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SANDERSON’S WYND PARALYMPIC WEEK Morning: P5T Blind Orienteering Afternoon: Orienteering together with the Hub children

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SANDERSON’S WYND PARALYMPIC WEEK

Morning: P5T Blind OrienteeringAfternoon: Orienteering

together with the Hub children

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We did a searching game with Martyn. We went in pairs and I was with Demi. We practised with buckets on our heads so that we learned to trust our partner. Then we had to race against each other. Every three buzzers we had to swap blindfolds and a little beeper thing was attached to the person holding the map. We had 11 stations to go to. If you were blindfolded, you had to use your senses to guess objects in the bags. In the afternoon we did the orienteering with the Hub children. I was with Olivia. Her disability is that she can’t see well and she can’t walk. I enjoyed going around the course with Olivia and I hope to do it again.Letitia

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In my group I was the one who got blindfolded and it was very very good but it was HARD! My mum was a helper. We had to find a way around the field and follow a course. In the afternoon 17 of us were chosen to go with the Hub. I did the orienteering with Emily. It was the BEST DAY EVER! Christen

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I liked being with Nathanial in the afternoon because he liked being with me. It was hard work walking around the course with him because he held my hand so tightly that it turned purple. I learned how to speak to Nathanial and how to help him. He knew several of the objects. I would love to do it again because I really enjoyed myself and Nathanial is a really nice boy. Thomas

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I had to look at the map while I had the bucket on my head and tell Tobiasz where to go but directing him was really difficult. Sean

I thought it was really hard!We learned that if you’re blind, you will need somebody with you to help and guide you around places. Kai

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My group was with the Green group in the Hub. I was with Kayla and she managed to guess the leaves, the grass and the water. She did quite well and I enjoyed taking her around all the stations. The morning’s activities were hard and helped me to understand what it was like to do a course when you can’t see. Cameron

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On Wednesday we did orienteering outside with Martyn Pegg. We had partners and I was with Christen. One person has a bucket on their head and the other person guides them around the place. When it was my turn to have the bucket on the head, I was quite scared and I had to put my thumb up so that I could at least see the ground. After that we partnered up with Danielle. We had to go around the school with one person blindfolded. They put their hand in a bag and guess what the object was.

I learned that your shadow always faces North and that North in Tranent is the direction of the sea. Ellie

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When Martyn came to our school it was really good fun. We were learning about senses. It was hard when we had the bucket on our head and we had to face North, South, East and West with the buckets on our head! There were pegs stuck in the ground and we had the magic finger. Every time you had completed a peg, you put the magic finger in the slot and it would beep.

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We couldn’t see! It was really funny because you went all over the place! We went around blindfolded and had to guess the objects. In the afternoon I was with Rachael and she was really funny. Rachael loved doing the course and she got it straight away! Emma

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We were learning what it would be like to be blind. Karla

I was paired up with Jonathan in the Hub and he was really good at the course. We came second! Benjamin

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Yesterday we did orienteering. It was quite hard when we had a bucket on our head and when we had the blindfold on. Me and Benjamin got the fastest time and so we won. We then did the course with the Hub . The man who did the orienteering with us was called Martyn, and my mum was a helper. Nathan

I loved when we did the orienteering with Martyn. It was fun when we put the buckets on our heads. I was handcuffed to Michael. It was Paralympic week for the Hub and that was fun because we got to take them out and help them with the course. It was a good week and I’d like to do it again. Kay

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We did an orienteering game with Martyn to see what it would be like to be blind. Nico had the bucket on his head and I had the map and told him where to go. It was such fun. Then people were handcuffed together and at the end we got a print out of our times. I learned a lot . Amy

I really enjoyed going with the Hub boys and girls. I helped take them around the school to find the objects. Nico

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It was a good challenge. I thought it was amazing! Elliewas with Sophie in the Hub and she was the giggling one. She did the orienteering well. Connie K

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