Mikayla started attending Markfield summer play scheme in 2016 and has been attending a weekly Fire Club since. Initially, she was unsure of what she could do at Markfield, but very quickly she became a very popular member in all groups she attends. She won many votes for the Jack Petchey Award from Fire Club [...]
We are the Cosmos Rainbow Sunshine Club and the people on the cosmos club are very friendly and they are very polite. We like doing gardening and we like to plant lots of flowers in the garden. We have planted sweetcorn, potatoes, marigold and red flowers, onions, mint, basil and leeks. We have made it [...]
Family day out to Cudham Environmental Activities Centre in Kent. This Easter Markfield took a 25 seater coach to the centre and had a day of rural fun; listening to birds, exploring the forest, making a bon fire and playing hide and seek. We organised this trip as part of our Family Befriending Scheme funded by [...]
We had a fantastic time this Easter during our playschemes. Lots of new friendships were formed and some young people are planning to continue spending time together outside of Markfield. We had activities and trips for siblings in week one including a group bowling day out! Week two was for disabled children and young people [...]
Our usual family support drop in sessions and social clubs are closed re-starting again from Monday 24th April. Some of our advice sessions continue to run, please contact the Family Team Administrator to check availability of appointments on 0203 667 5233 familyadmin@markfield.org.uk The Special Educational Needs & Disabilities helpline is closed during the school holidays [...]
Our Saturday Adventure Playground ‘Open Access’ sessions and the youth drop in ‘Info Chill’ are closed for the Easter holidays. They will both open again on Saturday 22nd April. We hope to see you at the drop in sessions again next term! Open Access Saturdays 11-3pm We have big play structures with slides, swings, climbing [...]
The following poem was written by the parent of a child who has used and benefited from Markfield's services for a number of years. MARKFIELD THE MAGNET POEM WRITTEN BY Michelle Safo on the 7th December 2016 at 1:15pm Mother of McKenzie Safo who has Autism My Son runs around and flaps with glee, [...]
A great end to a great term on Open Access, our Saturday adventure playground drop in. Our lovely regulars and new families enjoyed Christmas crafts and a mince pie or two. This term we’ve had blazing bonfires and tasty toasted marshmallows, fabulous face painting led by the lovely Violet, fun new friendships, twirling on the [...]
This summer we were very happy to welcome students participating in an architecture summer school. The programme was called ‘Designing Empathy’ and was facilitated by Mark Lemanski senior lecturer at the University of East London and practitioner at muf architecture/art. The 10 day programme provided students with an opportunity to gain insight from the experiences [...]
On the last day of August, towards the end of the summer holidays, a number of Markfield families and volunteer befrienders set off to the seaside. Broadstairs, on the Kent coast, was a great choice – it has safe, sandy beaches, great ice cream, and even though the sea was a bit chilly, the sky [...]