Join us in 2022 for our term groups!
Term 3 will be here before we know it so please see below for the groups we’ll be running in the upcoming term! More information for each of these groups can be found below or by getting in touch with us at the clinic.
We Thinkers
Kindy in 2023 or 2024
Wednesdays 11:30am – 12:30pm starting on 20 July
Great for our little ones, We Thinkers! helps children aged 4 to 5 build social skills as well as essential life skills in a fun group setting. The aim of this group is to help young verbal learners develop the skills they need to be flexible social thinkers and social problem solvers.
In this group, your child will:
- learn about thoughts and feelings
- develop the ability to think about others, play collaboratively, and establish friendships
- set the stage for future relationship building
Fees: $680 for the 10-week term
Lego Club
Tuesdays 3:30pm – 4:30pm starting on 19 July
This in-person group uses Lego in a therapy setting to promote social interaction, turn-taking skills, sharing, and collaborative problem solving to support social engagement. Coached by Qualia’s OT Lego therapy team, club members can focus on the joint creative process in a fun and supported environment.
Fees: $680 for the 10-week term
Get Ready for School
Kindy in 2023
Mondays 10am – 11am starting on 18 July
It’s not too early to start thinking about getting ready for school! Pre-school aged children are invited to join us for some fun and targeted goal-driven therapy in a weekly group session. Children will work to develop the ability to follow instructions, sit at the table, join in group activities, as well as work on their pre-writing skills, fine motor skills, and social interaction. This group aims to develop your child’s ability to:
- demonstrate a functional pencil grasp using a dominant hand
- demonstrate appropriate pencil control when tracing, drawing and colouring
- recognise and identify letters from their name
- draw shapes and simple pictures
- recognise and group numbers
- cut shapes using correct scissor grasp
- follow a classroom routine
Fees: $680 per 10-week term
Scribe Tribe
Years K-2
Wednesdays 4:40pm – 5:40pm starting on 20 July
Scribe Tribe is a Qualia-created program specifically designed to target handwriting components of the writing task. This group targets handwriting legibility elements for successful schoolwork readability and confidence. In addition to legibility, participants will learn about the mechanics of writing (grasp, strength and control) and receive instruction on desk setup and posture to achieve the optimal results when writing.
Fees: $680 for the 10-week term
spOrTstars
Kindy to Year 2 (Sportstars Junior): Thursdays 3.45pm-4.25pm starting on 21 July
Years 3 to 6 (Sportstars Senior): Thursdays 4:30pm-5.20pm starting on 21 July
Children from Kindy to Year 6 are invited to join us to play sport, make friends and have fun in a small group at Taplin Park in Drummoyne after school. Children of all abilities will receive individualised support and development of gross motor and coordination skills while participating in movement activities and being part of a team.
Strategies will be developed that focus on ball skills, agility, balance and strength, whilst also encouraging teamwork and social skills.
Fees:
Sportstars Junior: $600 for the 10-week term
Sportstars Senior: $680 for the 10-week term
Expressions of Interest
Zones of Regulation (Two-term group)
Kindy to Year 2
Wednesday afternoons
This two-term group provides lessons and activities to help children gain skills in self regulation and the ability to stay cool, calm and collected. In the first term, participants will learn how to identify the different zones and the emotions that come along with these zones. In the second term, the focus will be on providing strategies to regulate levels of alertness and energy levels to change or stay in the current zone.
gOTta Dance!
Years 3-6
Bring out your inner superstar! Dance your way to meeting new friends, increasing confidence and expression through movement in our newest term time group. Develop gross motor skills, coordination and rhythm through group-based movement activities and dance routines.
In this group, children will be supported to:
- attend and engage appropriately in a group setting
- demonstrate appropriate dance and gross motor skills
- follow instructions independently
- interact appropriately with peers and adults
QualiALERT
Kindy in 2023
Mondays mornings
Based on the Alert Program, this group introduces little ones aged 4 and 5 to the concept of self-regulation. By using an engine analogy, children learn “if your body is like a car engine, sometimes it runs on high, sometimes it runs on low, and sometimes it runs just right”. Using this analogy and language helps young children to articulate how alert they feel.
In this group, your child will:
- learn strategies to turn this self-awareness into self-regulation
- understand how to change their alertness levels throughout the day so they are in the proper state of mind to wake up, to learn, to play, to relax, and to go to bed
Parents are also provided with strategies to communicate effectively with their child and help their child move to an expected level of alertness.
Please ring us on 9555 9776 or email info@qualiatherapy.com.au if you would like to express interest in a new group on offer later in the year at Qualia.