For my first class community service we went to the Christine Revell Children’s Home. This is a home for children ages 0-6, the children here are placed here under court order.
We went on 2 days to the home, on both days Christopher and Axel went with Group C, which is children ages 4-6. They read all the books to them and played with ball pit balls, somehow Christopher managed to get them to throw the balls at Axel! Later they went outside to the playground and played on the swings. The second day they spent most of the time paying outside in the playground as it was better weather.
Saskia and I went with Group A on both days, which is children ages 0-18 months. We helped feed them their breakfast and then took them out to play in the playground area. We played with miniature hoola hoops and bouncy horses which they loved. We also played with soft little balls and helped them walk around the room. Later we took them back to their room to feed them lunch. This was quite messy! We were covered in what could only be butternut gloop. After that they were put to bed for nap time and we went to go feed the twin babies who were only a few months old. 👩🍼🍼👶
It was an incredibly enjoyable and rewarding experience as we watched the children play and learn new things. One of them even learnt to crawl in between the 2 days we went there!
– Juliet D’Arcy-Evans
