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Together We Write now finished
For the last 4 Saturdays at 10.00am a group of children aged 6 – 11 have met on Zoom to create their own incredile stories. ‘Together We Write’ was the idea of Kay Boardman, one of our amazing volunteers who brought her own knowldege as a writer to inspire them all. Each child had a […]
Many thanks to CFFC
Thanks to a grant from @Calderdalefound we can now offer food parcels to asylum seeker families in Calderdale. #foundationfunded We delivered food parcels to asylum seeking families in Calderdale up to October half term and up to Christmas in 2020 and pleased that we can now continue with this essential service. In 2020 many volunteers […]
Laptops and wifi
If your child need a laptop and/or internet access they can get both through their school. https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/…/calderdales…
Together We Write
Together We Write is an exciting new project for primary school children. Kay Boardman will lead a short series of interactive creative writing workshops via Zoom. The children will be encouraged and supported to fire their imaginations, find the magic of words and write a story about friendship. The first workshop is tomorrow and those […]
BBC helping with home schooling
This free BBC service is available to help with home school learning: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvryp4j
PE lesson at home
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Joe Wicks has a physical exercise for school children which adults can join too. It starts at 9 AM today and you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSi2ix1i180 It is a good way to start the day and hopefully the home schooling. And it is free.
Asylum Link visit
Asylum Link is based in Liverpool and they came by coach to Calderdale to plant trees and go for walks with members of Together We Grow. Here is what they said: Thanks for having us in the Calder Valley! We loved it …! Thanks for the fab walks Together We Grow , see you again […]
flour and oats
Many thanks to Fran for donating six big bags of oats and various types of flour – all picked up this morning and delivered to Halifax this afternoon for sharing between 20 plus families. This come on top of the 175 kg of flour Fran has already donated to us – the baking results shown […]
Yoga sessions to be continued
Our online yoga sessions over the last couple of months have been very successful. So we have decided to continue with them after New Year. The sessions will take place every Wednesday from 1 to 2 PM. The classes will be led by a professional yoga teacher, Claire, who is also an expert on trauma. […]