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Dec 2020
Ripon Grammar School is bringing festive cheer to elderly residents in the city’s care homes.
Hundreds of pupils from Year 7 and Year 8 are aiming to spread joy and laughter by creating hand-made cards and sharing poems, drawings, jokes, riddles and stories about their festive celebrations.
Arnav Kasireddy, 12, from Ripon, said he would be thinking of the elderly when he opened his Christmas presents:
Head of Year 7, Arwen Hoskins, said the pupils had been inspired by The TES Classroom to Care Home campaign.
The campaign urges schools to send messages to local care homes, in the hope that this will forge connections not just for Christmas but beyond.
Twelve-year-old Annabelle Crossland, from Ripon, whose Christmas card is pictured above said:
Ethan Kendrick, also 12, from Ripon, added:
Pupils will be writing to residents in care homes including Borrage House, Caxton Lodge and the Moors Care Centre
Lesley Carter of the charity Age UK welcomed the initiative:
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