This week saw us take a brand new group of children to the care village. As we left nursery, the children and adults chatted about what we might do that day and what the care village may look like. The children were excited to meet their new friends and keen to get off the bus and get inside. As we entered the care village, we could see our older friends waiting for us. We took off our shoes and started to gather our resources for the day. We then went into the large room where we introduced ourselves.

Before we knew it, the children were off getting busy and working with their new friends. We could already see the beginning of new friendships. The children’s kindness shone through as usual as they helped their friends to take the lids off the pens, picked up equipment which had fallen onto the floor and collected resources as needed.

One of our residents brought his harmonica with him today and the children were intrigued as to what it was. He played some tunes much to the delight of the children.

Our first trip to the care village was a huge success. The children have begun to get to know the environment and have already learned some of the residents names.