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Newsletter May 2023
Our group is continuing to expand and not only have we welcomed some new families, but we have been fortunate enough to welcome some new volunteers and staff. Kate Bennett joined us in May and has now been employed as our new Play-Leader. We have also welcomed Carol...
Newsletter October 2022
We continue to welcome new families to our group and numbers are growing. One of our biggest achievement this year was to celebrate 30 years of AIMS on 16th July 2022 and we invited lots of guests along to join in our celebrations. It was amazing to see so...
Sponsored Walk 25th June 2022
A lot of our families took part in our annual sponsored walk from Powderham Church to Turf Locks and back to raise much needed funds for us. The day was a huge success and we managed to raise just over £1,200.00 from this event. The children...
Newsletter May 2022
AIMS has been so busy since our last News-letter, it is hard to know where to begin. We are now busier then ever and are supporting more families than we ever have done before. Our staff and volunteers work so hard each week to accommodate more and more children. It...
Christmas 2021
We were so fortunate to be able to enjoy our last session on 18th December 2021. The children made their own crackers and Rudolph cakes which went down a treat. We were donated an amazing cake in the shape of Santa which we shared out with everyone. Due to the...
Newsletter November 2021
AIMS seems to be going from strength to strength which is truly amazing considering the effect of the pandemic has taken on everybody. We continue to flourish and this is down to the hard work and commitment of our tremendous staff and volunteers. We have had to adapt...
Newsletter July 2021
AIMS continues to flourish, despite the pandemic, which is a credit to the hard work and commitment of our tremendous staff and volunteers. We have adapted the way we work but think that the one outstanding thing to come out of this difficult period is the...
April 2021
April was a fantastic month for us. The weather was amazing and the children spent almost all of their time outside playing. We were very lucky to be able to celebrate Easter this year. We made gingerbread people and had gingerbread mosaic craft on 10th April 2021....
March 2021
Following the easing of lockdown restrictions, we were able to resume back at Orchard Manor School in Mid March. It was fantastic to see all of our families again and to see how much the children have all grown since we last saw them. The children got stuck in and...
Return since Lockdown 26th September 2020
We finally managed to re-open on Saturday 26th September 2020. We have made a lot of adjustments following the outbreak of Covid19 including limiting our group size. Orchard Manor School have worked very hard to ensure we can return to the school premises. All of...
Newsletter June 2020
Although we have not yet re-started our group sessions, we have all been keeping in touch and all of our families have been busy making some very special memories – all of which have been captured in our very own “Lockdown Photograph Album”. It has been really...
Newsletter April 2020
Welcome to our first Newsletter this year. Unfortunately, we have had to cancel our group sessions on a Saturday in view of the current situation. However, our Committee are in constant communication and we are doing everything we can to support our families during...