Following a rare summer of gloriously warm weather we are back in a routine of school, afterschool activities, sports timetables and speech and language therapies. Maisie is in her second year of ECCE so she will start primary school next September. She has a packed schedule this year including Montessori until 12.30 daily and one afternoon at a playgroup organised by St. John of God disability services. At the latter she receives one to one teaching to support her cognitive and social skills and when I collect her there is so much laughter I wonder has she done any work at all! The staff are wonderful and I feel lucky that Maisie benefits from this wonderful service. She also adores her regular playschool, the children are friendly and she loves her spanish teacher Maria. At home she could be playing or drawing and the next thing she’s putting the toy or sketch into her school bag to “show Maria”. Edel is Maisie’s AIM worker and the two of them bonded immediately last year. It’s wonderful and reassuring to know Maisie enjoys all of these experiences and is eager to learn and engage in new experiences.
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