'We in Mitchell House value ourselves and others. We strive to show this by respecting ourselves and each other as individuals, respecting each other's rights as individuals, fulfilling our own responsibilities and helping others fulfill theirs."
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Mitchell House is an Education Authority Belfast Region co-educational special school for children with physical disabilities. Most of our students have an associated learning difficulty to some degree.
Another week done ✅ It’s been a busy one for me, here are some pictures to show you some things I’ve been doing.
I was very excited this week, one of my chums who was really unsure of me when I first came into school was brave enough to brush me this week 🎉 I’ve been working hard on building their confidence - my humans in Team Raia tell me that’s what I’m good at 💜
I had a fab visit to @mencapni this week 🎉 I met lots of new little friends, mummy told me a was a very good girl and stayed super calm. I also met new ‘big’ friends who gave me such a warm welcome and good ear scratches too.
I was so happy to welcome some VIPs to school to celebrate our @nurtureuk award 🎉 it was a fun day of celebrations! Thanks so much to our guests from @educationauthority, @de_northern_ireland and our other partners for all the cuddles!
I had to listen while Mummy told SO many stories about me, but I have to say there were all true! I’ve been a big part of the Nurture journey and I’m so proud we got the award 🥳
One of my favourite things to do is to sit up on the knees of my chums. I know who likes to invite me up, can you see how well I can sit in lots of ways? My chums all cuddle me in different ways - I love it 💜
This week one of my chums told me they have never loved any dog apart from me and when they feel stressed a cuddle for me helps a lot, I feel so proud that my hard work is paying off 💜🎉
Here are some pictures from my class visits in Post Primary this week 💜
You’ll notice from these pictures that I do more than just give out cuddles, my reading skills are developing really well 🤣
This is my very own TEAM RAIA 🎉
I was super excited to introduce my favourite doggie trainer Gary from @assistancedogsni to my human handlers in school this week. We had a whole training session all about me 🎉 I was able to show them lots of the things I learnt with Gary during my Doggie School 💜
I love going out and about with my team to visit their class🐾. It’s so important for me that I know I have a handler to look to for my commands - they also make sure I’m always on my best behaviour 🤣
PS a few of my team are missing from this pic, I love them too 💜
This is what happens when everyone goes home and I’ve a lovely wet slide to play on 🤣
What a very busy time I’ve been having! I’ve loved getting to know my new friends in the Ducklings, they were even asking when I was coming back again! Of course I love all my old friends too. I’ve been getting used to my new timetable and learning how to behave for all my new Team Raia handlers!
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