Another important thing to understand about being neurodivergent is this – the group of neurodivergent people is made up of all sorts of different people that don’t necessarily match each other. Neurotypical = a group… Read More »Thinking About Autism: Part Two
Imagine your child has just been diagnosed with autism. How would you help your child make sense of this? At Green Sparks we often work with families in this position, and we’ve started trying to… Read More »Explainer: thinking about autism
Here are some pictures that might be a sign of spring: Daffodils Crocus Lavender Here are some pictures of things we have been growing indoors while we wait for the weather to get a bit… Read More »Guest Blog: Signs of Spring
At Green Sparks we offer activity based emotional support to children who are struggling to access an education in mainstream school. Our sessions last for 1-2 hours, during this time a practitioner works one to… Read More »Green Sparks is Recruiting
This half term at St Catherine’s we have been working with chillies. We tried growing our own over the summer but our plants didn’t get very big. Luckily for us Sea Spring Seeds were selling… Read More »Guest Blog: Our Chilli Project
This is my beautiful friend Kerry, I want to tell you about her and about how without her this business probably wouldn’t exist at all. Kerry had been a mental health nurse for the NHS.… Read More »Remembering Kerry
These are my broad beans I have planted. Soon we are going to put canes up for these broad beans to grow. This is a crocus that was a sign that spring is on its… Read More »Guest Blog: Gardening in the Winter by one of our young gardeners
There is a lot of jargon used in education and when you don’t know what a term means, it can be hard to stop a meeting in its tracks and ask. We’ve gathered together as… Read More »Decoding the Jargon
The Broomfield Bakery is a small bakery in Bovington. I started it during a session with Green Sparks. We are selling Chocolate Chip Cookies /White/Dark/Milk and Milk Bread at the moment and if you want… Read More »Guest Blog: The Broomfield Bakery
These herbs are made for cooking. I planted herbs. They smell nice. I like smelling things when me and Naomi work together. These plants are called strawberries. The flowers will turn into strawberries one day.… Read More »Guest Blog: My Container Garden by one of our young gardeners