Nursery World - In the swim

It's not as hard as you think to organise an inclusive scheme - and children themselves are often the most creative at adapting activities, says Jane Muir Talking about the inclusive West Oxford Holiday Playscheme, which runs during the school summer holidays, Christina, aged 9, explains, 'We do games that everyone can play, you can use ordinary games and change the rules a bit so anybody can join in, you can make up some too.'

Talking about the inclusive West Oxford Holiday Playscheme, which runs during the school summer holidays, Christina, aged 9, explains, 'We do games that everyone can play, you can use ordinary games and change the rules a bit so anybody can join in, you can make up some too.'

Jack, also aged 9, adds, 'We went ice skating and we done a quiz. We got asked, "What is Big Ben?" When we went swimming we had a huge float, and me and Lewis climbed on it, and Alex pushed us off!'

Alex, who has cerebral palsy, has a power chair that came in particularly handy on the ice rink. In a part of the ice rink that was especially cordoned off, a little train of shrieking children, formerly clinging to the side of the rink, got a free fast ride by holding on to the back of Alex's chair set at top speed! 'I got very cold,' he said later, 'but I do want to go again.'

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