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The first week was themed ‘Christmas around the world’. We started the week off with putting up our tree in the hall, while learning about how Australia celebrate Christmas, it was a brilliant day! In the morning a few members visited Hillier’s garden centre and a few...

  12 days of Christmas   On the first day of Christmas James’ Place gave to me … Presents under our tree On the second day of Christmas James’ Place gave to me an Elf at the pub and presents under our tree On the third day of Christmas James’ Place gave to...

A Festive December at James’ Place Dear gentle JP readers December at James’ Place has been nothing short of magical! The festive spirit has kept the members busy and gleaming with excitement as we dived into Christmas crafts, created fantastic decorations, and soaked...

This month we had an amazing month, it was full of exciting crafts, games, outdoor adventures and trips. We started the month celebrating Guy Fawkes night. We enjoyed creating rockets, fireworks displays and worked in groups to make edible breadsticks with melted...

Dear gentle JP Readers, November has been a month full of excitement, learning, and meaningful moments at James’ Place! From building travel confidence as part of our ASDAN course to raising funds for a great cause and exploring the wonders of Marwell Zoo, our members...

As always, this month has been full of fun, friendship and laughter with experiences added in. The first week of the month our theme was Guy Fawkes and Bonfire night.  Members made a life size wicker man in our garden, to go along with our homemade tissue paper...

We had a brilliant first week of October, learning all about historical events and created many craft projects. We visited Stone henge in our bus, which was a lovely day out as everybody was able to see what we were spending the day learning about. We also learnt...

Dear Gentle JP Readers, October has been a thrilling month at James' Place, filled with creativity, exploration, and a touch of spookiness to close out the month! From baking and Diwali celebrations to historic outings and Halloween fun, our members have made...

Our first theme for October was Great British Bake off, members choose to write to a local chef, James Martin to ask advice on cooking in an air fryer especially cakes as we entered a competition with the other James’ Place locations.  We were super proud to win the...