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CHIPS with everything!

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Last weekend I started volunteering at a local children’s playgroup, the Children’s Integrated Playscheme, known as CHIPS, which has a branch based at my old secondary school in Hertford and several others across the county.

CHIPS is a playscheme for children aged 3-19 with additional needs, and encourages children of all ages and abilities to play together. Brothers and sisters of the child enrolled at CHIPS are also invited to come along and play. This wonderful scheme has an ethos of inclusion and child-led play, meaning that the child you are teamed with makes the choices. And with so many varied activities to choose from – baking, arts and craft, snooker, a ball pool, outside games, computer games and quiet reading to name a few – I anticipate some very exciting weekends ahead!

To find out more about CHIPS, visit their website.

Louise Watson, Editor

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