Elements Festival at Linden Lodge

We were excited to join forces with Ella and Vicky,Dance and movement Therapists at Linden Lodge, Ambient Jam Musicians and Panathlon to put on our first ever Elements Festival for students with Special educational needs.

The Elements programme has been designed by the Youth Sport Trust as part of it's TOP Sportsability resources and aims to provide physical activities for young people with profound and complex learning difficulties and needs.

On the day, over 40 young people from Linden Lodge, Greenmead and Swiss Cottage Schools were able to take part in and experience activities focusing on two of the Elements:

Earth – Games related activities led by Physical Education specialists from Panathlon, Linden Lodge and Southfields Academy. These included a sensory slalom course, Nee Age Kurling and a number of other sensory and experiences.

Fire – Music & Movement Improvisation Session run by Linden Lodge’s team of creative facilitators who led the students through a magical session of improvisation, movement and sound. They were accompanied by musicians from Ambient Jam who played live music giving the students and staff the chance to relax, to move, to watch, to sing, to listen, to be curious and play. 

On the day we invited everyone to get involved and experience being together in a stimulating sensory environment. It was a fantastic event and we recieved the following feedback from the schools attending:

"The teachers and support staff all loved it. The feedback they gave me was that it was a lovely day...... It was lots of fun & thought provoking. I'll be trying out some of the dance moves I picked up in my lessons next week".

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