Avonmouth Asset Group - We can do this

Monday was my first day at Looking Out Looking In and my first exhibition as part of our Avonmouth Asset Club.

Bethany arrived with nine other children from Kings Weston Special School. I first really noticed her when she joined Sara and I at a table where she had decided to do some juicing. She cut some oranges at the counter and brought them over to the table with a glass juicer. She did this all by herself. Then she squirted me whilst she was juicing. I jumped; the juice was on my feet. Bethany found this very funny. She laughed out loud and this made me laugh. She carried on juicing. Then we asked her teacher for some wipes because she was very sticky. She threw one of the wipes in my face. I threw it back. She found this very funny. She then went off to do something else.

Bethany's teacher was surprised at how well Bethany behaved during the exhibition. She didn't become violent at all and didn't try to run off even when given so much freedom to move around the spaces - they explained that this was very unusual. The setting are very keen to watch the footage of Bethany with their educational psychologist to try and understand why Bethany behaved so differently in this environment.

Sara, another Asset Club member, spoke with one of the Kings Weston School staff. It was explained that the teachers had considered not bringing Bethany because she runs off a lot and she slaps people when she gets upset. They were surprised by her responses in the cafe. They were surprised that she laughed. They then texted us to say that they had had a lovely day and that everyone had enjoyed themselves. They said they would be back to do some editing.