A very successful and fruitful Easter Playscheme helped by our new Neighbours in Business ‘The Metro bank’. We were lucky enough to have 4 volunteers come in every Wednesday and support the young people in any shape or form.

Apart from our usual mix of indoor sports like table tennis, pool and play station comp we tried something totally new and different this time. We introduced singing and acting to the playscheme loosely based on Oliver the musical. One of our parents gave up her time to come in and teach the Young people songs from Oliver (thank you Gillian) and our lovely Drama people from Pascal Theatre l taught them how to act. This was indeed an eye-opener for all staff and we were surprised and delighted by the talent we had at our scheme.

We were not just confined to singing and acting, oh no! We also had 2 lovely trips out. One to the Natural History Museum where we queued to see the fantastic Dinosaur exhibition, it was worth the wait. The other trip was to Mudchute Farm where we mingled freely with the sheep and fed the Llamas. The weather was once again on our side and fun was had by all.

The second week was once again a really busy one for our Young People as our acting and singing came together to produce a showcase of what we had learned so far, in front of a small audience made up of parents and office staff. The young people brought tears to our eyes as they were superb and now we can’t wait until they perform it in front of a much larger audience later on in May.

Yet again we had 2 Fantastic trips.

By popular demand we went back to the Wetlands Centre and again the day was fantastic fun. We even managed to get some pond dipping into our day which was very exciting, especially when we caught a small looking reptile!

Our second trip saw us showing off our skills at the bowling alley where the girls were victorious over the boys.
We had such a surprise on Friday as during the party we had a visit from Mr. Metro and staff who came bearing gifts of pens and lollies which fitted in nicely with our end of play scheme party.
I would once again like to thank all the parents for their great support and generous donations of food and drink for this Easter.

We are all looking forward to our May half term all be it for 4 days.