Upper Beeding and Henfield pupils take ‘heart-warming’ trip to care home
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Groups from Upper Beeding Primary School and St Peter’s Primary School in Henfield took a trip to Red Oaks Care Home, Henfield, as part of the Chanctonbury Challenge.
This was part three of the challenge, an annual locality project created by teachers to encourage children to work together in a range of activities which will extend opportunities for creative thinking.
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Hide AdThe children found out about the residents’ lives and looked at the special items they had brought in, which included photographs, ornaments and medals.
After lots of discussion, asking questions and looking through booklets all about the residents, the afternoon culminated in the children producing a PowerPoint on the computers about the life of one of the residents.
Rachel McCauley, IT leader, said: “The children came away from their afternoon feeling uplifted and they thoroughly enjoyed the time they spent with their new found friends.
“It was heart-warming to watch both the children and residents build a relationship together in such a short space of time and see two generations get on so well together.”
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Hide AdThe next part of the challenge will be at the Flower Farm in March.
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