Saturday Club – (Life Skills & Wellbeing Programme)

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Start Date: 15th March, 2025

Day:  Saturday

Start Time:  10.30am -12.30

Venue: The Shine Centre, Carrigaline P43 E392

Cost: €95.00

 

About The Life Skills & Wellbeing Programme: 

The Saturday Club is a 5 week programme for young people aged between 10-13 years of age with good receptive language skills.  It will be a relaxed social space where the participants can interact and adapt at their own pace. The programme will cover a number of areas including practical items such as household tasks, cooking and understanding and managing money.

There will also be a focus on physical wellbeing with exercise sessions and games included in each session. The programme will also put a strong emphasis on emotional wellbeing and developing and maintaining positive mental health. This will also be a safe social space where the participants can have fun, interact, talk to each other and share group and paired tasks together.

Week 1:   15/03/25

  1. Getting to know each other
  2. Making & baking.
  3. Some gentle physical exercises.
  4. Social time to chat.

Week 2:   22/03/25

  1. What is wellbeing? Why is it important ?
  2. Recognising emotions.
  3. Some gardening
  4. Some physical exercise.
  5. Social time.

Week 3:   29/03/25

  1. Keeping my own space tidy.
  2. Science experiments.
  3. Arts and crafts.
  4. Some physical exercise.

Week 4:   05/04/25

  1. Pop up shop & understanding money.
  2. Group Activities- working together
  3. Some physical exercise.

Week 5: 12/04/25

  1. Revisiting feelings & emotions.
  2. Breathing.
  3. Some Yoga
  4. Making a Power Bracelet

The programme coordinator is Ellu Cooney, with Shine team members Kieran McAuliffe, Damian Murphy and Viktoria Conway facilitating the sessions.

About the Team:

Ellu Cooney:

Ellu is the Support & Training Coordinator at the Shine Centre and she has extensive experience of working with autistic children. adolescents and their parents. Ellu previously worked for 10 years as a class teacher in a Shine Early Intervention class.   Ellu holds a BSc in Psychology and a Masters in Positive Psychology & Coaching from University College Cork and is a member of the Association for Coaching (AC).

Damian Murphy:

Damian works as a Tutor in Shine’s Early Education classes. He holds degrees in Recreation & Leisure and   Montessori Education and H-Dip in Coaching & Coaching Psychology from UCC. Damian is an accomplished marathon & triathlon runner and also holds a level 1 Boxing Coach accreditation.

Kieran McAuliffe:

Kieran is the GM at the Shine Centre and holds a Masters in Coaching  & Coaching Psychology. He is also a coach on the Gateway Programme and is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the International Association for Coaching (AC). 

Viktoria Conway:

Viktoria is a qualified Activities Coordinator and an Arts & Crafts Instructor. She is also an avid gardener and hillwalker.

 

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