The children who attend the Cass Child and Family Centre come from awide range of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Situated in theSquare Mile in the City of London, the centre lives with the constantthreat of civil disorder and terrorism so the children have to regularlypractice fire and bomb drills.
The children who attend the centre live very much in a man-madeenvironment peopled by commuters. The centre works hard to createopportunities for play to soften the hard edges of their urbansurroundings.
Its challenge is to give these children a sense of belonging, and to dothis it offers a range of trips to the children so they can shareexperiences and develop a wider vocabulary. These trips have includedplaces such as London Zoo, Tate Modern and the city farm, and havetriggered activities such as making books, posters and games. The centretook the children to visit the city police horses so they could see thatpolice can be friendly and approachable.
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