Labas!
On the 13th
of November the “Žymios Negalios Motorinio
Aktyvumo Čempionatas”
took place in Panevėžys - a sports event for children, youths and adults with
more severe disabilities organized by our “Panevėžio ‘Šviesos’ Specialioji Ugdymo Centras”. For this competition teams from 26 different
schools and institutions from all over Lithuania
our "fans" :)
We
volunteers all got different tasks to support the course of the event. Laia got
the job of taking pictures of the competition and you should really check them out
on the school’s Facebook page. Also she organized some dances in the breaks
with a group of our girls whose courage I still admire – I’d never dance in
front of such a big audience! Fine had to supervise one half of the sports hall
to see when every group is done with their current task so sports teacher Artūras
could give the signal for everybody to move on to the next station. Emily
shared the supervision of one station with one physiotherapy student; there was
a whole group of students who supported the event by taking care of the single
stations. I had the honour of supporting our own team, consisting of six
competitors of our school’s Social Classes. So I accompanied them for the whole
event, cheered for them and celebrated each fulfilled task with them – quite a
nice job :)
Laia's great dancers :)
The tasks
varied from scoring a goal with a football to pulling yourself up a bench lying
on the stomach and were mainly organized as relays. Also they were variable in
a way that everybody, no matter which disability they had, could fulfil them. I
can tell you all the teams were really enthusiastic and passionate about being
the best of them all, it was a great feeling to be amongst them :)
teacher Birutė, our school's team and me :)
After all
the tasks had been done and the results were collected, the most important part
of the competition took place: The award of the medals. Each competitor got one
of them and every team celebrated as if they had made the first place. Our team
was so proud of their medals that I still saw them wearing them at school days
after the competition. Which still makes me smile.
I can only
imagine how much work it must have been to organize such a big event. I am very
happy that it took place and that we could take part in it. You know, there’s
almost no “normal” week at the “Panevėžio
‘Šviesos’ Specialioji Ugdymo Centras”. There’s always some special event happening that brings together the
whole school and breaks the daily routine. This is something that I highly
appreciate and that makes me very thankful to be able to experience all of
these special days together with the pupils of the school. It never gets boring
here which is probably only one of the numerous reasons why I am so glad to be
at this project.
Viso gero,
Monika
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