below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Limerick<\/li><li>Haiku<\/li><li>Couplet<\/li><li>Free Verse<\/li><li>Acrostic<\/li><li>Shape<\/li><li>Sonnet<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All will get a certificate for completion of 10 different styles of poetry explored with us.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"301\" height=\"301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9.png 301w, https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 85vw, 301px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-8.png 300w, https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-8-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>All abilities are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents are always welcome to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Passport to Poets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the success of Passport to Poetry, we have introduced Passport to Poets.&nbsp; Each session focuses on a Poet.&nbsp; Including a little of their life and looking at their work \u2013 discussing themes and context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Super You, Super Me<\/strong>&nbsp;KS1-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know we all have superpowers?&nbsp; Things that we can do well. It\u2019s sometimes easy to forget our superpowers when we are faced with things, we find difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Super You, Super Me \u2013 helps us all to find the superpowers we all possess \u2013 kindness, acceptance and understanding \u2013 as well as our own unique gifts.&nbsp; Super You, Super Me is not just about disability equality and awareness it is about understanding we all have similarities and differences and how important it is to celebrate these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Super You Super Me workshop is 2 hours long and can be split into 2 x 1-hour sessions. The workshop comprises of the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your Superpower?<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 encouraging young people to look at their skills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Different but Similar<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Through simple games and fun discussions we look at similarities and differences and that it\u2019s not just OK to be different \u2013 it makes the world go round<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Different Ability or Disability?<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 looking at each person as an individual and not one size fits all mentality,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deaf Awareness<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Finger spelling their names, how to ask for help?&nbsp; How do Deaf people use phones or call for help? For youth groups, their promise is signed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visual Impairment Awareness<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Find out about Braille and try our Braille machine to write their own names.&nbsp; Play games with our giant Braille frames. Look at Braille in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deaf\/Blind Awareness<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 How do Deaf\/Blind people communicate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guide and Assistance Dogs<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Different harnesses mean different things. Find out all the different amazing ways animals can help people. What to do when you see an assistance dog?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Physical Impairments<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Different ways to move and play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our Brain the computer<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 A gentle introduction to Learning Difficulties and the Autistic Spectrum disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resetting our computers<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Understanding the importance of mindfulness and who can help us to reset our computers (mental health awareness).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>invis-Ability has been working to support the home education community in providing workshops specifically catering to their needs. Our sessions are fun, supportive and accessible to a wide variety of ages and abilities ensuring young people&#8217;s efforts are celebrated and valued. Passport to Poetry Come and explore a multitude of styles of poetry with our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/?page_id=81\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Educated Otherwise&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669,"href":"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invis-ability.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}