News posts since 2008
We are really pleased to announce that the Playskill pilot project in Hemel Hempstead, based at Woodfield School, Leverstock Green, on Friday mornings, has got off to a successful start. Here are a few photos of the children enjoying messy play! More to follow…
Over 90 people – children, helpers, parents and other family members – from the last four years of Playskill groups met up on 7th April at Soul Survivor for a wonderful reunion. We were delighted to see children of all ages with special needs and without playing together. We celebrated by singing a massive ‘hello’ to all […]
We have exciting news about a Playskill pilot project in Hemel Hempstead based at Woodfield School, Leverstock Green, on Friday mornings. This will be for the Summer term 2010 – to register your child please go to the contact us page and say it is for the Hemel pilot. The pilot project will […]
Diane, the mother of Alex who attended Playskill last term, wrote the following to Playskill’s team leader, Andrea: ‘I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you so much for everything you have done for Alex, he is a totally different child!!! Both my kids loved the Xmas party as […]
We finished the term yesterday with a fantastic party! It was so lovely to have some old faces from the Playskill groups come to join us and to see them all showing off the skills they learnt with us. It was also a tearful time of goodbyes to some of our group that […]
We were delighted to receive 10 boxes of toys, ranging from cute cuddly toys to sophisticated Hornby train sets, from the Fence Club on 24th November. These toys will be used for Christmas presents for the Christmas party and will provide many gifts for a siblings party to take place in 2010. Huge thanks to […]
On Monday 21st September, we had a second very successful day of assessments for this term’s group. We also had the wonderful surprise of receiving a cheque for over £1900 from John Lewis – A HUGE THANKS TO ANNE-MARIE, SARAH in Beauty and PEARL and DORRINDA!!! It was also wonderful that […]
A coffee and cake sale was held in Chipperfield on Friday 11th September along with a lunch for the Chipperfield mums. It was a good day for raising the profile of Playskill , particularly as all 3 of the Playskill therapists come from the village! £110 was taken on the day. A big […]
On Thursday 10th September, at the Playskill AGM, we had a very moving testimonial from one of the mothers of the current children in the group about how her son has been helped by Playskill (see below for her speech). The Clinical Psychologist, Dr Jo-Joy Wright, also gave a fantastic talk on self-esteem and […]
Here are pictures of some wonderful times of our Summer Term 09 group – we learnt lots and made some wonderful friends!