In the Hope Centre’s Early Years Department we have our own version of the TV show ‘Old peoples home for 4 year olds’ (except it’s more three year olds). This amazing project is a collaboration set up by Pam Guiver and Rachel Cross where the children of Early Years get to visit Whitegates Residential Home.

We would like to thank Pedro the Music-man for organising the musical instruments and music activities that the children and residents got to participate in together this visit.

This has been another enjoyable part of our project ‘Being part of community life’ for both the children and residents.

Long may it continue.

Edgar received our Harvest Festival collection on behalf of Gabriel and Helping Hands, local charity operating the Food Bank in Bromyard.

All donations from Early Years parents/carers and staff were gratefully received.

It’s been fabulous supporting a good cause at this time of year.

We have taken the children on an outing as part of our ‘Being part of community life’.

  

They have had so much fun following the signs and clues on the Gruffalo trail at Queens Wood Park.

They’ve listened to the story in Preschool and the Caterpillar room and now they’ve met him and all his friends.

 

We’ve also talked about the trees and the leaves changing colour in the Autumn season.

We could not have gone without the wonderful Community Transport, who are such an important part of the community of Bromyard, we need to say a big thank you to them too.

For the past month the Early Years Department and Oscar’s Café have been getting children and parents involved to help create some of the many poppies that you will have seen on display in and around Bromyard.

In Early Years the children have created paintings for display at the Hope Family Centre as well as in St Peter’s Church and understand the importance of Remembrance Sunday and the value of the sacrifices that were made and the lives were given.

  

On Remembrance Day Rachel Cross (Early Years Manager) and Netti Evans (Café Manager) took part in the parade through Bromyard to the church to lay a wreath on behalf of the Hope Family Centre with some added purple poppies made by families at Oscar’s Café.

     

All of us at the Hope Family Centre are proud and honoured to have been part of this special occasion.

Thank you to all the children, parents/carers and staff that have been involved.