Team summer edition

TEAM SUMMER EDITION 2023

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In this issue:

World Cup Mania!!!

CONTENTS 03 EDITOR'S NOTE A welcome from the editor and an overview of what's in store in this edition

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09 RECIPE OF THE MONTH

COVER STORY PAGE 06

22 SPORTS ROUND UP

09 EXCLUSIVE!

OUR WEEK OFF TIMETABLE

25 PRESCOTT'S PUZZLE PAGE More puzzles with Mr 'Prescottish'.

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MANAGING STRESS

BOOK REVIEW

Lilac leads a group on how to manage st lea.

The book club review 101 Dalmations

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Hello I'm Terri-Ann magazine editor, welcome to the next edition of the magazine .

We hope you have all had a great summer, shame about the rain.

Maybe we will get an Indian summer. Some of our members got caught up in the air traffic problem and have had to stay on holiday..lucky them.

Matthew doesn’t mind as he gets more time to swim.

We have had a brilliant summer our hi-light was definitely our week off timetable we did so much.

Some of the guys got to play cricket, our gardeners have produced loads of veg especially tomatoes. Our Wednesday cookery group have used our home grown veg to make tasty lunches. We have lots of things coming up in Autumn so check out dates on page ???. Happy reading.

Lilac talks about the importance of looking after your mind as well as your body.

BIG EVENTS Walton Hall Gardens We had a lovely day at at the Disability Awareness Day at Walton Hall Gardens.

We listened to a samba band, made flower arrangements, walked around the farm and had ice-cream By: John Hawkins

Ashlea does Strictly!

Ashlea is taking part in the BIG Help Ballroom competition at the Liverpool Town Hall in September. We are all sending her good luck wishes!! We are doing a sponsored walk.

By: Terri-Ann

We’ve been shortlisted!

We have been shortlisted for the Merseyside Independant Businnes Awards for the Community Impact Award.

GARDEN ROUND UP

We have been busy harvesting our home grown veg and have had lots of salad, tomatoes, garlic, onions and potatoes. Our cookery group have used the ingredients to make soups and pasta The ABP group have converted a hand made bench into a planter (Jake’s idea), Stevo and Daniel have rebuilt the broken wall at ABP. We have lovely roses growing up our hand made pogoda.

By : Luke Wall

WORLD CUP FEVER

THE LIONESSES ROAR DOWN UNDER

World Cup Fever arrives at YVYC Report By: Luke Wall

Before the competition started we did a football sweep. We had to do two because everyone wanted a team. The world cup was held in Australia so we couldn’t see all the matches. We followed the lionesses from the beginning all the way to the final. We started watching the Nigeria game together and it was really exciting it went to penalties. The Columbia game was tricky but we managed a 2-1 win. Next up was the semi-final against our sporting rivals Australia. We put the telly on in the hall on a big screen, it was Wednesday so there were lots of us in. Some of us wore England shirts and waved flags. We had a call from Caroline’s sister all the way from Australia she couldn’t hear her because we were all cheering so loud , the atmosphere was electric.

When the final whistle blew we had won 3-1. It was a brilliant game dead exciting, cracking goals and boss team work. We were all really happy.

The final was on Sunday against Spain. Spain took the lead and England had to work hard to get back in the game. We gave away a silly penalty but our goalkeeper Mary Earps made a cracking save and caught the ball. We were still in with a good chance. Time ticked away but we could not find the goal we needed. Whistle blew and Spain were crowned world cup champions 2023.

It was a cracking tournament and we are all really proud of the Lionesses. Shane and Elaine won the sweep.

ROASTED BEETROOT SALAD INGREDIENTS

Beetroot Balsamic glaze Spring onions Salt & pepper Olive oil How we made it 1. Wash Beetroot peel & into chunks 2. Wash then slice spring onions, put both ingredients into a bowl and mix with a dash of olive oil, add a generous amount of balsamic glaze, add salt & pepper.

3. Place on a baking tray and then place into a preheated oven 200c/gas mark 6.

4. Cook for 15 minutes. After 15 mins give a mixture a stir and then return to the oven for a further 15 mins.

Ensure beetroot doesn’t char serve with your favourite cheese and home baked roll.

We grew our own veg

We’re Off Timetable Day 1 - Delamere Forest

Our off timetable week started off with a very wet rainy day at Delamere forest It was a brilliant day even with the rainy weather that we had we all made the best out of it. During our walk through Delamere we found a lot of lovely small frogs. We went on the Gruffalo trial which was were there was different characters from the Gruffalo story along the pathway. At the end of the pathway was the Gruffalo. We all took a big group photo together. Some of the group wanted to stay on the mini bus to have a big music quiz. All the walkers got soaked it was a very rainy one. We all headed to the travellers inn for our meal. The owners Sky and Matthew were very welcome for us rowdy lot turning up. We all had lovely time and brilliant food was served. We all would definitely be going back.

By : Aaron

IT RAINED BUT THAT DIDN’T MATTER Day 2 - New Brighton When, we were off timetable on the Tuesday we went out to New Brighton. we went to the Arcades and we had fun we had a really good time. Two groups split up some went for a walk and then went to the café to celebrate Anns birthday others went to do crazy golf it was so lovely to spend the day with everyone it rained but that didn’t matter.

By : Sarah

Day 3 - Sports Day & BBQ

Sports day was really good and very sporty. We all got put into 4 teams which were run by staff members Amy, Gi, Mandy and Ann. It started off with a very rainy morning and we all had to start off doing the sport inside. We played egg and spoon, obstacle course,and dress the mummy. It was run by our fabulous manager Jenny Day and the members of staff. We all had a wonderful day. After the sports day we all had a lovely BBQ which was wonderfully made by Julie and Stevo. It was a brilliant afternoon. We ended the day with the tug of war. Teams faced each other and it got competitive.

Caroline kept score throughout the day and at the end of the day the winners were Amy’s team. They got soaked in champagne (lemonade really) they won a full English breakfast for a Wednesday morning yum yum!!!

By: Aaron

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Day 4 - Beatles Tour On Thursday we all went to the Albert Dock to have our lunch and look at the scenery it was glorious weather. After that we went on an open bus tour. We explored Liverpool it was an amazing day out. We were there all day long. We enjoyed it so much. The man was talking to us while we were on the open top bus.

He told us lots of stuff about Liverpool and the Beatles. We went through Liverpool and to see the Beatles houses.

We then all went to Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields it was a lovely time. The man brought his ukulele up to the top deck and we all sang along to the Beatles it was lovely singing on top deck with lovely sunny weather.

By: Luke

Day 5 - Picnic in the park

Winners !!!

The final day was a chilled day in Calderstones Park. We had a picnic lunch and ice-cream. The weather was lovely. We played all different games tennis and cricket and chilled out.

By: John Hawkins

101 Dalmations This Month we read 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith.

The story is about a family of dalmatians who get kidnapped by Cruella de Vil who has a horrible plan to skin them and turn them into fur coats. The puppies escape disguise themselves with soot and start the long journey from Suffolk to London with the help of the colonel a sheepdog a Staffordshire and a cat called Lieutenant Tibs. We also watched the film which is different in many ways in the book we meet Cruella’s husband who is a furrier and makes fur coats out of animal skins but for some reason he is not in the film which is bizarre as he plays. We are evenly split between liking the book or the film we all enjoyed the book but half of us preferred the film. It was a very long book 276 pages our favourite parts of the story were.

Book review by Matthew,David,Katie,Ellie P,Sarah G and Connnor Edited by Terri-Ann

My favourite bit is where it all starts with a twilght bark David

I like the bit with Cruella De Vil driving Matthew I like the bit where they get kidnapped Ellie

Same we all like the twilight bark Sarah

I like all the bits with Cruella Katie I like that it has a happy ending Connor

We wouldn’t recommend it to younger children to read alone as there are some quite tricky words. It was very highly enjoyable and was also funny. We give it 5 stars out of 5.

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF We had a group chat with Ann, Lilac, Chloe, Andrew, Katie, John, Sophie & Sean about the importance of looking after yourself physically and mentally.

We concluded that it helps to look after yourself mentally by doing physical or mental stimulation which both take your mind off your anxiety.

Lilac has created a positivity wall at the centre We used the metaphor that we are like a car. You have to put the right fuel into your car , for us that means eating a balanced diet. We have to recharge which means getting enough sleep. Sleep is so important as your body repairs whilst resting. You wouldn’t drive around in a car with broken parts so look after yourself and your mental health and take time to heal injuries.

Why is it important to look after yourself?

Why is it important to look after your personal hygiene?

What can we do to manage our mental health?

To keep yourself healthy not just your body but your mind so both work in sync.

Because bacteria can form and then smells, so it is important to keep them at bay as it can cause sickness so can affect your place of work.

You should talk to someone you trust otherwise your problem seems to grow. Take time out.

It is important to eat healthy foods because it’s fuelling our bodies giving our bodies the correct nutrients our body and mind need to Work at its Best!!!

What do you do to manage your mental health?

I like to go for a run or take myself off to the gym Ann

I like to use affirmations. Affirmations are words you say to yourself every morning. Look in the mirror and say positive and motivating words something that will suit you, ie. I am strong, I am kind. I also like to use the 5,4,3,2,1 grounding techniques as shown opposite.

I have a doodle book and that helps me.

I would love to show you how to use the positivity wall.

Lilac

Ilike to take myself away from the situation , put on some music and do my dot to dots or paint by numbers Sophie

I talk to my mum and that makes me feel better Chloe

My writing helps me and listening to 80‘s music I take my mind off it by Sean listening to the radio, Smooth Ilike to study my music FM Andrew Katie I like to sit in my extension at home by myself John

Sports Report By: Luke

We are all really proud of Daniel and his team mates who won bronze medals in the 4x100 freestyle relay. Daniel was part of the Great Britain Down Syndrome Swimming team who were in Padova to take part in the Sudsec 2023!

Football Tuesday football has just got better .

We are joined by buzz hub every Tuesday. We are doing lots of traning and playing matches. Its really good we have a great time. We take both buses and buzz hub do as well. First of all we warm up then we go and play. We do lots of passes and tackling.We work hard and try and win. It is fun playing with other services.

Cricket RAINHILL CRICKET CLUB 25.09 23

A group of us went to Rainhill Cricket Club it was a lovely sunny day for us all to play some cricket together. We all played some skill drills. We did batting, bowling and fielding it was a really good day for us to learn new skills. We all got to spend time with different charties which were daisy inclusive, ever evolving and Buzz Hub. Buzz hub were the ones who ran it. We will definitely be having a lot more disability cricket with the different charities. In the afternoon we split into 4 teams and played each other it was a fun experience learning how to play the cricket game and it was new for some of our team members.

By Aaron

P R E SCO T T' S P U ZZL E P A G E

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Dates to remember September 23rd Big Help does Ballroom October 14th Birthday Party October 19th MIB Awards October 25th McKennas Bingo November 4th Boxing Event

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