Fullbrook Nursery School in the West Midlands has developed an intergenerational project called Spring Chickens, in partnership with its local residential care home Delves Court.
The six-week project sees a group of eight children visit the nearby residential home for the elderly for 45-minute activity sessions once a week, to help enhance the well-being of both the children and the residents of the home.
Andrina Flinders, the head teacher of the school, says the idea came after one of the nursery practitioners watched a TV documentary about the benefits of teenagers working with the elderly.
‘We used to go over to the local residential home for singing, but we wanted to make a more purposeful impact on both the children and the elderly residents,’ she explains. ‘We did some Googling and found a lot about the benefits for teenagers but less for young children.
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